08 Sep 2022, 7:28 pm
Not my usual bailiwick, but since we periodically have threads about particularly tasteless promotions, e.g. Hitler themed products in various parts of the world, I present to you the latest in "Who Thought This Was A Good Idea?":
https://www.mediaite.com/food/virginia- ... tagon-pie/
The special seafood menu, promoted by The Clubhouse at Aquia Harbour, included dishes such as “Flight 93 Redirect,” “First Responder Flatbread,” and “Pentagon Pie,” among others. The menu was taken down, according to WJLA, but the image has been shared across social media.
The menu was not well received, with one Twitter user calling the idea “beyond abhorrent.” Another Twitter user questioned how an idea like this even gets this far.
The “First Responder Flatbread,” described as “crispy” and “oven baked” on the menu, also received some backlash on Twitter, such as in the tweet below.
George White, the restaurant’s manager, shared an apology to the community’s Facebook page Tuesday night, saying his “intention was to bring attention to that horrific day 21 years ago” and that he meant to “honor those who lost so much as well as those who gave everything that day.”
White had no comment when he was contacted by WJLA.
The restaurant has also altered its menu to reflect the first Sunday of the 2022 NFL season, according to its Facebook page.
I really think the worst part is that it's meant to be earnest, but misses the mark so badly, snarkier satire wouldn't be nearly as cringeworthy. As someone who's both owned a restaurant and put some edgy jokes on the specials menu, I can't believe this got far enough that anyone outside the establishment saw it, like nobody realized this was a terrible idea.
Actually, on closer inspection I can't decide if the Remember-Tini is making me gag from the name or the ingredients, or just that they're calling that abomination a Martini style drink at all, ugh.
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08 Sep 2022, 10:14 pm
Man, this makes the Robert Kraft sandwich thing seem positively tasteful:
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-kraft-a ... ew-1344319
I was super mad when that happened, I already had a jerk pork sandwich on my menu and didn't think of it first.
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09 Sep 2022, 4:34 am
For dessert they should serve ...yellow cake! 
Because that's why W. invaded Iraq. Saddam Hussien was supposedly smuggling "yellow cake uranium" from west Africa to build his nonexistent WMODs.
itscomplicated
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09 Sep 2022, 4:38 am
Because that's why W. invaded Iraq. Saddam Hussien was supposedly smuggling "yellow cake uranium" from west Africa to build his nonexistent WMODs.
those were plane terrible
as is this one !
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