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Starbucks to start selling booze
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Starbucks to start selling booze

It probably won't help their "public bathroom" problem, but Starbucks is set to start selling beer and wine in selected locations… Virginia Smith   |   01.24.2012   |   Comments (9)
Diet Coke tacitly admits being for ladies with new lady-centric ad campaign
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Diet Coke tacitly admits being for ladies with new lady-centric ad campaign

It's probably true that Diet Coke is a drink that people associate with ladies — ladies on diets, or ladies not on diets who figure… Maura Hehir   |   01.13.2012   |   Comments (4)
Watch this Russian ad that makes you really, really want to go to Burger King
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Watch this Russian ad that makes you really, really want to go to Burger King

Today, in the latest "other countries' commercials are way cooler than ours" news, this Russian commercial for Burger King makes… EJ Dickson   |   12.10.2011   |   Comments (8)
Hanson is launching a brand of beer called 'Mmmhop'
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Hanson is launching a brand of beer called 'Mmmhop'

Because it is in every way their duty as both entertainers and Americans, Hanson has announced that they will be launching their own line of… Virginia Smith   |   11.30.2011   |   Comments (7)
Chick-fil-A sues folk artist for "Eat More Kale" T-shirt
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Chick-fil-A sues folk artist for "Eat More Kale" T-shirt

Best get this out of the way up front: Yes, Chick-fil-A is delicious. For my money, it's the best-tasting fast food out there. In-N-Out's… Rick Paulas   |   11.29.2011   |   Comments (18)
Villain from new Spider-Man movie accidentally unveiled on Pez dispenser
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Villain from new Spider-Man movie accidentally unveiled on Pez dispenser

With great power comes great responsibility... unless you work at Sony Pictures. The Lizard, who serves as Peter Parker's antagonist in… Marty Beckerman   |   11.29.2011   |   Comments (2)
Takeru Kobayashi ate more turkey than you
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Takeru Kobayashi ate more turkey than you

Feeling guilty after your Thanksgiving food orgy? At least you didn't go this far overboard. Competitive eating legend Takeru… Marty Beckerman   |   11.24.2011   |   Comments (2)
Vaguely anti-Semitic vodka billboard pulled
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Vaguely anti-Semitic vodka billboard pulled

The advertising honchos who came up with the latest Wodka Vodka campaign think that you should start associating their product with dogs… EJ Dickson   |   11.23.2011   |   Comments (17)
Hooters waitress speaks at school, parent bugs out
Love & Sex

Hooters waitress speaks at school, parent bugs out

In yet another example of parents insisting to their kids that boobies don't exist, officials at the Calvin A. Hunsinger school, a K-12… EJ Dickson   |   11.21.2011   |   Comments (10)
Watch: Seth Meyers and Kermit take on "pizza is a vegetable" standards
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Watch: Seth Meyers and Kermit take on "pizza is a vegetable" standards

The House of Representatives must be pretty embarrassed today. It's one thing for a few pundits and Internet memes to mock your decision to… Kristin Hunt   |   11.20.2011   |   Comments (11)
American boozing at its highest since late '70s
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American boozing at its highest since late '70s

Those candyass '80s, '90s, and '00s can suck it. Americans partied way hardier in 2010, with sixty-seven percent of freedom-loving… Kristin Hunt   |   11.17.2011   |   Comments (4)
Starbucks won't eliminate free public toilets, but it will probably give you the side-eye if you go in with a book
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Starbucks won't eliminate free public toilets, but it will probably give you the side-eye if you go in with a book

As one of the few public areas where you can use the bathroom for free, Starbucks restrooms are great for everyone: people who have to pee… EJ Dickson   |   11.16.2011   |   Comments (7)
Quirky professor walks out on class after student forgets to bring snacks
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Quirky professor walks out on class after student forgets to bring snacks

Students walking out on class is not unusual, like in the recent case of the Harvard students who skipped out on their economics class in protest… Jeff Mills   |   11.13.2011   |   Comments (11)
Watch Ted Allen plug new book <em>Pretentious Foodie Bullshit</em> in <em>Onion</em> parody
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Watch Ted Allen plug new book Pretentious Foodie Bullshit in Onion parody

Leave it to The Onion to say with a straight face what most people really feel deep down about foodies and their overly precious approach to… Jeff Mills   |   11.7.2011   |   Comments (2)
Supermarket chains refuse to stock Ben and Jerry's "Schweddy balls" ice cream flavor
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Supermarket chains refuse to stock Ben and Jerry's "Schweddy balls" ice cream flavor

If you've made a trip to your local bodega to sate a craving for Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls ice cream — based, of course, on… EJ Dickson   |   10.22.2011   |   Comments (12)
Recession-friendly "pay what you want" dining is coming to Brooklyn
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Recession-friendly "pay what you want" dining is coming to Brooklyn

In a nod to the recession, one restaurant owner in Williamsburg has decided to instate a "pay what you want" policy for her customers… Virginia Smith   |   10.21.2011   |   Comments (3)
French kids forbidden to eat ketchup, unless it's on french fries
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French kids forbidden to eat ketchup, unless it's on french fries

In cartoonishly cliche fashion, the French have placed a ban on ketchup in school cafeterias, unless and only unless it is served as an… Virginia Smith   |   10.10.2011   |   Comments (19)
Questionable Obama Fried Chicken joint opens in China
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Questionable Obama Fried Chicken joint opens in China

A new restaurant in Beijing, China called OFC, for Obama's Fried Chicken, and featuring a banner with the image of a smiling President Obama… Jeff Mills   |   10.2.2011   |   Comments (10)
Fed-up obese man suing White Castle for bigger booths
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Fed-up obese man suing White Castle for bigger booths

White Castle has the taste some people can't live without, but it also features moderately sized booths. These booths do not sit well (sorry)… Jeff Mills   |   09.11.2011   |   Comments (27)
Denny's new "Cheesy" menu is even worse for you than the KFC Double Down
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Denny's new "Cheesy" menu is even worse for you than the KFC Double Down

Undeterred by endless news items about America's obesity epidemic, Denny's has jumped head first into "This is Why You're… Virginia Smith   |   09.4.2011   |   Comments (27)