No Tips Either Way

Okay, you’re a chef. Which of these trays was requested for a singer’s dressing room, and which is the last meal of a Texas death-row inmate?

A. Neil Diamond (“Love on the Rocks”)
B. Nelly (“Hot in Herre”)
C. Smokey Robinson (“Tears of a Clown”)
D. B.B. King (“The Thrill Is Gone”)
E. Cornelius Goss (beat a Dallas homeowner to death with a board)
F. Gerald Mitchell (shotgunned two customers during a Houston drug deal)
G. James Collier (shot two Wichita Falls residents while stalking his daughter)
H. James Powell (raped and murdered a 10-year-old in Beaumont)
I. Paul Nuncio (strangled a 61-year-old in Plainview)

1. BBQ chicken wings, chips, fruit, ginger ale
2. 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 banana, coconut, peaches
3. One pot of coffee
4. Enchiladas, burritos, chocolate ice cream, cantaloupe (whole, split in half)
5. Chinese takeout, coffee
6. 1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers
7. Baked salmon, french fries, fruit platter, salad, soda
8. Nothing
9. Thirty jumbo shrimp, cocktail sauce, baked potato, French fries, ketchup, butter, one T-bone steak, one chocolate malt, one gallon of vanilla ice cream, and three cans of Big Red

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A. Neil Diamond (“Love on the Rocks”) 5. Chinese takeout, coffee B. Nelly (“Hot in Herre”) 7. Baked salmon, french fries, fruit platter, salad, soda C. Smokey Robinson (“Tears of a Clown”): 1. BBQ chicken wings, chips, fruit, ginger ale D. B.B. King (“The Thrill Is Gone”) 8. Nothing E. Cornelius Goss (beat a Dallas homeowner to death with a board): 2. 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 banana, coconut, peaches F. Gerald Mitchell (shotgunned two customers during a Houston drug deal) 6. 1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers G. James Collier (shot two Wichita Falls residents while stalking his daughter) 9. Thirty jumbo shrimp, cocktail sauce, baked potato, French fries, ketchup, butter, one T-bone steak, one chocolate malt, one gallon of vanilla ice cream, and three cans of Big Red H. James Powell (raped and murdered a 10-year-old in Beaumont) 3. One pot of coffee I. Paul Nuncio (strangled a 61-year-old in Plainview) 4. Enchiladas, burritos, chocolate ice cream, cantaloupe (whole, split in half)

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“The One-Man Vaudeville Show”

“I will now give an imitation of three Hawaiians. This is one (whistles), this is another (plays ukulele), and this is the third (marks time with his foot). I could imitate four Hawaiians just as easily, but I will tell you the reason why I don’t do it. You see, I bought a horse for $50, and it turned out to be a running horse. I was offered $15,000 for him, and I took it. I built a house with the $15,000, and when it was finished a neighbor offered me $100,000 for it. He said my house stood right where he wanted to dig a well. So I took the $100,000 to accommodate him. I invested the $100,000 in peanuts, and that year there was a peanut famine, so I sold the peanuts for $350,000. Now, why should a man with $350,000 bother to imitate four Hawaiians?”

— Joe Cook, vaudeville performer

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