2.) Perhaps they were thrown out because it was closing time? Does anyone remember the Chesapeake Bay Seafood House? My uncle sat there once and ate and ate until they closed (he had a bottomless pit for a stomach and never seemed to gain any weight).

3.) We went to Barley & Hops for the AYCE ribs and could barely get through two plates. They put too much beer in everything. My kids took one taste of their food and said blech, it tastes like alcohol!

I wrote this post after seeing it on Fox5 news Thursday night. I am Science guy, whilst Liz is much more competent when it comes to composition of grammatical syllogisms. So if the “word police” need a perp, come for me. Just don’t taze me, Doe!

BTW BabyDoe, was it irony that in your reply you left the question unanswered or did you merely intend to berate my use of the Queens English?

Since I go to B&H a few times a week to enjoy a pint (or two) of Annapolis Rocks Pale Ale, I have learned a few other things about what actually happened on Wednesday night.
1. No one else that evening was taking advantage of the AYCE crab legs, so the accusation that “other tables were being served” was false.
2. The woman with the cropped blond hair didn’t even eat crabs legs, instead choosing a Philly Steak & Cheese sammich. She had “no beef”, sarcastically. A Jerry Springer moment, perhaps.
3. B&H has received so many calls about their AYCE Crabs on Wednesday, they’re bringing in extra staff this week. If you’re going, I would recommend calling ahead, or passing your time at the bar enjoying a hand-crafted beer while you wait.
4. In doing some quick scans at other local places (Mays, Cracked Claw, Liberty Road), I think $30 is the best price for Snow Crab legs in town.

Frog

“So this begs the question: What’s your favorite AYCE venue in Frederick?”

“Begs the question” does NOT — despite how it has been manipulated and badly used by news media types and politicians who think they are speaking intelligently or creatively — mean “raises the question”.

“Begs the question” is a phrase that “refers to a certain fallacy in syllogistic argument where the very thing you are trying to prove (your conclusion) is presupposed in the supporting argument (your premises)”. In other words, it does not raise questions about a subject…it points out where questions have not been answered.

To “beg the question” is to leave something unanswered or unproven — especially in a syllogism.

For instance, if you say “capital punishment is murder” you have begged the question of the morality involved with different types of killing; in other words, you did NOT ANSWER the question about the morality of different types of killing.

“Beg” in this instance is used much the same way as in the phrases “beggars belief” or “beggars description”. That is, it means refusing belief or description or to be beyond the resources of belief or description.

They weren’t just getting single orders (1 cluster) of legs, they ordered 64 DOUBLE orders of legs. . .

Aka: 128 clusters; 640 legs. . .

1. Great free publicity for Barley & Hops–I for one wasn’t aware of their AYCE Seafood Feast night.

2. NOT saying greed & gluttony wasn’t at work here, but nine orders by one person may not be quite as outrageous as it sounds. I’ve been served some relatively skimpy orders of snow crab legs (in terms of meat actually in the shell, and size/amount of legs in the serving) in AYCE settings. On such occasions, it didn’t seem outrageous when a few in my party asked for 6 or 7 orders of legs. (I can only recall asking for 3 orders of AYCE snow crab legs–at most. But then again, I accompany the seafood with ample side dishes such as baked potato, corn on the cob, and cole slaw.)