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The author explains the comic strip Marmaduke. It is hilarious.

*special thanks to timBaird for this find.

Low turnout this week. We had a simple three entries. The lack of entries, however, does not make them any less entertaining!

The contest was such: Using only MSPaint, draw a new album cover for the disc “RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN” by the band TV on the RADIO because the current album art, while ‘okay’, can’t keep up with the sweet album title.

Cookie Mountain 1: This artist used some shading and some female dominance to literally portray a return to a cookie mountain. I like the redhead and the cookie shading. Well done artist one!

Cookie Mountain 2: Artist two also used shading. This particular mountain clearly has cookie boulders. They may seem harmless and tasty from afar, but up close… deadly. I like the beams of light in this entry. Great job artist two!

Cookie Mountain 3: Artist three made the clever connection to Brokeback Mountain. I find this one hilairous. not only because its a parody, but also because it really is difficult to quit cookies. Very well done Artist three!

Thanks to the three participants! Next week’s challenge will be a bit less complicated!!

Please vote for your favorite in the comments.
Remember, artists can not vote for their own entry! Good luck!

UPDATE: we have a FOURTH contestant!

Cookie Mountain 4: Artist four also went for the literal route of ‘a mountain made of cookies’. However, if you do some research you’ll find that there are claims that the name “oreo” came from a mountain. Hydrox, on the other hand, came up with their name from combining basic elements. Hydrogen and Oxygen. This naming nomenclature failed miserably, which is why Nabisco is #1. Very clever artist number four!

Awhile ago, I posted a post about Werther’s Original Coffee Flavored Hard Candy. I had tried one, and it was delicious. Recently, I’ve received a few e-mails from people across our Nation asking where I had found these. They too had tasted the candy gold and had searched to find no additional sources of the candy.

Werther’s website? No dice! There’s no information on the Coffee flavored gem.

Stop & Shop and ShopRite trips also proved fruitless. Candy eisles everywhere were leaving me disappointed.

So I called up Storck. Storck is the parent company to Werther’s and their U.S. location is in Chicago, IL. I spoke to a woman named Debbie. our conversation went something like this:

mike d: Good morning Debbie. I have a question about the Werther’s Original Candy.
Debbie: ok, what’s your question?
mike d: I believe I tried a werther’s original that was coffee flavored–
Debbie: yes.
mike d: They exist?
Debbie: yes they do.
mike d: Where can I find them?

She then passed me on to a woman named Linda who worked at the New England distribution center. She’s going to get back to me next week with more information.

If you yourself are interested in finding the coffee flavored werther’s original candy, feel free to call up the U.S. office in Chicago. Tell them that Mike D. sent you, and that you’re looking for local distribution information for the coffee flavored werther’s original candy.

The phone number:
1 312 467-5700

My friend Eddy told me this story:

I walk into my HR department to talk to Janet. Janet is a very attractive woman. So after I stare for a few seconds I tell her about some forms I need filled out and the same thing happens every time. I say “Hi Janet, I need these forms filled out.” She immediately responds: “Oh! of course Eddy! I’ll make a note of it right here on my pad!” and she writes a note to herself on the back of her notebook which is COVERED in hundreds, if not thousands, of other little notes to herself. She writes it really small in some corner and I can’t help but think to myself “shes not going to remember to do this, she’s just patronizing me!” so I usually say “Janet, I need this by tomorrow morning. TOMORROW MORNING is the time when I need this. The time at which I need these forms is the morning of TOMORROW. In this statement I am defining ‘TOMORROW’ as the day that follows today and ‘MORNING’ as any time before 12:00 noon eastern standard time” And she says “don’t worry! I call them right now and get these forms filled out for you.”

FOUR DAYS LATER… I’ll walk into her office and she just stares at me like she doesn’t know who I am. After a few minutes have passed where she looks dazed and confused, she says “OH NO! I Forgot. I’m so sorry things have been really hectic. I’ll make sure to get those reports to you later this afternoon”
“forms.”
“I’ll make sure to get those forms to you later this afternoon.”
“Thanks Janet. I’ll have you know I was arrested this morning for not having the government permission forms filled out in time. and I’ll probably have to spend 4 years in jail.”
“I’ll make a note of that right here on my pad. don’t worry, we’ll get everything sorted out.”