Archive for the ‘food’ Category

Why Do Cats Love Fish So Much If They Hate Water?

Why is it that cats go insane at the scent of tuna? Any fish-like scent will make a cat climb a vertical wall to get their paws on it, yet getting anywhere close to water scares the hell out of them. Why does this paradox go so unexplored? How did they evolve the taste for [...]

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Alternative Name Changes for High Fructose Corn Syrup

The Corn Refiners Association lobbied the Food and Drug Administration to change the name of high fructose corn syrup to corn sugar last week. Here are some options for alternative proposals:

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How Could Dominos Rescind Jersey Shore Advertising When Dominos is the Jersey Shore of Pizza?

Jersey Shore had its season finale last week with the genuine bombshell leading to Sammi and Ronnie breaking up (I’m not sure which was the guy and the girl). Italian-American defamation leagues did their usual protesting and boycotting of MTV, arguing that the show promotes negative stereotypes of Italian heritage. The protesters then threatened to [...]

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