Word: ihope
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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Secluded in our booth, the first cup of coffee began to cut the fog. As we looked around, I had the warm feeling that I was back in high school, hanging out. One of IHOP's greatest features is that they are all identically tacky, so that all are familiar and safe. From the spreading pool of artificially colored and flavored boysenberry syrup that eventually leaves the table purple and gooey, to the clashing blue and orange of the seats and ceiling, IHOP's are always the same...
Then, two hours after we had come in, no more calmed or ready to deal with reality than when we had first seen the blue and orange IHOP sign from the highway, I finally resolved to block out any remaining freaks or crazy people, and just kill my munchies with one last order of pancakes...
...NEXT AFTERNOON I could reduce the madness to anecdotes. And as I checked out the crowds of well-adjusted people cruising through the Square, I began thinking about my next chance to catch the best of the bizarre and grotesque, sometime in the morning, somewhere in an IHOP...