gaming for bacon

Getting older doesn’t mean you outgrow video games.  But you do outgrow the tickets that come out of games at places like Chuck E. Cheese (or our local Larry’s Pizza).  Most (if not all) of the prizes are worthless to adults.  But imagine if instead of a ticket, you received a similar-sized piece of bacon…

As awesome as that would be, obviously there are some logistical issues with the machines distributing bacon.  So instead the machines could spit out bacon tickets which could be exchanged for actual bacon strips.  And if you were to break the weekly or monthly high school, you could win other prizes like nachos or pizza or milkshakes.  They could also occasionally give out vouchers for more gaming tokens.

Why hasn’t someone done this?  Of course these prizes are more expensive than the stuff you get now, but they would also be increasing the audience by a large factor.  Plus they get food at cost, so it’s not as expensive as you might think.  More adults would play the games, which would mean more revenue, which would also fund the purchase / renting of games that adults would enjoy more.  It’s a win-win situation!  Someone definitely needs to make this happen!

Where’s the bacon?

This week I received an e-mail from Mango-Man saying the blog needs more bacon.  As proof, he attached a snapshot of our tag cloud from the sidebar.  As you can see, bacon is indeed discussed here, but it’s not one of the biggest words.  The tag cloud makes the font bigger according to how often the tag is used, and bacon is not the largest.  It may not ever be the largest, because we talk about various randomness, and if every conversation was about bacon, it wouldn’t be very random, would it?

Copied on the e-mail was H.I. Express, who added that the lack of bacon is “dis-optimal”.  I certainly don’t want to be dis-optimal…

So I have taken notice of his request, and the situation will be rectified post-haste.  I’ll make the next post about randomness and bacon.

You can help also — if you come across websites or have awesome ideas involving bacon that are blogworthy, send them along.  You can use the “Contact Us” form to let us know.

Thank you, drive thru…

caption contest, guy playing guitar around junk

This week’s caption contest features a man playing a guitar in what looks like a junkyard.  But who knows, it could be his yard, or props for some crazy movie.  He’s also wearing really weird outfit — is it a costume for something, or is that how he normally dresses?  You get to decide.  If you can figure anything out that’s funny, leave a comment for our enlightenment.  ‘Cause I just don’t get it…

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

review of Wimpy’s in Conway, AR

Today the Buffet o’ Blog staff visited a new restaurant in town called Wimpy’s.  As you might expect from the name, they specialize in burgers.  And let me say, they specialize not only in selling burgers but in making truly delicious burgers.  We all agreed that the burgers tasted most excellent.  If you’re looking for healthy burgers, this may not be the place, because the burgers were greasy, but they were also one of the juiciest burgers I’ve ever had.  I think it’s one of the top 3 burgers in town, and arguably the best (at least based on my first visit).

The french fries are also excellent.  They are battered, so they are somewhat crunchy (and perhaps even less healthy than normal), but they were just right to me.  They also have sweet potato fries, if that’s your thing.  We have yet to try the onion rings and milkshakes, but that will have to be on the next visit.  They also have other menu items, but it would be hard to order something other than a burger because they’re so good.

The sweet tea was sweeter than average for a restaurant, but we all agreed it was just right.  More points for that!

The only drawback we had was the smallness of the bacon.  It costs 70 cents to add bacon to your burger, and it took a search to find it on my burger.  You shouldn’t have to search for bacon on a burger!  There were 2 small strips, but it looked like one piece cut in half on mine.  It still added to the flavor, of course, but only to half of the burger.  I think two whole pieces of bacon (for 4 strips when cut in half) is a minimum, at least when I make burgers at home.  I realize many other restaurants skimp on bacon, too, so it’s not just them.  But I still had to mention it for this to be a fair and balanced review.

Also, it costs more than a typical fast-food burger joint, but the food is also much better than a typical fast-food place, so it’s not outrageous.  I definitely plan to go back.