Archives for the 'food' Category

Bad Rap

Published on 29 Oct 2009 at 9:55 pm. 3 Comments.
Filed under cops, crime, dummkopf!, food.

It’s a small town. Wire, with a Boston Herald assist: 
AMERICAN FORK, Utah - McDonald’s wasn’t lovin’ it. But maybe these kids deserve a break today.
Four Utah teens are in the fry-o-lator, cited for disorderly conduct for rapping their order at a Mickey D’s window, imitating a YouTube video: “I need a double cheeseburger and hold [...]

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Low

Published on 28 Sep 2009 at 9:32 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under crime, food, law & order, punishment.

A Worcester, Massachusetts, man will do 18 months for taking another man’s hot dog at gunpoint, and eating it. Worcester Telegram: 

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Bad Idea

Published on 15 Jul 2009 at 11:13 pm. No Comments.
Filed under food, moronocy, robots.

Never mind those quaint “I, Robot” and “2001″ type AI systems with personality disorders figuring out they’re smarter than us and deciding to take over.  These organic matter-eating robots don’t need to be any smarter than a pit bull to get hungry, look around, not find any plants or dead bodies to eat and decide you’ll do …
FOX News:  

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Hot Dog Diplomacy

Published on 22 Jun 2009 at 1:42 pm. 10 Comments.
Filed under America, Iran, Obama, food.

Still on, as the Great Satan extends an invite to mullah diplomats on the Fourth. O admin’s Strategic Mullah Hotdog Initiative looks like a pretty dumb idea but that doesn’t mean patriotic American diplomats can’t make it work. Mullah-Proof Your Fourth field guide below. News first from AFP:  

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Free Barbe

Published on 16 May 2009 at 1:17 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under boobs, food.

Last time I checked, this is still America, and we’re allowed to use sex to sell …
America’s hottest BBQ joint, via Instapundit. And they say he lacks fire. Barbe is kind of dispassionate about her work, though.

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Pizza To Die For

Published on 17 Mar 2009 at 10:18 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Korea, food.

Pyongyang’s first authentic pizzeria opens its doors. Timing’s a little awkward. UK Telegraph: 

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Pound Of Flesh

Published on 4 Mar 2009 at 10:06 pm. No Comments.
Filed under Boston, crime, food, shameless opportunism.

Sought from restaurant-scamming tooth fraud. Boston Herald.

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Godawful Pong

Published on 20 Dec 2008 at 8:27 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under food, lawyers.

“Similar to that of vomit or rotten meat” prompts landlord nuns to file Seinfeldian lawsuit. It’s the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart Inc. vs. the Lims re food stink. NY Daily News: 

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Scent of a Whopper

Published on 18 Dec 2008 at 11:10 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under food, men, women.

This purports to be an AP story at Yahoo about Burger King marketing a beef-scented body spray called “Flame.”  

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Man Bites Dog

Published on 18 Dec 2008 at 10:26 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under China, cats, food.

Actually, that was already banned in China, at least for the Olympics. Now Chinese animal rights activists are protesting against the eating of cats. CBN:

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How To Carve A Turkey Like A Man

Published on 23 Nov 2008 at 10:51 am. 6 Comments.
Filed under America, food, men.

Blog like a man, carve like a man: Maggie’s Farm, where dogs are dogs, women are women, men are men,*  and everything else is livestock or rusting farm machinery. I didn’t even click through, I’m that secure in the manliness of my knife wielding. Here’s the thing. Get a big-ass knife. You have a big-ass knife, right?

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Free At Last

Published on 12 Nov 2008 at 8:02 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under Europe, food, moronocy.

I thought this kind of thing went out with the Nazis. But after practicing eugenics on farm produce for more than two decades, the European Union has finally liberated its groceries. European shoppers are free once again to gaze upon, even buy crooked and mishapen fruit and vegetables. Non-straight bananas still are subject to discrimination, however. UK Telegraph: 

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Freedom Ain’t Free

Published on 4 Nov 2008 at 7:47 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under America, food, men, nude, sexism, women.

It costs $200 for two men who got naked, jumped in Moosehead Lake for free sandwiches at the Black Frog Restaurant. Their lady friend, who revealed her bounty … not guilty! Bangor Daily News: 

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Fundamental Right Denied

Published on 16 Oct 2008 at 4:18 pm. 4 Comments.
Filed under food.

It’s the right to eat, as humans have since the dawn of time. Massachusetts man arrested for catching, killing his dinner with his bare hands. Lowell Sun:

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Sustainable Absurdity

Published on 1 Oct 2008 at 11:42 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under booze, food, sex, warmalism.

Important new report counsels rationing of meat, booze and other good stuff to combat global warming. But this half-measure of a recommendation really doesn’t go far enough. UK Guardian: 

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I Kill to Eat

Published on 3 May 2008 at 11:57 pm. 4 Comments.
Filed under food.

I had asparagus tonight. It went quietly. Maybe because I steamed it death under a lid. So even if I wasn’t half deaf, I couldn’t hear it.* Actually I just did it that way because it works better, but if it means I don’t have to listen to it scream, so much the better.  

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Banned in Costa Rica

Published on 4 Apr 2008 at 10:10 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under crime, food, shameless self-promotion.

Anti-Mommist fast-food snuff ads. Burger regicide. Fox. 

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Betel Leaf Wraps with Curried Squid and Cucumber Relish

Published on 1 Apr 2008 at 8:29 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under asia, food.

Actually sounds pretty good. Note betel leaves can be substituted with Boston or romaine lettuce. That’s when I figured out Bon Appetit is just showing off. 

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Here’s a Tip

Published on 26 Mar 2008 at 12:17 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Britain, crime, food.

Try better service: 

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Dinner Tab

Published on 20 Mar 2008 at 11:23 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under America, food.

Thirty days for Del Taco scammer. UK Telegraph:  

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How to Make Sushi and Hot Naked Models Unappetizing

Published on 12 Mar 2008 at 10:15 am. 6 Comments.
Filed under food, sex.

Make them part of the same creepy, unsanitary-looking buffet spread.

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Felines. Nothing More Than Felines.

Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 8:51 am. 8 Comments.
Filed under China, cats, dogs, food.

Trying to get rid of … stray felines unloved. Felines … woah woah woah, felines …
Sorry.* Socially responsible cat-blogging by Sisu.

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Big-Hearted Man

Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 12:38 am. 3 Comments.
Filed under food, media, romance.

Too big to make his date:   

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Frikkin Chikkin

Published on 28 Feb 2008 at 8:09 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under food, shameless opportunism, shameless self-promotion.

Fowl language alert in as Philly gets cheesed over tasteless fastfood billboards. 

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Bugs

Published on 24 Feb 2008 at 8:57 pm. 6 Comments.
Filed under bugs, food.

 
They’re what’s for grub. UN conference recommends famine victims, astronauts eat them. 

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Supermarket Horror!

Published on 20 Feb 2008 at 8:51 am. 4 Comments.
Filed under food.

Tabloid shrieks the alarm. No supermarket tabloid jokes please.  Have you checked the expiration dates or had a look out back of your supermarket lately? While we’re at it, along with the remedial sanitation and food safety instruction, how about some bagging lessons.

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