Daily Archives: September 30, 2009

Well, that lasted a long time

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Kraft proudly launched its new Vegemite variant on Saturday, calling it iSnack 2.0.  This name was decided upon following a national competition to pick a name for the new product, which is a mixture of the traditional Vegemite and cream cheese.

 

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Following almost unanimous scoffing by Australians at the stupid name of the product, Kraft announced today they were dumping the name and holding another competition to find a better name. 

Now there’s just the small problem of about 500,000 jars of the stuff that Kraft need to sell.

Here’s a couple of suggestions.  Maybe they could force feed it to the marketing executives who signed off on the stupid name as being a good idea?  Maybe ust give it to the guy who dreamed up the name and won the contest?

Meanwhile, I’ll stick to the normal Vegemite on my toast – spread thinly thanks if anyone wants to make me some toast.

 

School fetes – I knew there is a reason why I hate them

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Violence at a school fete in Papua New Guinea left eight people dead and a severed head hanging from a power pole.  According to local media, an armed gang attacked villagers gathered at the fete in Kainantu district last Friday, and killed four people.  The gang’s leader interrupted a speech by a local magistrate, produced a gun and shot him dead.  Villagers retaliated by killing three of the gang members. One was beheaded and the head hung on a power pole.  Another was killed the next day.  The gang’s leader, Patrick Sira, is wanted by police over a string of murders, rapes and robberies – he escaped after the attack.

While I’ve never been to a fete that extreme, I still hate them.  Can’t see the point of buying other people’s shit and crap made by other people’s kids.