Barbecue restaurant sues yellow pages company over ‘Carcass Removal’ listing
www.todayonline.com | Sep 12, 2011
A barbecue restaurant in the United States listed in the phone book under “Animal Carcass Removal” became the butt of a Jay Leno joke in January. But it’s no laughing matter to the owner who is now suing the publishing company over the business he’s lost.
Mr Hunter Lacey says in his lawsuit that business at his Bar 3 Bar-B-Q restaurants in Montana has dropped off since the Dex Media Inc listing and that his reputation and years of building up his brand have gone down the tubes.
The listing first appeared in 2009 in the yellow pages of Dex’s telephone book in the “Animal Carcass Removal” section and was repeated in other printed and online telephone directories last year and this year.
In January, Mr Leno joked about the listing on his nationally-televised talkshow, The Tonight Show.
Mr Lacey said his restaurants had lost US$18,254 (S$22,000) from 2009 and 2010. His attorney, Mr Geoffrey Angel, is trying to reach an out-of-court settlement with Dex Media for US$417,000.
A Dex spokesman said that it was an “erroneous listing” and steps have been taken to ensure it would not be in future phone books.
It is worth noting this is the first time I have used High Times as a source for a story. Ok, so it’s a secondary source but a source nonetheless.
hree kinds of magic mushrooms. Image from www.magic-mushrooms.net
Shroom Boom in the Wake of Hurricane Irene
by Mike Hughes | Tue, Aug 30, 2011 | hightimes.com
As the East Coast recovers from the damage wrought by Hurricane Irene, the Huffington Post suggests the massive storm may be responsible for some positive news. According to Huff Post, hurricane’s can “encourage growth of psychedelic mushrooms.”
In addition to high winds helping to spread spores, the moisture and humidity present during a hurricane provide an ideal growing environment for shrooms.
Wow, so Vietnamese Coffee House is a euphemism for naked ladies, gangs and gambling. Not exactly the kind of coffee house one wants in their neighborhood is it?
In a May 19, 2009 photo, Quynh Ly, 23, right, a waitress at Cafe Lu in Santa Ana, Calif., pulls down her skirt as she serves customers at the popular coffee house in Santa Ana. Police are gearing up to enforce a host of new rules to crack down on illegal gambling and nudity at Vietnamese coffeehouses in Garden Grove. AP Photo/Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz
Wow, that's a lot of silicone or saline. Image Cafe Miss Cutie Facebook page.
New rules target racy Vietnamese cafes in Calif
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press – Jul 1, 2011
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) — At Café Miss Cutie, the windows are tinted but not pitch black. The waitresses are wearing negligees but not naked. And patrons are being urged to smoke outside.
The dimly lit coffeehouse in the heart of Orange County’s Little Saigon hopes to get a passing grade when police start enforcing a host of new rules to crack down on illegal gambling and nudity at some cafes starting as soon as this weekend.
Officers plan to make rounds of the 37 Vietnamese cafes in the suburban city of Garden Grove to ensure they don’t have arcade games that have been rigged to let patrons bet on blackjack and roulette, and that scantily clad waitresses leave something to the imagination.
The crackdown comes after authorities reported crime was on the rise outside coffeehouses.
What else would a gorilla get attacked by? I hope the video link stays active because it is truly wonderful.
Ohio shop’s gorilla mascot attacked by banana
AP | July 9, 2011
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio — The manager of a cell phone store in Ohio called 911 to report a gorilla had been attacked by a banana.
The Wireless Center in Strongsville, near Cleveland, advertises at curbside with a man in a gorilla suit. Manager Brandon Parham says he was watching last week as a kid dressed as a banana emerged from some bushes and took a flying leap at the store mascot.
Parham says the attacker looked like a Spartan from the movie “300″ — except he was a banana.
The gorilla was knocked down but got back up, adjusted his head and went back to work.
WJW-TV reports the banana split — running down the street with other teens.
Police think it was a prank. They weren’t able to find the offending fruit.
Its amazing how creative some people are in finding ways to exploit simple wholesome businesses like coffee shops. I’m sure when the local zoning board saw and approved a coffee shop they had no way of knowing “Vietnamese coffee shop” meant strippers, gambling and a place for creepy guys to hang out. Good grief what could Vietnamese Health Clinic or Vietnamese Tea Shop really mean?
What do the cash strapped cops say about these crack filled, cash intensive business where more is getting ground than coffee beans?:
Sergeant Jason Dwyer of the San Jose Police Department had this to say: “If it’s a choice between sending people out to do gang suppression or sending them into some of these coffee shops, which can be a labor intensive operation if it’s undercover, we’re probably going to lean towards violent crime.”
The citizens of San Jose who are not whores, or johns or profiting from one of these businesses thank you Sgt. Dwyer.
Vietnamese coffee shop "waitresses" at work in San Jose. Image sfist.com
San Jose Has Naked Coffee Shops
sfist.com | 2011/06/21
Angry housewives have come unglued in the South Bay as San Jose continues to allow nearly-nude coffee shops to operate in full glory. Shameless! One particular coffee joint, Café Quyen, boasts “scantily clad women” serving lattes, dancing, and so much more. CBS 5 reports: “Recently, cell phone video of the waitresses was shot inside Café Quyen near Tully and King Roads in San Jose. The café is in Councilwoman Madison Nguyen’s district, who said angry wives often send her the videos with the hope she could do something.”
This Yelp review for Café Quyen, masterfully penned by qurth y., says it all: “Yowzers. I think I jizzed in my trousers. Crowd was mainly sketchy older sleazebags. A lot of skin and flesh jiggling. Some of the bare-istas had nice tattoos. Cool design. I want to go back, but I’m afraid I’ll blast in my pants again.”
Delightful.
And Café Quyen isn’t the only one. Scores of other caffeine houses of sin have popped up all over San Jose, showing a growing epidemic of ecdysiast-baristas looking to make an extra buck. However, none of the women go full frontal since that’s illegal. Alas.
Sergeant Jason Dwyer of the San Jose Police Department had this to say: “If it’s a choice between sending people out to do gang suppression or sending them into some of these coffee shops, which can be a labor intensive operation if it’s undercover, we’re probably going to lean towards violent crime.”
Kudos to you, San Jose. Who knew you could be so titillating? Odd that San Francisco doesn’t have any nudie coffee shops of its own.
The few times I’ve been to Hooters I’ve seen many families dining there. The staff is fully clothed and they serve kid friendly fried finger foods.
Typical Hooters girl. Getty Images.
8th Grade Field Trip Lunches at Hooters Berwick Middle School students taken to Hooters by field trip chaperones
By Teresa Masterson | Thursday, Jun 2, 2011 | www.nbcphiladelphia.com
Some Berwick, Pa. 8th graders got wings and breasts for lunch on their field trip to Baltimore last week.
The Berwick Middle School students were on a field trip to the National Aquarium when the 100-plus students broke up into chaperone-led groups for lunch.
The restaurant chain best known for its busty waitresses in short-shorts was host to one group of 15 to 20 students, reports The Bloomsburg Press Enterprise.
I shouldn’t laugh at this, but I can’t help myself.
Jean and John Hobbs. Image www.dorsetecho.co.uk
Weymouth OAPs mistake soil for cookies
www.dorsetecho.co.uk | 11th June 2011
OH CRUMBS! A group of OAPs were left with a nasty taste in their mouths after mistaking packs of soil for cookies.
The residents of a care home in Weymouth told of their horror after choking on mouthfuls of grit after mistaking a branded butter’s promotional pack of soil and seeds for cookies.
Three elderly people in the space of two hours alerted the manager of Lawrence Court residential care homes in Southill Garden Drive, Weymouth to the ‘misleading’ Lurpak giveaway.
John and Jean Hobbs’ delight at finding what they thought were free biscuits with their butter turned to disgust when mud filled their mouths and they realised it was a lump of soil and dill seeds.
Pensioner John, 79, said: “It was just as though I’d got a mouthful of grit, it was terrible.
“You imagine that young children would think ‘that’s edible’ but even the seeds weren’t edible so we got a double dose – seeds that weren’t edible as well as a mouth of grit.
“It was especially confusing because it was attached to food.
145 degrees f makes for a nice pink pork roast. Image kitchendaily.com
USDA lowers pork’s safe cooking temperature, says a little pink isn’t dangerous
readingeagle.com | By MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Associated Press | 5/24/2011
A bit of pink in pork appears to be OK after all.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will announce Tuesday that it has lowered its temperature recommendation for cooking pork to 145 degrees. That’s a change from the agency’s longstanding guideline and means pork will be held to the same standard as beef, veal and lamb.
For chefs, it means the USDA has sanctioned what already was common practice.
“I’m glad they have the sense to make that change,” said Rob Weland, a chef at Poste Moderne Brasserie, an upscale restaurant in Washington.
This is cute. I’m not sure it looks like Jesus, but it does look like a hippie, a happy hippie at that. To see the face of Jesus in a pizza click here. Perhaps you’d also like Jesus in some pizza sauce or on an iron.
Personally, I think this Jesus looks a bit like Dr. Zaius.
Jesus!
Jesus image appears on banana peel
By Lauren Dickson | From: The Daily Telegraph | www.dailytelegraph.com.au | December 22, 2009
SITTING down for an after lunch snack turned into a brush with all things holy when Lisa Swinton saw the face of Jesus on her banana peel.
‘‘I was like ‘Oh my God! It’s Jesus on a banana!’’
‘‘I got it out of the fruit bowl and was about to peel it and eat it when I saw his face,’’ she told The Daily Telegraph.
The impact of seeing Christ pressed into the banana did not stop the 39-year-old of Haberfield from still eating the fruit and depositing the holy peel.
‘‘I put some photos up on Facebook – one of my friends said it looked like a monkey.’’
Ms Swinton is not a stranger to holy visions appearing in day to day household objects.
‘‘One of my friends said they saw the Holy Mother on their bathroom door and another saw an apparition of Mary on the mould of their shower floor,’’ she said.
he fateful placing of her banana bunch underneath other fruit, Ms Swinton believes was the cause of the sacred imprint.
‘‘It definitely wasn’t that way when I bought it from Leichhardt Woollies,’’ she said.
This is not the best simulacra I’ve ever seen. The Mother Theresa Cheetoo was much better. On a similar note, here’s Jesus in some pizza sauce and on an iron. Good Friday to one and all.
It has been suggested that this face looks like Charles Manson and Che Guevara, too.
Do you see Jesus or a pizza?
Face of Jesus Christ appears in three-cheese pizza
By Cayla Dengate | March 30, 2011 | www.news.com.au
ALL hail Lord Cheesus – the holy apparition that appeared in a pizza.
In a purported “miracle”, the face of Jesus Christ has appeared on a three-cheese pizza made at Posh Pizza in New Farm, Brisbane.
And the image can be yours to enjoy.
The shop, in the city’s Fortitude Valley, has put the slice on eBay, and as of this morning bidding was up to $65.
