First, to all of you — ELV’s faithful readers and post-ers: HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM EATING LAS VEGAS, and his entire staff!
Secondly, since we know you’re already tired of holiday quizzes and trivia contests, ELV thought he’d tickle your brain stems with a contest about something else. So, my fine feathered famously full food fact freaks:
Can you identify the origin of these quotes?*
“I don’t wish to address anyone by name who has had their finger up my rectum.”
“Take two stars from Chez Auguste. I ate there last night and generated more gas than an Arabian oil field puts out in a month.”
“It’s no more trouble to make a good omelet than a bad one.”
“…(you are) a fat piece of rancid headcheese!”
“Every fold of (my) skin is a sonnet…every chin, a concerto!”
“You don’t have to have laid an egg to be able to smell a bad one.”
“You may have had her body, but I’ve had her creams, her meringues, her breads and her cakes.”
“I will make love to you six times: primi, antipasti, pasta, pesce, carne….and dolce!”
“I have a fantastic body…you will love touching it.”
First prize: Lunch with ELV and a mega-babe of his choosing (assuming her 1-900 number still works)
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* And no, the answer isn’t: Last night in ELV’s bedroom.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, I did. I am pretty sure I have the answer, I will give the rest of the Las Vegas food community time to catch up though because winning twice in a row means I have no competition. You all have until 5 pm today.
Okay, I’ll give it a try.
Is the origin of the above quotes coming from one of the celebrity chefs whose restaurant(s) is/are located somewhere along the Strip?
I was thinking it’s either Alain Ducasse or Mario Batali or Wolfgang Puck.
Am I even close?
Sorry….not even close. Let’s see if anyone else weighs in, before we start giving hints!
…but the thought of some of those phrases coming from some of those mouths gave ELV quite the belly-laugh…
Maybe the quotes all come from a book, written by a noted food writer perhaps, like Tony Bourdain?
I was thinking of you, John. Mind you, I don’t think some of those quotes would be said or written by you …. at least so publicly.
Should I quit while I’m still behind? I’m so desperate to win that lunch, I might be willing to pay for it …
Pavarotti?
No one is close….but at least these guesses are providing Eating Las Vegas with the entertainment value – for which it is known! Keep ’em comin’!!!
John, are all these nine quotes suppose to come from one source? Are you expecting a different answer for each quote? Egads! You’re not making this easy, ehh??
As Kung Fu Panda would say, “A dragon warrior never quits.” I saw the first half of the movie during Thanksgiving Day at my sister’s place. Now back to the contest …
Johnny Rotten (#1)
Paul Bocuse (#3)
Max Vanderveere (#5)
Luciano Pavarotti (#8). Pavarotti did say that, didn’t he? Isn’t “a concerned food fan” correct on that one?
Mike Meyers as “Fernando” (#9). “You rrrook mahvalous. You know what I mean and you know who you are.”
All of the quotes come from the same place…only one answer is the correct one.
Is the answer the 1978 movie titled “Who is killing the great chefs of Europe,” starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Morley? Or something like that?
Finally! I knew somebody else would figure out how to use Google. Thanks John for pointing out this movie. I had never even heard of it, but based on the quotes alone I know I have to.
Actually, I used Yahoo, as well as Google & other resources. And since the ELV website involves around Las Vegas, there has to be the high entertainment value, for which it is known.
Just imagine including those quotes in a yet-if-ever-to-be-made movie titled, “John’s dinner with Andre.”