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Post by Alchemist on Jul 5, 2004 7:11:53 GMT -5
That must have been a very long time ago. After the E. coli infection in 1993, Jack In the Box improved their safety standards.
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Post by Antenora on Jul 5, 2004 10:25:01 GMT -5
Is there any truth behind the rumors that the "Unhappy Meals" will involve some sort of macabre Mad Cow Disease joke? I remember Daniel Handler talking about saying the meals had mad cow beef, which seems a bit beyond the pale even for him.
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Post by The Wicker Man on Jul 5, 2004 14:59:46 GMT -5
Is there any truth behind the rumors that the "Unhappy Meals" will involve some sort of macabre Mad Cow Disease joke? I remember Daniel Handler talking about saying the meals had mad cow beef, which seems a bit beyond the pale even for him. No marketing team in their right mind would touch that. That was just Handler joking about the possibility of ASOUE merchandise a few years ago, right after he sold the movie rights. No truth to it.
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Post by Freckles on Jul 5, 2004 15:15:39 GMT -5
What do you guys think they'll have for toys? Umm... glasses (klaus) Ribbon (Violet) And maybe a little (kind of) copy of the Snicket report thingy Or the newspaper or the quagmire journals
okay weird yes but *shruggs*
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Post by The Wicker Man on Jul 5, 2004 15:40:30 GMT -5
What do you guys think they'll have for toys? Umm... glasses (klaus) Ribbon (Violet) And maybe a little (kind of) copy of the Snicket report thingy Or the newspaper or the quagmire journals okay weird yes but *shruggs* I'm thinking a disguise kit will be one of the toys. It would be interesting if they made an Olaf figure that worked like a Mr. Potato Head to turn him into Captain Sham and Stephano. Heh. They'll probably make a creepy biting Sunny figure. Perhaps they'll make something like an erector set or the mousetrap game, a bunch of component parts that you can make into one or two of Violet's inventions. I'm hoping that there are some VFD toys...perhaps a secret message box or some such.
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Post by OlafsAssociate on Jul 5, 2004 16:45:10 GMT -5
It woudl be VERY unwise of them, even as a selling gimmick, to play around with anything (even as a joke) as serious as food poisoning and mad cow disease.
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Post by timartwonis on Jul 5, 2004 16:53:36 GMT -5
That must have been a very long time ago. After the E. coli infection in 1993, Jack In the Box improved their safety standards. my mom is just a very paranoid woman.
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Post by Antenora on Jul 5, 2004 17:22:10 GMT -5
It woudl be VERY unwise of them, even as a selling gimmick, to play around with anything (even as a joke) as serious as food poisoning and mad cow disease. Indeed it would be; it would give the series as a whole a very bad reputation. This sort of thing would be like having a book-release party on Sept 11 (last year there were rumors of such a party at Borders. Also untrue).
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Post by OlafsAssociate on Jul 5, 2004 17:24:12 GMT -5
That would not only be stupid, but disrespectful and tactless.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 7, 2004 16:16:42 GMT -5
My first reaction was "AUUUUUUUUGH NOOOO MY PAIN IN MY HEART AND MY SOUL AND MY EYES AND NOOOOOOO AUUUUUUGHHHHH!" But that feeling is passing. The toys better be good, is all I have to say... I'll probably try to collect them, being the sad little girl I am, but my heart won't be in it. There was a release party one year at Chapters, here. The year with the folding clue... but there's no Chapters in my city, though, so I died. Oh, that didn't rhyme.
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Post by Antenora on Jul 7, 2004 16:25:18 GMT -5
Hopefully this will rhyme:
To the merchandise ever-increasing, My first reactions were quite adverse. But now my shock is slightly decreasing.
At the moment I write this verse, Lemony's work shall become a fast-food promotion. So say the rumors in which I'm immersed.
This could be cause for much commotion, Among those fans with vehement emotions.
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Post by negativenine on Jul 7, 2004 16:27:43 GMT -5
;D Perfect!
I'll still eat the meals and get the toys But I doubt it will bring me much joys I wanted more promo stuff in Canada Because it's sparse here and blah blah blah But I don't want Snicket to be A thing of mediocrity Instead I'd like to spread the greatness Of his books. I hope no one will hate us For being book snobs, but still I don't know if I should rejoice or kill
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Post by Alchemist on Jul 8, 2004 7:39:33 GMT -5
My country's not included, that's a shame. But it won't be if the toys are lame. If anyone manages to get the whole set, Could you please photograph them and put it on the net?
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Post by Tyler on Jul 8, 2004 8:22:05 GMT -5
Lets stay on topic Woot woot Yeah
Lets stay on topic We aren't in the tropic- al waters of paradise So lets all
Lets stay on topic Woot woot Yeah
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Post by OlafsAssociate on Jul 8, 2004 14:27:25 GMT -5
um....
there was a farmer had a pig, eeiieeiioh. and on that farm he had a pig....eeiieeiioh.
I actually forgot the words. lol. Poor me! How could I forget the words to that simply song?
woe is me!!!!
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