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• Commented on Entire Coffee Shop Staff Quits Simultaneously
  Because it's freaking awesome that I can walk down 5th Ave now without tripping over the strollers and tied-up dogs that Gorilla's patrons leave on the sidewalk while they wait in line....
• Commented on Video: Plunder Funnel! New Consumerist Original Scam Spoof
  Nice, Ben. Very nice....
• Commented on 5 Survival Tips For When Your Plane Is Stranded
  That would solve the problem of crying babies on the plane....
• Commented on Store Considering Name Change For "Fat Balls"
  hahahahahahaha!...
• Commented on Somebody On The Set Hates Sandra Lee
  Oh weird. I tried posting yesterday and it looked like it didn't go through. Time release comments....
• Commented on Somebody On The Set Hates Sandra Lee
  My vote goes to this being just another bad recipe by Sandra Lee. And/or the natural result of drinking cheap booze. Lemon and cream goes beautifully together. Never had lemon whipped cream? Or one of a myriad of cocktails that...
• Commented on Somebody On The Set Hates Sandra Lee
  Seems a lot of people don't understand that dairy and lemon can go together beautifully, especially in cocktails. Many classic recipes call for both. One of my favorites, the Hoffman House Fizz, calls for both lemon juice and heavy cream....
• Commented on Great Value Detergent Is A Better Value If You Hack A Hole In The Side
  What most people think of as "soap" is actually detergent. It's chemical. It strips the skin of natural oils, which the skin then works double-time to replace. Using stuff like Irish Spring will eventually make your skin more oily &...
• Commented on Great Value Detergent Is A Better Value If You Hack A Hole In The Side
  If you can't cut open a relatively soft plastic bottle without injuring yourself, maybe you need a caretaker who can do laundry for you. Right after they're done cutting your dinner into bite size pieces....
• Commented on Is It Okay To Switch Out Eggs At The Supermarket?
  I've never seen $1.50 eggs in NYC. Mine are usually $3.50-$6....
• Commented on Traveler Makes Better Movie Than Avatar While Stranded In Airport
  She rules. I hope that if I'm ever stuck in an airport overnight, she's there....
• Commented on PleaseRobMe.com Lets The World Know No One's Home
  And those people should be the mayors of PleaseRobMe.com...
• Commented on Nobody Told Me I Was Buying A Suicide House
  Drug houses can be a big deal. The toxin levels from meth houses are out of control, and most should be demolished. Of course, some landlords are going to be more interested in covering up the fact that a place...
• Commented on Nobody Told Me I Was Buying A Suicide House
  It's a big deal if she just noticed a basement full of corpse juice. [ http://consumerist.com/2009/05/attention-your-insurance-doesnt-cover-damage-from-corpse-fluid.html ] It's not a big deal if she's just being histrionic about spookies & haints....
• Commented on Rat Planter Pleads Guilty To Restaurant Extortion
  The scammer very well may have purchased a pinky (frozen feeders) and nuked it, but considering the type of person she is, I don't want to assume that. She might have also gotten a live pet from PetCo or similar...
• Commented on Rat Planter Pleads Guilty To Restaurant Extortion
  I can think of a few reasons why this might happen. Was this a male or female? Rats are really prone to tumors. In females, they tend to get mammary tumors, which are visible and don't often affect behavior. In...
• Commented on Rat Planter Pleads Guilty To Restaurant Extortion
  IANAL, but most animal cruelty laws are supposed to equally protect the wellbeing of creatures from elephants to tiny hamsters. But getting a prosecutor to invest valuable court time in small animals which are considered (at best) "disposable" pets and...
• Commented on Rat Planter Pleads Guilty To Restaurant Extortion
  It's a myth that rats get more aggressive when fed meat. They don't turn into gremlins if fed after midnight either. Rats' ideal diet is similar to humans' ideal diet. Whole grains, fruits, vegetables, moderate amount of protein, very little...
• Commented on Rat Planter Pleads Guilty To Restaurant Extortion
  Me too. Rats are awesome, sweet animals. It makes me ill that anyone would do that....
• Commented on Guy Refuses To Return Insurer's Calls, So Insurer Says It Doesn't Have To Pay For The Car He Hit
  The problem with vigilante justice is that (while amusing) most of the suggestions here are illegal to execute, and could land the victim in more trouble than she's already dealing with. However, I have found that feeding birds is very...
• Commented on When Should You Freak Out About Critters In Your Food?
  Seconded. On the occasions that I purchase pre-cut fruit, I assume that the premium price I'm paying includes labor costs of washing, chopping and removing any critters....
• Commented on We Are Too Poor For Fancy Alcohol
  My only taste of Mead was some stuff visiting friends brought us from a Meadery they visited. We're in NYC and don't have a car, otherwise, I would've driven to the same place after we finished the bottle....
• Commented on We Are Too Poor For Fancy Alcohol
  I thought that was just Repo Man....
• Commented on We Are Too Poor For Fancy Alcohol
  If the alcohol content is 40% or more, it will keep indefinitely. If it's a liqueur, those are generally about 20% alcohol and are best consumed within 4 months. After that, the quality will degrade. If you're talking about a...
• Commented on We Are Too Poor For Fancy Alcohol
  I will trade baked goods* or homemade marshmallows for mead. *My friends' favorites are my chipotle chocolate shortbread and bacon chocolate chip cookies....
• Commented on You Can't Make A Super Bowl Commercial That Says 'Go To Hell'
  The GoDaddy ad that got rejected was "Lola." http://videos.godaddy.com/popups/videos.aspx?app_hdr=99&ci=17683&mediaid=Lola Football player turned lingerie designer. So there's some gratuitous female flesh, but it's minimal. My guess is that it's TEH GAY and not the garters that CBS is offended by....
• Commented on You Can't Make A Super Bowl Commercial That Says 'Go To Hell'
  CNN's Money section was where I first heard about it. CBS appears to have tried to brush them off initially because they couldn't verify ManCrunch's credit (thus ability to pay for the ad). But ManCrunch offered to pay with their...
• Commented on You Can't Make A Super Bowl Commercial That Says 'Go To Hell'
  They also banned an ad for a gay dating site....
• Commented on American Airlines Threatens To Move You Down On The Stand-By List If You Complain
  Making lemonade is really hard when you're limited to 4oz bottles....
• Commented on Road Runner Rep Acts All Weird About Request For Upload/Download Speeds
  There's nothing different re: connections. We just called and got rid of cable television. No moving. No fiddling with the modem. For months we got one average speed, and now we have an entirely different average speed....