Re: Underdog...."AHHHHHH!"

On Jul 16, 12:03 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <v2uh93trq90pdd5hqi20if86g69cdm2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Don Del Grande <del_grande_n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Chris Sobieniak wrote:
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> > > Ted Nolan wrote:
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> > >> I remember when Quisp came back a few years ago.  They had a web
page
> > >> explaining the long absence because Quisp had to go back to his
home
> > >> planet to get more cereal to bring to Earth.
>
> > >> I don't recall any mention of Quake..
>
> > >Cereals I never had in my childhood (yet I can take heart in watching
> > >the Jay Ward commercials on YouTube).  :-(
>
> > I remember an ad campaign where they said Quisp was preferred over
> > Quake (IMO, it was, mainly because Quake was so hard it bordered on
> > stale), and there was a nationwide mail-in vote to decide whether or
> > not they should still make Quake.  The vote was "Yes", but soon after,
> > they replaced Quake with something called Orange Quangaroos, which I
> > assume was the plan all along (and they put the spin on it to make it
> > look like it was a "reward" to Quake fans for voting to keep Quake).
>
> A craphouse took over Bob's Big Boy here, and had a voting contest as to
> whether they should keep or ditch the Big Boy, and were embarrassed when
> the results came out overwhelming to keep him, since the plan was always
> to dump him, so they just had to get rid of him quietly a few months
> later.
>
> JBs is horrible; they promise a hot entree on the buffet.  You want to
> know what they consider a hot entree?  MACARONI SALAD.  Under a heat
> lamp.
>
> I wish I was making that up.

Heh, too bad my town didn't have to go through that mess.  The Big
Boy's here are still in operation though a local sub-licensee of the
Frisch's chain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisch%27s
http://www.bennett-enterprises.com/bigboy/index.html