The Weekend Edition

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The saying that imitation is the best form of flattery has rung true this week, with one PR company deciding that mimicking ‘The Weekend Edition‘ with their own ‘Cool shit we’ve seen this week’. Many thanks for that guys, just the ego boost I needed.

Meanwhile in the news this week: Thousands have been re-enacting the battle of Waterloo & We’ve been celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta. On social media, this happened:

Feminism suffers a set back.

There was a brief ripple of indignation this week on twitter when Penny Lancaster spewed something from the 1950’s. The model proclaimed:

putting on an apron belittles men

and that she keeps her husband, Rod Stewart, out of the kitchen because him cooking dinner would:

take his masculinity

Needless to say there was much laughter to be had on social media, including this from suave celebrity baker, Paul Hollywood:

Full story here: Daily Mail

 This is the reason bloggers are ruining journalism.

There’s no doubting, that there is an element of the blogosphere, that dearly want nothing more than to be paid for the fruits of their labour. Sadly this often means that some bloggers just hawk off their wares to all & sundry. This next piece is a clear example of that, firstly it shows that the author has the depth of knowledge that equates to a demi tasse, and that the Metro appear to publish any old tripe.

The piece by blogger Taran Bassi, titled:

18 types of cheese ranked from worst to best.

Was quickly mocked on social media, when the piece produced such gems as, rating ‘Cheesestrings’ above Brie:

Cheesestrings: Not exactly a type of cheese, more a processed snack. We take offence to its association with actual proper cheese.

Needless to say, Twitter recoiled with laughter:

Full story: The Metro

 When Heinz means more than beanz….

A few of you may remember QR codes, often a small square with a black & white pattern which had a passing resemblance to one of those infuriating magic eye pictures. The idea is that you scan in the QR image on your smartphone & it opens a website in your browser. Great idea, until you forget to renew the domain name on the website, like Heinz did.

More than one surprised Heinz customer got a shock, when instead of opening a competition page, they were directed to a porn site.

Full story: The Verge

I’ll ask the question ‘Why ?’ and leave this here:
aka Burger

Launched this week in Japan – Aka cheese burger – Burger King

Sadly Burger King pulled a similar stunt last year with this:

Black cheese burger

Unboxing cheese burger – Burger King

The full story: The Independent

 #Foodporn

Weekly round up of foodporn which has passed through my timeline:

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