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There is an IHOP terrifyingly close to my home. I go there less than once a month. I used to go there more frequently until I realized three things:
1. The only thing I order at IHOP is breakfast, and no one makes breakfast any better than I do at home.
2. They play really loud, intrusive Muzak there of the "Wind Beneath My Wings" variety, a seemingly tiny consideration that becomes HUGELY IMPORTANT after about three minutes of it.
3. IHOP in the morning = explosive diarrhea in the afternoon.
Yeah, I know. So why do I keep going back? Well, sometimes it's a pain to make pancakes.
That last time I was at ihop (a few weeks back) they had a poster of that right next to where I was seated. I sat there the entire time thinking how gross that would be. (While eating chocolate chip pancakes. haha.)