Sure I'm "weird", but am I really "unamerican"?

[ebonlock]

Vegetarians are weird- Ballpark Franks commercial

Even if I did eat meat I wouldn't touch their nasty products. :P~~~

Comments

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

Wow. Way to be offensive there, folks. >=P

[mister-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Funny, I didn't know that there was meat in their products.

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

Well.

To the extent that you dine on tofu, I think it's absolutely clear that you're un-American. :)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

To the extent that you dine on tofu, I think it's absolutely clear that you're un-American. :)

I suppose it's my patriotic duty to stop, but it's so damn good and good for me. *sigh* What's a girl to do?

On a related note driving my family to the airport last night we passed a tofu delivery truck and I had to smile. It's something the fam never gets to see back home :)

[scar-let.livejournal.com]

While I find their advertising repulsive, what do you expect? I guess "Our hotdogs contain more pig's lips than our competitors'!" didn't make the cut for their ad campaign.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

While I find their advertising repulsive, what do you expect? I guess "Our hotdogs contain more pig's lips than our competitors'!" didn't make the cut for their ad campaign.

I think it did slightly better than, "Now with 40% less rat droppings!"

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

I have to say that, even as a dyed-in-the-wool carnivore, I have no great love for Ballpark Franks. They're just not very good.

Hebrew National makes much better hot dogs. Oscar Meyer will do in a pinch.

But the best hot dog in the world is the Fenway Frank, available only at Fenway Park, in Boston. Nothing like it anywhere.

[scar-let.livejournal.com]

Yeee...

...as a vegetarian I just don't see how any brand of hotdog counts as food...they're full of stuff most folks wouldn't even give their pets!

But hey, if you like 'em...

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

Well, some brands are better than others. Most supermarket brands have a lot of filler -- lips and assholes, as it were.

I like Hebrew National because their dogs are 100% beef. Now I grant that the beef that goes into the dogs isn't the choice parts of the steer, but the fact is that even the normally-inedible shank (foreleg) and oxtail (tail) are good for some applications (say, making stock, for instance). :)

Oscar Meyer will do in a pinch because, well, it's Oscar Meyer. And Fenway Franks are the best hot dogs in the whole world because you can only get them at Red Sox games. :)

[scar-let.livejournal.com]

Well, no matter what parts of the cow go into making the hotdog, it's still part of the slaughterhouse industry, which has a host of health concerns all its own that I won't go into detail about. Suffice to say, what constitutes "edible" is a site of contestation!

(I have separate issues with the way Hebrew National hotdogs are probably made...again, I won't get into it...suffice to say, yeeee....)

As for the Red Sox, do I detect some Chowd Nation loyalty over there?

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

As for the Red Sox, do I detect some Chowd Nation loyalty over there?

Nope, none at all (he tried to deadpan, but was unable to keep a straight face while typing).

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I would add something to this string of comments but I'm being distracted by your icon. Mmmm, Patrick... :)

[centerfire.livejournal.com]

You need to come join the sjsharks community, if you haven't already. All kinds of fetching iconography running around. They had one of Cheechoo, too. :)

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

You need to come join the sjsharks community, if you haven't already. All kinds of fetching iconography running around. They had one of Cheechoo, too. :)

*gasp* Both of my Favorite Ones? *swoon*

[xleste.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize they were so offensive.
"Don't cry, make your wife cut the onions"?! UGH.

[murdoch.livejournal.com]

Did it go away?

[mallen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's nothing there now. :-(

Anyway, if people don't eat meat like normal Americans, the terrorists win!

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's nothing there now. :-(

I wonder if the folks who managed to share this particular link (myself included) helped the company decide that perhaps this wasn't the best ad campaign to go with. At least I can hope so.

Anyway, if people don't eat meat like normal Americans, the terrorists win!

I think I'll take my chances on that one ;)