Thread: noodling

On Sun 03 Aug 2008 11:14:53a, modom (palindrome guy) told us...

> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>
> That idea, I believe, goes a long way towards explaining why we've
> been married so long.
>
> --
> modom

There are plenty of restaurants called "House of Noodles", some of which
offer a variety beyond various Asian noodles. Just the name is missing.

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Wayne Boatwright
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modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>
> That idea, I believe, goes a long way towards explaining why we've
> been married so long.

There used to be a restaurant around here called "Nothing But Noodles".
Their timing was unfortunate. Their grand opening came during the
Atkins craze.

"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"

If anybody tried that, they would certainly get sued
by the International House of Pancakes.

On Sun 03 Aug 2008 11:55:25a, Mark Thorson told us...

> "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>>
>> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
>> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
>> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>
> If anybody tried that, they would certainly get sued
> by the International House of Pancakes.
>

It would hardly be the same venue.

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Wayne Boatwright
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Saturday, 08(VIII)/02(II)/08(MMVIII)
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Don't start an argument with somebody
who has a microphone when you don't;
they'll make you look like chopped
liver. --Harlan Ellison, on hecklers
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modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> So I was just noodling around on the Internets....

Here's yer noodling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UIpO...eature=related
--
Dave
What is best in life? "To crush your enemies, see them driven before
you, and to hear the lamentation of the women." -- Conan

Wayne Boatwright <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun 03 Aug 2008 11:55:25a, Mark Thorson told us...
>
>> "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>>>
>>> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
>>> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
>>> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>>
>> If anybody tried that, they would certainly get sued
>> by the International House of Pancakes.
>>
>
> It would hardly be the same venue.

International House of Coffee
International House of Barbecue
International House of Wine and Cheese
International House of Crepes
International House of Chicken
International House of Food
.....

Our local "Yen Ching Noodle House" just closed. I ate there for the
first time a couple days before they closed. They had been there
for decades.

-sw

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>
> That idea, I believe, goes a long way towards explaining why we've
> been married so long.


It's thundery today, and I'm in the house alone with the dog. I have
way too much time on my hands.


International Noodle House, San Francisco
http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/p...dle_house.html


House of Noodles, Milpitas, CA
http://www.chow.com/places/16318


--Lia

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> On Sun 03 Aug 2008 11:55:25a, Mark Thorson told us...
>
> > "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
> >>
> >> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> >> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> >> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
> >
> > If anybody tried that, they would certainly get sued
> > by the International House of Pancakes.
>
> It would hardly be the same venue.

The brother of a friend of mine has a business
making some kind of thing for bicyclists, and
he created a logo that was the name of the company
in stretched-out letters. He was threatened with
a lawsuit by the Everlast company, which makes
various sportswear items with a logo that features
stretched out letters. They're stretched out
in a different way, and the name of his company
is nothing like "Everlast", but they threatened him
anyway. He talked with a lawyer who told him to
just ignore it. Their case was so weak they wouldn't
win and the threat was probably empty.

I'm not saying IHOP could win against the hypothetical
IHON, but they would have a much stronger case.
If there were one mom-and-pop IHON, they might not
sue, but if it were a chain or franchise they most
certainly would, and they might win. For example,
on the grounds of trademark dilution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_dilution

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> The brother of a friend of mine has a business
> making some kind of thing for bicyclists, and
> he created a logo that was the name of the company
> in stretched-out letters. He was threatened with
> a lawsuit by the Everlast company, which makes
> various sportswear items with a logo that features
> stretched out letters. They're stretched out
> in a different way, and the name of his company
> is nothing like "Everlast", but they threatened him
> anyway. He talked with a lawyer who told him to
> just ignore it. Their case was so weak they wouldn't
> win and the threat was probably empty.


This sort of thing has been going on longer than we like to think.

http://www.chillingeffects.org/resou...?ResourceID=31

http://www.lukegilman.com/blawg/2008...rner-brothers/


--Lia

modom (palindrome guy) <[email protected]> wrote:

> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"

There is a place called "My Noodlehouse" about three minutes' walk from
my digs. They serve ramen-type noodles.

Victor

On Aug 3, 11:14*am, "modom (palindrome guy)" <j...@sk.nicely> wrote:
> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>
It's intriguing to imagine the menu. You could arrange it by
continents, countries, regions, or by types of flour, or by noodle
shapes, or by cooking methods, or by fresh or dried, or by soup/salad/
side dish/main dish/dessert, or .....? -aem

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 15:28:45 -0700 (PDT), aem <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Aug 3, 11:14*am, "modom (palindrome guy)" <j...@sk.nicely> wrote:
>> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
>> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
>> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>>
>It's intriguing to imagine the menu. You could arrange it by
>continents, countries, regions, or by types of flour, or by noodle
>shapes, or by cooking methods, or by fresh or dried, or by soup/salad/
>side dish/main dish/dessert, or .....? -aem

A menu structured according to cuisines came to mind. That would
leave room for anything from US macaroni and cheese (okay, T.
Jefferson reportedly imported that from Europe back in the day, but
it's Murrikan now) to a range of Italian pastas to German to assorted
Chinese to Thai to Vietnamese to Japanese to ??? and beyond.

Apparently there are Peruvian noodles, though I've never had them. And
a Mexican noodle soup which I've never had

We got stuck on couscous. It's pasta, but not really noodles.

Incidentally, I just found a site for something called the Noodle
Company which offers a wide, but not exhaustive variety of noodles
from assorted national cuisines. I'm not going to include the URL
because Teranews holds up my posts for a day or so when I include URLs
-- checking for abuse, apparently. Google noodle to find it. But the
site is very flash-intensive and didn't work well in Firefox for me.

--
modom

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"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Google noodle to find it.

You're joking, right?

Results 1 - 10 of about 18,400,000 for "noodle"

That's 18 *million* references to 'noodle' google (for those who
have trouble counting that many commas).

Couldn't you disguise the URL somehow, like www dot noodles dot com?

-sw

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:14:57 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Google noodle to find it.
>
>You're joking, right?
>
>Results 1 - 10 of about 18,400,000 for "noodle"
>
>That's 18 *million* references to 'noodle' google (for those who
>have trouble counting that many commas).
>
>Couldn't you disguise the URL somehow, like www dot noodles dot com?
>
>-sw

Sorry. www dot noodles dot com is exactly right.
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modom
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In article <[email protected]>,
Julia Altshuler <[email protected]> wrote:

> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> > So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
> > apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
> > restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"

> It's thundery today, and I'm in the house alone with the dog. I have
> way too much time on my hands.
>
>
> International Noodle House, San Francisco
> http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/p...o_ca/internati
> onal_noodle_house.html
>
>
> House of Noodles, Milpitas, CA
> http://www.chow.com/places/16318
>
>
> --Lia


Don't forget Joe's Noodle House in Rockville, MD.
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"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 19:14:57 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>"modom (palindrome guy)" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Google noodle to find it.
>>
>>You're joking, right?
>>
>>Results 1 - 10 of about 18,400,000 for "noodle"
>>
>>That's 18 *million* references to 'noodle' google (for those who
>>have trouble counting that many commas).
>>
>>Couldn't you disguise the URL somehow, like www dot noodles dot com?
>
> Sorry. www dot noodles dot com is exactly right.

Lucky guess on my part ;-)

-sw

On Aug 3, 6:31*pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" <j...@sk.nicely> wrote:

> Sorry. *www dot noodles dot com is exactly right.

I was going to suggest that -- they have a couple of places in town.
Food gets prepared after you order; nothing gourmet but quite tasty
and the price is right.

--Stephanie

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:39:03 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Julia Altshuler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>> So I was just noodling around on the Internets this morning when,
>>> apropos nothing, D says to me: "Wouldn't it be great if there was a
>>> restaurant called the International House of Noodles?"
>
>> It's thundery today, and I'm in the house alone with the dog. I have
>> way too much time on my hands.
>>
>>
>> International Noodle House, San Francisco
>> http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/p...o_ca/internati
>> onal_noodle_house.html
>>
>>
>> House of Noodles, Milpitas, CA
>> http://www.chow.com/places/16318
>>
>>
>> --Lia
>
>
> Don't forget Joe's Noodle House in Rockville, MD.

joe was the fourth little pig. his house was not blown down, but rather
sucked up.

your pal,
b.b.
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:38:54 -0500, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
> Incidentally, I just found a site for something called the Noodle
> Company which offers a wide, but not exhaustive variety of noodles
> from assorted national cuisines. I'm not going to include the URL
> because Teranews holds up my posts for a day or so when I include URLs
> -- checking for abuse, apparently.

i wasn't aware teranews did this.

your pal,
blake
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