Archive for the 'food' Category

I double dog dare you…

Posted by Gary on December 30th, 2006

So you have the munchies.  And you’re a fiscally frugal individual (aka cheapskate).  You’re jonesin’ for a convenience store hotdog and you come up with diabolical plan to put not one, but two dogs on your bun… and mask the wiener deception with extra condiments. You didn’t count on a) the clerk noticing/caring, b) the [...]

Dollars and Scents of Marketing

Posted by Gary on December 6th, 2006

Yea, so the ‘Got Milk?‘ campaign took a creative step yesterday and launched a poster campaign at bus stops in San Francisco.  The posters were scented with the smell of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies, in hopes of conjuring images to spur people to think milk. Cut to one day later, and the posters are being [...]

Hooray for candy snot!

Posted by Gary on November 21st, 2006

This is utterly disgusting… and the dream candy for us kids that grew up with ‘Garbage Pail Kids’.  It’s Hose Nose Candy. “The package says the candy contains just 83 calories. But that will be reduced to virtually zero if you throw up, which is somewhat likely.” Technorati Tags: Hose Nose Candy

A Place For Eating.

Posted by Tony on September 13th, 2006

Qdoba Mexican Grill has just opened a new location here in Ashwaubenon, and with that opening comes the promise of tasty burritos whenever they are desired. On my first visit, I recieved a little plastic magstripe card. This would be my induction into the Qdoba Rewards Program, which is the high-tech child of all those [...]

Replace boring old Hotdogs with Octodogs!

Posted by Gary on September 1st, 2006

It’s the latest revolution in weiners, ladies and gentlemen. It’s Octodog! Apparently you shove your hotdog in the apparatus, it does some slicing, and when cooked the result looks like an octopus. This thing has even been featured on Food Network. I’m disturbed.

Bottle Rockets

Posted by Matt on July 31st, 2006

A little Monday Morning chemistry lesson for you.  Mentos+Diet Coke+Shaking=Rocketry. By all means, do try this at home.