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Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by bitherd on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:13AM (#22375579)
What the hell is with that image in the intro, with the smiling waiter?
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by xorand on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:28AM (#22375689)
Waiter delivers a shovel of spaghetti [code], client happy.
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by bitherd on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:30AM (#22375711)
Yeah I get that much (Sorry should have said so) I am trying to understand the real-life context.
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by Izkata on Thursday February 20, 2020 @06:50PM (#22379719)
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)

Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by xorand on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:51AM (#22375881)
I suppose the same context as serving a drink in a jar.
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by arethuza on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:43AM (#22375811)
The important lesson being to do it with a big smile!
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by barrowclift on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:22AM (#22375654)
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.
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by lionsdan on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:36AM (#22375760)
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday February 20, 2020 @11:53AM (#22376424)
The waiter is John Lennon. TIL.
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by bitherd on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:30AM (#22375713)
Ok thanks, that's more what I was after :)
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by Marazan on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:34AM (#22375739)
It's from the meaning of life by monty python.
Re:Big Ball of Mud (1999) by arethuza on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:42AM (#22375804)
You're, perhaps understandably, thinking of Mr Creosote - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Creosote