Overrated

[St. Jerry]

Pet Sounds by Beach Boys -- Overrated

[GeezerSteve]

Pet Sounds by Beach Boys -- Overrated

Only to those ears who are unable to hear Brian Wilson's genius.

Here in Minneapolis. . . . lobster is very expensive, but we have walleye that when deep fried, is just perfection.

Yeah we know you're digging on DD but this is a correct statement re walleye, the tastiest of all fresh water fish.

[iceman]

Pet Sounds by Beach Boys -- Overrated

can't agree with that one.

fried walleye is damn good as Drew's mom mentioned.

U2 has had their moments but yeah.

dtown is tripping. Ribeyes are killer (although I prefer strip steaks).

I don't quite get SF either. Don't hate it, don't love it.

deep dish does suck

[Danno]

deep dish pizza might not be overrated if it was called pizza casserole.

[GeezerSteve]

hahahaha

[iceman]

I think if they left the word "pizza" out it might be okay. It's not pizza.

[GeezerSteve]

it's bread with a thin veneer of quasi-pizza on top

[skiing-in-jackson]

Was at a business lunch meeting in the fish place inside CNN Center and redneck guy who somehow made it on the trip ordered lobster.

He maybe had never seen one before and didn't know how to eat it. He just stared at it the whole lunch.

IMHO Lobster is overrated, but watching this inept guy wasn't.

Eating Lobster in a time and place thing. You need to be in New England for it to taste good.

[Kopi_Red]

U2. U2 is severely overrated.

Yes. They're probably the most overated band in the world.

[mall walker]

Every time my wife and I go back to visit Maine (where she grew up / we both lived for a time) we'll stop someplace on the coast and get a lobster roll and a beer by the water. It's touristy but it is really good. I can definitely see it being overrated as well though. A thing can be both good and overrated. Zion National Park comes to mind.

Deep dish pizza 100%. I recall some comedian saying it looked like "the aftermath of a tall-building suicide jump in a cardboard box" and that sounds about right to me.

Overrated: Snowbird, high heel risers and adjustable poles

[jackstraw]

He maybe had never seen one before and didn't know how to eat it. He just stared at it the whole lunch.

That's pretty damn funny!

I guess I didn't know SF was 'rated', but I'd take SF over any other city that I've visited in the US. I think it's because the lack of skyscrapers you can actually walk around and not be in the shadows...aside from the business district. But generally speaking I cannot stand any of those concrete jungles.

[Danno]

I think if they left the word "pizza" out it might be okay. It's not pizza.

You're right, it's not pizza. but see, that's why pizza casserole might work. Because there, pizza is an adjective, not a noun. It's a casserole, and pizza is just a description of the casserole.

[riser4]

Irony is that lobster was once considered as a food fit for only the pigs and the poor.

For the best deal on lobster, go to a New England supermarket when the supply is up. What the locals do.

Market Basket.

[riser4]

Football is overrated.

[::: :::]

Overrated? pizza...its unremarkable. The only reason pizza is popular is that it used to be cheap (kinda like McDonald's).

Don't get me wrong; it's tasty enough, especially now that we can make it artisanally in special ovens. But it's not cheap anymore so not a great meal.

[riser4]

Overrated? pizza...its unremarkable. The only reason pizza is popular is that it used to be cheap (kinda like McDonald's).

Don't get me wrong; it's tasty enough, especially now that we can make it artisanally in special ovens. But it's not cheap anymore so not a great meal.

Ya.

[Meadow Skipper]

This is for me, having grown up in California back on the day, but San Francisco is a 'used to be' great place, but overrated now. First yuppies, and now the tech kids have pretty much taken all the true color and life out of the place and are making it more unaffordable and less interesting every day. I miss the way it used to be. A documentary called "San Francisco 2.0" (HBO I think) is enlightening about the tech kid takeover.

For that matter California is overrated.

And yeah, football and U2, way overrated.

[GeezerSteve]

Football is overrated.

Break that down. NFL is overrated. College football is not.

NBA is overrated. College basketball is not.

[Meadow Skipper]

Break that down. NFL is overrated. College football is not

Frat boy keepaway.

[bagtagley]

Blue crabs. Friend down the street is from Baltimore and they get boiled crabs. I don't get it. You spend hours picking at the fuckers and you never get full. Apparently, the trick is to chug beer while you build a pile of meat. Then, hours later, you can eat it all at once, and you're drunk and happy. I think a better solution would be to do an actual boil ourselves with corn, potatoes and sausage, so you have some food to eat while you're working.

I agree about BBQ. The market has become saturated, and it's so easy to do yourself. For the first time in my life, I'm sick of BBQ.

[GeezerSteve]

Frat boy keepaway.

Smear the Queer is the purest most underrated sport ever. Is there a more politically correct name?

[Danno]

NBA is overrated. College basketball is not.

Personally, I think the NBA is underrated. And College basketball is overrated, except for the tournament. That is rated correctly/

[Art Shirk]

How does this walking pencil eraser get work? He's about as dynamic as a kitchen sponge and he sounds like a nasally kid's tv show announcer from the 50s.

[sb]

Consider the competition, blue crab, Dungeness crab, snow/king crab, langoustines, crayfish.

Cook them all at once, each optimally, then compare with bites of duck, buffalo and new York strip on hand with decent wines.

Then decide.

Great reason for a party.

when is this happening?

[Tippster]

No, nothing like that. But you have to admit, they could probably give one hell of a hand job.

More tug than rub tho...

Filet is for soccer mom's. Get yourself a proper ribeye.

Agreed. He has already been rightfully flogged for this travesty. I won't pile on.

Baseball is overrated.

Fixed.

Blue crabs. Friend down the street is from Baltimore and they get boiled crabs.

BOILED? They're doing it wrong.

And no, you eat the meat and drink the beer while picking. Beer puts out the Old Bay fire. Once full (and yes, it's supposed to take a long time and is a very social event) you pick and pile the leftover crabs and make crab cakes the next day.

I'll pummel you if you fry those crab cakes. They shall be broiled as God intended.

Overrated: Thai food, Halibut, Burritos, Napa Cabs, All (non-White Burgundy) Chardonnay, Phish, most Dylan songs, Subarus, Tacomas, Breckenridge, Killington, Miami Beach, Disney World/Land...