"World Famous Soup"

I wondered what kind of credentials are necessary to post such an officious claim. Is there a procedure for accreditation? Are there annual reviews? Do they have to send notarized references from twelve different countries to substantiate the assertion? 

Perhaps the owner has a brother in law in Germany who once commented that he liked the minestrone, and a college roommate in New Zealand that tasted the cream of tomato. That almost covers the globe. Or maybe they have enough friends on their Facebook page to substantiate the title. 

I wonder if the manager taped it to the wall as a way of bolstering moral. Employees like to be part of a world class operation. I have been known to drop similar comments. 

"Marriage moats are read by people all over the world." Well, there are subscribers in Japan, Sweden, England and South Africa. That is sort of global, in a microscopically thin sort of way. Mind you there are more people at this moment taking out the garbage than there are reading this moat, but hey. 

What would happen if I decided to call my marriage World Famous? There are in fact people on three continents who know that I am married, and when my brother in law went to Malaysia that increased it to four. It says nothing about the precise quality of my relationship, only that my marital status is indeed known. 

Lori and John Odhner- World Famous Marriage.  

Kinda makes you want to sit up straighter, and smooth down your collar. Well here is my invitation to you. Go ahead and print up a fancy certificate and fill in your name. If you are not married yet, so be it. Ramp up the suspense. It's enough excitement just to know you are slated to be part of a World Famous Marriage one day. 

It is just that it is a different world than the one we inhabit now.