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Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: ra on May 12, 2003, 10:52:54 AM
cookies are bad (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/12/OREO.TMP)

"The suit, the first of its kind in the country, asks for an injunction ordering Kraft Foods to desist from selling Nabisco Oreo Cookies to children in California, because the cookies are made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, also called trans fat. "

This is a direct offshoot of the tobacco lawsuits which pumped billions of dollars into the lawsuit industry.  This won't be the last one.  One day we'll all live forever.


ra
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Mini D on May 12, 2003, 10:59:08 AM
Oreo cookies are one of the best foods on the face of the earth.  Next thing you know they'll be going after #1: Twinkies.

MiniD
Title: I know!!!
Post by: Syzygyone on May 12, 2003, 11:00:48 AM
:D
I know what to do, let's give California to France!  They deserve each other.
Title: OUch!
Post by: GtoRA2 on May 12, 2003, 11:04:44 AM
Come on now, I know you all hate us Californians, but wanting to give us to france is just going to far!

I would rather spend eternity licking the cheekbones of a random FDB then be french!
Title: Okay
Post by: Syzygyone on May 12, 2003, 11:07:31 AM
Okay GTO, you can stay, but the rest of them wierdos that makes yer laws has gots to go!
Title: Re: OUch!
Post by: Saurdaukar on May 12, 2003, 11:30:55 AM
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Originally posted by GtoRA2
I would rather spend eternity licking the cheekbones of a random FDB then be french!


Now THATS a Patriot!  (and sig material too)  :D
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: lord dolf vader on May 12, 2003, 03:52:06 PM
had a engineer swear to me that the cookies were made with a large percentage of calcined coke ( whats left over from the gassoline/oil makin process). i called him a liar he didnt balk swore to it. the stuff is edible i found that out but i hope its not true.


soylent black is dinosaurs !!!
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: john9001 on May 12, 2003, 04:35:12 PM
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Originally posted by lord dolf vader
had a engineer swear to me that the cookies were made with a large percentage of calcined coke


what do you mean by "the cookies", oreos? all cookies? some cookies?

what does "large percentage" mean?

what is "calcined coke"?
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: mietla on May 12, 2003, 04:50:35 PM
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Originally posted by Mini D
Oreo cookies are one of the best foods on the face of the earth.  Next thing you know they'll be going after #1: Twinkies.

MiniD


No way. F*ng layers would never get rid of one of the most effective and successful defenses ever.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Airhead on May 12, 2003, 05:06:39 PM
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Originally posted by mietla
No way. F*ng layers would never get rid of one of the most effective and successful defenses ever.


Mietla is refering to the Twinkies Defense used by Dan White in defense at his murder trial for the killings of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and City Councilman Harvey Milk. In spite of the fact Dan White paused to reload his .357 Magnum revolver while going between the offices of Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk the jury bought off on the notion that Dan White was incapable of knowing what he was doing due to an overdose of Twinkies.

Dan White later committed suicide, so presumably he was never able to overcome his Twinkies addiction.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Dowding on May 12, 2003, 05:30:15 PM
lol Airhead. Is that true? A real tear jerker you got there. What is a twinkie?
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: ra on May 12, 2003, 05:32:38 PM
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What is a twinkie?

A twinkie is an edible object which contains no organic matter.
Title: Dowding
Post by: GtoRA2 on May 12, 2003, 05:34:42 PM
I twinkie is a cream filled snack cake, and sadly Airhead is only joking a little, a guy did use them as a defense, but still got convicted of manslaughter.


Twinkie page (http://www.twinkies.com/index.asp)



Info on the twinkie killer!
here (http://www.ohnonews.com/twinkie.html)
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Curval on May 12, 2003, 05:35:52 PM
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Originally posted by ra
A twinkie is an edible object which contains no organic matter.


wow.  Great answer.  Seriously.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Dowding on May 12, 2003, 05:38:36 PM
Well you learn something new everyday. Thanks... I think. :) I wonder if I can get a box of twinkies mail order... they don't sound like they go bad easily.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: GrimCO on May 12, 2003, 05:49:53 PM
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Originally posted by Dowding
Well you learn something new everyday. Thanks... I think. :) I wonder if I can get a box of twinkies mail order... they don't sound like they go bad easily.


Dowding,

I think the things break down slower than styrofoam. They'll be doing archeology in the U.S.  a million years from now, and will find only one thing left... Twinkies
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: mietla on May 12, 2003, 06:04:36 PM
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Originally posted by GrimCO
Dowding,

I think the things break down slower than styrofoam. They'll be doing archeology in the U.S.  a million years from now, and will find only one thing left... Twinkies


They also survive a nuclear blast.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: midnight Target on May 12, 2003, 06:19:57 PM
Nothing better than a twinkie that has been around for about 3 years. That hint of a crust on the outside adds a whole new textural dimension.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Airhead on May 12, 2003, 07:16:22 PM
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Originally posted by Dowding
lol Airhead. Is that true? A real tear jerker you got there. What is a twinkie?


Dowding, absolutely true. I forget which one he capped first- Moscone or Milk- but he paused to reload at least once and fired at least twelve rounds. And a Twinkie is a confection of a cream and sugar filled center surrounded by a cake and sugar shell. As my memory recalls it was the preservatives along with the sugar that caused Dan White's temporary insanity and contributed to the killings of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. It was a sad day for San Francisco, but it sure as Hell opened the door for Diane Fienstein's rise to power.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Maverick on May 12, 2003, 09:40:41 PM
Dowding,

You really should see if someone will send you a box of twinkies. If no one is willing, email me and I'll do it. We can worry about the shipping and other costs later. Serious offer BTW.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Leslie on May 13, 2003, 06:27:56 AM
Don't just ban Oreos.  Almost everything that qualifies as a snack bought in the store, contains "trans fats."  As I understand it, hydrogenated oils are used to preserve shelf life.

So, there's the tradeoff.  Devise a quicker method of getting snack products produced and delivered, and there will no longer be a need for hydrogenization...which helps keep foods from spoiling quickly.



Les
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Athena3 on May 13, 2003, 08:18:02 AM
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Originally posted by Dowding
Well you learn something new everyday. Thanks... I think. :) I wonder if I can get a box of twinkies mail order... they don't sound like they go bad easily.


Just make friends with an american working at an USAF/RAF base and get him to take you to the commissary.  We've imported twinkies for our military so we don't get too lonely for the US. :D
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Dowding on May 13, 2003, 08:55:34 AM
I've got a sweet tooth that would give a sabre toothed tiger a run for its money. I love food - only exercise keeps my waist size down. It's a good job I'm not an American,  I get the feeling it would be much easier to put on the pounds with these Twinkie things. :)

That's cool Athena. Funny thing is the CO of my AH squad is in the USAF at Ramstein in Germany. :)

Thanks for the offer Maverick. I might take you up on it - I'm sure there is something British I could send in the name of international relations. I guess it would have to keep well and easy to store. Perhaps a liquid of some kind... I just don't know what... ;)
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: SLO on May 13, 2003, 08:58:03 AM
here you are bashing the french over an over again.....

this time the french is laughing at your stupidity......


Lawyers sue Oreo Cookies.......too much man:D
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Syzygyone on May 13, 2003, 09:04:10 AM
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Originally posted by Dowding
I'm sure there is something British I could send in the name of international relations. )


As long as it ain't them BANGERS! or the Blood Sausage stuff.

Yeeech!
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: gofaster on May 13, 2003, 09:04:57 AM
I'm shocked, SHOCKED!, and Outraged! that Twinkies (or their low-budget substitute "Zingers" (the unfrosted version)) aren't imported into Europe.  I would think such lucious vanilla cream-filled cake heaven would be a cornerstone of the Marshall Plan or something.
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: Airhead on May 13, 2003, 09:23:57 AM
gofaster, maybe we could open up a little shop in London and carry American sugar based snack food treats. We'll call it "Twinks."
Title: Re: OUch!
Post by: Ripsnort on May 13, 2003, 09:48:46 AM
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Originally posted by GtoRA2

I would rather spend eternity licking the cheekbones of a random FDB then be french!


LOL! Dammit!~ now I gotta clean my monitor. (Psst..Lazs told me Fatty tells me he likes alittle spank down there too)
Title: Re: Re: OUch!
Post by: Bodhi on May 13, 2003, 10:05:45 AM
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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Now THATS a Patriot!  (and sig material too)  :D



I thought so too...
Title: WHOOOOOT!!
Post by: GtoRA2 on May 13, 2003, 10:38:57 AM
I finally made it onto a sig!
Title: Yet another lawsuit
Post by: gofaster on May 13, 2003, 12:48:08 PM
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Originally posted by Airhead
gofaster, maybe we could open up a little shop in London and carry American sugar based snack food treats. We'll call it "Twinks."


Yes, I agree.  Let them eat Yankee Doodles and Ho-Hos!

And to wash it all down - RC cola with a moon pie chaser!