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DnetMHZ

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As mentioned above 90% of the Hooters girls are about average looking and they wear WAAAAY too much make-up.
 

nakedfrog

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Originally posted by: Eli
WTF is the big deal with wings, anyway?

They're like the SPAM of the chicken. The last thing you want to eat.

:p

I'm with you on that one.
 

Jzero

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: Eli
WTF is the big deal with wings, anyway?

They're like the SPAM of the chicken. The last thing you want to eat.

:p

I'm with you on that one.

Sometimes you're just in the mood for junk food. One of my favorite winter rituals is watching the NFL playoffs with a stack of hooters wings and a six-pack of Miller Lite.
 

HumblePie

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Well, there are 3 hooters in my area, San Antonio. They all have quite a few lookers, with I think the one off Wurzbach having the best looking women. However, don't be fooled, they are snobby, snotty, snooty, "my sh~t don't stink", bia bias. Even when they serve you, they avoid eye contact at all costs, never smile, and generally try to look like they are better then all those around them. I hate going there but for some reason one of my co-workers loves the place.

As far as the food goes, well the buffalo chicken sandwhich is awsome when they make it right. It's hit an miss though on the food. Some days you get tough, rubbery, stringy, and disgusting meat. Other days its thick, juicy, tender, and delicious.

But you got to think here though realistically. I can go to Chille's, Apple Bee's, TGIF's, Dave and Busters, or a ton of other "lunch" places my co-workers go. ALL them have roughly the same average quality food for the above average prices. The difference? At least a hooters you get to see some cleavage. Nothing is worse then going to eat at a restuarant for lunch and there is nothing but guys working that day and maybe one humungous fat chick. Given those alternatives with food quality and prices being equal, I'll rather go to hooters even with annoying, self-centered, egotistical, b~tches and all.
 

Phoenix15

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Originally posted by: Crazyfool
Some Hooters places are insanely cool and others are meh. It helps when the wings are good(some stores have issues with this) and it also helps when the chicks are super friendly(hotness helps).

All I can say is try different Hooters restaraunts... I have experienced a huge variance in every store. Panama City Beach, FL Hooters is perhaps the best Hooters in the country. :D I am roughly 1,000 miles from there right now. :(



I've been to the Panama city beach one too! I agree it is awesome. Right on the beach, and a huge deck to sit on and drink a few with your friends. I prefer the chicken fingers myself, medium of course. :)
 

rh71

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Should go at least once to see what it's about. Our waitress sat down at our table while taking our orders (presumably to give us a better look - for a bigger tip). Wasn't a big deal... just a "nice" environment to be in while scarfing down some wings or some grilled cheese. :) The TIGHT shirts are something to marvel at though... let's not play that down.
 

rh71

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Our local radio station played a phone prank calling a hooters out of state... pretending to ask about the restaurant in general. He asked their manager (female and then male later) questions like... "are your Hooters big?". "are your Hooters clean?" etc. etc. The manager never thought twice about it... they seemed to answer with a straight face. I'm not usually one for immature pranks, but the way they played that one out was hilarious.
 

Ketteringo

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The $.30 wings days are pretty good, and I really enjoy their cheeseburgers.

Other than that, kinda $ for the quality.
 

BAMAVOO

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Originally posted by: Jzero
I never understood the big enigma surrounding Hooters...they aren't showing anything. You see more skin on your average broadcast TV sitcom.

The wings are very good. The sauce is tangy and doesn't rely on spiciness, but what makes them is the breading which is richer than other wings - that is the rare wings that you get breaded in other restaurants. It's closer in consistency to the breading on KFC chicken and it just soaks up the sauce so you get a lot of flavor in the wings.

I also go there for crab legs, as they are much cheaper than the Red Lobster right next door and are of comparable quality.

The waitresses are just waitresses wearing costumes like any other theme restaurant. Some are hot, some are not. It's not like they make you do a "motorboat" before you order. Aside from having to explain away the innuendo connected to the word "Hooters" there's nothing there that one should be concerned about their child seeing at Hooters, let alone their male significant other. My wife loves to go to Hooters.

I have always wondered what this meant. Flava-Flavicon is dedicated to the memory of my friend, lover, and soulmate Schizoid
 

Jzero

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Originally posted by: BAMAVOO
I have always wondered what this meant. Flava-Flavicon is dedicated to the memory of my friend, lover, and soulmate Schizoid

It's a bit convoluted, but at somepoint I crudely fashioned a smiley wearing a proverbial tin foil deflector beanie and then posted a thread proclaiming my new invention.

Schizoid quickly responded posting a thread claiming he had invented it first.

I stuck it in my sig, where it sat for a couple of years and at some point Schizoid commented that I really should come up with a new a sig.

Shortly thereafter, FuseTalk was upgraded and we got a bunch of new emoticons so someone posted a thread asking for the coolest thing you could think of for the new ones. I came up with the icon wearing a clock around his neck and added it to my sig to honor Schizoid's request.
 

habib89

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it's not a big deal.. wings are decent.. breasts are better.. although the hooters in san francisco isn't all that great.. hit and miss for sure.. i gotta find a place for good wings in the bay area though..
 

slurmsmackenzie

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Originally posted by: habib89
it's not a big deal.. wings are decent.. breasts are better.. although the hooters in san francisco isn't all that great.. hit and miss for sure.. i gotta find a place for good wings in the bay area though..

given the ecclectic community in SF it's no surprise that a rival chain committed to an alternative lifestyle opened down the street from hooters......

they named it "NUTS"

 

neutralizer

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I went last week, it was highly overrated, I've had much better hot wings at other places, although the girls were pretty cute and definitely very social unlike what someone else said up there, they made eye contact and smiled, etc. Very friendly environment but overrated for the price.
 

Bryophyte

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I've been once. They opened one a couple towns over last year. We took our kids for dinner with friends. Food wasn't bad, waitresses weren't really dressed any skankier than you see girls wearing on the street.
 

JulesMaximus

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You aren't missing much.

The food sucks, it's overpriced and the waitresses are generally pretty skanky looking.
 

Isla

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Originally posted by: Ilmater
Originally posted by: Isla
My husband has never been. He could go if he wanted to--- I wouldn't care.

He says it's tacky (he's right) and he isn't going to see anyone hotter than me(glad he sees it that way), so he doesn't see the point. :D
HAH HAH! Whether or not your husband actually sees someone hotter than you doesn't mean he's not lying.

Silly kid... of course I know he sees women who are technically hotter than me. But when you've been in a relationship as long as we have, and you're still chasing eachother around the bedroom despite the responsibility of having 3 children, 2 careers, etc. etc, part of the reason WHY you still want each other so much is because you treat your mate with the tenderness they deserve. Which may include telling each other that you only have eyes for each other.

Funny, it seems that the older we get, the truer it starts to be. Maybe because we are getting past all the superficial youth crap. :)

 

funkymatt

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$20 for a pitcher of guiness is not so great, especially after you order 3 and no one knows they're $20.