I went to Pat & Willy's, a local Mexican restaurant to celebrate a birthday (don't even get me started on the bizarre market for faux-Mexican/Texan motif dining on Prince Edward Island - it boggles my mind).

They have a promotion where you get a free meal on your birthday. The idea, no doubt, is that you'll bring your friends and they'll bring their wallets. Fine idea.

They used to include a free piece of cake for dessert. This was a nice little treat. Tonight, one of the guys at my table jokes that you get a free Joe Louis for dessert. We all had a good laugh. Then, at the end of the meal, the waitress came with a plate with one lonely Joe Louis with some whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and a sparkler. When I say Joe Louis, I am talking about the cheap chocolate cake things you buy at the 7-11 (a close relative of the Wagon Wheel, often found in Junior High School brown-bag lunches)

Let me be absolutely clear. It was not like a Joe Louis. It was a Joe Louis.