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Row over 'tasteless' tsunami food
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| 12 January, 2005
Posted on 01/12/2005 1:25:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Meanwhile, a Cape Town family who survived the tsunami while on holiday in Thailand were car-jacked at gunpoint on their return to South Africa.
"I am absolutely traumatised," said Nicky Miller, 31.So much for the notion that with the new year one can expect better luck...
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:01:25 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
To: nickcarraway
The Mugg and Bean chain has been selling its spicy tsunami chicken burger
for over a year but will rename it in April, its managers say.
And it takes 10 weeks to do this because ..... why?
To: FreedomCalls
So how many instant collectors' cars did they manage to sell before the change?
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:03:12 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
To: Alouette
Yep, I remember them. Their slogan was, "
Lose weight with AYDS." Not good, I bet they wish the feds had used the original name for the disease, GRID??? or something?
Whatever happened to them, did they go out of business?
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:05:54 PM PST
by
Lx
(If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos?)
To: nickcarraway
I have just started work in a building whose occupants, for some totally unfathomable reason, named every single conference room on my floor after a natural disaster. So there's the Earthquake room, the Volcano room, the Thunderstorm room, and so on.
And yes, there are rooms labeled "Tsunami" and "Tidal Wave". I guess nobody bothered to tell them that they're the same thing. I've been hanging out in the Hurricane room for the past three days reading documentation. Fun.
}:-)4
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:42:44 PM PST
by
Moose4
(http://www.livejournal.com/~moose4. .Because the Internet was made for self-important wanking.)
To: Lx
Whatever happened to them, did they go out of business? Died of AYDS.
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posted on
01/12/2005 3:54:45 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Abu Mazen: Arafat after a shower and shave)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Does that mean that you play Twister whilst telling jokes ?
To: oh8eleven
Well, if SA is like here there is about 14 reams of paperwork to be filed before he can make the name change.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:34:01 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum (V minus 3 and counting))
To: Red Sea Swimmer
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:35:31 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum (V minus 3 and counting))
To: Moose4
Probably named such because every conference I've ever heard of has been a time-wasting disaster.
Thank God for email.
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posted on
01/12/2005 4:40:55 PM PST
by
LibertarianInExile
(NO BLOOD FOR CHOCOLATE! Get the UN-ignoring, unilateralist Frogs out of Ivory Coast!)
To: Lx
I also remember they would say "lose weight the AYDS way"......
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:20:47 PM PST
by
boop
(Testing the tagline feature!)
To: tfecw
Hooters is a distateful restaurant name, for cancer survivors who undergo masectomies.
They shouldn't even offer chicken breast on the menu. < /sarcasm >
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posted on
01/12/2005 5:25:50 PM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: thoughtomator
but a 9/11 shooting range wouldn't offend me at all. Not a bad idea at all....here's a proposed logo.
Courtesy of
IFR
To: Hank Rearden
The article says this was named BEORE the last tsunami.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:26:40 PM PST
by
texasflower
(Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
To: texasflower
The article says this was named BEORE the last tsunami. Yes, I know. It's still a stupid choice; like a "Honda Mudslide", for instance.
Tsunamis happen; one could have anticipated the marque eventually getting a black eye via events.
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posted on
01/12/2005 6:37:37 PM PST
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: Focault's Pendulum
Exactly. A 9/11 flight school on the other hand, would offend me.
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posted on
01/12/2005 7:37:58 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Rooting for a Jets-Vikings Superbowl!)
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