Gumbolaya

Me: “May I have a cup of corn chowder with that?”
Waitress: “We don’t have the chowder today. We have Chili and Gumbolaya.”
Me: “Gumbo-laya? Did you mean Gumbo or Jambalaya?”
Waitress: “Yes, Gumbolaya.” [Lizz stares across the table at me, wide-eyed]
Me: “OK, I’ll try some, if only to see what it is.”
[Waitress brings a cup of what is clearly just gumbo.]
Waitress: “How’s that Gumbolaya tasting?”
Me: “A lot like gumbo.”

29 Comments

  1. So, you’re saying that the waitress was a laya?

  2. julesOdeNile

    [quote comment=”426837″]So, you’re saying that the waitress was a laya?[/quote]
    …and that you decided to take a Gumbo on it, anyway? ๐Ÿ™„

  3. I believe that the Gumbolaya is actually a Caribbean dance only ever done in Creole soup kitchens at midnight on All Souls Dayโ€ฆalthough I could be wrong.

    Personally Iโ€™ve always wanted to invent a new Latin dance. I once tried to combine the Lambada and the Tango to produce something new and sexy but nobody liked its name, โ€œEl Lumbagoโ€ (Ay Caramba!).

  4. fruf

    gum ball aya? sounds like a new computer game

  5. Hang on.
    Isn’t Gumbo that toothless old tramp who hangs out on your street, Dave?

  6. junkman

    at least it wasn’t cat fish pie!

    p.s. here’s an old favorite for today

  7. So was this a real restaurant or did Starbucks have a Mocha-Gumbolaya-Frapachino?

  8. Bigwavdave

    Note on the menu at Fat Fish Blue in Cleveland

    We serve Cajun and Creole – And we know the difference!

  9. Bigwavdave

    Damn – I forgot to log in again…

  10. Drusky

    Gumbo… Sounds like a movie starring Gumby about a clay warrior going back to rescue his friends from the Play-doh prison cup… ๐Ÿ™„

  11. Drusky

    RIGHT ON! Thanks, BWD, for giving me the idea to log in before posting to make my avatar show up. I didn’t have too before, tho… Dave, does this little revelation help you with the problem you were figuring out?

  12. Jay Laverdure

    Gumbolaya is actually the Cajun culinary creation of the great eccentric Hawaiian chef,
    HelloIwannalaya…

  13. ๐Ÿ˜ฏ Do you live in a culinary hell hole, Dave??? I mean….Gumbolaya? WTF is that shit. The chef in me wants to come up there and slap the crap outta that waitress! ๐Ÿ‘ฟ

    Gumbolaya…..jeeeze!

  14. Peter, Paul, and waitress sing their new song, Gumbolaya

    Gumbolaya lord, Gumbolaya
    We’re serving Gumbolaya

    Someone’s eating lord, Gumbolaya
    Someone’s eating Gumbolaya

    Someone’s mocking lord, Gumbolaya
    Someone’s mocking Gumbolaya

    Everybody sing! …..

  15. julesOdeNile

    [quote comment=”426905″]Damn – I forgot to log in again…[/quote]
    the light bulb came on so bright i think it blew!!!! ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ˜ฏ ๐Ÿ˜‰

  16. julesOdeNile

    [quote comment=”427427″][quote comment=”426905″]Damn – I forgot to log in again…[/quote]
    the light bulb came on so bright i think it blew!!!! ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ’ก ๐Ÿ˜ฏ ;-)[/quote]
    for me that is….

  17. junkman

    i still don’t get the avatar thing. i can’t even change it. this is what i get.

    warning: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: Unable to open ‘/home/linabury/public_html/wp-content/avatars/100.jpg’ for writing: Permission denied in /home/linabury/public_html/wp-content/plugins/cmdavatar.php on line 92

    File upload failed.

  18. junkman

    omg! it worked. well shut my mouth!

  19. Lake Effect

    I was going to ask for this at my local Starbucks, but unfortunately I was recognized by the mucho’ grande’ security guard (the infamous Vanilla Buscardo Cafe’ incident) and rebuffed at the entree’.

  20. junkman

    that’s alot’ of’ those’ little’ thingy’s you’ used’ there’ lake’. โ—

  21. That sounds like an Early Bird Special for the geriatric set! ๐Ÿ˜›

  22. J

    I”ll be having a kwa-sid-ula tonight oh wait quesadilla?!

  23. Lake Effect

    [quote comment=”427555″]that’s alot’ of’ those’ little’ thingy’s you’ used’ there’ lake’. :!:[/quote]
    I was attempti’ng to be’ sophistica’ted.

  24. [quote comment=”427566″][quote comment=”427555″]that’s alot’ of’ those’ little’ thingy’s you’ used’ there’ lake’. :!:[/quote]
    I was attempti’ng to be’ sophistica’ted.[/quote]

    In that case your ‘mucho grande’ guard, should have been a ‘venti’

  25. Lake Effect

    [quote comment=”427567″][quote comment=”427566″][quote comment=”427555″]that’s alot’ of’ those’ little’ thingy’s you’ used’ there’ lake’. :!:[/quote]
    I was attempti’ng to be’ sophistica’ted.[/quote]

    In that case your ‘mucho grande’ guard, should have been a ‘venti'[/quote]
    Touche’.

  26. devilsfan

    is it my imagination or is pumacat tomsparks incarnate?? Reference previous post.

  27. devilsfan

    Dave,
    You must have a huge set of brass balls or be incredibly stupid (which I highly doubt) to give that a shot. I think that I would have verbally abuse the waitress a hell of a lot more and walked out. Kudos to you my brother

  28. Patrick

    Gumball Eye Yaah- Isn’t that one of those ocular diseases where you get this rheumy looking shit draining outcha eyeball?
    Be wary of the okra Dave-o- When it’s done right-excellent. When it ain’t- naaasty!
    ZZ Top rocks the Fort tonight- Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers- Hell Yeah!

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