The Culinary Arts

'Give me a break, Titan. You are a muttonhead' wailed 'Rockin' Rick Ricci as the victorious tandem of Tennistitan and Frank 'Slats' Slattery proclaimed 'any day is a great day to be Irish' as they entered the pizza parlor, a short walk from Kinsley. "You donkeys eat mutton as a staple in Irish stew, Shepherd's Pie, and ballyhoo about the likes of blood pudding and your Irish soda bread." "We Italians have a cuisine that is highly desired all over the world, not just by the rummies slurping their Bailey's Irish Cream as they stumbled out of Rory Dolan's or the Rambling House at 4AM in your neighborhood" continued Mike 'not so stellar' Stella. 'RRR'/'not so Stella' were smarting from their third straight loss (6-2, 6-4, 6-2) to 'Slats'/'TT - the one that the pizza lunch bill hinged on and were in no mood for pleasantries. 'Slat's remarked, "Caphones! Titan and I recognize your culinary contributions, especially with the antipasti; that is why we gave you the (3-6) opening set loss as an appetizer, whetting your appetite. Unfortunately for you, it was cold antipasto- just as your game would become as the morning wore on. Titan then turned to 'Slats' and said, "Next time we play these wops, we'll go easy on them. I think the guineas might have invented Guinness Stout and just misspelled the name."