Henry Phish

As part of demonstrating a method that saves cooking oil a goldfish was placed in the fryer. I know what you’re thinking “How could they?.” The goldfish was placed in water below the cooking oil.

Because oil floats on water, despite the massive heat (163 degrees Celsius) the goldfish simply stay away from the surface and all is well. They eat the crumbs of croquettes and other fried foods that fall to the bottom, and can live in there for 5-10 years** as they happily clean away, ignorant to the fact that certain death awaits any potential escapees.

CScout Japan

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This afternoon I went to a Wendy’s for lunch and discovered that they no longer offer biggie sizes. This is fine with me since I always decline. Instead I was offered to choose between Small, Medium, and Large.

So I selected Medium and receive a giant soda. That’ll teach me not to read the fine print on the menus.

The company has decided to go back to the more basic “small, medium, and large” descriptions, with the current “biggie size” becoming “medium” and “great biggie” changing to “large.” Medium portions will be demoted to “small” size. What this means, essentially, is that absolutely nothing has changed as far as the quantity of these offerings, all that’s changed is the name.

Wendy’s ditches the term “biggie”

So beware next time to go to Wendy’s the real Small and Medium no longer exists. All they really have now is Large, Larger, and Largest in disguise.

I still like their food. I just wish they were more direct.

Well seeing as there seems to be a trend in the type of searches we’ve been getting on the site, I find it ironic that a friend of mine sent me this link.  It seems, that beyond the normal reasons to promote ethenol use, you can also drink it…imagine that.  Wine, beer, spirits…and you can power your car with it….you’ve got to love it.

Check out this site to build your own alcohol reflux still.  They show you how to do it as well as providing most of the basic supplies.

My friend, he just likes drinking the stuff…what you do with this contraption is up to you:)

Build Your Own Alcohol Still

Here’s one that will make you think twice about what you’ve been drinking. Especially if the thought of a worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle makes you squirm.

Hungarian builders who drank their way to the bottom of a huge barrel of rum while renovating a house got a nasty surprise when a pickled corpse tumbled out of the empty barrel, a police magazine website reported.

Hungary workers get shock at bottom of rum barrel

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Skinny Corp the makers of Threadless which was referenced on this site a few feeks ago (Threadless T-Shirts). Has also creates a site named Extra Tasty!.

Extra Tasty! allows users to add drinks to the site. The site even allows you to provide a list of items in your bar and provides a list of drinks that can be made from your supplies.

Also, they plan to provide prizes for the “Drink of the Day”. Check out the datails below.

Starting very soon, if your recipe becomes the “Drink of the Day”, you’ll win some really cool stuff! The prizes are an ExtraTasty pint glass, an ExtraTasty shot glass, an ExtraTasty tee, and a bunch of awesome ExtraTasty stickers! You’ll be sent an email which will include a link to a form where you give us your name, address and shirt size.

John Madden made me aware of the Turducken by presenting it to the winners of the Thanksgiving games he announced.
But now Easter has a own version.

Easter Turducken

Making Easter turducken is, fortunately, much easier than a traditional turducken, as it abandons all that pesky protein while fully embracing the empty carbohydrates and fat. While technically Easter turducken is a dessert and traditional turducken a main course, they should never be consumed in the same meal. That would be heresy.

You just can’t go wrong with a Peep based dessert.

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I’m generally not a big fan of dark beers, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Guinness.  A friend of mine stumbled across this site and passed it on.  Check it out if you get the chance…

The Beer Advocate 

According to the site, Guinness Brewwery sells 10 million pints in more than 150 countries daily.   That’s a lot of beer. 

…I need to get me a black and tan.

For those of you in Minnesota, consider that Dunken Donuts doesn’t even have a single establishment in the whole state.  Now imagine, if you will, yourself as the sole proprietor of the Minnesota branch of the Dunkin Donuts franchise.  Think of the warm, tasty coffee and the mouth watering donuts.  Think of that catchy slogan you could proclaim to all of your friends whenever they ask you the time.  Now consider all the customers.  Me…my friend Justin…he’s already sent a couple of hate mails to Dunkin Donuts because of their lack of presence in the state…Jeff…and probably a couple guys I don’t know.  I mean seriously…who could pass up an opportunity this good?  Bet you couldn’t.

Buy a Dunkin Donuts…and tell them I sent you for ten percent off the franchise price;)

Duncan Donuts Franchise 

If you’re planning on opening a franchise you’ll want to take a look at Entrepreneur’s franchise list. It appears that sub sandwiches are the way to go. I tend to think the prices for a foot long sandwich are outrageous.

I’d rather open a Dunkin’ Donuts.

Top 10 Franchises for 2006

1. Subway
2. Quiznos Sub
3. Curves
4. UPS Store, The
5. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service
6. Dunkin’ Donuts
7. Jani-King
8. RE/MAX Int’l. Inc.
9. 7-Eleven Inc.
10. Liberty Tax Service

Entrepreneur’s Twenty-Seventh Annual Franchise 500

What do you do when you only want to eat half of your can of Campbell’s Chunky soup or chili? You can use a Pringles lid to cover the can. Although it is a tight fit, it will ensure that the contents of the can do not spill.

FYI - One of the other uses I have found for Pringles lids is as a cheap Frisbee. With practice they can be bounced off of walls so that they go around corners with surprising accuracy.