Recently, Snork emailed me a .jpg image of the infamous Unicorn Meat (as shown below left). Here is part of the advertisement from Think Geek:
The Unicorn Meat advert went semi-viral after it was posted on April Fools’ Day this year. But there’s an update to the innocent prank.
I’d never heard of the National Pork Board, but apparently they sniffed out a clear case of trademark infringement. On 5 May 2010, the international law firm of Faegre & Benson faxed the owners of the Think Geek website a 12-page letter, excerpted below.
“This law firm represents National Pork Board in connection with its intellectual property rights.
We are writing to you in connection with your activities at the website www.thinkgeek.com, wherein you have been marketing a product called “Radiant Farms Canned Unicorn Meat” using the slogan “Unicorn- the new white meat.”
See, NPB owns the trademark “The Other White Meat” in the U.S., Canada, and the European Union. Unfortunately their lawyers didn’t realize that Trademark Infringement does not extend to parodies, and that unicorns don’t really exist. [Full story here, via here.]
Speaking of the sparkly-assed rainbow-pooping bastards, lets have an Overnight Open Thread. With some Pâté.
Tags: April Fools Day, Lawyers, National Pork Board, Open thread, prank, Trademark Infringement, Unicorns
That sounds darn tasty. Would go great with Venezuelan Beaver Cheese.
Yummm–but pricey.
Bach’s glorious cantata Gott ist mein König!
Deus nobiscum, quis contra nos?
Rainbows associated with Unicorn posterior! LOL!
@ Philip_Daniel:
Yes fictional like Islam is a Peaceful religion!
pork brains in milk gravy
1170% of your daily cholesterol intake
the other grey meat
Philip_Daniel wrote:
No wonder I don’t like unicorns or rainbows or Skittles any more!
Philip_Daniel wrote:
Well known fact that’s also mentioned in the original advertisement. They shit rainbows and marshmallows.
@ coldwarrior:
I just threw up in my mouth. And I like beef tongue and raw oysters.
what we need is some mechanically separated chicken!
(its worth it for the background music)
calcajun wrote:
OK– how do we embed the video? I give. Tell me, please.
@ calcajun:
do httpv: instead of http:
@ calcajun:
If it’s a youtube vid (and they allow embedding on that vid) you can add a v after the http
httpv://blahblahblah…
cut and paste the http addy from youtube to here and then add a ‘v’ after http:
like this: httpv:restof the addy
@ coldwarrior:
Hey– I draw the line at sucking crawfish heads. Anything from the sinus cavity up is off the menu–especially when it’s in milk. Talk about the most anti-kosher dish you can imagine. How about bacon-flavored Mogen-David?
did we answer you enough times?
Unicorn cuts of meat by chart is helpful. I never really think of where smiles and kisses come from when I want them. Tragic, but at least we use all the parts of the unicorn.
@ coldwarrior:
Ahhh. Got it.
@ calcajun:
it sure aint kosher…i would never eat that brain thing anyway, too scared of prions and cjd
and with that, i am out.
night.
calcajun wrote:
Regarding the former, I hear beef tongue is good, but I don’t like the idea of tasting something that’s tasting me back.
@ coldwarrior:
Yep. If I screw it up…oh well.
The Cheese Shop–it goes with Unicorn.
coldwarrior wrote:
Later CW.
@ Bunk X:
Hey Bunk, hope all is well.
@ calcajun:
Crap.
Take two.
@ calcajun:
This thread’s gonna go south in a hurry.
@ calcajun:
Double turds.
Oh well.
Rodan wrote:
After last night, I’m a new man. ;D
@ Bunk X:
I meet him in 2 days. I will be up Pittsburgh for 4th of July.
calcajun wrote:
This will make you even sicker:
Sex-obsessed in Pakistan
Philip_Daniel wrote:
I know! It’s like, what? Do they fart rainbows?
BTW, the only way you can get Unicorn meat is from a licensed Leprechaun Unicorn hunter.
I’ve started utilizing Beef Cheek. Don’t think I’ll go any further. I have to say Cheek blows my freaking mind though. I’ve never had shredded beef so rich in flavor in my life. The gravy that it makes is absolutely succulent. I’m glad I took that risk. Plus the fact it’s the cheapest cut of meat in town, makes it an all around winner. Took me forever to learn how to cook it though.
@ Bunk X:
Yeah I saw it, even Possum and Justin Case showed up.
@ calcajun:
Don’t use the link function. Just copy the actual address in the comment box and add the v after http.
http://www….
httpv://www…
Mars wrote:
How do you cook it?
Thank you for the Bach. Sublime.
calcajun wrote:
I think a flush beats that hand.
coldwarrior wrote:
I am not eating any brains or spinal cord either, especially not from a mammal. Squirrel brains are particularly dangerous.
@ m:
Now they tell me.
Now-- here’s the….
@ calcajun:
yea me!
Andrew Zimmern (Bizarre Foods) feasts on squirrel brains in West Virginia…
@ Philip_Daniel:
No thanks!
yenta-fada wrote:
It’s early Bach, so the Buxtehude influence is particularly strong…
Rodan wrote:
Buy him a coupla cans of Vitamin I for me.
@ Philip_Daniel:
or this…
Squirrel Melts! Yum!
@ 1389AD:
Best way is low and slow in a crockpot. Another great way is to braise it. Get a nice cook on the outside and then just roast it in water the rest of the day.
I’ve had great luck cutting it up and just throwing it in the frying pan too, it just doesn’t get as tender. When it’s done right it just falls apart. Chances are if you’ve ever eaten a shredded beef taco that just blew you away with the flavor of the meat…beef cheek.
This kid has temerity!
Dam this conversation is bugging me!
Good Night everyone and enjoy!
@ 1389AD:
ew. Just ew.
@ Philip_Daniel:
I like the later Bach. Especially his nephew…
“Last Tango in Bayreuth” or “Tristan Shout!”
@ mfhorn:
Yes, they are supposedly our ALLIES.
AND we let them immigrate here, often with H-1b visas to take our jobs.
Time for the night crew to take over!
Good night and God Bless ya’ll!
Beef tongue in aspic sliced thick on fresh hot crusty bread with melted butter.
Heaven!
Triple Heart Bypass thrown in free of charge!
Still here my client postponed her debriefing until 6PM…. groan!
G@ vapig:
Goodnight!
calcajun wrote:
Gott in Himmel, Richard Wagner ripped-off PDQ Bach (1807–1742)!
Just kidding…
Here’s a bug buffet in Thailand. All you can eat… yum!
@ 1389AD:
Sick ain’t the word for it. But I guess it’ll have to do for now.
@ huckfunn:
I found this excellent expose of THE TRUTH:
Hey Bunk. Looks like everybody got grossed out and went out back to barf. BTW, you ever tried any fricasseed porch monkey?
Where Did the Tea-Party Anger Come From? VDH
huckfunn wrote:
Matter of fact, I had my fill just last night. XD
@ Bunk X:
That’s a ripper!
http://www.pvponline.com/2010/06/04/the-race-card/
@ Mars:
Go Speed Racer!
Go Speed Racer!
Take some Speed and GOOOOOO!
@ Mars:
HAW!!
“Misunderstander of Islam” involved in jihad plot at JFK Airport pleads guilty to lesser charge
Well, you know…
Bunk X wrote:
huckfunn wrote:
I always suspected it, but now there’s proof.
Mars wrote:
Who is Speed Racer?
calcajun wrote:
Bacon Salt: “Everything should taste like bacon!”
Bacon Salt is a zero-calorie, vegetarian, and Kosher-certified condiment.
@ Bunk X:
Aah, another racist.
“The Stars of Eger”, a film about the Ottoman jihad against Hungary…
Part 1
Go find the rest on youtube — I don’t want to screw up anyone’s bandwith…
doriangrey wrote:
There’s precedent for that around here, too. If you’re a roundeye in a Vietnamese shop and you don’t know what you’re ordering, you get other stuff. You have to tell them what NOT to put in your pho. (This comes from Bunkessa’s Vietnamese buddies.)
Bunk X wrote:
Oh dear, did I forget the /s???
Howdy, all.
Back from watching the SkySox lick the Beavers 5-4.
I love Tuesday night games. $2 tickets…$2 parking…and $23 for food and drinks.
Oh well.
It was fun, anyway.
Looks like tomorrow will bring another Obama Boom fun day at the markets tomorrow. And on that cheery note, I bid me bloogers g’nite.
doriangrey wrote:
I understood it without the sarc tag. No worries.
@ lobo91:
Nice subtle innuendo.
1389AD wrote:
How to Cook Beef Cheek
Bunk X wrote:
Thank you.
@ FurryOldGuyJeans:
We used a crockpot and an assortment of mild seasonings to try for a mexican flavor. God, it’s so tender when long cooked. I’ve never imagined beef with that kind of flavor for such a low price.
Just one warning to anyone who wants to try using it. The silverskin has to come off and it’s a pain. Sticky and thick.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-vampire-crash-txt,0,4980779.story
FurryOldGuyJeans wrote:
Here’s a healthy alternative.
Hmmm, international terrorism taking center stage in a San Diego court, I probably wont be watching the news update at 11:00
Mars wrote:
ftfy
@ huckfunn:
Love that signoff. See you back here tomorrow, same Blog time, same Blog channel.
If anyone ever wondered about the need for that screen behind home plate, they proved it at tonight’s SkySox game.
There were 5 broken bats in that game. One of them embedded itself, jagged end first, in the screen.
That would have ended up like something out of Buffy the Vampire Slayer without the screen.
I’ll have to look at the back of a ticket sometime. I wonder if you get a refund of youir ticket price if you get impaled during a game?
lobo91 wrote:
Since you leave us in September for Afganistan, I am looking for your favorite NFL team to root for.
Calo wrote:
I’m not actually leaving for Afghanistan until January. I’ll be in school at Ft Leavenworth starting in September.
And I’m not really a football fan.
I appreciate the thought, though.
lobo91 wrote:
I think you get a walk.
I thought there would be a title with that.
It’s latinos harassing blacks who are protesting sanctuary city policies that lead to the death of a black teenager at the hands of an illegal.
Bunk X wrote:
And if it’s a night game a free clove of garlic…
@ Mars:
Thanks!
mjazz wrote:
Thanks for clearing THAT up. What a clusterfook.
Bunk X wrote:
They probably give you a free ticket for a future game.
And since it’s minor league ball, a free combo meal from Wendy’s.
OK no Easter Bunny, no Santa Claus.
Now you’re telling me unicorns don’t live forever?
Bunk X wrote:
Where is Jessie Jackson, where Al Sharpton? SCARED to death and hiding in their closets that’s where. Their isnt any money to be made shaking down “Whitie” so they aint there.
I like minor league games.
You don’t see things like human bowling, or a contest to assemble a giant hamburger between innings at Rockies games.
@ doriangrey:
They wouldn’t know which side to take.
mjazz wrote:
The only side Jessie or Al have or have ever had, was their own, and how they could extort money out of “Whitie”. They wouldn’t have to worry about sides because their isn’t any money to extort out of anyone present.
@ doriangrey:
Huh? What gives?
mjazz wrote:
Yep. Just ask the Irish Rovers. Unicorns died horrible deaths by drowning.
calcajun wrote:
Just something that popped up on the TV during a commercial break a little while ago, teaser to get people to watch the local news. I dont really care to watch an hour of BS local crap for a 30 second blurb.
doriangrey wrote:
This is probably what it’s all about, nothing like the Fifth column Marxist Propaganda Organ Media trying to get the good guys killed…
Hamas spy finds home in California, seeks asylum.
doriangrey wrote:
On the surface he’s asking for amnesty to avoid persecution for trading islam for Christianity, and below that he’s asking for amnesty to avoid persecution by the U.S. and others for aiding and abetting terrorists, assisting and promoting the perpetrators of mass slaughter and mayhem against Christians and Jews.
Escaped Nazi [fill in the blank] should have been so lucky.
pimf: to avoid prosecution by the U.S.
Probably moved into my neighborhood.
Nite all!
calcajun wrote:
Later calc. We’ll try to put something up to piss folks off tomorrow.
@ FurryOldGuyJeans:
If you even need to make tough old bulls backside tender and melt in your mouth just remember to:-
Scrunch up a couple of Kiwifruit in your hands and then massage the mess skins and all into the meat and stand aside for a hour then cook, after scraping off most of the fruit. Tender as…
If you need to ripen up Kiwifruit put them into a brown paper bag with one ripe apple and leave it for a day or two.
To Ripen hard avocardos place them in a bag with a ripe banana for a few days to get them ripe and soft for eating…
[...] See, NPB owns the trademark “The Other White Meat” in the U.S., Canada, and the European Union. Unfortunately their lawyers didn’t realize that Trademark Infringement does not extend to parodies, and that unicorns don’t really exist. [Full story here, via here, and crossposted here.] [...]
Forget Unicorn Meat. Go with Presidential Pork.
@ Aussie Infidel:
I really wasn’t soliciting cooking tips and techniques. Someone asked how to cook something and I just did a yahoo search.
Besides, kiwifruit here in the Pacific NorthWet of the You Ess of Eh are danged expensive.
Just a fly by to leave a little something before I head to work. See you all in an hour or so.
Bunk X wrote:
Actually, Mosad Hassan Yousef is one of the good guys. He spied on behalf of Israel and provided them with information about Hamas. If anyone deserves asylum, it is he. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Hassan_Yousef
If anybody is here, good morning.
Morning RIX. In at work and stoking up my spleen as usual. Going to have to vent it on something later.
@ PaladinPhil:
Kagan hearing today. That’ll get you pissed off. If nothing else, just looking at her will get you 100% of your daily dose of ugly…
@ PaladinPhil:
Hey Phil, I am sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting to board a delayed flight.
Boring.
{RIX}
Good morning, y’all!
Has anyone ever painted paneling?
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
{goddessoftheclassroom}
Good morning, Teacher! I’ve never painted paneling. It sounds difficult, with the seams between panels and all…
@ Iron Fist:
I am surprised that Kagan answered Leahys question so honestly & refered to the Constitution as a “living” document.
She clearly does not respect original intent & just ignores the
Amendment process.
She will legislate from the bench when she can.
@ Iron Fist:
{Iron Fist}
I don’t mind if it still looks like paneling, seams and all; I just want it to be a shade of white, not brown.
I could have a liner put over it and then wallpaper over that, but I’m trying to cut costs.
Good morning Goddess. No, that’s one that I have never done.
You should be able to get guidance on the web.
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
You need a good primer if you are going to be painting paneling. Otherwise it won’t stick properly with a regular coat.
Morning {Goddess}
@ goddessoftheclassroom:
I haven’t painted paneling, but I’ve done plenty of other woodwork and painting. If all you want is to change the color, you should be able to just sand it so the paint’ll stick, and maybe fill in any holes, then one or two coats depending on what kind of paint you use.
Empire1 wrote:
Been there done that. Takes forever and doesn’t really work out that well. If you sand it the paneling will just suck up the paint and you get real funky results. Not bad if you are a single guy. I still advocate getting a good primer first then painting. Besides with a primer you usually just need one good coat on top of that.
@ Empire1:
BTW, you mentioned that your e-books are on Gutenberg. I think I may have found them. What is the first title in the series?
/looking forward to reading them on my vacation
{PaladinPhil}
{Empire1}
Thank you for your advice! I think I’m going to get a small can of primer and just see how it goes.
I hope everyone is well today!
@ RIX:
Legislating from the Bench is what Obama is putting her there for. They don’t believe the Constitution should place any real restrictions on the extent of governmental power. We saw that in the reaction to McDonald.
goddessoftheclassroom wrote:
No problem. I have made many mistakes in my life when it comes to painting and renos. I am doing alright I guess. Still need to get some more rest and relaxation. At least the weekend is almost here.
@ PaladinPhil:
Primer’s good, definitely, but I’d still say at least scuff-sanding first. Of course, I sand everything before painting or poly-coating, and between coats, thanks to Dad’s training, but that may be going overboard for Goddess.
PaladinPhil wrote:
Um. I don’t know how Gutenberg has them listed, but as far as the timeline goes, the first one is a short story, “New Year’s Wake”.
So, someone make it clear this Al Gore deal in the National Enquirer of the pants??? , the gene code on them, how they know the code, how that happened, how weired will it get, did Gore welch on agreed pay off and now the hammer comes down???, or is it just some more wtf???
@ Empire1:
Thanks, is there a time line in any of the books, or are they all stand alone stories? The worst thing for me is picking up a series half way through.
People like Obama & Kagan simply ignore the intentions of the Framers of the Constitution. They did not trust government & were limiting government power.
When Obama gave his NPR interview after 9/11 he criticised the Constitution for not enumerating government obligations to citizens, specificaly “Economic Justice.” What he was really saying of course is redistribution of wealth.
Good morning all!
I become rather cynical over the entire process, confirming a Supreme Court Justice is just the current example.
Kagen is a liar and an ideologue with a thin resume, but the right contacts. Just like a certain community organizer who has risen far above his thin qualifications. I fear she will just be rubber stamped, and all the hearings are just for show to give the impression of due process for us little people.
Time to board. See ya.
@ RIX:
If you are referencing the interview that I am thinking of, he actually used the phrase “redistributive change”.
One of his beefs with the constitution is that it does not fit his socialist world view.
I was fitting he used q-ran to swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, since he did not have any intention of honoring that oath.
@ Turtle:
Yes, Mosab Hassan Yousef was aiding and abetting Israel.
Two Party Evil Money Cult.@ citizen_q:
@ citizen_q:
You are right. She is a hard-Left idealogue with no real judicial experience whatsoever. Yo umight as well pick me for my ideological fervor even though I’ve never been a judge or tried a case myself. My resume isn’t much thinner than her’s, and what there is to her’s is all bad.
Iron Fist wrote:
And they ask me why I drink!
PaladinPhil wrote:
I’m not sure it’s in any of the books, but going through my hard copy of the Concordance, the timeline is:
“New Year’s Wake”, 2149
“Teams”, 2277
Annexation, 2540-2542
“Hostage”, 2555
“Youngling”, 2559
Fearful Symmetry, 2568
A Matter of Honor, 2569
The Alembic Plot, 2570-2572
“Ambush”, 2578
“Thakur-Na”, 2624
“Zeta Exchange”, 2669
“Touch of the Dragon”, 2750
The stories are pretty much stand-alone; the only plot-important change to the background (human development of psionic Talent) takes place in A Matter of Honor.
@ PaladinPhil:
Never mind. Found what I needed. :p
As Dean of Harvard Law Elena Kegan barred recruiters from the school’s career services office over the Pentagon’s policy against openly gay soldiers.
Sounds like someone who likes to throw their weight around when they get a little power.
@ Empire1:
I also found the “Time Line” on Gutenberg as well. With names dates and books that events take place in. Thank you very much for sharing your stories.
mjazz wrote:
I am not sure if it is even fair to call Don’t Ask Don’t Tell a Pentagon Policy, wasn’t it an executive order from Pres Clinton?
@ citizen_q:
Law passed by a Democrat Congress signed by a Democrat President. The Pentagon can’t recind it. They are bound by what the civillian leadership orders them to do. The assfucking fanatics don’t care abot the facts, they just want their little perversions accorded special privileges by the unwashed masses that have the temerity to disapprove of their assfucking lifestyle.
As with the abortion issue, the fanaticism of the gay rights lobby is driving me in the opposite direction of what they would desire. I used to favor gay marriage, until Andrew Sullivan convinced me that it was just another way for the radical gay fanatics to try and stick a thumb in the eye of the “prudes” who didn’t want them having a Folsom Street Fair on every streetcorner in America.