our policy on Twitter

There’s a lot of people using Twitter these days, even professional athletes.   Apparently some athletes update their status during games or to discuss issues with their team, and this is causing a big stink among NFL officials and team coaches.

For example, Antonio Cromartie, cornerback for the San Diego Chargers, was just fined $2,500 for using Twitter to gripe about “nasty food” that might have kept them from making it to the Super Bowl.  Chad Ocho Cinco has already been warned about Tweeting during games, and he says he’s going to anyway.

Here at Buffet o’ Blog, we have a much more relaxed policy on such issues, in that there’s no fine for updating your Twitter or Facebook statuses while using this site.  Actually, we encourage it — tell your followers on Twitter and Facebook about the funny posts you find.  Invite them to participate in the caption contests.  The more, the merrier.

On this topic, I’ve gotta give big props to the Aflac Duck page on Facebook for a link here recently, which brought in a lot of traffic this past weekend.  We appreciate the link.

And remember, by telling your friends to check out Buffet o’ Blog, not only are you making them happier, but you’re making us happier, and you’re making the world a better place.   And that should make you happier, too!  See how simple that is?   It’s a win-win-win-win situation!  🙂

caption contest, man with fire behind him

As the calendar rolls around to Monday again, we roll out another caption contest, to help make your Monday better (and every day better).  This week’s photo is a stunt man ON FIRE.  (I can see this one being a lot of fun!)  As usual, you get to decide what the background circumstances are and write a caption for this.  You can write from anyone’s perspective.  Be original, be creative, be creatively original.   The only rule is to keep your comments clean — this is a family-friendly site.  Now, introduction aside, let’s get to the humor!

man with fire behind him

(To see the other caption contests, click on the “Say What?” category in the sidebar.)

making fast food fancy

I’ve written before how the food you get at fast food restaurants often doesn’t resemble how it looks in the TV commercials.  Now there’s a website devoted to taking meals from fast food restaurants and making them looking like meals from fancy restaurants.  Their motto is: “Yeah, it’s still bad for you — but see how good it can look!”

Here’s an example, where they took a Wendy’s Baconator combo meal and made it unrecognizable.  Afterwards it looks like one of those dishes from a very expensive restaurant, where they don’t give you enough food and you don’t know what the food is.

Wendy's Napoleon

If you’re curious how they did that, here’s the link to the page explaining exactly what they did.

I have to admit, it does look fancy.   But it doesn’t look appetizing.   I would be hesitant to eat that based on appearance (except for the bacon crumbles).   Try to get your mind to reconcile the fact that the pile of mush in the middle is the actual ingredients from a double cheeseburger.  It just doesn’t want to compute…  And not only does it fail the logic component of my brain, but it makes me kinda sad…  That’s no way to treat a burger!

funny pictures, episode 4

While perusing teh Internets for photos for upcoming caption contests, I come across many funny photos that are worth sharing because, as the name implies, they are funny photos.  🙂  Of course, if you have any comments or captions to write for any of the pictures, feel free.   Actually, in this issue, I would like some captions for the last picture, because I just don’t get it.

Barf dishwashing soap -- doesn't that just scream CLEAN? And now, it has magic brightness!
Barf dishwashing soap -- doesn't that just scream CLEAN? And now, it has magic brightness!
Well, see, there was this bike stuck up there, so we thought we'd throw another one up there to knock it down...
Well, see, there was this bike stuck up there, so we thought we'd throw another one up there to knock it down...
Notice it says "MY" STUFF. Perhaps this was designed for corporate layoffs...
Notice it says "MY" STUFF. Perhaps this was designed for corporate layoffs...
Some people don't even try to hide their bias.
Some people don't even try to hide their bias.
Why???
Why???

This last picture was taken by a friend this past week.  I also saw it, and was wondering why in the world someone would put a Dodge Neon of all cars on a huge frame like that.  I really don’t understand.  If you have any possible explanation for this, share it in a comment.