The Secret of Bacon's Appeal
Now it can be told. It's not the sizzle. Scientists in Britain have been researching the appeal of bacon and have discovered that it comes from a complex...
WAY Beyond the Basics
Looking for some out-of-the-box menu ideas? Try the delicately named http://thisiswhyyourefat.com. On the site you will find culinary delights like Bacon...
Pie Robot
Pizza makers in Italy are up in arms over a pizza-making vending machine they say demeans the national food, according to a Reuters story. The Let's Pizza...
Charlie and the Chuckles Factory
The candy man makes the world taste good because of all the wonderful stuff he puts in his wares, according to the hit song Candy Man from the 1971 movie...
In Heaven There Is No Beer Tax
Outrage has greeted a proposal by a group of Oregon lawmakers to hike the state's beer tax a whopping 1,900%, or nearly $50 a barrel. Oregon's brewery...
Taking the Measure of Your Smile
A Japanese company's Smile Scan device promises to distinguish between a grin and a smirk by measuring the and of a user's smile. Developed by Omron Corp....
Bam!
Four would-be robbers were foiled by a pan-wielding 70-year-old woman recently. The fearful foursome now has a date with the court system while the woman...
Quote of the Month
You're never going to satisfy any incarcerated individual. Alabama Sheriffs Association head Bobby Timmons, commenting about inmates who bellyached about...
Something Fishy
The headline (Seattle Times/Associated Press, January 31, 2009) was definitely a double-take inducer: Japan to Tourists: Please Don't Lick the Tuna. Definitely...
Charlie the Sea Kitten?
The latest rhetorical gambit from advocacy group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) would have fish renamed sea kittens as a way to make...
We’re Skinning Here in Allentown…
An Allentown, PA, pizzaria got in trouble recently when one of the cooks was spotted butchering a deer in the back kitchen by a customer...
The Bad Seed?
An Austrian pumpkin seed maker has aroused the wrath of pharmaceutical giant Pfi zer because his company’s blue, glazed, chocolate-covered pumpkin seeds...
Uncommon Scents
Burger King made a huge publicity splash over the recent holidays with its (let's hope) tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign for Flame, a men's body spray that is redolent of grilled meat...
Ich Bin Ein Fat Slob...
The German army seems to have come down a few rungs from the crack Wehrmacht of the blitzkrieg that overran most of Europe in 1940...
Not Using His Noodle
First, there's this headline from the Associated Press: Man Allegedly Attacks Girlfriend Over Macaroni. Now, if Macaroni were some Italian guy the girlfriend...
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