Food with Eyes

February 20, 2008 9:43 AM

Food with Eyes. Found when I searched for the phrase after seeing some of Lileks' cast off mascots. Oddly, in this list of creepiest fast food mascots, only one or possibly two are food with eyes. Not enough? Don't just look at food with eyes; don't just eat it; be food with eyes. Previously.
posted by fleetmouse (18 comments total)

Now I'm hungry. self-link for the photo, but I was not responsible for making the delicious googly-eyed FSM treats - that would be aublilenon.

More on-topic: I had no idea that Quiznos had a mascot, let alone that it's some sort of rat-thing. Eeek. Now I'm totally not hungry.
posted by rtha at 10:16 AM on February 20, 2008

Looks good! Can't wait to get stuck into all that.
posted by UbuRoivas at 10:30 AM on February 20, 2008

rtha: Quiznos did Flash-like ads on TV with that thing back when Badger-Badger-Badger and things like that were it on the internet. So so bad.
posted by Hubajube at 10:33 AM on February 20, 2008

Mr. Coffee Nerves. No wonder I'm driving them away. That's awesome.
posted by steef at 11:00 AM on February 20, 2008

Turd Sandwich
posted by fusinski at 11:03 AM on February 20, 2008

The origin of the Quiznos rat thing (Spongemonkey)
posted by hopeless romantique at 11:12 AM on February 20, 2008

Ah, OK! I knew I'd seen that rat thing somewhere before. And I'm out of the dating game so I knew it wasn't at a bar.
posted by fleetmouse at 11:44 AM on February 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

why is it looking at me?
posted by grubi at 12:08 PM on February 20, 2008

The origin of the Quiznos rat thing (Spongemonkey)

Now I'm even less hungry. More frightened, though!
posted by rtha at 12:34 PM on February 20, 2008

I always thought it was hilarious when KFC redid the Colonel Sanders logo to the version being used now. Moral of the story: you can take anything and rotate it 15 degrees counterclockwise, and suddenly it's "cool". Try tilting your computer monitor 10 degrees... doesn't MeFi look cooler?
posted by crapmatic at 2:17 PM on February 20, 2008

crapmatic: i've been using the Greasemonkey "tilt mefi 15 degrees" script for years.

it makes the site feel edgier, a bit like music video tv shows, with their handheld cameras zooming in & out & tilting all over the place to create the impression that everybody in the production crew is permanently drunk.
posted by UbuRoivas at 2:26 PM on February 20, 2008

Oh man, I used to be SO terrified of those Quiznos things. I refused to eat there for the longest time because of them.
posted by naoko at 2:53 PM on February 20, 2008

I thought I was taking crazy pills when those Quiznos commercials would come on because I thought they were scary and everyone else loved them.
posted by puke & cry at 3:34 PM on February 20, 2008

Mr. Peanut walks with a cane because he has dry roasted nuts.
posted by Tube at 4:08 PM on February 20, 2008

I thought I was taking crazy pills when those Quiznos commercials would come on because I thought they were scary and everyone else loved them.

Exactly!

To be fair, I was high for pretty much that entire era of Quiznos history.
posted by naoko at 8:13 PM on February 20, 2008

If you are a friend of Mr. Coffee Nerves, you will never need make the acquaintance of The Laxies. How food with eyes fits into that scenario... well, now, I don't want to get too graphic, but I'm certain it would make the Spong Monkeys (the Quiznos beasts) look positively cuddly and endearing.
posted by louche mustachio at 2:34 AM on February 21, 2008 [1 favorite]

Thanks for pointing out Tuffy the strong laxative underpants gnome, louche. I missed that one.

Boy, do we need avatars at MeFi. :-)
posted by fleetmouse at 7:38 AM on February 21, 2008

Reminds me of Suicide Food.
posted by hulahulagirl at 1:30 PM on February 21, 2008