The Olive Garden reference is a FReeper joke. A while back some former members made a big deal about Jim saying he went to eat at the Olive Garden. They were shocked Jim was living such a lavish(ha ha ha ha) lifestyle on his FR salary.
It was(and probably still is) the lamest attack on the site I've seen. It would be funny if it weren't for such a sad statement on what must be the pitiful souls who started it. What kind of person thinks Olive Garden is the lavish high life?
Every time I read someone else mention the Olive Garden thing, I think of Granny Clampett in awe over them 'rich folk's cement ponds and horseless carriages.