Consumerist
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Welcome To The New Improved Consumerist
Extensive market research that we paid out the @#$ for has determined that this blog doesn't contain nearly enough pictures of cakes and cute animals. Today, at the beginning of a new fiscal blogging year, we're pleased to bring you additional photographs of things you'd like to pet or eat. More » -
weddings
Rent Your Next Wedding Cake!
We'll admit, there's a small part of us that's impressed with the idea—save money on your wedding by renting a fake super fancy cake, and serve the guests a far cheaper sheet cake! But then we think about the bloated ecosphere of wedding planning, and how pointless it all is, and how nobody stays together anyway, and how "the perfect wedding" is all about vanity and wish fulfillment instead of expressing your love... and then we like this idea even more. More » -
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Is This The Worst "Professional" Wedding Cake Ever?
There's a heated debate going on over at a blog called "Cake Wrecks" about whether or not this cake can possibly be "real." We're feeling extremely skeptical ourselves, but the blog's author swears up and down that the pictures came from a real (outraged) bride who really hired a member of the family who was supposed to be a "professional with tons of experience" to make her wedding cake. More » -
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Procter & Gamble: Pringles Are Not Potato Chips
Seeking to evade a 17.5% sales tax, lawyers for Procter & Gamble successfully argued that Pringles aren't actually potato chips. Even though all Pringles containers are clearly marked "Potato Crisps," Procter & Gamble's lawyers argued that "Pringles don't look like a chip, don't feel like a chip, and don't taste like a chip." More » -
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7 Ways To Have A Gorgeous And Inexpensive Wedding
Blowing $100,000 on a wedding is still in season, and there's no better way to show up your over-spending friends than by throwing a lavish affair without bankrupting your parents. Inside, seven tips to have a lovely and affordable wedding. More » -
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Wedding Cakes: Buy Or Rent?
When weddings cost as much as one year of college, brides and grooms start to wonder why they should pony up $250 for a wedding cake when they can rent a beautiful model for just $100.The inside of a faux wedding cake crafted by Fun Cakes contains mostly plastic foam, with a secret spot reserved for a slice of real cake to be shared by the bride and groom...
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