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by bitherd 2311 days ago
What the hell is with that image in the intro, with the smiling waiter?
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xorand 2311 days ago
Waiter delivers a shovel of spaghetti [code], client happy.
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bitherd 2311 days ago
Yeah I get that much (Sorry should have said so) I am trying to understand the real-life context.
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Izkata 2310 days ago
So the image is actually a link, but the page 404s. Putting it into the Wayback machine results in 63 snapshots, only the oldest of which (From 1998! It was gone in 2000!) has content: http://web.archive.org/web/19981206071543/http://oak.cats.oh...

No images though. However, I noticed down at the bottom this text:

> All Beatles Images (c) Apple Corps Ltd. Page Design (c) 1997 jwinterprises

Well... off to google?

"Beatles shovel spaghetti" brings up multiple copies of this image, including an explanation: https://biteswiththebeatles.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/aunt-je...

> If you have ever owned a vinyl copy (or certain CD copies) of Magical Mystery Tour, you’ll know that it comes with a 28-page booklet containing song lyrics, drawings by cartoonist Bob Gibson, and scenes from the Magical Mystery Tour movie.

> [..]

> Yes, you looked at that correctly. That is John Lennon, dressed as an Italian waiter, literally shoveling buckets of spaghetti on this woman’s plate. You’re probably gonna want some context…

(Edit: and if I only scrolled further I see someone else already posted that link)

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xorand 2311 days ago
I suppose the same context as serving a drink in a jar.
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arethuza 2311 days ago
The important lesson being to do it with a big smile!
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barrowclift 2311 days ago
Funnily enough, I recognize this image from The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" soundtrack liner notes (the image itself is from the movie). Why it's included in this article is lost on me.
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lionsdan 2311 days ago
https://biteswiththebeatles.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/aunt-je...
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SideburnsOfDoom 2311 days ago
The waiter is John Lennon. TIL.
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bitherd 2311 days ago
Ok thanks, that's more what I was after :)
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Marazan 2311 days ago
It's from the meaning of life by monty python.
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arethuza 2311 days ago
You're, perhaps understandably, thinking of Mr Creosote - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Creosote
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