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unacceptable food
Loaf Of Bread Comes With Baked-In Rodent Goodness
Back in 2007, a man in Northern Ireland opened up a loaf of bread and found a whole, mercifully dead, rat. (The BBC is reporting that it's a mouse, but it's either a giant mutant mouse or a rat.) A judge heard the case this week, and fined the bakery £1,000 ($1,653) "plus costs." More » -
banks
Cuddly Banker Makes Way for Ducklings
Bankers have an bad rap these days, don't they? Joel Armstrong of Spokane, Washington was nice enough to initiate an intensive bailout of his neighbors, who could no longer stay in their home. His neighbors: a family of ducks. More » -
oops
Papa John's Founder Says Don't Eat Too Much Of His Pizza
Marketing and PR folks probably dread stories like this one: John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John's, said on a BBC radio interview yesterday that you shouldn't eat too much of their pizza. More » -
money meltdown
Europe vs USA: Who's Handling The Crisis Better?
The debate on the BBC news right now is who is cooler, America or Europe. Europe is getting props for acting speedily and decisively in contrast to Paulson's pace, which is getting characterized as dawdling and indecisive. Some of the very policies Treasury derided, they're now considering since Europe enacted them. The ex-Reagan economic adviser talking head says it's nationalizing risk, a backdoor way of calling them socialists. However, it wasn't until Europe's "socialistic" actions did the markets rebound. Who is right? Only time will tell; we'll see if the rally sustains or is just another fitful shiver in this economic fever dream. The key here is confidence, and it seems to be the most precious and rare commodity on the face of the earth right now. -
The Brits are amused by a Missouri car dealership that is rewarding buyers with either a $250 gas card or a gun. According to owner Mark Muller, everyone chose the gun, "except one guy from Canada and one old guy." Muller, whose sales have quadrupled since the start of the offer, explains to the BBC: "We're just damn glad to live in a free country where you can have a gun if you want to." [BBC] (Thanks to Jodie!)
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success stories
Charter Decides To Care That Reader Can't Watch Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
After we posted Charlie's complaint, "Charter Doesn't Care If You Can't Watch BBC America," a Charter Communications Corporate Escalation Specialist emailed The Consumerist and we put her in touch with Charlie.
Now Charlie writes, "Just wanted to let you know that she was able to connect me to another "escalation specialist" who ended up being able to fix my problem... More »
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bbc
Guy Kewney's Congoese Doppelganger to be Deported
Poor Guy Goma! For a brief moment, that Congoese crackerjack who expertly bullshitted his way through a BBC interview on the Apple Records vs. Apple Computers judgment when he was mistaken for Guy Kewney looked like he was well on his way to television stardom. We personally envisioned a syndicated call-in show where Guy Goma fielded questions about subjects on which he knew absolutely nothing. While the real Guy Kewney fumed and sputtered, Guy Goma became a star, dreaming of capitalizing on his sudden fame to find work. More » -
apple
UPDATE: Will The Real Guy Kewney Please Stand Up?
Earlier we noted how the BBC mistakenly interviewed a French-Algerian taxi driver on his views about Apple iTunes downloads on national television, thinking he was Guy Kewney, editor of newswireless.net. More » -
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bbc
Will The Real Guy Kewney Please Stand Up?
Guy Kewney, editor of newswireless.net, describes himself on his blog as "fair-haired, blue-eyed, prominent-nosed, and with the sort of pale skin that makes my dermatologist wince each time I complain about an itchy mole." That's him to the right, looking like every philosophy professor we ever had. More »
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