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We’ve all heard of getting crabs from a toilet seat… Well if you happen to be stopping by Nanjing, China — you can now get crabs from a vending machine.
Live Shanghai Hairy Crabs [seriously] are lined up neatly in their spiral chamber, and kept in a state of hibernation at 5°C (41°F). They await catatonically for their number to be called, until they finally descend into the basket of death.
The annual Monopoly at McDonald’s game is officially underway, with a chance — albeit small and extremely caloric — of winning cash and prizes. McDonald’s claims ‘the odds are better than ever’, but does not address the actual investment needed to win the most coveted items.
Now, with Eat With a Spork’s handy calculator, you can find out how many Big Macs it would take to give you the best chance of winning. It also calculates the financial and nutritional investment required. The results are unsurprisingly horrifying.
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Foodiggity regurgitates the week that was… You’re welcome.
The King just got a bit creepier. According to this bizarre television interlude, the Burger King Pillowcase might actually exist.
The pillowcase includes a screen-printing of the new Burger King breakfast menu, and the King’s head on the flip side. Perfect for dreaming about BK’s new breakfast bowl, or using it to scare someone into putting your Godson in their next movie.
Food revolutionist and lunch lady harasser, Jamie Oliver, is teaming up with burrito king Chipotle for Boorito 2010: The Horrors of Processed Food.
Oliver and Chipotle’s CEO Steve Ellis, seen above, are encouraging patrons to dress as their favorite processed food for Halloween. Show up at a local Chipotle on Halloween night dressed as such, and you will be rewarded with one of their baby-thigh-size burritos for a mere two-dollars.
Every $2 bill earned, up to $1 million, will go towards Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution.
[visit Chipotle for more info]