ljdq | Live Journal Daily Answers, 15 October 2004

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Welcome to another edition of the

ljdq Daily Answers. This week,

angledge was the solo moderator, giving

chaosvizier a chance to play the LJDQ instead of grade it. Since CV's favorite food is pudding, AL wrote him a quiz he was guaranteed to like. And the rest of you seemed to like it, too.

"Curse you, Pudding isn't a theme that is conducive to me mocking the Yankees regarding their forthcoming humiliating losses this week. Can't we have a theme like 'Reasons A-Rod sucks??' or, perhaps 'crimson footwear'" -

jmspencer

You just can't please everybody.

1. What is the name of the tasty treat made from pig's blood boiled in a length of intestine?

"It's one of those food items you read about in Dickens novels." -

v827

(Since I'm more or less an uncultured geek, I have to take your word on this. -AL)

"Swine Surprise - the surprise is that pig's blood doesn't coagulate when you boil it, so when you stick a fork in it, blood spurts across the room." -

sskipstress

"The cafeteria workers called it chili when I was in school." -

whiski_sour
"Cafeteria food! Yay! I love cafeteria food!" -

nihilistbear

"This sounds like some kind of punishment." -

bummerfly

(Cafeteria food did feel like punishment, true. -AL)

"Vampire pudding." -

deinemuse,

catgirlkuriko

"What they feed infant vampires – blood pudding. The jar features the cutest little baby. With teeth." -

crostfingrs

"Pig Blood n' Guts Pudding. I think Jell-o will be picking up the flavor in the near future. Imagine the ads... 'Mmmm, this pudding is pigalicious!'" -

geni91782

(You,

geni91782, are an unacknowledged marketing genius. And likely to stay that way. -AL)

"Haggis." -

velvetangel,

trishalynn,

shepholland,

drewbeartx,

stagemanager

(No, haggis is oats, onions, spices, & the edible organs of a sheep, stuffed in the sheep's stomach. It's like a big, spicy sausage. Or so I'm told; I've never eaten it. -AL)

"The idea is worse even than jerky chip cookies (ask

mrbigsteve), broccoli chocolate cake, or pastrami cupcakes." -

marasca

"Just because I live in Northern California, you think I'm in one of those damn satan cults, don't you? You sound just like my mother!" -

teainthelibrary

(LJDQ Fun Fact:)
"Cornell's brand of pig intestine was labeled 'Makin Bacon' and had a picture of a pig couple going at it, well, piggy style. With the lights on and everything!" -

mshenzi

"Seriously, who ever thought this would be a good idea? Blood is not tasty. I don’t care if you smeared it all over a naked Johnny Depp, I wouldn’t lick that shit up for a billion dollars ... Well, maybe for a billion. If it was on Johnny Depp. But only if he does the Jack Sparrow voice." -

snowfox090

(Well, that was a deep - and somewhat disturbing! - glimpse into

snowfox090's psyche. -AL)

"It's obviously blood pudding, which goes well with some fava beans and a nice chianti." -

_lucy_

(Thptptpt! And +1, Silence of the Lambs. -AL)

"Blood pudding. Only tasty to crazy British people. But then again, the call trucks 'lorrys'." -

ccaretta

(You, take your dialect battle outside. Here at the LJDQ, it is our policy to welcome all varieties of English. -AL)

"Slorrit'orreh'ere our kid; dusta reckon asta wunt skrike ferrit?" -

dodyskin

(Maybe we should rethink that policy. -AL)

"there's not much worse than a black pudding. With its acidic attack that can dissolve metal and the ability to double itself when cut, it poses a grave challenge to dungeon crawlers everywhere. Also, it tastes like ass." -

chaosvizier

(I'm tempted to give CV the Geek of the Week for this Dungeons & Dragons reference, but I don't want to be accused of favoritism. -AL)

"The words 'blood pudding' and 'tasty' should not be in the same sentence. Actually, they shouldn't be in the same room. Standing on blood pudding, you can't even SEE tasty. Then again, if you're standing in blood pudding, you're probably thinking more 'Ewwww! Get the boiled pigs blood off my shoe!!!' than you are about any metaphorical sightlines." -

jmspencer

(Personally, I agree that this dish sounds horrid. But not everyone agrees. -AL)

"Actually I quite like blood pudding, or black pudding. I know, how sick am I?!? Well I am from Yorkshire we eat owt there you know. Including whippets broiled in coal dust sauce..." -

spiffington

"Black Pudding, yummy. Goes with eggs, kidneys and fried bread." -

m31andy

"Blutwurst, blood sausage, blood pudding, black pudding, boudin du pays, boudin noir, boudin rouge....there are other names for it in Italian and Spanish that I can't remember off-hand because I'm about to heave-ho and see my breakfast again up close and a little too personal." -

the_headhunter

(I acknowledge that this dish has numerous names throughout the world, but there's only a couple that fit this week's Quiz theme. If you said something else, give yourself half-credit. -AL)

Correct Answer: Blood Pudding, or Black Pudding.

"Between this and warm beer, you need no further proof that the Brits are totally batshit crazy." -

vanbrosia

"... eeeeeew. Is that how you make blood pudding? I... eew." -

elsajeni

(Well, how did you think it was made? -AL)

2. Which disastrous fire supposedly started in Pudding Lane?

"Must be either the Chicago fire or the London fire seeing as those are the only two I know about. Thank you public school system!" -

moocow1985

(You & almost all of your fellow Quizlings. In particular, hundreds of Chicago answers. -AL)

"...what is that dessert that is set on fire? Cherries Jubilee? So I shall guess The Great Pudding Jubilee of 1879. Did I get it right?" -

mary_re

(Not even close, sweetie. -AL)

"The fire that burns deep within my loins." -

djdysfunction
"The fire in my pants." -

frankcalma
"The fire in my pants! No, wait, I got that in Times Square. Nevermind." -

snoxfox090

(Sounds like we should be arranging an LJDQ STD Clinic. -AL)

"The fire in

chaosvizier's pants" -

ghostwriterxx

(He told me he got that from you. -AL)

"Erm... The one where Homer Simpson ate the lamp post? Y'know... In that one. Where it was candy world. And he took a bite out of the Scottish Terrier. " -

kaptainsarcasm

"The That-one-time-I-tried-to-cook-pudding Fire" -

psychoticspy

"I don't know, but I got ten bucks that says it was started by a group of drunken frat guys attempting to light a fart." -

whiski_sour

(You owe me ten bucks, then. This fire happened in the Time Before Frat Boys. -AL)

"'In Pudding Lane, there is a barber showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to know. And all the people that come and go stop and say hello' ... wait. I think there’s something wrong there." -

nihilistbear

(+1, "Penny Lane" by the Beatles. -AL)

"The Great Candyland Fire of Aught Five. The night was pierced by Queen Frostine's screams." -

oliveoyl

"The Great Candyland Fire of Ought-3. Pudding lane, where the fire was started, was completely decimated, but by the end, the fire had also spread through Molasses Way, Rock Candy Boulevard, and the (fortunately desserted) Non-dairy Whipped Topping Terrace." -

jmspencer

(I catch you two cheating again you're both going to sit detention. -AL)

"This tragic string of events occurred when Strawberry Shortcake and Blueberry Muffin, once best friends, found themselves battling for the affections of Huckleberry Pie. Blueberry Muffin set fire to Strawberry Shortcake's cottage on Pudding Lane, killing Ms. Shortcake. Only days later, after seeing Huckleberry Pie making out with bombshell heiress Chocolate Croissant, Blueberry Muffin committed suicide by sticking her head in an oven." -

marasca

"I'm going to rule out the that fire in Rome back in Nero's age, as "Pudding" doesn't really sound much like Latin. The closest Latin word here is pudens, -entis, meaning modest or bashful, or pudendus, -a, -um, meaning disgraceful or scandalous. Funny how you change a couple of letters and the entire meaning is altered." -

jelymo

(All right, rambling, pedantic Latin lessons make you the Geek of the Week. Happy -1! -AL)

"The fire that burned down London Bridge, spawning the well-loved childrens song 'London Bridge is Burning Down.' The little used orginal last line of this song being 'Eat more Pudding.' This line was replaced by the more widely known 'My Fair Lady' as a publicity stunt to promote the release of 'My Fair Lady' the movie starring Audrey Hepburn." -

chrysoberyl

(We should revert to the original song ending. Tell your friends. -AL)

"Oh shit, it happened in 1666 and has a big monument in London outside King's Cross... Knowing the English, it's prolly called something original like 'The Great Fire' or the like." -

dougygyro

"The Great Something Something Fire of Insert Date Here. That's what all fires are called. Just replace the 'Something Something' part with the name of the place that was on fire." -

miss_tress

(If you rearrange your equation here to "The Great Fire of Something Something", it works for this question. -AL)

"The Great Pudding Fire of London, which made the surrounding countryside smell of scorched milk for weeks." -

feochadan

Correct Answer: the Great Fire of London.

"which, incidentally, started in a bakery. I don't think they were making pudding though" -

ktnb

"...shouldn't it be the Horrible Fire of London?" -

thinksheknowsya

(Depends on your opinion of London. -AL)

"The one which unfortunately didn't burn the whole of London off the face of the earth and made damned sure it would always be considered the centre of the media's universe (grrrr) regardless of where in Britain you live. Damned cock-er-neys. In fact I think it was a cunning media scam, to make bloomin' well sure London had a huge story behind it (just in case they ran out of real news to report, some back to the classics) that no-one could ever top. Thus it became news centre of Britain forevermore. But surely everything revolves around London? Hah!" -

spiffington

"The really fantastic fire of london (that wasnt disastrous enough in my opinion!)" -

_j0k3r_

"Fires and pudding don't mix." -

deinemuse

3. When carollers come to your door & sing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", how do you get them to leave?

"I find giving them condoms seems to get them to move more quickly. Or just let the baby projectile-vomit on those in the first row. Or start complaining about how hard it is to close the lid on your scorpion cage. Or get all of your friends to run down to the basement and then scream desperately for help when they hear the doorbell ring. Or go traditional and smear lamb's blood all over the doorframe. For better effect, spill liberal portions all over the porch, as well. Leave the bloody animal parts in conspicuous places. When all else fails, fart. Loudly." -

d4b

"Oh, how wonderful. They wouldn't let us have music in the asylum." -

sennical

"No idea, they don't do that in Germany." -

estepheia

(OK, another solution to the carollers problem is "move to Germany". -AL)

"we don't tend to have carollers that travel house to house in my part of Australia. Although we do have them in shopping centres. If I see carollers in shopping centres, I just ignore them. I don't care if they don't go till they got some." -

naturalredhead

"I have The Gimp answer the door:

" -

the_headhunter

"Answer the door naked." -

jacesan

"Perhaps I'll overcome my first instinct to say 'throw a bucket of water on them' and instead say 'throw a bucket of cold pudding on them.' I don't know though. What's the freezing temperature of pudding? Will it make them stick to the sidewalk as quickly as water will?" -

lowrentvalkyrie

"Caroller-B-Gone on the porch steps" -

sskipstress

"the Pudding cannon." -

frankcalma

(Please send photos & a set of construction drawings. -AL)

"You give them a merry hand grenade. Falalalala. God I hate carollers." -

oliveoyl

"'What the fuck is figgy pudding?' I wondered while answering this. Now I know. This does bring up the important question: where the hell do the Brits get off calling a steamed cake pudding?" -

marasca

(You. Outside with

ccaretta for the dialect fight she started in Question 1. -AL)

"Throw a just steamed figgy pudding at them. Oh and don't forget the piping hot brandy butter...'Aiiiieeeee! We all wanted figgy pudding, but not quite just there.'" -

spiffington

"You better bring on the Figgy Pudding yo!" -

chrysoberyl

(Philadelphia vicinity only. -AL)

Correct Answer: Give them figgy pudding.

"or, alternately, moon them." -

stagemanager

(I would like to take a moment, half-way through this Quiz, to let you all know how badly I am craving a bowl of chocolate pudding at this moment. I have spent the week reading your pudding-based replies, & today I've spent approximately four hours writing these pudding-powered answers. Rice pudding, lemon pudding, even some bland-cut-delicious vanilla pudding ... pudding ... I have no one to blame for this but myself. -AL)

4. Who was a spokesman for Jell-O Pudding, now more famous for his controversial criticism of contemporary African-American culture?

"No idea, enlighten me" -

rhiannon3j

(As you wish. We'll do wrong answers first. -AL)

"Will Smith. 'Your pudding is old and busted – Jell-O is the new hotness.'" -

crostfingrs

"Dont you mean jelly? Who would take seriously criticism from a jelly spokesman anyway, I mean get a real job dude!" -

_j0k3r_

"Dr. Martin Luther King? No? Malcolm X? No? Reverend Jesse Jackson? Uncle Tom? Chris Rock? The Aryan Nation? I am slowly running out of people who make controversial criticisms about African American culture." -

nihilistbear

(Your fellow Quizlings thought up a few more. -AL)

"The Pillsbury Doughboy (member of the KKK...little white hat, always dressed in white...)" -

bummerfly

"Daniel Carver" -

djdysfunction

"Daniel Carver:

" -

lizature

(Daniel Carver is Ku Klux Klan leader who occasionally does film reviews on Howard Stern's idiotic radio show. But he's never worked as a spokesman for Jell-O. -AL)

"David Duke" -

krick

(Another KKK leader who never pimped Jell-O products. -AL)

"Rush Limbaugh. Oh, pudding? I though you said spokesman for drugs." -

ccaretta

(Yet another KKK leader ... I bet. -AL)

"Bill O'Reilly? No. It's everyone favorite be-sweatered dad, Bill Cosby." -

miss_stress

"Every time I see an ugly sweater I’m overcome by an urge to fill my bathtub with pudding and bathe in it. A decade of subliminal messages from Jell-O? I think so." -

cempa

"Personally, I think Bill just hates the world because we all laugh at his ugly sweaters." -

whiski_sour

"Bill Maher." -

lots42

(Half-credit. -AL)

"Bing Crosby" -

goat003

(So close. -AL)

"The Michelin Man." -

m31andy

( Michelin Man

There is some resemblance. -AL)

"Bill Cosby. And may I mention how much I hated those commercials? No child is that happy to eat Jell-o!" -

geni91782

"Every time I think about Bill Cosby, I think about how he wrote that book that I see in every single household that I ever go into. Does anyone NOT own Fatherhood?"

(*looks around*

vulgarbarbarian doesn't seem to have a copy. Well, that makes Christmas shopping easy this year! -AL)

"I'm not going to attempt to be funny where the answer to the question is Bill Cosby, as he's so much more funny and witty than I could dream of being, that I would look pathetic attempting to be funny while talking about him." -

lowrentvalkyrie

(You could have gone ahead & taken your shot without fear. It's not like Bill Cosby is going to be reading the LJDQ. -AL)

"Bill Cosby, the man whose greatest gift to society was publicly rationalizing that chocolate cake is healthy food." -

sskipstress

"Hey, hey, hey....It's Faaaaaattt Albert!" -

the_headhunter,

chrysoberyl

"That would be Bill Cosby, also well known for such 70s fun as Fat Albert and Picture Pages. Come on, I know you can sing the song. 'Picture pages picture pages, lots of fun with picture pages, lots of fun with crayons and a pencil!'" -

marasca

(Never saw Picture Pages. Maybe if I had, I would've ended up an art history major too. -AL)

"The Cosby Show and Family Ties were my family's Thursday night TV hour. I miss the good old days of evening sitcoms. Of course, I also miss Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids... but that's a different story. The Cos just needs to do more comedy." -

chaosvizier

"Bill Cosby! I could kill for a pudding pop. (Incidentally, did you know that Alicia Keyes had a bit part on The Cosby Show as one of Rudy's friends? Saw that on a VH1 show.)" -

velvetangel

Correct Answer: Bill Cosby.

"... who incidentally was rather hated by Groucho Marx. He felt he was 'impertinent'." -

purple_roses

"Aaaaaw, how cute! Asshole celebrities says the darndest things." -

daunzerly

(In case you're wondering what kinds of things Cosby said, this page has a pretty good sampling. -AL)

5. Awww, pudding. What's your favorite kind?

(OK, Explanatory Note Time. In the US, "pudding" refers only to smooth, gooey desserts that are served chilled. In the UK, "pudding" is a synonym for "dessert". I don't know how it's used in other English-speaking countries. Foreigners, if you can stop squabbling outside with

ccaretta &

marasca for a moment, come in here & let me know What Pudding Means To You. -AL)

"Awww, pudding? What's that supposed to mean? Do you sit around and friggin' stroke your pudding or something? Hmmm ... Dirty. Call me." -

_lucy_

"You can't ask me that question. I'm a diabetic--asking a diabetic what his favorite kind of pudding is, is like asking a guy in a wheelchair how much he jogs every week." -

silent_r_infork

(Oops, sorry. Here, have a comic.

-AL)

"...I hate pudding. This all stems from childhood, when my mother would crush up my medicine and stir it into chocolate pudding. It never tasted right." -

greenabsinthe

"The kind where it's gelatin. I gotta have more cow-hooves! (Didja catch that SNL reference?)" -

kaptainsarcasm

(Sorry, I'm no good at catching TV references. You'll have to wait until CV is back. -AL)

"I've only ever had chocolate and vanilla. I'll be awaiting the answers this week to see what I should try next." -

v827

(Your fellow Quizlings have LOTS of suggestions for you. Some good. Some ... not so good. -AL)

"Rice pudding, with cinnamon. Yum!" -

d4b

"Rasberry and white chocolate baked cheesecake!" -

_j0k3r_

"I do love me some lemon puddin'." -

sennical

"Caramel" -

delirium_05

"I've always been a bit partial to Spotted Dick. I refuse to call it Spotted Richard, as is being proposed by some these days." -

dougygyro

(Funny, I thought

dougygyro was an American. -AL)

"Chocolate pudding layered with chocolate cake, whipped cream and crushed snickers bars." -

estepheia

"Peanut butter." -

stagemanager

"Butterscotch with whipped cream on top" -

jacy_

"Sex in a Pan. [It's a dessert, with a layer of graham crumbs, then cream cheese, then chocolate pudding, then vanilla pudding (although i use butterscotch), then whipped cream, and then sprinkle chocolatey stuff on top. It's YUMMY. :D]" -

jelymo

"The kind that's spread across a stripper's body." -

jacesan

"Triple fudge peanut butter pudding. If that was real, it'd be my favorite." -

ccaretta

"The Jello kind with the chocolate and vanilla swirls. Mmmmm. :)" -

ktnb

"Chocolate, hands down. All others are pale imitators. Until they start making butterscotch with actual scotch. Then it'll be a tossup." -

jmspencer

(THAT's my boy! -AL)

"That kind that comes in the individual cups with chocolate on the top and bottom and caramel in the middle. So good!" -

moocow1985

"Although I am very partial to all things chocolate, including puddings, a warm rice pudding properly seasoned with cinnamon and nutmeg is the absolute pinnacle of puddingdom. But then, as Captain Murphy once said, 'Pudding can't fill the emptiness in my heart. But it helps.'" -

chaosvizier

"Butterscotch, used as a dip for french fries. Yes, it really is good. And my taste buds are fully functional." -

sargiegirl76

(I like dipping french fries in chocolate milkshakes. -AL)

(OMG SO HUNGRY NOW. -AL)

"Tapioca. Even if it kinda reminds me of fish eggs." -

miss_tress

"Pudding is against my religion." -

ghostwriterxx

(Then we are all against your religion. -AL)

"What flavor of pudding is there not to like? (except banana cream pudding, ick.)" -

mshenzi
"Anyone who says banana should be slapped. The flavor of the banana is horribly misrepresented in pudding form." -

whiski_sour

"Yuck, pudding. Alright, chocolates not bad. Oh, and banana isn't bad either, although I could do without those wafer thingy's they put in it. Oh! And strawberry is passable. But really, I don't like pudding. ^_~" -

rhiannon3j
"Banana peanut Cream pie. It's a pie but the filling can be nothing but pudding." -

dancingsaracen
"I like banana pudding. Not just the pudding but when you have like, bananas and Nilla Wafers in it. And then you can put a layer of chocolate pudding in the middle. If my dad makes it - it's to die for." -

doomgirl

(All right: banana-lovers & banana-haters, take it outside. Try not to get caught up in the English dialects fight that's already in progress out there. -AL)

"Anything someone has made for me to cheer me up on a bad day." -

sasscat

(Even if it's black pudding? -AL)

"Evil Pudding. It's like Evil Pie, only it's pudding." -

warragul

"The kind I get for cheap at Costco. It may be gritty and full of hard-to-pronounce chemicals that could probably be used to make a working atomic bomb, but dammit it’s on sale!" -

snoxfox090

"Sardines, baby! Sardine pudding. It goes great with beer." -

crostfingrs

"Big Mac flavor." -

lots42

"Pink pussy pudding." -

drewbeartx

(I was certain this link was going to be NSFW, but it turns out it's a fanpage for Choo Choo Bear, the cat from the comic Something Positive. You may click without fear. -AL)

"Caroller-innards pudding. Okay, vanilla. I love pudding." -

oliveoyl

Correct Answer: "Double chocolate decadence. I make it myself." -

catgirlkuriko

****EXTRA CREDIT****

How did David Phillips, known on the Internet as "the Pudding Guy", earn 1,253,000 frequent flyer miles from a Healthy Choice promotion?

"I imagine that he did so in a rather spectacular fashion not truly anticipated by the high-priced, fine-print lawyers. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open to US residents only; must be 18 or older. Residents of Quebec must answer a mathematical puzzle, plus explain why they completely failed to read the prior sentence. Odds of winning: less than odds of being struck by lightning. Twice. For manual entry, must handwrite name, address, phone number, and mother's maiden name on a triangular piece of diagonally-lined paper 3.25" x 1.5" and mail to LJDQ Sweepstakes, POBox 234, Jenkintown, PA, 19046-0234. Mechanical entries and those without batteries or lubricant prohibited." -

d4b

"... Let’s just say that he ate a lot of ‘pudding’. And that he left a lot of happy Healthy Choice executives in his wake. Yeaaaaaah." -

snoxfox090

"I dunno, but I represent the lollipop guild!" -

kaptainsarcasm

(This is a non-union Quiz. Get the hell outta here! -AL)

"David Phillips:Healthy Choice::Jared:Subway?" -

_lucy_

(Goddammit, I haven't seen something like that since I took the SATs. Which was many, many, MANY moons ago. You've made me feel old. -AL)

"Ate pudding on an airplane?" -

sennical

(It was a little more complicated than that. -AL)

"Do I get extra points for even entering this week? I've missed the last two weeks, largely 'cuz you guys won't call me to remind me. What good are LJ reminders when I don't see them? ;)" -

stagemanager

(-2, poor attendance. -AL)

"There’s a guy on the Internet known as ‘the Pudding Guy”? ::mind boggles:: The internet is weird, dude. WEIRD" -

nihilistbear

(Same thing I think when I read all these wacky LJ-handles. -AL)

"He was weak, and gave it all away, he didn't even eat it all. Pathetic." -

deinemuse

"Begged? I hear you can get all sorts of things that way." -

purple_roses

"Someday I want to be known as 'The Pudding Guy.' Or anything, really. The Hot Dog Guy, or The Jalapeno Pepper Guy. Whatever it takes for fame; I'm not proud." -

chaosvizier

"I have no idea, but this man may be my new hero." -

marasca

"I know a guy named Dave Phillips. But he is a veterinarian. Which, I suppose, is not mutually exclusive of being the 'pudding guy' but I don't think he is." -

mshenzi

"He turned Cosby into an asshole, thus hindering sales for Healthy Choice's bitter market rival, Jell-O." -

daunzerly

"Lots of coupons." -

marcyleecorgan

"by being incredibly fat and promising not to fly perhaps? I dunno." -

_j0k3r_

"Durh, I'm going to guess that he ate a shitload of pudding. I'd eat a shitload of pudding if they gave me that many miles. Although what a strange promotion that must've been from a company called Healthy Choice. Maybe they made him stop eating pudding? Or watch two half-naked women wrestle in his favorite pudding and restain himself from jumping in?" -

radiotrash

"Pudding Guy...what a dumb name. Didn't he win a gold medal or something? Or is he the one dating Sheryl Crowe?" -

ghostwriterxx

(You're stabbing in the dark here. -AL)

"Won the lottery and bought 626,500 aeroplane puddings, then donated them to Americans for a Better Alberquerque." -

sasscat

(626,500 puddings would improve ANY city. For a little while. -AL)

"I'm fairly sure he had to sleep with some top executive or another." -

fyreflyblue

"I am going to guess that he ate lots of pudding. There are other things that he could have done with pudding. But most of the ones I can think of are NSFW." -

chrysoberyl

"Did he attempt to eat a national pudding in every nation on earth? Actually, if he didn’t could I try? I quite fancy that idea... I could even get a series out of one of the TV networks like Michael Palin. 'Around the World in 80 Stone'." -

m31andy

Correct Answer: "Healthy Choice had this promotion that for every 10 UPC symbols you sent in, you'd get 500 frequent flyer miles. David Phillips went out and bought pretty much every Healthy Choice pudding cup in a twenty mile radius, and ended up with enough labels to get a million frequent flyer miles. The reason it worked is because he was smart enough to a) send the package to Healthy Choice registered, so they had to sign for it, and b) take pictures of all the labels, so that when Healthy Choice tried to deny ever receiving the package, he could prove that he'd sent it, and Healthy Choice had no option but to cough up the miles. What can I say, I like stories about people who manage to beat the system. :)" -

ktnb

76 entries this week, & 203 watchers. And one tired moderator. Thank God CV will be back next week. That's it, I'm going to bed.

Rock on,

AL (& CV).

Current Music: "Wicked" by Switchblade Symphony

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

From:

deinemuse.livejournal.com

Dis be wacked!

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

You be lovin' da puddin', baby!

From:

chaosvizier.livejournal.com

I gotta have more cow-hooves!

Thank you, Mr. Walken. No cowbell for you!

From:

mshenzi.livejournal.com

"Someday I want to be known as 'The Pudding Guy.' Or anything, really. The Hot Dog Guy, or The Jalapeno Pepper Guy. Whatever it takes for fame; I'm not proud." - chaosvizier

I guess being known as the 'Titanic Totem' isn't good enough...