PURPLEJACKSON9 said:

I already answered that...no

PURPLEJACKSON9 said:

What's Cindi Lauper up to these days? It says you're a fan in your profile.

She recently stopped touring w/ Cher (I saw the show 2 times) & is probably spendind time w/ her husband & 2 sons. U still haven't answered my question.

PURPLEJACKSON9 said:

Are you blind? I've answered it TWICE! :LOL:

Ohh...Opsies,Well then uhhh...sorry.
[This message was edited Mon Feb 17 17:36:15 PST 2003 by PURPLEJACKSON9]

How many licks to the center of a tootsie pop?

PURPLEJACKSON9 said:

well that's okay.

chickengrease said:

the chicken in your avatar grosses me out. why does it have no eyes? is it dead?

mrdespues said:

It was a chicken head that was found in a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken in New Jersey.

chickengrease said:

362.18295 & a half

chickengrease said:

Are you serious?!

mrdespues said:

Not KFC, I mean McDonald's. Here's the story:

On 28 November 2000, a breaded deep-fried chicken head was found in a box of chicken wings purchased at a McDonald's in Newport News, Virginia. Katherine Ortega says she discovered the McNoggin while divvying up the wings at home for her family of four. (Fried chicken wings were being test-marketed in that area.)

On 30 November 2000, the Ortegas announced they had hired a lawyer and were contemplating a lawsuit against McDonald's. Legal experts don't think the family would win an award much higher than a couple of thousand dollars because no one ate the piece or was physically harmed by it. (Even in our litigious society, harm has to be demonstrated, and it's not enough just to claim "I was grossed out by this" to gain the big bucks. A small award to compensate for the shock of the discovery might not be out of order, though.)

Katherine Ortega has posed for a number of photos of her holding the chicken head, which may work against her if she tries to seek compensatory damages for psychological harm arising out of the incident. A jury will have a difficult time believing she is now nauseated by chicken or has difficulty sleeping after being presented with photographic evidence of her repeatedly and voluntarily handling the offensive item.

Those who have taken the photographs note the fried batter on the item looks to be the same as on the chicken wings. The McNoggin, however, has yet to be examined by experts. John E. Smith, owner of the McDonald's in question and two others, states "My ability to conduct a thorough investigation has been delayed because I have not been given an opportunity to examine the object in question. Although I have made several requests to see this object, the customer refuses to give me that opportunity."

An enforcement officer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture who is looking into the case is at a loss to explain how the head ended up in Ortega's order of wings. The first thing that happens in the processing of live chickens into poultry parts is their beheading, with the heads immediately being discarded. The carcasses then go on to the next stage (which is being dropped into the boiling water to de-feather them). Though the process is mostly mechanized, a plant operator helps with evisceration (the removal of the bird's internal organs) and an on-site USDA inspector is supposed to check each and every chicken. How both could have missed a chicken head going through is a mystery.

At this point, not enough is known to determine if anyone is trying to hoax anyone else, if a poultry plant worker or McDonald's employee thought he'd have himself an innocent bit of fun, or if something went severely wrong with the food processing procedures at the plant and thus a McNoggining could happen again. Further information will be provided as soon as it is available.

Thanks for that, chickengrease. What a wonderful story to base your orgname and avatar on!

mrdespues said:

Whats the deal with you avatar you either look totally bored or really pissed off.

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

hmmm...maybe i should change it? i've been experimenting with avatars of late...i do look kind of pissed off, don't i...

Ok! I'll ask a question. What do you do for a living?

althom said:

Me? I'm currently looking for work, actually.

mrdespues said:

That explains the look on your face then.

Where do you buy your tights?

althom said:

...right...i am getting rid of that avatar right this second!

bkw said:

From 2the9s. He has a little workshop, set up in his van by the river.

althom said:

whats your favorite kind of beer?

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

Cascade Premium Lager.

Lately, I've also really been getting into Grolsch.

bkw said:

Grolsch is good...Heineken is my favorite...hell I will drink any beer besides cheap beer and Guinness.

bkw said:

Ohhh! That's a good one.

althom said:

Why are you so mean to me?

althom said:

"Fosters Australian for beer"


Sorry I had to gotta love them huge ass cans though...well in the US we do

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I was just waiting for you to say something.
I'm not mean to you, am I?

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

MostBeautifulGrlINTheWorld