Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Truth In Advertising


Back in 2006 ... "The BBC reports that a county council in Wales has ordered the Black Mountains Smokery to rename its spicy Welsh Dragon Sausages because the product doesn't contain dragon meat".

Don’t believe me? How could you think that of me? I am hurt.
For proof click here: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article640266.ece
(Oops! 8/8/23 this link no longer works. It takes you to today's news.)

You got to admire the public watchdog’s of the world. They are looking out for each and every one of us. Heaven forbid that we should be deceived into buying sausage in anticipation of enjoying Dragon Meat and end up eating Beef!

Here are some other biting issues of the day that I hope they protect us from...

Cleveland Indians Baseball Team
The Cleveland Indians Team is shameful organization that is being forced to change its name because investigative reporters have discovered that there is not a single Indian (neither Native American nor Far East Asian) on the team.

Hamburgers
The FDA has banned the sale of all meat patties called hamburger because there is no Ham in Hamburgers. Effective immediately all McDonalds, Wendy’s, Burger King, Checkers, Krystal and Hardees fast food outlets are being boarded up by Federal Officials.

These mega chains have protested that they ought to be allowed to stay open because they do serve other food items. Our federal government has taken the position that a public trust has been violated and that violation has been long standing and is particularly egregious to a trusting ham seeking public.

Bulldawg Pizza ... Click here: http://www.bulldawgpizzaandmore.com/
(Oops! 8/8/23 this link no longer works either.)
You guessed it. There is no Dawg Meat in a Bulldawg Pizza.

There may be a legal loophole for this small pizza store because the Merriam-Webster Dictionary does not have the word “dawg” in its dictionary.

There is a potential problem for the above defense. At the last home game at the University of Georgia 54 incoming fans were asked if d o g was the way one would spell the word “dog”. All 54 looked at the questioner in confused disbelief. Each said that they never heard of a word that was spelled d o g. If they ate a Bulldawg Pizza, they fully expected that they were eating Lassie.

Would I kid u?