Comments on: Food with Eyes

Food with Eyes

fleetmouse — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:43:24 -0800

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.

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:16:37 -0800

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.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:30:02 -0800

Looks good! Can't wait to get stuck into all that.

By: Hubajube

Hubajube — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:33:40 -0800

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.

By: steef

steef — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:00:35 -0800

Mr. Coffee Nerves. No wonder I'm driving them away. That's awesome.

By: fusinski

fusinski — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:03:55 -0800

Turd Sandwich

By: hopeless romantique

hopeless romantique — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:12:29 -0800

The origin of the Quiznos rat thing (Spongemonkey)

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:44:29 -0800

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.

By: grubi

grubi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:08:41 -0800

why is it looking at me?

By: rtha

rtha — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:34:50 -0800

The origin of the Quiznos rat thing (Spongemonkey) Now I'm even less hungry. More frightened, though!

By: crapmatic

crapmatic — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:17:10 -0800

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?

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:26:47 -0800

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.

By: naoko

naoko — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:53:36 -0800

Oh man, I used to be SO terrified of those Quiznos things. I refused to eat there for the longest time because of them.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:34:23 -0800

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.

By: Tube

Tube — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:08:16 -0800

Mr. Peanut walks with a cane because he has dry roasted nuts.

By: naoko

naoko — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:13:07 -0800

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.

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:34:59 -0800

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.

By: fleetmouse

fleetmouse — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:38:36 -0800

Thanks for pointing out Tuffy the strong laxative underpants gnome, louche. I missed that one. Boy, do we need avatars at MeFi. :-)

By: hulahulagirl

hulahulagirl — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:30:46 -0800

Reminds me of Suicide Food.