Friday, June 27, 2008
The Rum Daddy
Paul is a friend of mine who gets paid to drink rum.
The Rum Daddy: "Paul “Rum Daddy” Artrip resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is a well-known rum aficionado and rummier to many rumophiles and Parrot Head clubs. His extensive personal collection includes over 150 rums, rons, rhums, and cachacas."
The Rum Daddy: "Paul “Rum Daddy” Artrip resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is a well-known rum aficionado and rummier to many rumophiles and Parrot Head clubs. His extensive personal collection includes over 150 rums, rons, rhums, and cachacas."
Labels: drink, food, parrot head, parrothead, rum, WTF
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Sales of Spam rise as consumers trim spending
Much-maligned canned meat benefits from ad campaign, weak economy
Cans of Spam line the shelves at a store in Berlin, Vermont. Sales of Spam are rising as consumers turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods as a way of stretching they're already stretched food budgets.
updated 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
MILWAUKEE - Love it, hate it or laugh at it — at least it's inexpensive.
Sales of Spam — that much maligned meat — are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their already stretched food budgets.
What was once cheeky, silly and the subject of a Monty Python musical, Spam is now back on the table as people turn to the once-snubbed canned meat as costs rise, analysts say.
