Bubba Gumps

[Alex]

I have no idea if MW's choice to eat at Bubba Gump's was retarded. I just contend that, on average, people choosing to eat at that place while in locations famous for seafood dining is retarded. Just like going to Chicago and eating at Pizza Hut. Or going to southern Florida and seeking out the Sysco Key Lime Pie at KFC. Or, like the people with us on our trip to Japan, going to Japan and taking two subways to eat at Benihana.

But I'm more than happy to give any individual diner the benefit of the doubt and accept that they have very compelling reasons for their choice. I just don't buy it for the group of all diners on average. And I'm not saying I never make the retarded choice (I have, after all, eaten at the Union Square Cheesecake Factory several times - though never when the wait was long).

And I'll admit to being particularly biased against Bubba Gump's for being based on a horrible movie with the abominable message that intelligence isn't important to life success, just be a jock. Plus the "Forrest" character frequently outside (at least every time we've walked past the one in Monterey) is just creepy. I don't eat at character restaurants at Disneyland, I'm really not going to do so elsewhere.