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Sorry for the tangent but I have to know if it’s really “picadillos” you meant to type.

Yes, he was forced out in a bitter dispute, almost a riot, about serving these in the HP cafeteria. At least that's what I heard. They took their food very seriously there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picadillo

That's weird. He was very famously fired for sexual misconduct, which is why Larry Ellison hired him to Oracle.

Larry Ellison is also famous for his "can I buy you a car?" line for attractive women. ;)

I think the pun may have been lost on you.

Definitely.

This is of course, distinct from Picadilly's cafeteria chain.

No. And I could have sworn I even looked up the spelling for what I meant to type.

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