Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Strange News from the Food Front (12/31/07)
A weekly round-up of food and drink oddities:
- Cranky Legacy A regular cantankerous customer at a cafeteria left $50K and a car to a worker at the establishment after complaining and cursing around her for seven years. (AP)
- Competitive Lazy Snacking ESPN is hosting the ultimate couch potato competition in Times Square today. Contestants watch continuous sports on large TVs and can have unlimiated snacks and drinks, though no nodding off, and bathroom breaks only once every eight hours. (AP)
- A Baby With That? A teen worker at a Vancouver, WA McDonalds gave birth while on the job - while convinced that she wasn't pregnant. (Internet Broadcasting)
- Purple Pearl Diners at a raw bar supposedly found a rare purple pearl, possible worth thousands, in a $10 plate of clams. Who knew that you could find a pearl in a clam? (AP)
