Happy Monday everyone, and welcome to 2008’s first post-Labor Day version of What’s That You Say?. Looks like you managed to somehow survive through a week without a comment roundup, but not to fear – we wouldn’t dream of abandoning you for two weeks in a row. So let’s get to it.

We’re going to admit it: we have somewhat of a love-hate relationship with chef Gordon Ramsey. Those reruns of Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America are fairly engrossing viewing, but we’ve never eaten at any of his restaurants. We might soon have that chance, though: Ramsey’s opening a space in Tysons. But EdTheRed knows that what the DCist commentariat really wants to see is him taking a stab at profiling an infamous D.C.-area outpost:

Voice-Over: I’ve seen all sorts of “Kitchen Nightmares,” but this assignment is my toughest yet. Junkpuncher™, a local coffee-and-sandwich spot, has a BDSM theme, and almost *no* customers…I dropped in to find out why:

Ramsay: Right, I’ll have a prawn salad sandwich, and an iced latte.

Barista: A what?

Ramsay: An iced latte.

Barista [punching Ramsay’s junk]: NO! That order is WRONG! You DO NOT POUR A LATTE OVER ICE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? DO YOU, WORM?

Voice-over: It isn’t hard to see why Junkpunchers is losing almost two thousand a week.

After the jump, your Sarah Palin…discussions; AND post-hurricane rain!

Photo by maxedaperture.