Chief, Do You Want Some? Footnotes

What can you say after your Chief walks out on one of your best jokes? Well....

"I'm here all week, try the veal" '40s and '50s. Originally from the "Borscht Belt" of New York and/or dinner/night clubs around the 40's and 50's. Usually said after a failed joke. It would serve two purposes. One, it would remind the crowd that they were actually performing several nights in a row. Two, it would remind them to spend money at the location they were in. I usually say it after an awkward statement, and may add "Tip your Waitress" to signify that I am "on a small club stage doing a routine and you should be laughing at my jokes, please." It didn't change anything when I said it to the guys after telling our Chief a dirty joke...

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