July 2011 ~ Now That's Nifty

Give Her a Hover

Yeah right Hover, trick me once, shame on you. Trick me twice, shame on me.

There are some really, really big companies out there. One of these companies is PepsiCo, which owns and produces a lot more than its signature drink. Here is how it breaks down:

PepsiCo owns:
Quaker Oats
Gatorade
Frito Lay
and Tropicana

These companies in turn own other companies, which are all ultimately owned by PepsiCo. That means that PepsiCo owns the following products:

Breakfast Bars

Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
Quaker Chewy Granola Cocoa Bars
Quaker Dipps Granola Bars
Quaker Fruit & Oatmeal Bars
Quaker Life Bar
Quaker Oatmeal to Go Bars

Coffee Drinks
Seattle's Best Coffee
Starbucks DoubleShot
Starbucks Frappuccino
Starbucks Iced Coffee

Energy Drinks
AMP Energy
No Fear Energy Drinks
SoBe Energy Drinks

Tea/Lemonade
Brisk
Lipton Iced Tea
Lipton PureLeaf
SoBe Tea
Tazo Tea

Juice Drinks
AMP Energy Juice
Dole Plus Fortified Juices
Dole Sensation Juice Drinks
IZZE Sparkling Juice
Ocean Spray Juice/Juice Drinks
Naked Juice
SoBe Juice Drinks
SoBE Lean Diet Juice Drinks
Tropicana Trop50 Beverages
Tropicana Pure Premium Juices
Tropicana Tropics

Oatmeal/Cereals
Cap'n Crunch Cereal
King Vitaman Cereal
Kretschmer Toasted Wheat Germ
Quaker Life Cereal
Mother's Ready-to-Eat & Hot Cereals
Quaker Essentials
Quaker Grits
Quaker Instant Oatmeal
Quaker Natural Granola Cereal
Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
Quaker Oh!s Cereal
Quaker Puffed Rice
Quaker Shredded Wheat Cereal
Quaker Oatmeal Squares Cereal
Quisp Cereal

Other
AMP Energy Gum
Aunt Jemima Mixes & Syrups
Quaker Baking Mixes

Rice Snacks
Quaker Large Rice Cakes
Quaker Mini Delights
Quaker Quakes
Quaker Tortillaz

Side Dishes
Near East Side Dishes
Pasta Roni Side Dishes
Rice-A-Roni Side Dishes

Snacks
Baked! Cheetos Snacks
Baked! Doritos Tortilla Chips
Baked! Lay's Potato Crisps
Baked! Ruffles Potato Chips
Baked! Tostitos Tortilla Chips
Baken-ets Pork Skins and Cracklins
Cheetos Cheese Flavored Snacks
Chester's Flavored Fries
Chester's Popcorn
Cracker Jack Candy Coated Popcorn
Doritos Tortilla Chips
El Isleno Plaintain CHips
Frito-Lay, Fritos, and Tostitos Dips & Salsas
Frito-Lay Nuts & Seeds
Fritos Corn Chips
Funyons Onion Flavored Rings
Gamesa Cookies and Wafers
Grandma's Cookies
Hickory Sticks
Hostess Potato Chips
Lay's Kettle Cooked Potato Chips
Lay's Potato Chips
Lay's Stax Potato Crisps
Lay's Wavy Potato Chips
Matador Meat Snacks
Maui Style Potato Chips
Miss Vicky's Potato Chips
Munchies Snack Crackers
Munchies Snack Mix
Munchos Potato Crisps
Natural Cheetos
Natural Lay's
Natural Ruffles
Natural Tostitos
Nut Harvest Nuts
Rold Gold Pretzels
Ruffles Potato Chips
Sabritones Puffed Wheat Snacks
Santitas Tortille Chips
Smartfood Popcorn
Smartfood Popcorn Clusters
Spitz Seeds
Stacy's Pita and Bagel Chips
SunChips Multigrain Snacks
Tostitos Artisan Recipes Tortilla Chips
Tostito's Tortilla Chips

Soft Drinks
Diet Pepsi
Diet Mountain Dew
Diet Sierra Mist
Mountain Dew
Mug Soft Drinks
Pepsi
Pepsi Max
Mirinda
7 Up
Sierra Mist Natural

Sports Nutrition
Gatorade G Series Prime 01
Gatorade Thirst Quencher - G Series Perform 02
Gatorade G Series Recover 03
Gatorade G2
Gatorade Natural
Gatorade G2 Natural
Gatorade G Series FIT Prime 01 Pre-Workout Fuel
Gatorade G Series FIT Perform 02 Workout Hydration
Gatorade G Series FIT Recover 03 Post-Workout Recovery
Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Nutrition Shake
Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Nutrition Bar
Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Carbohydrate Energy Formula
Gatorade G Series PRO 02 Endurance Formula
Gatorade G Series PRO 02 Perform Gatorlytes
Gatorade G Series PRO 03 Protein Recovery Shake
Gatorade G Series PRO Prime +
Gatorade G Series PRO Recover +

Water
Aquafina
Aquafina FlavorSplash
Propel Zero
SoBe Lifewater

Also interesting to note, PepsiCo used to own:

Pizza Hut
Taco Bell
KFC
Hot 'n Now
East Side Mario's
D'Angelo Sandwich Shops
Chevys Fresh Mex
California Pizza Kitchen
Stolichnaya
Wilson Sporting Goods
North American Van Lines

Many of these brands were spun off into a new company, separate from PepsiCo, in 1997. This new company was called Tricon Global Restaurants, which later became known as Yum! Brands, Inc. Yum! Brands, Inc. currently owns:

A&W Restaurants (global, limited in Canada)
KFC / Kentucky Fried Chicken (global)
Pizza Hut (global)
Taco Bell (global)
WingStreet (United States, Canada, Germany and Cyprus)
Long John Silver's (United States, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore)
Dong Fang Ji Bai (People's Republic of China)
Wing Works
Pasta Bravo
China Wok (Latin America)

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Nutella Snack and Drink

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Why isn't this in the USA? Anger. I would be eating one of these right now. Also, I think the drink should be Diet Mountain Dew.

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A Slide for People in a Hurry - AKA A Transfer Accelerator

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Saw this at The Presurfer:

Dutch train passengers running late to their appointments have a quicker option for getting across Overvecht Station in the city of Utrecht - and that option isn't a new flight of stairs or an elevator.
Design firm HIK Ontwerpers recently installed a slide in the newly renovated station to add a little fun to the everyday lives of commuters. Officially called a 'transfer accelerator,' the slide was installed in this underutilized area as part of HIK Ontwerpers ongoing urban installations series.

Ok, first, awesome. Second, anger, why aren't these in more places, like... everywhere. Here I am using my legs like a fool! And third, I have another million dollar idea: put these in tall buildings as fire escapes. You could put slides in their own little stairwell seperate from the other stairs. It would get a lot of people down quickly and act as a backup to regular stairs. Also, people could/would ride it everyday anyway because it is awesome.

Pizza Toppings from Around the World

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Pizza is beloved around the world, and it seems like every country and culture has it's own take on it. Here are some examples of pizza toppings/preferences from around the world. Also feel free to share any toppings or variations you are aware of.

Japan:
The Japanese love seafood on pizza, sweet corn, potatoes, mayonnaise, and hard boiled eggs. You can even find pizza with cod roe, tuna, octopus, seaweed and squid ink. I love you Japan, but that all sounds nasty.

India:
In India you can find typical toppings, but you can also find things like tandoori chicken and chicken tikka. Other toppings include minced mutton, pickled ginger, tofu, and a cottage cheese-like dairy product called paneer. Indians like to top their pizzas with plenty of chili flakes, ketchup, and other condiments. India, you crazy.

Brazil:
People love pizza in Brazil. Pizza in Brazil usually has a very thin layer of tomato sauce as a base on a thin crust. Along with some familiar toppings, you can also top corn, quail eggs, green peas, shredded carrots, beets, raisins, heart of palm, linguica sausage, guava jam, bananas, chocolate, and catupiry cheese, which is a type of cream cheese. Many pizza eaters in Brazil put ketchup or mustard on their pizzas. "Yes, I'll have a quail egg and heart of palm pizza with mustard please."

Russia:
In Russia you can order a pizza with traditional toppings, but they also love seafood on their pizza. A combo called "mockba" includes sardines, tuna, mackerel, salmon, and onions. Many Russians will also order a pizza with red herring.

Saudi Arabia:
Due to religious concerns, all meat toppings in Saudi Arabia are 100 percent beef, as pork is not eaten in this country. I can't imagine a life without bacon.

Australia:
In Australia you'll find pizza menus with ingredients such as cabanossi, capsicum, prawns, diced pumpkin, tomato chutney, eggs, and lamb. The top ingredients in Australia are pineapple, ham, peppers, and pepperoni; so not totally different from the US.

Romania:
Pizzas are usually thin-crust. They are topped with a minimal amount of sauce and cheese, but have plenty of other toppings. Toppings feature lots of vegetables, including corn. Pizzas are often served with ketchup on the side in two varieties, dulce (sweet) or picante (hot).

France:
In France they like flambée which consists of bacon, onion, and fresh cream.

Costa Rica:
People in Costa Rica like coconut on their pizza.

China:
In China many pizzas have a thousand island dressing base. Eel is also a popular topping.

Germany:
Asparagus is a popular topping as are eggs.

Sweden:
In Sweden they have a popular pizza called the "Hawaiian," it's topped with bananas, ham and curry powder.

Sweden also has a kebab pizza; here is a youtube video all about it.

Venezuela:
They like corn and goat cheese on their pizza.

New Zealand:
Here you can get a "meat pie" pizza, which is essentially like a sloppy joe, but with peas, corn, and cheese. It is then topped with a square of pastry with a tomato sauce swirl.

Finland:
Here you might find a pizza called Berlusconi, topped with smoked reindeer, chanterelle mushrooms and red onions.

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Fanning

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What? Can't a man enjoy a little shade and cool breeze? White people are silly.

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Gay Cruise

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You see, it's funny because "gay" had a different conotation back then. Teehee.

Notice

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I figured it was only fair to at least warn people of what I was doing.

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Allan, He's Ken's "Buddy"

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Your "buddy" eh? Nice try Ken, the jig is up. Can't live behind your Barbie beard forever.

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Peelable Banana Popcicle

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I want to try this so badly. Finally fruit that won't make me gag! Anyone know where I can get one?

Many would think that a peelable ice cream is unbelievable.

But it is now a reality and this playful eating experience can be enjoyed in the form of an innovative, fun and unusual ice cream stick, which is about to be rolled out across the globe this year, after its successful launch in Thailand as Eskimo Monkey.

Eaten like a banana, you start the playful experience by taking a bite from the top of the peelable jelly shell, which you then roll down like a banana skin to reveal a delicious ice cream core.

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Unique and Strange Toilets and Urinals - Part 2

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My first post on cool toilets and urinals was a success, so I thought I'd do another.

Gambling addicts can get their high while they make a mud pie.

I want to use this urinal so badly. First order of business: write my name.

Is that Fisherman's Wharf?

Lumberjacks have to pee somewhere.

Don't try this with a real shark.

Meanwhile in Japan. Is that a washing machine? Why?

For the person to fancy too poop in a poor mans toilet.

If you like pooing in your neighbors flower pots, but you are sick of all the lawsuits, this is the next best thing.

Yep, I think that is candy. A little snack while you sit and think.

Urinate into something beautiful

Because you shouldn't have to stop being a friendless loner when you go to the bathroom.

Sometimes I'm all: "I like this urinal, but I wish that it made me feel like I was tripping on LSD."

Because music is overrated.

Who doesn't get a thrill out of public urination?

Like I said, music sucks.

Why don't all urinals have these? Million dollar idea: Targets in toilet bowls.

Sweet 'stache man.

Mmm, organ meat.

Stick it to Satan.

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Foie Gras Double Down Sandwich - by Joe Beef

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In case you aren't ~~morbidly obese~~ a fast food aficionado, the Double Down is KFC’s monster monster salute to heart disease. "It’s so meaty, there’s no room for a bun.." It consists of bacon, cheese, and mayo sandwiched between two deep-fried chicken cutlets. And it is 540 delicious calories, with 32 grams of fat.
Well, the chef at Joe Beef, Frédéric Morin, has taken the concept to new depths of gluttony, The Foie Gras Double Down. It's a whole lot of crispy bacon, extra sharp cheddar cheese, homemade aïoli, stuffed between two 3-ounce slabs of chicken-fried foie gras and drizzled in maple syrup. Some things are worth dying early for.

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Listen Up Chubbies!

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"For teens too 'chubby' to fit into 'regular' sizes." Geez Lane Bryant. I think someone needs to attend another sensitivity training seminar.

Cité A Docks - Student Dorms Made from Shipping Containers

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Cité A Docks is a student housing project, located in Le Havre, France from Cattani Architects. The 100 new student dorm rooms were created by transforming old shipping containers into a four-story building. Each apartment has 24 square meters and includes a bathroom and a kitchen. Pretty neat I guess, but do you still get to share a bathroom with 100 other guys and their collective shedded body hair?

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That's What Wives are for!

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She seems pretty happy with her situation...

Wireframe Sculpture

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This is a sculpture by Jaume Plensa, located at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield, England.

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298 Condiments from Around the World

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A condiment is a relish, sauce, or seasoning added to food to impart a particular flavour or to complement the dish. Often pungent in flavour and therefore added in fairly small quantities, popular condiments include salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard, olive oil, and vinegar.

There are some overlaps between condiments and seasonings.

Below are condiments from around the world, including some brand names as well.