Comfy Cow opening in Clifton today

[Robin Garr]

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Interesting that Insider Louisville summarized this thread with no effort to contact anyone involved.

I've talked by Email or in person with both Adam and Tim now. I think this will probably blow over, and I think even the gang at Insider Louisville was right on their bottom line: This will ultimately help both places.

"Catty chatty," though? That's not really our style.

I've talked by Email or in person with both Adam and Tim now.

Any insight from Tim on the customer poaching mascot?

"Catty chatty," though? That's not really our style.

....I dunno Robin, thinking back over this and some of the other recent dessert drama episodes, not to mention a few of the historic Your-screaming-kid-got-craft-beer-on-my-locavore-farmers-market-pizza-so-I'm-not-going-to-tip-20%-and-instead-just-run-off-and-eat-cheese-offa-food-truck-on-my-way-to-Trader-Joe's-Threads....The term "Catty chatty" kinda resonates. Just sayin'.

[Robin Garr]

I've talked by Email or in person with both Adam and Tim now.

Any insight from Tim on the customer poaching mascot?

Yeah, but our conversation was informational, off the record and not to be used for a news story or anything of that sort.

I think it's okay for me to say, though, that it was an enthusiastic, young, worker carrying out a bad idea that he thought would be a good idea. I'm told that appropriate apologies have been made and accepted.

It should also perhaps be noted that Comfy Cow did not have any "coupons" or brochures or fliers to pass out; only cow logo stickers.

[Robin Garr]

Just sayin'.

Garage logic?

When we don't censor much, Steve, people talk about what they want to. Works for me.

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Interesting that Insider Louisville summarized this thread with no effort to contact anyone involved.

I've talked by Email or in person with both Adam and Tim now. I think this will probably blow over, and I think even the gang at Insider Louisville was right on their bottom line: This will ultimately help both places.

"Catty chatty," though? That's not really our style.

Do you mean the people involved as in the posters or the people involved as in the actual owners?

I know you and I have talked about this topic before - that being the quoting of board material. I'm thinking you mean the actual owners and not us chatty people...

The true Amerikan solution to this is for all patrons to agree to have a cone from Homemade followed by a cone from Comfy Cow DAILY. Do that for a few years, become morbidly obese, and then sue both establishments.

I think it's okay for me to say, though, that it was an enthusiastic, young, worker carrying out a bad idea that he thought would be a good idea.

I sent the insider link to my Mom. She will be so proud that for the first time ever I made the "news" and it didn't involve the police blotter.

[Robin Garr]

Do you mean the people involved as in the posters or the people involved as in the actual owners?

Both, really, Matthew. To be honest, when I posted I was thinking about contacting the principals as a matter of journalism; but now that you mention it, picking up forum posts and republishing them without contacting the posters isn't really admirable. It's arguably permissible under "fair use," but going the extra mile to contact each poster would have gone the extra mile - and might have yielded even better quotes.

Do you mean the people involved as in the posters or the people involved as in the actual owners?

Both, really, Matthew. To be honest, when I posted I was thinking about contacting the principals as a matter of journalism; but now that you mention it, picking up forum posts and republishing them without contacting the posters isn't really admirable. It's arguably permissible under "fair use," but going the extra mile to contact each poster would have gone the extra mile - and might have yielded even better quotes.

I agree 100%, as I've said previously.

The whole practice does give me some pause about my participation in the public record. I'm fine knowing my posts are public. I don't know if I am fine knowing that a journalist can do lazy (and that's what it is) journalism by cherry-picking a discussion forum.

The CJ did this yesterday with their Ear-X-Tacy story - took a customer quote from Ear-X-Tacy's facebook page instead of going out and getting an original, on-the-record opinion.

Having been guilty for sending the thread down the Adam Smith trail, I'm hoping not to do that again. Ice Cream I say! Everyday! From both companies!

Just sayin'.

Garage logic?

When we don't censor much, Steve, people talk about what they want to. Works for me.

No worries Food Dude. My comment was simply an observation built on a foundation of very broad generalizations that I came up with whilst tinkering in the garage. I think that most of us ( Even Brian ) appreciate the to-a-large-extent-we-don't-censor....much....approach. It makes for an interesting place to hang out.

edited for clarity

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A few of my favorite quotes from the lazy ass "article" or otherwise a summary of the silliness.



explaining in a 794-word reply to the nattering nabobs of negativism

Garr, however, wasn’t leaving it alone

Burckle bristled at this comment and answered with a symbolic pie to Garr’s face

despite some of the untrue claims Garr has made about my work in the past

makes some of LHB’s regular raconteurs look even more ridiculous than usual—were that possible. Could they possibly … I have to ask … have mad cow disease?

[Robin Garr]

some pause about my participation in the public record. I'm fine knowing my posts are public.

Bear in mind, too, that I've compromised my "real names" principle to the extent of allowing first name, last initial as an option, and no one can track your host IP number. There are an awful lot of Matthew D's out there.

some pause about my participation in the public record. I'm fine knowing my posts are public.

Bear in mind, too, that I've compromised my "real names" principle to the extent of allowing first name, last initial as an option, and no one can track your host IP number. There are an awful lot of Matthew D's out there.

My parents always told me I was unique. That uniqueness obviously starts with the first name "Matthew."