It’s always nice when a giant corporation can turn a gaffe into a bonanza. Today was the day Papa John’s was forced to sell pizzas throughout Ohio for just 23 cents apiece. The pizza chain’s offer came after a proposed Ohio-wide boycott.
Ohio fans in general and Cleveland Cavaliers fans in particular were angered at Papa John’s because of a promotion they ran in the Washington D.C. area during the first round of the NBA playoffs. The company sponsored jerseys that mocked on Cavaliers star forward LeBron James. Wizards fans were given jerseys with “Crybaby 23″ printed on the back.
Cleveland fans reacted with anger and were organizing a statewide boycott of Papa John’s. In response the company offered 23 cent pizzas (James’ jersey number is 23) for one day at select Ohio locations in the Cleveland and Akron areas.
The result has been chaos. People in those two economically depressed areas have lined up literally thousands deep for the pizza.
The secondary result of the promotion has been the largest amount of FREE publicity ever given a company. The promotion has generated huge amounts of free national publicity for Papa John’s but the coverage it is getting in Ohio is INSANE.
One television station is offering 24 hour coverage of the event. Many are going with continuous coverage throughout the day. The event has also required a strong show of force by local police to prevent “pizza riots” by hungry patrons who might get shut out of the promotion. Several franchises have literally run out of pizza and are being forced to issue “rain check” vouchers. No pizza after standing in line for six hours. Call in the riot squad!
Maybe I’m just a cynical, jaded media type who has received too much FREE pizza in his life, but this is utter insanity. Why in the hell would anyone stand in line overnight for pizza? It boggles the mind.
Here are some pictures of “23 Cent Pizza Day” in Ohio:
THE BIG WINNER AT THE KENTUCKY DERBY WAS RANDY MOSS
By now everyone has seen the pictures of Miss Kentucky freak dancing with New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss at last weekend’s Kentucky Derby. Today Las Vegas gossip clomnist Norm! had the item that the girl (Alysha Harris) may be thrown out of the Miss USA beauty contest because of the photos:
Donald Trump has another Miss USA scandal on his hands. Miss Kentucky USA 2008, Alysha Harris, whose Facebook says she’s only 20, was photographed partying and bumping and grinding with New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss at the Kentucky Derby. Harris competed here last month. Trump gave former Miss USA Tara Conner a second chance more than a year ago after her underage partying and other inappropriate behavior. Las Vegan Katie Rees had her Miss Nevada USA title taken away in December 2006 after scandalous photographs surfaced. …
BLAST FROM THE PAST: NEIL DIAMOND IS NUMBER 1 (AND NOT JUST DURING THE EIGHTH INNING AT FENWAY)
Guess who has the number one selling album in America. Would you believe Neil Diamond?
That’s right, the 67-year-old Wuss Rock legend. Diamond had the biggest day of his lengthy career on Tuesday selling an amazing 30,000 copies of his newly released Home Before Dark. He is projected to sell over 125,000 albums this week and sit atop The Billboard 200.
Diamond has never had a number one album in his life despite charting 45 different albums and selling over 120 million records.
His new album features a duet with Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks.
Personally, I can’t stand the guy’s music but then nobody ever built a statue of ME:
A Brazilian woman is trying to break the world record for “largest breast implants.” Model, Sheyla Hershey, already has size 34 FFF breasts. Each boob contains over two quarts of silicon. Any more silicon and she would LITERALLY be breaking Texas law.
After eight implant surgeries, Hershey now wants to make her breasts even bigger.
The website Busted Coverage may have found a previously undiscovered picture of Chicago Bears quarterback Kyle Orton drunk. In the infancy of sports blogs, Orton was one of the first professional athletes busted partying by online “journalists.”
You would think Orton would know better than to get caught partying in public again, but these pictures may have been from as far back as 2005.
Admittedly, I surf a lot of internet sites for this blog. Yesterday I ended up on Kim Kardashian’s website.
There’s a section on her site called “Kim in the News.” Naturally most of the news is about Kim Kardashian’s ass. First there was the story that Kardashian is actually on the cover of Women’s Fitness magazine.
Meanwhile, there have been about a million stories in tabloids and on entertainment websites claiming that Kardashian recently got her ass liposuctioned. She reportedly had the procedure done after talentless whore, Paris Hilton, made snide comments about the size of Kardashian’s bulbous ass. Yesterday Kardashian basically admitted the stories were true on her own website. Sort of…
Kardashian admits to having some type of cosmetic work done to her butt on the website:
“With all of this cellulite talk you guys must think I’ve got it bad! For the record, it’s really not that bad at all! Just a little junk in the trunk!
“…my sisters and I went to (name deleted) and the nurse informed us of a cellulite treatment…It is basically a non-surgical device that massages the needed area and stimulates the blood circulation so that it minimizes cellulite. I only had time for one treatment, but I am definitely planning to go back for more!”
So there you go. One magic butt massage and Kim Kardashian’s ass is better than ever. I’m still trying to figure out what was wrong with it in the first place.
CRITICIZE THIS? ONE MORE REASON PARIS HILTON SHOULD DIE IN A FIRE
Wayne Rooney is one of the most famous and popular soccer players in England. His cousin Natalie just got new boobs. Since topless pictures of large-breasted English girls have been a big hit on The Blog here are some more.
For topless pictures of Natalie Rooney click: HERE
