The meat’s on the pole, not on the plate.

Posted on 15/02/2008 by Osher

Hooray.

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20 Responses to The meat’s on the pole, not on the plate.

  1. crumpet says:
    16/02/2008 at 12:03 AM

    I think I may vomit.

    I’m a feminist first, a vegetarian second…

  2. arc angel )( says:
    16/02/2008 at 9:04 AM

    I’m with crumpet.
    I have nothing against strip clubs, veganism or imaginative advertising but I found the continual reference to the women being the only ‘meat’ in the joint offensive.
    I have a sense of humour too but perhaps it is just that a few of us girls have been treated like meat by some men one too many times!

  3. Colour Scientist says:
    16/02/2008 at 10:14 AM

    Hooray? Because it is soo much better to be supporting an industry that abuses and exploits women. I know there is no comparison between the two types. But this really sucks.

  4. Andrew G says:
    16/02/2008 at 12:45 PM

    MMmmmm. the sweet smell of missed Irony.
    Hooray.
    xx aa

  5. chosha says:
    16/02/2008 at 11:22 PM

    The link’s not working, but the comments kind of give it away. Smiling at the irony comment.

  6. chosha says:
    17/02/2008 at 2:06 AM

    Ah, working now.

  7. candy_loaded_kat says:
    17/02/2008 at 5:03 AM

    True story… Pole dancing is great exercise.

  8. crumpet says:
    17/02/2008 at 8:29 AM

    I got the irony, but still couldn’t help being repulsed.

  9. Colour Scientist says:
    17/02/2008 at 2:40 PM

    Well if it is said in irony then it is absolutely hilarious and not at all revolting.

  10. Dirk says:
    18/02/2008 at 2:26 PM

    I’m very supportive of women’s rights. I think if more women were in positions of power the world would be a more compassionate place.

    Having said that, women should have the right to work at a strip club if they choose to.

    The references to meat on the pole did get a little tired, but so long as it’s in jest, I don’t see any reason to find it offensive.

    As a vegan I think the dude has a cool idea and I hope he succeeds.

  11. thinkingal says:
    18/02/2008 at 5:34 PM

    Even putting aside issues of feminism, the dude is in trouble – did you see the slop he’s serving up? As vegans & vegetarians, we might not eat meat, but that doesn’t make us so weak that we can’t refuse grits!

  12. thinkingal says:
    18/02/2008 at 5:34 PM

    P.S. I was talking about the food, not the girls ;)

  13. Dirk says:
    19/02/2008 at 3:02 PM

    Yeah finding a restaurant that cooks delicious vegan food is difficult. It’s not that it’s hard, it’s just totally not what most people are used to cooking.

    Honestly though, the number one reason I am vegan is a selfish one – I adore vegan food. I went vegan at 19 and suddenly began loving cooking. Rather than eating any old slop cooking and eating became a hobby.

    The health, spiritual, environmental and ethical positives are just wonderful bonuses.

  14. ipap says:
    19/02/2008 at 4:11 PM

    Are there any vegan restaurants in Sydney? No meat on plate nor pole because neither do anything for me.

  15. Dirk says:
    21/02/2008 at 12:33 AM

    Surely the G would have a vegan haunt he can recommend……. if not in Sydney then where else?

    Heh. Melbourne I suppose….

  16. Andrew G says:
    21/02/2008 at 1:32 AM

    Stripper – Free Vegan eating in Sydney:
    Mother Chu’s on Pitt Street.
    Bodhi Bar and Restaurant Cook & Philip Park
    Green Gourmet King Street Newtown
    Bamboo Cafe – Gould Street Bondi.

    In Melbourne:
    Soul Mama’s – At the Baths on Marine Pde St Kilda
    Veg Out Time – Franklin St St. Kilda
    Vege Bar – Brunswick St Fitzroy

    I’m hungry now.

    x aa

    PS:

    For Strippers:
    In Sydney – Dancer’s Cabaret, Bayswater Rd

    In Melbourne -
    Spearmint Rhino

  17. ipap says:
    21/02/2008 at 2:53 PM

    Oh, thank you for the ‘stripper-free’ vegan dining places. I now have to see who I can get to come with me as all my friends are well and truly meat (the food) lovers. Funny that when I go out to dinner with friends no-one really cares what I’ll have, however if I even suggest a vegan place, they will think I’m mad, because they can’t imagine what they can have if there is no meat. I always think of the scene from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” when it comes to eating or not eating meat. It is such a classic and so relative.

  18. Jeffro says:
    21/02/2008 at 7:50 PM

    They said in the ‘report’ that it ‘wasn’t just about publicity’… so why couldn’t they cover the ‘information’ in about 12 seconds? (That’s a rhetorical question by the way.)

    Finally, vegans have somewhere to gaup at women. The world is once again in harmony.

  19. Dirk says:
    21/02/2008 at 10:01 PM

    Thanks a lot for the suggestions Andrew. I would ask Brisbane as well because that’s closest to me, but my little sister already claims to know them all. Krishna is my all time favourite.

    Cheers, Dirk.

  20. andrew (not G) says:
    23/02/2008 at 10:59 PM

    I think the fact that this offended some people here is funnier than the pun itself. Inappropriate humour is the best kind. Family Guy, American Dad, Southpark … the list goes on. Wowsers need not apply.

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