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16 Dec 2008, 1:18 pm

Do you suppose someone could open an Asperger's-themed restaurants, give free Asperger's pamphlets to every incoming customer, and have everything about the restaurant have posters, decorations, etc. relating to Asperger's?

And of course, the flagship-food would be the ASPERGER!! ! (A kind of glutein/casein-free hamburger.) The syndrome does sound like a hamburger, you hear.

Then I guess a more minor burger would probably be the "Hans Ham Sandwich" (named after the researcher.)

Other meals there - I'll leave it up to you to name them something relevant.

(I wouldn't have the skills or capital to found a new restaurant, but someone here might, and I'd like a big part in it, just so long as I don't do the serving of the food. I'd hope to be a PR person, job recruiter, or something or another who is higher-up nonetheless.)

So what do you say? Could an Asperger-themed restaurant ever be a success?



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16 Dec 2008, 1:29 pm

For dessert you can choose the melt-down: a sort of angry warm ice cream :lol:


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16 Dec 2008, 2:29 pm

Asp-burger or aspie burger



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16 Dec 2008, 3:26 pm

8O is this a joke? i cant tell



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16 Dec 2008, 5:41 pm

I hope your joking. That's a terrible, terrible idea and if you go through with it your setting yourself up for a terrible failure.


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16 Dec 2008, 6:52 pm

Ah_Q wrote:
I hope your joking. That's a terrible, terrible idea and if you go through with it your setting yourself up for a terrible failure.


I have no intentions to start such a restaurant, but I'm giving the idea to anyone who may.


Some people make pessimistic statements that may turn out quite the contrary:
Ah_Q, if you had lived in '81, you'd think that "640k ought to be enough for anybody." (what was thought to be Bill Gates's quote)
In '58, "we will NEVER accept homosexuals in society." (many people's assumptions back then)
In 1895, ""Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical (sic) and insignificant, if not utterly impossible." (Simon Newcomb's quote)
In '77, "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." (Ken Olson's quote)

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16 Dec 2008, 6:54 pm

EgaoNoGenki wrote:
So what do you say? Could an Asperger-themed restaurant ever be a success?


Unlikely. You're trying to cater to a group of people that consists of less than 1% of the population. Furthermore, your primary customer base has all kinds of different food aversions which would be impossible to address without a huge menu. Most restaurants with huge menus fail - meals are more expensive to make in smaller quantities and take more time.



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16 Dec 2008, 6:55 pm

Brook-lynn20 wrote:
Asp-burger or aspie burger


Just "Asperger," Brook. A burger with the unaltered name.



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16 Dec 2008, 9:24 pm

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Menu:

Appetizer:

352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.

Entrées:

Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.

Deserts:

400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.

Drinks:

426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.

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17 Dec 2008, 12:16 am

I'll bet that could even have comic effect to the NTs, Mosse. I like that.



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17 Dec 2008, 3:57 am

Don't listen to people who tell you what you can't do. I've heard that so much. You CAN'T do this. You CAN'T do that. Your visions suck, don't do it and then they would talk about something pertaining to their ideas as if mine were somehow conflicting and in competition with theirs.

Just do it.

Make sure it's not very bright though, no flourescent lights.

The main reason why I don't like going to restaurants is because of the bright lights so have to wear shades.



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17 Dec 2008, 5:02 am

i'll have the kanner special XD



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17 Dec 2008, 12:46 pm

Restaurants have one of the highest failure rates for any type of new businesses, BTW.


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17 Dec 2008, 3:21 pm

I shudder at the thought, there are to many weird restaurants with waitrons having meltdowns, I'll pass. :o



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17 Dec 2008, 6:57 pm

Just make sure you soundproof the booths.


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25 Dec 2008, 12:20 pm

Mosse wrote:
_____________________________
Menu:

Appetizer:

352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.
352 grams of Tostitos nachos with a rare brand of Romanian salsa and a rare brand of Georgian cheese.

Entrées:

Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.
Hamburger with 40 ml of mayonnaise, 50 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of tomato, 1/4 pound of patty, and 20 grams of buns.

Deserts:

400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.
400 grams of heavenly hash ice cream.

Drinks:

426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.
426 ml of Mexican Coca-Cola.

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It could work in a large city (especially in a liberal city like NYC, San Francisco, or Vancouver).

I don't see all of us ordering the same thing, but I do see many of us having "the usual."


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