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Blog Guy, I need some of your famous travel advice. I love visiting the childhood homes of great people, to see where they got their start.
I’ve been to Mark Twain’s home in Hannibal, Missouri, the house where Louisa May Alcott grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, Reverend Martin Luther King’s birth home, in Atlanta…
Say no more, this is your lucky day. Two words for you: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Um, I think I’m going to need a few more words than that.
Oh. They’ve just opened a museum dedicated to Arnold’s life, in the house where he was born, in Austria. He was there in person for the opening.
He’s not exactly Louisa May Alcott.
You want fries with that museum?
Honey, I have a surprise! An entire museum of fries! Let’s order a malted, And everything salted, Then leave, before anyone dies!
Blog Guy, I read your item about the Ramen Museum in Japan, which sounds kind of boring. Are there any really great food-themed museums?
Well, everybody knows about our own Goofy Face Museum and Doughnut Shop, here in Washington, DC.
Sure, I’ve been there lots of times. What else?
There’s the Frietmuseum, in Belgium. The place is dedicated entirely to research and information on French fries.
Seriously? An actual French fry museum? Isn’t that kind of risky in this health-conscious era?
Sure, Georgia. Just don’t call them “boomer” or “four bagger.”
Ramen Museum? My cup runneth over!
Okay, kids, I got the tickets for our big vacation trip today, and you’re gonna love it!
Yay for Daddy! You’re the bestest! Where are we going? Disney World, Universal, Dollywood?
Nope, better than that, kids. This year, it’s the Cup Noodles Museum!
WTF, Daddy? A noodle museum?
Sure, kids! It’s a whole museum celebrating the 40th anniversary of cup noodles, with a “Chicken Ramen Factory,” a giant noodle cup, a golden statue of the company’s founder…
It even has “Cup Noodles Park” and a “virtual fryer,” an interactive attraction “where children can experience the manufacturing process of cup noodles…”
ooooo! Come down to Edin, I am never short of my comfort food… Nothing like a steaming bowl of Maggi when its cold and freezing outside…
And the second-best museum is…
Blog Guy, I’m having an argument with my piano tuner’s haberdasher…
My main purpose in life is to settle arguments. What is it?
We were trying to decide on the second-best museum in the world, next to your Goofy Face Museum and Doughnut Shop, which we both agree is number one.
Anyways, is number two the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City, or the Louvre, in Paris?
Sorry, I’m not familiar with those. I’m sure they’re probably both okay.
WHAT? And you’re a travel writer? Then what would be your choice?
And a pain to make. I’ve never yet got the texture right. Maybe I should leave the rum alone until I’ve actually cooked them?
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The very dumbest? Wow. Thanks, Rick! Come back often!