"cheeseburger slider"

Dan Goncharoff thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Thu Dec 20 23:49:30 UTC 2012


So when I order a "pulled pork slider", I am actually ordering a
hamburger?? That would be news to both me and the restaurant.

DanG


On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The "Customer Service" booklet of Frontier Airlines lists all the snacks
> and meals you can pay extra for.
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> One is called the "cheeseburger slider."
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> In other words, a "cheeseburger hamburger."
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> JL
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