We like to feature unusual photos for our weekly caption contest, to make it more interesting and more random. We’ve had some really weird pictures so far, but this may be the most random one yet. I challenge you to come up with a story that comes close to being plausible. Of course, you can also make jokes or funny observations, if you don’t care to try to explain it. Most of all, have fun with it.
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It’s not uncommon for American restaurants to feature cultural variations on their foods in other countries. Even McDonald’s has some vastly different options around the world. But what’s odd is when an American food company takes American-style food and offers it only in other countries.
If you click this picture to enlarge it, be forewarned that it will probably make you want to order pizza. If only I had a printer that could “print” out a real pizza like this when ordering online…
For example, Pizza Hut has several new types of crusts for their pizzas in the Middle East. America has had the stuffed crust pizza for years, which is a great idea. Now, in the Middle East, there is a crust with hot dogs in it, and there’s a crust that’s made up of mini cheeseburgers and one made with chicken nuggets. That seems like something you’d have in the U.S. first. Rumor has it they are considering bringing these crusts to the U.S.
Here’s some I’ve heard of (with the commercial linked so you can see it): Crown Crust Chicken (with chicken nuggets), Crown Crust Burger (with mini “burgers”), Star Pops Pizza (with “sausage pops”, which look like mini hot dogs). Also of note, from Malaysia, there’s the Golden Fortune Cheesy Crown, which has shrimp, fish, pineapple, and “crowns of cheesy liquid gold”.
I’m all for innovation, but I’m not sure those ideas above will make the pizza better. The Buffet o’ Blog staff discussed this topic, and all of us agreed that the next logical evolution in pizza crust should be to add bacon. Now there’s a can’t-miss idea, if implemented well. Why hasn’t one of the pizza places thought of that? (It’s obvious to us, which is just another sign that we should open a new restaurant, if we can acquire the necessary funding.)
Now if you want to think outside the box on improving pizza crust, here’s an idea: make the outer rim of crust breaded like southern fried chicken. There might be logistical issues with making it work, but that’s what R&D departments are for. If you could pull that off while maintaining the necessary texture and not having the crust absorb too much grease, it would be most awesome. And then, as some of you are already thinking, add bacon to that. 🙂
We have more ideas, too, so, Pizza Hut (or other pizza restaurants), if you’re listening, have your people contact our people. We’ll work for cash money and/or free food. 🙂
I’m finally getting the caption contest restarted. Having a newborn around the house can wreck havoc on your schedule. 🙂
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This week’s photo features some type of protest, or so it appears — it can be any context you want to think up. One of the guys is offering a peace flower to a policeman in full riot gear. You can write from anyone’s perspective, even as an outsider or as yourself. And if you don’t subscribe to the comments already, it’s good to subscribe to them at least on the caption contests, because that’s when they get really fun.
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Speaking of the lottery, I was recently involved in a lunch conversation where some people were talking about being super-extravagant if they won the lottery. At some point, the conversation somehow gravitated toward toilets. (I have some friends that get really random!) I don’t know how the topics merged together, but someone said they’d have toilets that get launched into space when they get stopped up, or maybe even just when they’re flushed. I don’t think toilets were meant to be disposable. Also, I’m not sure what they cost, but given how many times a flush is needed for a normal household per day, that might burn through the lottery winnings fairly quickly.
Besides, can you imagine Earth being surrounded by toilets in orbit? There would be toilets (full of poop) crashing into satellites and burning up on re-entry in the atmosphere. The more I think about it, the more reasons I come up with for why that’s a crappy idea.
But I do admit that seeing toilets launched from someone’s house repeatedly might be kinda cool… that is, as long as they achieve orbit and don’t come back down. There’s many obvious flaws in the scenario of them returning to the ground. As cool as it would be to see a toilet shatter*, it would cause some serious damage if it hit something.
* Mango-Man says he’s seen a toilet fall off a truck and shatter into a million pieces and that it was indeed cool. Too bad he wasn’t prepared to capture video of it. It’s not everyday you get to see toilets break. (Actually, I know someone who says he breaks his toilet on a regular basis, but more in a figurative sense.)
I’ve probably said more about toilets in this post than you care to hear about, so I’ll stop now. But for the few who want more, there is a popular post here about toilet facts, and there are other posts about toilets (such as the motorcycle that runs on poop and has a built-in toilet). You can use the search function in the sidebar to find even more toilet-related nuggets. Hmm, that might not be the best choice of words, but this conversation is already in the toilet, so what does it matter? 🙂
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