Ha Ha Ha, Very Funny Prank...... >:D

[Upstateguy]

Decided to go visit one of our upstate Pizza emporiums the other night

Even though it's upstate, we have an internet Jukebox on the wall

It plays all the popular songs

Ordered a large pie (Hey, what did you expect, it's not Manhattan, it's upstate)

Figured I'd put a little hot pepper on it, but someone rigged the cap to come off with a few shakes.... ha ha ha nice prank

[postjack]

great thread.

[jinp6301]

man that pizza reminds me of the shitty pizza they have at school. :'(

[Dusty Chalk]

[aerius]

This is the first time in my life I've seen a round pizza being cut into rectangular slices.

I am deeply disturbed and confused.

[hYdrociTy]

This is the first time in my life I've seen a round pizza being cut into rectangular slices.

I am deeply disturbed and confused.

Easier to hold and consume. This technique is seen all over the world, especially in east Asian countries that don't understand the concept of pizza fully yet.

[ecclesand]

I usually see thin crust pizzas cut this way, but not hand tossed dough. As for the pepper flakes, that's usually how much I put on my pizza.

[boomana]

Looks like a place I'd hang out in, though I've never heard of an internet juke box before.

Do you always take pictures of your pizza or only before someone pulls a prank?

[grawk]

Where on the internet did you find that?

[Dusty Chalk]

Do you always take pictures of your pizza or only before someone pulls a prank?

Nailed!

[aerius]

I usually see thin crust pizzas cut this way, but not hand tossed dough.

In my area, the only time I see square or rectangle pizza slices is when the pizza place makes a rectangular pizza. Every round pizza I've ever seen until half an hour ago has been cut into wedge shaped slices, and I did not think there was any other way of cutting a round pizza.

[laxx]

Heh, you fell for the oldest trick in the book! That and the salt and pepper shaker prank with quarters.

[Upstateguy]

Where on the internet did you find that?

everyone thought that, but i figured it would be sporting to give him the benefit of the doubt. i know people who constantly take pictures of every damn thing they see or do.

Nailed!

LOL, you are a skeptical bunch......

[postjack]

everyone thought that, but i figured it would be sporting to give him the benefit of the doubt. i know people who constantly take pictures of every damn thing they see or do.

yup, i know a girl who does this. but its cool because then i have cool pictures of me.

[grawk]

In my area, the only time I see square or rectangle pizza slices is when the pizza place makes a rectangular pizza. Every round pizza I've ever seen until half an hour ago has been cut into wedge shaped slices, and I did not think there was any other way of cutting a round pizza.

I've seen places throughout the northeast that cut it that way. Excluding NYC metro, which is exclusively pie wedges.

[grawk]

LOL, you are a skeptical bunch......

Of course. Did you really take artful well framed and thought out pictures of a pizza right before someone pranked you?

[Upstateguy]

Of course. Did you really take artful well framed and thought out pictures of a pizza right before someone pranked you?

Apparently! But thank you for the complement on my food photos......

USG

[Dusty Chalk]

Apparently, more people are more skeptical of the square-cut round pizza.

I've seen it a bunch of times already, get over it.

[archosman]

As a former pizza manager I'll let you in on a secret...

That's called a "party cut". A lot of times we would do that for large groups with children. Wasn't the norm, but there's 2 places here in Nashville that do it as well. Jeeze... that was 20 years ago I was doing that.

[dc]

I guess there are peculiarities in language and presentation of food everywhere we go

for one, I've never called a pizza a pie. a pie is a deep dished pastry filled with meat like this:

also, the only time i've seen a pizza cut that way is when it's garlic/herb pizza starters

finally, i take photos of lots of food as seen here: http://www.a-chau.net/gallery2/v/Food/

it's bizarre because sometimes i get extra good service as a result (i also sometimes take a notepad and write comments about food) other time i'm asked to stop and they get freaked out

i can only imagine in scenario 1 they think i write restaurant reviews for a prestigious publication/website or 2 they think i'm from the health inspection authority

[Upstateguy]

I guess there are peculiarities in language and presentation of food everywhere we go

for one, I've never called a pizza a pie. a pie is a deep dished pastry filled with meat like this:

also, the only time i've seen a pizza cut that way is when it's garlic/herb pizza starters

finally, i take photos of lots of food as seen here: http://www.a-chau.net/gallery2/v/Food/

it's bizarre because sometimes i get extra good service as a result (i also sometimes take a notepad and write comments about food) other time i'm asked to stop and they get freaked out

i can only imagine in scenario 1 they think i write restaurant reviews for a prestigious publication/website or 2 they think i'm from the health inspection authority

Cool pie picture dc...

When I was taking the pizza pictures the other day, they didn't get freaked out, but they did come over to ask about it....

Here's a lobster from Maine

and a shrimp from China Town

but the pepper flakes was the funniest I ever took.....

USG

[Knuckledragger]

I, for one, believe USG took those pictures. EXIF scrying tells me that he has a Canon PowerShot G7, which is a very nice point & shoot. My first camera was a PowerShot S60. I kept it on my belt and took it with me everywhere. It was nice being able to take quality pictures anywhere I went (cameraphones are a blight on humanity.) My S60 died twice, once when it was three months old, and once when it was 13 (warranty expired after 12.) In spite of this, I bought ...another Canon. This time an EOS 30D. Having an SLR and a handful of lenses has revolutionized the way I take pictures, but man, do I miss the compact size and light weight of my PowerShot.

1/25th of a second exposure, sitting near the edge of the table. I used to take shots like this all the time. I used to be a member of an improvised tripod group on Flickr. I'm afraid this technique works less well with an SLR. I'd love to buy another point & shoot, but that's $300 I could spend on a new lens (mmm, EF 85mm F/1.8 ) or *chuckle* audio.

[laxx]

You get no autofocus if I'm correct.

[aerius]

...but my little Canon Elph is just amazingly limited with quick, candid shots (it actually takes pretty nice photos from a tripod, but that defeats the purpose of having such a small camera, in my opinion).

I haven't had any real issues with my digital Elph unless I'm trying to do something dumb like taking long exposure pictures of people at night. The picture below is a hand-held 2 second exposure at night, image stabilization rocks.

[Knuckledragger]

i badly need to get a digital SLR, preferably a Nikon so i can use all my early 80's vintage Nikkor lenses. it doesn't need to be anything super duper special, but my little Canon Elph is just amazingly limited with quick, candid shots (it actually takes pretty nice photos from a tripod, but that defeats the purpose of having such a small camera, in my opinion).

Nikon's dSLRs are ...okay (except for the new D3, which is sexy in the extreme, but you may not want to spend $5000.) Until very recently, Canon has been fully a generation ahead of Nikon. You can get an adapter to mount any manual focus Nikon lens on a Canon EOS body. I don't own any Nikkors, but I have a bunch of M42 screw-mount manual focus lens, and a adapter to attach them to my two Canons. I've had a lot of fun using them.