Exit the Noid
Posted: 2015/03/03 Filed under: crazy crazy crazy, events, food, pizza party, so weird, WTF | Tags: dominoes, pizza, pizza party, schizophrenia, the noid Leave a comment[…]Then, right at the height of his popularity, the Noid endured perhaps the worst mascot PR in history.
On January 30, 1989, a man wielding a .357 magnum revolver stormed into a Domino’s in Atlanta, Georgia and took two employees hostage. For five hours, he engaged in a standoff with police, all the while ordering his hostages to make him pizzas. Before the police could negotiate with his demands ($100,000, a getaway car, and a copy of The Widow’s Son – a novel about Freemasons), the two employees escaped. In the ensuing chaos, the captor fired two gunshots into the establishment’s ceiling, was forcefully apprehended, and received charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, and theft by extortion.
The assailant, a 22-year-old named Kenneth Lamar Noid, was apparently upset about the chain’s new mascot. A police officer on the scene later revealed that Noid had “an ongoing feud in his mind with the owner of Domino’s Pizza about the Noid commercials,” and thought the advertisements had specifically made fun of him. A headline the following morning in the Boca Raton News sparked a talk show frenzy: “Domino’s Hostages Couldn’t Avoid the Noid This Time.”
via The Downfall of Domino’s Mascot: The Noid – disinformation.
hamster pizza party
Posted: 2014/05/11 Filed under: cats duh, food, good idea, humor Leave a comment
Hamster Eats Tiny Pizza, Kevin Durant’s MVP Speech, and More Viral Videos – The Daily Beast.
Mom has son arrested for stealing her Pop-Tarts
Posted: 2013/05/24 Filed under: food, humor, slow news day | Tags: arrest, pop-tarts, worst mom Leave a commentAccording to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police report, the mother called investigators on Monday to report her Pop-Tarts had been stolen from her home on Goldstaff Lane. She fingered her own son, who is a juvenile, as the culprit.
via Mom has son arrested for stealing her Pop-Tarts | CharlotteObserver.com.
I eat well
Posted: 2012/05/30 Filed under: awesome person, food, humor Leave a comment
Natalie Dee: “America’s Favorite Cracker”.
That really was my dinner last night. They were kind of fancy pretzels, though…. ah no? No, that doesn’t count? Oops.
Louis C.K. AMAgain
Posted: 2012/05/14 Filed under: advice, awesome person, food, humor, media | Tags: AMA, ask me anything, c.k., ewan mcgregor, gay, gay marriage, hair loss, loouis c.k., reddit Leave a commentMotorboatingSofaB: Hey Louis. Long time fan. I have began to lose my hair as well. Didn’t really bother me in the beginning as I had a GF, but now I start to take notice to it more and more. How did you come to terms with the fact that one day you will no longer have hair on the top of your head?
I remember the day I saw my hair was thinning. I don’t remember caring much. I don’t care. It’s just hair. It never bothered me much. I was pretty young, too. And it happened and is happening veeery slowly. I have a feeling dead people get really mad when we complain about losing hair.
crackedsanity: Hi there. Thanks for doing the AMA 🙂
Have you run into Ewan McGregor since he told you to put your money where your mouth is?
No. We don’t do the same kinds of things. Unless he starts killing and stuffing homeless people I’ll probably never run into him. I would totally kiss him right on the lips, though. Totally.
dh96: Do you ever find yourself on reddit now that you discovered it since the previous iama?
this is my second time here. I just have to much to do to roam around stuff like this. It seems like a great thing. I just can’t do it. I killed my facebook page years ago because time clicking around is just dead time. Your brain isn’t resting and it isn’t doing. I think people have to get their heads around this thing. All this unmitigated input is hurting folks. My opinion.
potato, po-tah-to
Posted: 2011/06/24 Filed under: food Leave a commentStudy: The Foods Keeping You From Weight Loss.
Potato chips and French fries — and generally any potato products — contribute to the biggest weight gain over time, according to a new Harvard study, which researchers say is the first to look at long-term weight gain pegged to specific foods.