At long last, machines have replaced those insufferable humans who hand out free samples of food products to the greedy masses! Starting tomorrow at the South Street Seaport, a new vending machine will be doling out free "Temptations" Jell-O pudding samples. We know from advertising that this is the first Jell-O dessert made "just for adults," and children will not be getting any free samples. That's because the machine uses facial recognition technology to determine if the pudding-seeking human is a pitiful adult or beastly child.
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Ageist Pudding Machine Uses Facial Recognition Technology To Spurn Children
Please Say "Use Your Leftovers In A JELL-O Salad Week" Has Ceased To Exist
There are a lot of food and drink "holidays" we can get behind, National Drink Wine Day and National Lobster Roll Day to name two. Wine and lobster are worth celebrating, even if it's in the name of a marketing gimmick. But when called upon to celebrate people putting leftover peas in a gelatinous mold, we must protest! Sure, gelatin (the main ingredient in JELL-O) is made of animal products (boiled bones, connective tissues, and intestines of animals, to be exact), so why not pair it with some veggies? That's not a real question, so put down the JELL-O mold.
Jell-O Mold Competition Gets Jiggly With It
Quick, what do a sewage treatment plant and Jell-O have in common? Besides containing stuff that many of us would rather not eat, both were the star of the Second Annual Jello-O Mold Competition at the Gowanus Studio Space Saturday. Contestant Victoria Belanger had the inspired idea to honor the iconic Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant digester eggs, which each process three million gallons of sludge. At night, the giant eggs are illuminated with an alluring blue light, hence the blue Jell-O in Belanger's entry. Shockingly, she was bested by Jello-O molds of the Virgin Mary.
Jell-O Pudding Refund Scheme Backfires on Married Couple
Like most people, Alexander Clement, 68, and his 64-year-old wife Christine Clement, love Jello-O brand pudding. Unfortunately, it seems the luxury dessert item was simply beyond their means. Not content to placate their expensive tastes with some vulgar Brand X generic pudding, the Clements devised a fool-proof scheme to eat unlimited Jell-O pudding without winding up in the poorhouse. And they would have gotten away with it, too—if it wasn't for those meddling supermarket managers.
Judge Says Oh Hell No to Jell-O Lawsuit
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former NYU student against the university after he broke his hip in a Jell-O wrestling tussle gone horribly wrong. As a junior in 2004, Avram Wisnia was one of the organizers of what was supposed to be a totally awesome “Beach Bash” event, held in an NYU dormitory courtyard with water guns, water balloons, and a kiddie pool filled with the gelatinous snack. Wisnia sought a million dollars in damages for his injury, claiming the university was at fault for sanctioning the bash, providing the Jell-O and failing to “maintain a safe condition.”
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