Anybody Ever Heard of the Yellow Deli?

[prlyles]

I was driving through the country the other day and came to a little town called Hiddenite. Right in the middle of town was this huge restaurant called The Yellow Deli. My wife and I went in and had a good lunch. Anyway, the restaurant is run by a religious group called the Twelve Tribes. They have settlements all over the US and several foreign countries and everywhere they go they open a Yellow Deli. The people in town didn't appear to like them that much. Anybody else ever heard of the group?

 

[uncboy10]

I was driving through the country the other day and came to a little town called Hiddenite. Right in the middle of town was this huge restaurant called The Yellow Deli. My wife and I went in and had a good lunch. Anyway, the restaurant is run by a religious group called the Twelve Tribes. They have settlements all over the US and several foreign countries and everywhere they go they open a Yellow Deli. The people in town didn't appear to like them that much. Anybody else ever heard of the group?

Yep. They have a giant bus called the peacemaker that they take to jam band shows like Phish or the Dead. The rumor is that they prey on drug addicts and people who got a little too spun out for the show. Especially young women. I’ve heard stories of people falling asleep on the bus then waking up in a different city and having to work at the deli to get money to make it home. Idk if any of that is true but they do hand out pamphlets at the shows and try to draw people into the bus.

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

http://www.twelvetribes.org/

Just went down a rabbit hole reading about them

 

[prlyles]

It's funny they would pick a wide place in the road like Hiddenite to put a giant restaurant. A local told me that they had been buying up all the land they could get for several years.

 

[Terror Beard]

Asian joint? @toophly1124 is the expert on such things.

 

[prlyles]

Asian joint? @toophly1124 is the expert on such things.

There wasn't anything Asian about this place. Nothing unusual about the restaurant other than it being out in the middle of nowhere. They had a large bakery also.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Asian joint? @toophly1124 is the expert on such things.

A deli run by "The Twelve Tribes" sounds Jewish to me.

 

[prlyles]

A deli run by "The Twelve Tribes" sounds Jewish to me.

What little I have found about them, they follow a lot of Jewish customs but believe in Jesus.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

What little I have found about them, they follow a lot of Jewish customs but believe in Jesus.

That makes sense. I've never heard of them either, and I'm scared to actually know more about it.

 

[Terror Beard]

There wasn't anything Asian about this place. Nothing unusual about the restaurant other than it being out in the middle of nowhere. They had a large bakery also.

 

[heelmanwilm]

Jews for jesus. I’ve met one. Real nut case although very nice. Reeked of garlic. Observes all levitical laws and customs but embraces jesus as savior.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Jews for jesus. I’ve met one. Real nut case although very nice. Reeked of garlic. Observes all levitical laws and customs but embraces jesus as savior.

Sounds like Mormons...all except the garlic part.

 

[prlyles]

I'm sorry, most of us just assumed you didn't have enough sense to make a joke

 

[UNC71-00]

I'm sorry, most of us just assumed you didn't have enough sense to make a joke

You are one of those people with absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever. The fact that you would choose to spend time where the whole place is one big running joke is a great mystery to me.

 

[nctransplant]

You are one of those people with absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever. The fact that you would choose to spend time where the whole place is one big running joke is a great mystery to me.

I smell a demotion brewing.

 

[Raising Heel]

To be fair, if it was intended to be a racist joke, missing it may not be the worst thing in the world.

 

[UNC71-00]

To be fair, if it was intended to be a racist joke, missing it may not be the worst thing in the world.

Asian joint? @toophly1124 is the expert on such things.

How could that have possibly been construed as racist? Unless it was well established that Tooph was a racist, which given his spat with Strum's racist remarks, we know to be false.

 

[prlyles]

You are one of those people with absolutely no sense of humor whatsoever. The fact that you would choose to spend time where the whole place is one big running joke is a great mystery to me.

GFY is that funny enough for you?

 

[Raising Heel]

How could that have possibly been construed as racist? Unless it was well established that Tooph was a racist, which given his spat with Strum's racist remarks, we know to be false.

Explain the joke to me:

Asian joint? @toophly1124 is the expert on such things.

 

[UNC71-00]

I smell a demotion brewing.

As long as he continues to keep the ladies room stocked with sanitary products and the toilets cleaned, he has no reason to worry about being demoted or losing any responsibilities.

 

[UNC71-00]

GFY is that funny enough for you?

Not in that context. You just seem angry and not at all amused.

 

[UNC71-00]

Explain the joke to me:

Tooph poasts pictures all the time of himself eating asian food. So Dick was being funny by tagging Tooph to bring him into this thread on something not at all related to the subject of the thread.

It wasn't his best work to be sure but I gave it a small chuckle.

 

[Raising Heel]

Tooph poasts pictures all the time of himself eating asian food. So Dick was being funny by tagging Tooph to bring him into this thread on something not at all related to the subject of the thread.

It wasn't his best work to be sure but I gave it a small chuckle.

Why would @gunslingerdick have asked if it was an Asian restaurant to begin with?

 

[UNC71-00]

Why would @gunslingerdick have asked if it was an Asian restaurant to begin with?

Cause Tooph eats asian food and poasts pics about it? Would have been the same if he had used BWW instead of asian food, right?

(Sorry @toophly1124 not trying to subtweet you here)

 

[UNC71-00]

Oh wait- I see now what you mean. That shit went right over my head too.

That is slightly racist, but we wouldn't think @toophly1124 would take offense unless he has already been deep into the Woodford.

 

[heelmanwilm]

Why would @gunslingerdick have asked if it was an Asian restaurant to begin with?

Well lets just say He thinnks the song “yellow submarine” is about japanese naval warfare in ww2

 

[UNC71-00]

Well lets just say He thinnks the song “yellow submarine” is about japanese naval warfare in ww2

Timestamps, Mr. Science Counselor.

 

[Raising Heel]

Oh wait- I see now what you mean. That shit went right over my head too.

That is slightly racist, but we wouldn't think @toophly1124 would take offense unless he has already been deep into the Woodford.

I wasn't suggesting tooph would take offense. I was just saying it's understandable that @prlyles didn't get the joke. I didn't either, until dick pointed out it's a joke.

Let's all hug it out.

 

[toophly1124]

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

Those twelve tribes communes seem like something that might interest @strummingram

 

[Raising Heel]

Those twelve tribes communes seem like something that might interest @strummingram

I lived communally for about 6 months when I was in my 20s. F*** that shit.

 

[coolwaterunc]

I'm confused. So a tribe of twelve yellow Asians opened a deli in the middle of nowhere?

 

[dadika13]

http://www.twelvetribes.org/

Just went down a rabbit hole reading about them

THESE PEOPLE.

Quick story: A buddy of mine went to Cornell and we went up to Ithaca for the night to party one time. We were freshman and it was like October of the new school year. We proceed to get very drunk at a party, as is the norm in college, and we went to some dive bar after the party. It was like 5 of us. Me and my buddy went to go talk to some girls who were locals (thankfully we ended up striking out, they were probably dirty). While we were doing that, my other buddies started playing pool against these guys. They said they were going to smoke weed with these guys in their van and we stayed in the bar trying to get with these girls. Well, wake up from a black out at my friend's apartment and our friends are no where to be found. We don't think anything of it and just assumed they met some girls or whatever when they weren't answering their phones. Suddenly it's like 7pm the next day and they still aren't back. Finally they call me from a pay phone and ask to be picked up....IN TORONTO. Toronto is a 5 hour drive from Ithaca.

Apparently they blacked out after smoking weed and don't remember anything until they were woken up in the back of the van the next afternoon in Toronto. They freaked out and bolted out of the van. Left their cell phones in the van so called me from a pay phone. So my buddy has to go pick them up (I don't have a passport on me) and neither do they. They have no idea how they got into the country and my buddy had to freaking sneak them out.

We get back to Ithaca and start asking around campus about weirdos in a van. Turns out, it's these people. If they didn't bolt they were going to try to get them to join them and they already had like 30 people they "converted" from Cornell.



TLDR..stay the hell away from these people.

 

[toophly1124]

So everyone knows Asians hate being called yellow right? I’m not offended I’m just saying.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

I lived communally for about 6 months when I was in my 20s. F*** that shit.

Communal girls seem like they would be easy.

 

[strummingram]

They had a large bakery also.

Maybe it just looked like a bakery...

 

[strummingram]

Yep. They have a giant bus called the peacemaker that they take to jam band shows like Phish or the Dead.

That means there's no chance that they'll ever catch me and put me in their "bakery."

 

[prlyles]

Maybe it just looked like a bakery...

They had a lot of bread for sale....

 

[strummingram]

They had a lot of bread for sale....

Soylent Green bread?

 

[strummingram]

Those twelve tribes communes seem like something that might interest @strummingram

The bus looks cool.

I'm instinctively hesitant, personally, about groups that refer to a "him" (or her, which is rare), as the motivation, or impetus for their mutual love or communal bond. By hesitant, I mean, they're not likely to appeal to me, as far as joining.

I realize the presence of a "Him" is common, and practically inevitable, and maybe even necessary in order for the group to trust it and demonstrate whatever it is they feel. I'm just at a place of understanding that sorta transcends the typical model. Anytime there's even a hint of "this is the only correct way"... I'm always going to respectfully decline. They seem to be motivated from a "love" source. I'd be interested to see how they react to being challenged in their beliefs. But, not very interested.