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No idea where you can get one, but thanks to Dan for emailing it!

Just click and marvel already. I'll wait.

This novel concept seems to have paid off:

nspired by a similar promotion at a London restaurant, Sobocinski wanted to let Table 301 customers name their own price for their meals on the slow night before Thanksgiving.

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An e-mail blast sent to the restaurant group's customer database cost him nothing, and it ultimately netted a pre-event story about the deal in a local newspaper. No other money was spent marketing the event.

"We did not go with a skeleton crew; it was all hands on deck because we wanted the experience to be like it always is," Sobocinski said. "The managers and owners were all there, touching all the tables and talking to guests. We made a concerted effort to do everything we should be doing."

At the end of their meals, customers received handwritten tickets with price totals only for drinks. Of the 50 checks presented that night -- 130 total covers were served -- 14 paid 100 percent or more of the menu price, 12 paid 50 percent or less, and the remainder paid somewhere in between.

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The good will generated by the event was priceless, he added. Customers who came were clearly in a good mood and joked with the staff about being there for "the five dollar steak" deal. Sobocinski said only about 20 percent were regulars, while the rest were newcomers, who perhaps had wanted to come to Table 301 before but thought it was out of their league budget-wise.

"Most were looking at the menu and saying, 'Wow, this is not as expensive as I'd been told,' " said Sobocinski, adding that servers also made good tips for the event. "Everybody had a good time with it, and it created a lot of positive energy in the restaurant."

Good for him, thinking outside the box! The article goes on to mention that he's going to do it again.

They're good for ya!:

The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out.

The new research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents' blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). This gas is "no doubt" produced in cells lining human blood vessels too, the researchers said.

Obviously the healthiest scene in movie history, then...

Sad, yet kind or moronic all at once:

An amateur chef died the day after eating a "superhot" chilli in a bet with his friend over who could make the hottest dish, an inquest heard. ...

Andrew Lee, 33, suffered heart failure the morning after he ate the chilli.

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Cooking was one of his main interests and he went to his girlfriend Samantha Bailey's house to make a chilli.
His father John Lee told the inquest: "He had a bet with Samantha's brother who could make the hottest chilli then went back to her house to stay."

Of course I have no room to talk after eating a cup of hot pork chile and a habanero burger in one sitting.

(Note the December, 1978 expiration date)

Hey, it was only $.43!!! Julie stumbled upon this and gave it to me, so I could have a good laugh. Wonder if it's still good?

I was tempted to use it in our coming Food Fight, but I think I'll explore other options...

Something about revolving food coming from the ceiling seems kinda gimmicky to me...

All good things come from above: freshly prepared, delicious meals and drinks ordered per touch screen are transported on metallic tracks directly to your table. We only use fresh, high-quality ingredients, many of which are organic produce, directly from the local region.

Wonder if they serve soup?

Fourteen tons of double stuffed Oreos are all over an Illinois highway after the driver fell asleep:

Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median.

"The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he said.

There were no injuries that I'm aware of, just a lot of bloated drivers stuffed full of tasty sugary goodness.

(Photo: Meat House, by a guy named Joel.)

John in Chicago sent along a link to Meat House, with a one word email- 'Yikes'.

Yikes, indeed! Edible, I suppose, but ya gotta want it. Check it out.

(I couldn't find a picture of the new stuff, but you had to see this!)

Okay, I'm a Python fan, so when John in Chicago emailed this, I had to post it:

Hormel offers Something completely different

The makers of Spam are poking fun at themselves by launching a "collector's edition" Stinky French Garlic flavor, to coincide with the London stage opening of the Monty Python musical "Spamalot" this month.

RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!! Unless you love SPAM®, that is!