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Bad food
We always find the Burger King television commercials troubling. There is something so creepy about the plastic-headed King who resembles the bastard child of King Walnut and a 1972 Gremlin.
But now we're equally disturbed by what the King is serving up these days: BK Fresh Apple Fries. The apple "fries" are peeled red apples cut into wedges to resemble french fries and served in the same containers as fries, although the company is quick to point out that the apples aren't actually fried — they just look like they are.
Apparently the idea is to trick children into eating healthful food and to disguise that fact from their friends.
So what's next? English peas served in pill bottles and carrot sticks in cigarette packs?
Lots of sorrow
And speaking of people who need to be tricked into improving their nutrition, an Australian man, just convicted of his seventh DUI, told the court he was spending about $972 a week on beer, which is enough to buy more than 2,500 bottles of brew each month.
But he had a good reason. Five years ago, he broke up with his partner and he's been trying to drown his sorrows in his beverage of choice, the aptly named Melbourne Bitter.
The man, father to four, has stopped drinking and the judge decided against jail time. He is, however, forbidden to buy or even hold a beer for the
Mmmmm, rat
Our loser of the week award goes to an Appleton, Wis., woman who has been charged with felony extortion after she claimed she found a dead, cooked rat in her lunch and then offered not to say anything in return for $500,000.
She was tripped up by some crucial mistakes. First, she used a lab rat instead of a common alley rat. Secondly, she cooked said rat in a microwave, which the restaurant doesn't use. And thirdly, she should have stuck with the Apple Fries.
— Joan Morris
Spin Cycle is a random column that takes a quirky view of the daily news and everyday happenings. Reach Joan Morris at 925-977-8479 or jmorris@bayareanewsgroup.com.
