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I'll take an Italian hoagie with the works.

On my way home from work I pass a restaurant that seems from several blocks away to have the following sign in the window:

FREE DELI   !!

I see it and I get all excited. It's always a little disappointing upon closer inspection, which view reveals burnt-out neon and a sign that really reads:

FREE DELIVERY!!

I mean free delivery is great and all, but it's no free deli.

Talk about a failure of partial localization.

Published Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:44 PM by KieranS

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# re: I'll take an Italian hoagie with the works. @ Thursday, August 17, 2006 1:29 AM

Don't be sad Kieran... after almost a year in Redmond I have never visited a place that claims to do Italian stuff and then mantain its promise :-)

vibro

# Loneliness of the long distance linguist I ll take an Italian hoagie | home lighting @ Saturday, June 13, 2009 9:49 PM

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