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seventheStressed about politics? About your health? Here are a couple funnies to start the week off...
Weight Watchers Cards Absolute Hilarity Bonanza. Make sure to enjoy the captions on the side!
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Obama On Pie We Can Believe In
October 11, 2008 12:25 PM
ABC News' John Berman, Sunlen Miller, and Ursula Fahy report: Barack Obama claims he likes a nice piece of pie. Who doesn't? After all, it tastes good. But however much Barack Obama likes to eat pie, it pales in comparison to how much he likes to say it.
ABC's Sunlen Miller, who counts these types of things, reports Obama managed to say the word "pie" 13 times in 86 seconds before a friendly crowd in Philadelphia. Historical accounts on this subject are sparse, but it appears to be a record.
It all started when Obama began telling one of his new favorite stories about a visit to a diner in Ohio with OH Governor Ted Strickland. The details of the story are unimportant, and frankly, sometimes unintelligible in the peerless plethora of pie references, but it went like this:
"I was in this small town in Ohio called Georgetown, OH - little town," he began, "And we went to a diner because I decided I wanted some pie (1)." At this point a woman in the Philadelphia crowd, listening to the story, offered to make Obama a treat. "You gonna make me some pie (2)?" he asked, "What kind of pie do you make (3)? Sweet potato pie (4)? Alright. Alright. We might have to have a sweet potato pie (5) contest. I'll be the judge. Cause I know my sweet potato pie (6). But they did not have sweet potato pie (7) at this particular establishment," he said speaking again of the diner in Ohio. "So instead I got coconut crème pie (8). I'll take a crème pie (9), I don't mind. I like all kind of pie (10). The Governor of Ohio, he had lemon meringue pie (11) . So we had ordered our pie (12), and the employees there decided they wanted to take a picture of me," he concluded, "But just as we were finishing up taking the picture, the owner comes out, with our pie (13)."
There it is. 13 times. 86 seconds. Pie We Can Believe In.
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Yes We Can...break the Pie Record
October 11, 2008 2:53 PM
ABC News John Berman, Sunlen Miller, and Ursula Fahy report: Barack Obama smashed his record. No sooner did the Illinois Senator set a new bar for mentions of the word "pie" in a single campaign event, than he shattered his own mark. This morning, as previously noted on ABCNews.com, he spoke the word "pie" a staggering 13 times in one 86 second period. It was a number most thought could never be matched; like Hank Aaron's 755, Mark Spitz's 7 gold medals. But like Aaron and Spitz, Obama learned nothing lasts forever.
A mere 2 hours after reaching the magic 13, Obama did better; 15 mentions of the word "pie" in 104 seconds. This time it was West Philadelphia. And unfortunately for his staff and traveling press corps, it was the same story about his visit to a diner in Ohio with Governor Ted Strickland.
Here we go:
"We decided to stop at a diner because I was hungry and I decided I wanted some pie (1). Pie (2). That's what I wanted."
At which point, as usual, someone in the crowd listening offered some pie of their own.
"You make pie(3)?" Obama asked? "What kind of pie (4) you make? Sweet potato pie (5)? I like sweet potato pie (6). I'm thinking of having a sweet potato pie (7) here in Philadelphia? Because I've heard a lot of people are saying they can make sweet potato pie (8). I'll put it up against my mother in laws sweet potato pie (9). Alright, you give up? Nah. You. So anyway they did not have sweet potato pie (10) in South OH. So I had coconut cream pie (11). The governor of OH he had lemon meringue pie (12). So we ordered our pie (13)and I decide that I'm going to take a picture with the wait staff."
It was at this point that he had matched his record. Had he stopped here, it certainly would have been impressive...yet not historic. I would like to say the crowd stood silent waiting to see if he would break the record, thrilled to say they witnessed someone reach pie immortality. But the truth is, they might have been silent out of concern. How much pie can one person take? Nevertheless, the record was within reach. And Obama continued:
"Just as we were re finished taking the picture and the owner comes out, with our pie (14). So I take my pie (15)."
That was it, he had done it. The record. Some pie purists note that even though he did break the record for "number" of pie mentions, he did not set a new record for "rate." This time he spoke it an average of once every 6.93 seconds. Earlier he managed once every 6.62 seconds.
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Yeah, that's all. Fun weekend; more on that later.
Weight Watchers Cards Absolute Hilarity Bonanza. Make sure to enjoy the captions on the side!
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Obama On Pie We Can Believe In
October 11, 2008 12:25 PM
ABC News' John Berman, Sunlen Miller, and Ursula Fahy report: Barack Obama claims he likes a nice piece of pie. Who doesn't? After all, it tastes good. But however much Barack Obama likes to eat pie, it pales in comparison to how much he likes to say it.
ABC's Sunlen Miller, who counts these types of things, reports Obama managed to say the word "pie" 13 times in 86 seconds before a friendly crowd in Philadelphia. Historical accounts on this subject are sparse, but it appears to be a record.
It all started when Obama began telling one of his new favorite stories about a visit to a diner in Ohio with OH Governor Ted Strickland. The details of the story are unimportant, and frankly, sometimes unintelligible in the peerless plethora of pie references, but it went like this:
"I was in this small town in Ohio called Georgetown, OH - little town," he began, "And we went to a diner because I decided I wanted some pie (1)." At this point a woman in the Philadelphia crowd, listening to the story, offered to make Obama a treat. "You gonna make me some pie (2)?" he asked, "What kind of pie do you make (3)? Sweet potato pie (4)? Alright. Alright. We might have to have a sweet potato pie (5) contest. I'll be the judge. Cause I know my sweet potato pie (6). But they did not have sweet potato pie (7) at this particular establishment," he said speaking again of the diner in Ohio. "So instead I got coconut crème pie (8). I'll take a crème pie (9), I don't mind. I like all kind of pie (10). The Governor of Ohio, he had lemon meringue pie (11) . So we had ordered our pie (12), and the employees there decided they wanted to take a picture of me," he concluded, "But just as we were finishing up taking the picture, the owner comes out, with our pie (13)."
There it is. 13 times. 86 seconds. Pie We Can Believe In.
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Yes We Can...break the Pie Record
October 11, 2008 2:53 PM
ABC News John Berman, Sunlen Miller, and Ursula Fahy report: Barack Obama smashed his record. No sooner did the Illinois Senator set a new bar for mentions of the word "pie" in a single campaign event, than he shattered his own mark. This morning, as previously noted on ABCNews.com, he spoke the word "pie" a staggering 13 times in one 86 second period. It was a number most thought could never be matched; like Hank Aaron's 755, Mark Spitz's 7 gold medals. But like Aaron and Spitz, Obama learned nothing lasts forever.
A mere 2 hours after reaching the magic 13, Obama did better; 15 mentions of the word "pie" in 104 seconds. This time it was West Philadelphia. And unfortunately for his staff and traveling press corps, it was the same story about his visit to a diner in Ohio with Governor Ted Strickland.
Here we go:
"We decided to stop at a diner because I was hungry and I decided I wanted some pie (1). Pie (2). That's what I wanted."
At which point, as usual, someone in the crowd listening offered some pie of their own.
"You make pie(3)?" Obama asked? "What kind of pie (4) you make? Sweet potato pie (5)? I like sweet potato pie (6). I'm thinking of having a sweet potato pie (7) here in Philadelphia? Because I've heard a lot of people are saying they can make sweet potato pie (8). I'll put it up against my mother in laws sweet potato pie (9). Alright, you give up? Nah. You. So anyway they did not have sweet potato pie (10) in South OH. So I had coconut cream pie (11). The governor of OH he had lemon meringue pie (12). So we ordered our pie (13)and I decide that I'm going to take a picture with the wait staff."
It was at this point that he had matched his record. Had he stopped here, it certainly would have been impressive...yet not historic. I would like to say the crowd stood silent waiting to see if he would break the record, thrilled to say they witnessed someone reach pie immortality. But the truth is, they might have been silent out of concern. How much pie can one person take? Nevertheless, the record was within reach. And Obama continued:
"Just as we were re finished taking the picture and the owner comes out, with our pie (14). So I take my pie (15)."
That was it, he had done it. The record. Some pie purists note that even though he did break the record for "number" of pie mentions, he did not set a new record for "rate." This time he spoke it an average of once every 6.93 seconds. Earlier he managed once every 6.62 seconds.
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Yeah, that's all. Fun weekend; more on that later.
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Date: 2008-10-13 06:49 pm (UTC)Aren't I clever? I totally said 'pie' instead of 'hi'. I am so good.
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Date: 2008-10-13 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-13 06:57 pm (UTC)I WON'T EVEN PUT A BOMB IN IT.
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Date: 2008-10-13 07:28 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-10-13 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-13 08:21 pm (UTC)I DUN LIKE PUMPKIN PIE
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Date: 2008-10-13 08:26 pm (UTC)BUT I DO LOVE ME SOME PUMPKIN PIE. I don't like many other kinds of pie, though!
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Date: 2008-10-13 08:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-10-14 12:17 am (UTC)Never saw it, never going to.
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Date: 2008-10-13 07:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-13 07:24 pm (UTC)MAN I LOVE DQ.
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Date: 2008-10-14 01:56 am (UTC)The crust is made of the outsides of Oreo cookies. Then approx. an inch of ice cream (vanilla or chocolate). Then they drizzle chocolate sauce on top. Then come your toppings, which are varied. I personally chose crumbs of Smarties and Reeses Pieces, but there are tons of different toppings you can have.
AND IT'S LESS THAN TEN BUCKS (CDN.) ♥
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Date: 2008-10-14 02:00 am (UTC)I MUST HAVE THIS.
I - I JUST -
YOU SAID OREOS. You can't really understand how much I love oreos.
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Date: 2008-10-14 02:36 am (UTC)Oreos are amazing, aren't they? I would mail a piece to you if I could. DX
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Date: 2008-10-14 02:46 am (UTC)Perhaps I shall have to have a "bad day" later this week...
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Date: 2008-10-13 11:01 pm (UTC)*Tries to think about a clever joke about a pie on every plate, fails*
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Date: 2008-10-14 12:38 am (UTC)