We Like Traverse
June 8, 2009
Pringle: A Chip
June 2, 2009
Taken from BestWeekEver–
Pringles. That strangely addictive dried potato pasty substance that manages to embed itself in every nook and cavity your teeth have to offer. That odd snack food that, when arranged properly, can turn any shmo into a hilariously “r”tarded duck face. That delicate treat that, when crushed, sprinkled with water and microwaved, would likely turn into deliciously buttery mashed potatoes. We’ve spent many a day munching away on pringle after pringle, many an evening breaking furniture when we realize that the delicious snack we’ve been looking forward all day ends up being three tennis balls, and many an overnight clutching our sides in agony as we discover that “Olestra” is an ancient greek word meaning “D-Rhea Attack From Hell”. But throughout this long and varied personal history with Pringles, we never once stopped, looked at it, and though: “WTF IS IT?” Well wonder no longer, world. Because English Lord Justice Robin Jacob has ruled: It’s a chip, mothuhf**kuh!
The Lord Justice Hath Ruled: Pringles Are Potato Chips Britain’s Supreme Court of Judicature has answered a question that has long puzzled late-night dorm-room snackers: What, exactly, is a Pringle? With citations ranging from Baroness Hale of Richmond to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lord Justice Robin Jacob concluded that, legally, it is a potato chip. Procter & Gamble, in what could be considered a plea for strict construction, argued that Pringles — which are about 40 percent potato flour, but also contain corn, rice and wheat — should not be considered potato chips or “similar products.” Rather, they are “savory snacks.” He was even more dismissive of Procter & Gamble’s argument that to be taxable a product must contain enough potato to have the quality of “potatoness.” This “Aristotelian question” of whether a product has the “essence of potato,” he insisted, simply cannot be answered.
So, there you have it America = Pringles is, in fact, a chip. One that you can make “Pringies Soup” out of. Next week? British courts will debate the veracity of the following statement: “Are Doritos Extreme Enough?” We’ll keep you posted.
Watch This Now!
May 31, 2009
Start Your Day With Oates!
May 30, 2009
Admit it, you laughed. Or at least "guffaw"-ed.
YAY, I’m a dork!
Happy Friday!
May 29, 2009
ha-HA!
Protected: Guilt
May 28, 2009
Your Daily Cute Dose
May 28, 2009
The MZA: The Phlog
May 28, 2009
Hey kids, just a heads up that I’ve decided to create a photoblog or a “phlog” as I’d like to call it. It’s at http://themza.wordpress.com. My photos aren’t super yet; in fact, they probably aren’t phlog-worthy but nevertheless…Check it, bookmark it, RSS feed that sh*t. Love you, love your show.
Happy Thursday!
Vote for Sarah J!
May 26, 2009
My good friend Sarah Johnson has been working on some blogs and vlogs for the Chevy Traverse at mommymadnesskc.com. (P.S. Go there and vote for her twice a day at least!) Over the past couple of weeks, she’s created some great parody videos of The Office at…our office. She’s done an amazing job, and it’s been super fun helping her. Check em out below!
The Lawsuit Dude is Back!
May 26, 2009
YES. I don’t know who wins in this situation, but if I were at Guinness, I would feel like my company finally achieved something. After all this record-breaker-keeping, we finally became a PART of our own record-breaker-keeping. And stuff. I love irony. Maybe they can put his lawsuit in the Guinness Book of World Records for the Shortest Time to Throw Out a Lawsuit…
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A man who keeps suing people is suing the Guinness Book of World Records for saying that he’s sued the most people ever.
Jonathan Lee Riches, who is currently incarcerated in the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky, is thought to have filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world against various people, entities, objects and concepts.
In a boldly ironic move, he has now filed a lawsuit against the Guinness Book of World Records, hoping to get an injunction against them naming him as the world’s most litigious man in their 2010 edition. ‘The Guinness Book of World Records have no right to publish my work, my legal masterpieces,’ he says in the legal filing, according to The Spokesman-Review.
He is also unhappy about the nicknames they apparently plan to ascribe to him, including ‘Sue-per-man’, ‘the duke of lawsuits’ and ‘Johnny Sue-nami’.
Previous targets of his legal ire have included George W. Bush, Che Guevara, Perez Hilton, the Eiffel Tower, Britney Spears, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party, Google, the Roman Empire, The Queen, the Magna Carta, the Wu-Tang Clan, Plato, Emilio Estevez and Nordic Gods.
Riches has been banned from filing suits in many jurisdictions. His latest legal foray was filed in the court of Judge Justin Quackenbush, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Judge Quackenbush dismissed Riches’ previous suit, against the Peanut Corp. of America, in February, warning him that he may be banned from filing in that court too.
Riches is currently serving time for wire fraud, but could be released by 2012.
