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I AM LINTY! Loud and proud! At times in my life I have striven to be non-linty, only to realize that I’d never be able to de-pill my sweaters, unfuzz my upholstered furniture or scrape off every cat hair (and the whiskers are good luck!) Thank you for raising my lint awareness - and appreciation!

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I am lint attached to a person 😊

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Round here, restaurants are given “safety”

Ratings of either Excellent, Good, Okay or NeedstoImprove. I find I prefer “OK” eateries, can tolerate “Good,” disdain “excellent,” have never found “Needs to Improve” despite concerted efforts. Does this make me “Linty?”

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Thank you for this Excellent question! The Lintiness of restaurants definitely overlaps with "safety." I think it's funny that they offer a namby-pamby rating like Needs To Improve rather than just flunking restaurants or shaking them down with fines like they do in the P.U.S.A. For sure, a linty restaurant has more flavor. Shopsin's Restaurant in NY: LINTY. Any Chipotle: NOT LINTY. A Michelin Guide to Linty Restaurants - or maybe a Volkswagen Beetle Guide to Linty Restaurants would be an instant classic.

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Ha! Love it. And will make damned sure I go to shopsins when I visit my brother in April! Happy to take any other recommendations!

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Well- the old Shopsin’s was lintier than the current one: I recommend seeing the great Shopsin’s documentary I LIKE KILLING FLIES. A few other Linty Dining Establishments I like are Gene’s http://genesnyc.com, Ukrainian East Village, Lupe’s East LA Kitchen, the Ear Inn, The Russian Samovar.… That’s a start… I’d love to have that guide!

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I am linty and proud. I recently wondered how hospital staff knew I had animals. I worked out later it was my added Sparkle, or what the not linty would call pet hair! I have always been this way, as a child my mother states I would attract dust bunnies and dirt. I was just like, what a mess,; from the what a mess books. So I happily accept my added Sparkle or what those non linty would refer to as lint or fur.

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Thank you for this Excellent question! The Lintiness of restaurants definitely overlaps with "safety." I think it's funny that they offer a namby-pamby rating like Needs To Improve rather than just flunking restaurants or shaking them down with fines like they do in the P.U.S.A. For sure, a linty restaurant has more flavor. Shopsin's Restaurant in NY: LINTY. Any Chipotle: NOT LINTY. A Michelin Guide to Linty Restaurants - or maybe a Volkswagen Beetle Guide to Linty Restaurants would be an instant classic.

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