All great stories, but unremarkable comment threads. What I want to know is, did anyone here actually try to bribe their way into a restaurant after reading that article?
Not that I know of from your profile, but you can always bookmark the page, email yourself a link, or use something like Read It Later (http://www.ideashower.com/ideas/launched/read-it-later/), which saves you from cluttering up the comments.
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I'm out, baby http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=300960
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