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As reported in “The Onion” and with holiday weekend implications, consumption of double stuff Oreos may lead to “tolerance”:
For 90 percent of Americans, it now takes twice as much stuf to reach the same level of satisfaction once achieved with a single layer of stuf,” the report read in part.
Health care practioners are bracing for the surge of new patients with “S.O.S” or “stuf Oreo syndrome.”. Read the full article here.
[By way of Amy Dangerously]
With the economy this bad, you’d probably want to hold on to your wallet tighter than ever. Unless of course you’re a king. The Burger King in this case.
So Good, a blog devoted to “the absurd world of food” reports that stealth marketing agents are “losing their wallets” around Chicago, Orlando, and Phoenix and Los Angeles. Pick it up and inside you’ll find:
Clever idea (wondering if this is from agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky ?) that plays on recessionary times and rewards the good Samaritan instinct. Unless of course you live in New York City, where they’ll arrest you.
photo credit: Time Out Chicago
Riding the packed 6 train in New York at rush hour, chest to chest with total strangers, separated only by the thin white cord of earbuds and hidden iPods, I feel the anxiety rubbing off on me.
New York City is emotionally charged at the moment. The streets crackle with the fears of economic crisis and uncertain leadership. A friend at Deutsche Bank characterized it Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re trying to get your mind around what a mashup is, take a look at Platial.com and see how consumers are geocoding retail by theme and recommendation. The site is designed to enable anyone to find, create and use meaningful maps of places that matter to them.
Under the hood, it’s a combination of satellite imagery plus location data by TeleAtlas, who is tied into Nokia, Mapquest, and Tom Tom. So you get the sense that their are deals to be made here. In the meantime, please visit Jerry’s New Jersey Hot Dogs… it looks like a lot of work went into it.
While working in Sarajevo a friend showed me what has to be the world’s most ridiculous inter-office form [click to download PDF version of the "Toilet Paper Tracking Form] … a toilet paper tracking sheet. When I asked him “who uses more T.P… men or women, and on which floor?” he laughed hysterically. “We don’t know, once the form is filled out, it is kept under lock and key.” You gotta be kidding me.
So next time you think your office is bad, just pull out this handy Bosnian Toilet Paper form and remember “it could be worse.” You could be held accountable, one fluffy sheet at a time.