These nice protesters went to Betty Crocker Drive in Golden Valley, Minnesota, to throw all their Wheaties and Cheerios and Bisquick and Gogurt and Hamburger Helper and Pillsbury Crescent Rolls and Gold Medal flour and La Saltena spaghetti right in the face of stupid old General Mills, by collecting all General Mills’ products from their own kitchens and donating them to a food bank. Why the unexpected outbreak of Christian charity? Because General Mills stomped its giant foot down and interfered against the heroic fight to save heterosexual marriage from icky gays who should be put to death, when the company said, “hey, we think it’s important that Minnesota be inclusive and welcoming.” Judging by that statement, General Mills probably doesn’t even think that we should put homosexuals to death! We bet we know one group that no longer thinks corporations are people!
Disgusting counter-protesters across the street included some stupid straight couple that claimed their 43-year marriage had not at all been attacked by gays and who should probably read their Bible. That’s where, the group Minnesota for Marriage helpfully explains on its Facebook page, it says gays should be put to death and their blood will be on their own heads. Everybody, let’s hear it for Minnesota Nice! Also, some dude from corporate came out and offered the protesters coffee, but they stood their ground and said they would just donate that to the food bank too, and also fuck you.
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Cereal killers!
Ya had to go there…
Yes, I did!
I thought Kellogg's made Fruit Loops?
Technically they are "Froot Loops" because of having no actual fruit. Kinda the opposite of the GO-Pee party which has actual fruit in it. (Note to GO-Pee'ers: I'm using slang "fruit" to mean non-heterosexuals.)
Well, we know there's no actual fruit in the sense of food at a GOP event (unless you count the one strawberry that gets ritually sacrificed over each container of high fructose corn jam).
Who the fuck fell for that pitch, seriously, who the fuck actually said "great idea, I will invest my money in a movie about evil leprechauns?" I want to meet that person, if they have any money left.
Sequels don't lie.
http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Luban_the_evil_Lep…
That leprechaun movie became a "franchise?" There were FIVE fucking sequels? God damn, fuck me running, this amazes me. This is absolute proof that the percentages you see out there for the number of people in the US who smoke weed daily are way the fuck off. There is no other explanation, fucking weed, man. How the fuck come I can't ever find any, when there are so many people getting baked that they supported SIX FUCKING LEPRECHAUN MOVIES!
Not so much stoners, just big fans of Lucky Charms.
Ahem, please, read what you just wrote there. "Stoners" and "big fans of Lucky Charms" are I believe what is called "equivalent sets."
(Draws deeply on the vape) Wut?
Welcome to another edition of that laugh-a-minute reality show, "Fun With Hillbillies!"
There's more to life than hating the gays, ya know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day….Well. I just don't understand it.
Frances? Frances, is that YOU? (Gazes adoringly at Gratuitous)
Meh. You see how much these people eat? The less vocal bigots will just go on hating the food company with every delicious marshmallowy bite.
I usually go to Trader Joe's for cereals or buy the generic brands, but maybe I'll spring for the outrageously priced General Mills cereals since they somehow managed to do the right thing for once.
Unfortunately, they did the right thing but with bovine growth hormones and shitloads of pesticides and early harvesting using RoundUp.
I guess the Hero Minnesotans can no longer split their Oreo and lick out the creamy center, either.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/roeper/13423175-452/…
That would actually make an excellent counter-protest. Just standing there, unwinding and slowly eating out Oreos in their faces, with great delectation.
Does General Mills make hot dogs too? Then you could eat wieners while licking Oreos at the same time.
I'll believe a Minnesotan will give away a package of Crescent Rolls when Dick Cheney leaves all his money to Greenpeace.
Because Crescents are Muslin, duh!
And you know this … HOW? Biffullah bin Syed?
No Musliny spell-casting incantations are allowed on this forum!!1!1!
Dam, busted!
Derka Derka Mohammad Jihad!
Easy–Crescent moon, Red Crescent Society. You never hear of la Croix-Rouge, do ya?
Croix Rouge, Croix Rouge, where have I heard that before?
It's OK for General Mills to be gay now that DADT is gone. These people need to keep up.
Good to hear the maker of Progresso is progressive.
Aside from the BSP cancer lining in their cans, yeah.
It would be real cool if the company changed it's name to Genital Mills.
You're thinking of Purina.
Not a speck of cereal
The poodle chews it …
Frank?
"All you add is love."
Nabisco got a bunch of Facebook hate for posting a rainbow cookie on their Oreo Facebook page for pride weekend. I read it somewhere yesterday. Too busy and dumb to find a link. But I Immediatly went and "liked" Oreos, even though I rarely eat them since they are just a delivery system for sugar and crisco onto my ass.
"a delivery system for sugar and crisco onto my ass."
Uh, you're eating them wrong. Oh, "onto". Never mind.
And, here you go: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/how-could-you-boyc…
Rainbow Oreos would be totally freakin awesome after couple of hits of General Mills Fiber One Kush
Hey, they're pretty fuckin' amazing after a single toke of good Cheeziel.
If the Corn Refiners Association came out in support of gay rights, these people would starve to death.
Quick, get on the phone to the Corn Refiners!
I hear that oxygen supports gay rights. Water too. All we have to do is leak that to Faux Noose.
Don't those silly, confused Minnesota heathens know that "Dix are for Chix.'
Dix are for hiding under FUPA.
I thought they were against "chix with dix".
Well of course the nice protesters didn't want the coffee; they only drink Postum.
"Postum" is a seriously deranged and wonderful reference. It's even more obscure than Maypo. Well did, come here…well did.
Never knew what that was, glad you made me look it up on the wiki:
That sounds hysterical!
Figures.
Mina is out of surgery and is doing well. She is sedated and Christine got to touch her cheek for the first time today.
I will be breaking all of the promises I made to God last night in five…four….three….
YES! YES! YES!
Great news!
Good to hear, Barb.
Hooray for modern secular medicine! God gets punked again!
Yay!
Excellent!
Mazel tov!
OMG I am so happy to hear this! My best to everyone…
Thanks everyone!
Spectacular news. I'll be happy for the rest of the day. At least. Even if Portugal beats Spain.
Go Spain!
Woo hoo! Love ya, Barb! And love to grandbabby Mina.
Love you too, Sweetie Moses.
important good news!
Thanks Fuflans. Things are looking much brighter now.
That is great news. Yay medical science! Two for two on grandbarbies!
Congratulations and best wishes to mom, dad, and Mina. (And you, of course).
Bobbert, you are such a great person, thanks.
Jesus: never married (DaVinci Code not-withstanding), thin, neat. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
*Slim,* dude. Slim.
TY. If Jesus had lived, he'd probably have started hitting the early bird “last supper” special at the Roamin' Buffet every afternoon. Eventually he'd have needed a Rascal to get around. He'd roll on water to give a sermon then go home to turn wine into the body of Christ.
He HAD TO DIE!!
Then there was the disciple, the one whom Jesus loved.
Wasn't that James the Younger, the youngest and handsomest of all the disciples?
And that jealous bitch Judas turned Jesus in, 'cause if he can't have Jesus, no one will.
the Hamburger Helper mascot should've tipped them decades ago.
no glove no love.
Hetero Minnesotans. Hetero.
What if a gay couple goes to this food bank? Will there be a purity test?
That Pillsbury Dough Boy always tripped my gaydar.
What do you expect?! He has been touched inappropriately on a daily basis!!
Not a single item will be donated to a food shelf.. it will all be tossed out, because of course the food shelf will not accept opened products for fear of contamination, duh. Even if these protesters purchased GM products to symbolically dump them on camera, GM still wins their money (Ha!) and thus the protesters themselves have helped GM to support the LGBT community.
Fag fabulous, food!
Hot sausage in anus!
While we're in the mood —
Straights-gays will reck us!
Pease pudding and saveloys!
What next is the question?
Rich gentlemen have it, boys —
In-di-gestion!
(etc etc)
So much hilarity today on our Wonkette! Remember when it was thought to be a good idea to shine a light on the crazy? Send it scurrying for cover in shame? I think the crazy LIKES the spotlight! Run! We've created a monster!
WHITE FLOUR! WHITE FLOUR! WHITE FLOUR!
Oh my lord that's funny.
If you think that's funny, you should see the T-shirt Hell site selling a t-shirt with the Pillsbury doughboy dressed as Hitler with WHITE FLOUR! as the caption. I'd post a link but the site is blocked where I am right now.
That nice spokesperson with the coffee should've asked the protesters which ones were virgins when they were married and have never been divorced, and told the rest of them to go home because they've already ruined traditional marriage for everybody.
That would have been quite Christ-like.
Except for instead of being humiliated for their hypocrisy, they would have crucified the spokeperson.
Untrue! Because I think it's highly unlikely that those remaining couples are ones whose marriages were arranged as a means to effect a political alliance between two landed families, nor are any of them in polygynous marriages, nor are any widows forced to marry the brother of their deceased husbands.
And the Lord said unto the chosen,
"Go forth and be fruitful and multiply,
However, if a couple of guys want to get married
and dick each other, your marriages will be ruined
so throw cereal at them."
Here endeth the lesson.
Amen
Ah, men!
to throw all their Wheaties and Cheerios and Bisquick and Gogurt and Hamburger Helper and Pillsbury Crescent Rolls and Gold Medal flour and La Saltena spaghetti
In most of the South, that is just considered a good breakfast.
Large corporation pisses off Jeebus fundamentalist whackadoodles. I think tonight I'll celebrate by preparing beef stroganoff using Hamburger Helper. And some homemade biscuits.
While I'm at it I'll call Fred Phelps at Westboro Baptist and let him know what General Mills is doing since he believes he has a direct telephone circuit to God.
They're different than me! I don't understand them! They must be evil, because I went to school in Texas, where I learned that if I don't understand something or someone, instead of learning about it and thinking critically to understand the person/thing, I should scream that God hates them and the Bible told me so, cause really, no one I know can read the Bible!
Sorry, if they don't have some Satan in their logo, I ain't buying it.
And what of the poorly out-of-work wingnuts? Them that depend on the food bank. What are they to do now? Solve one problem, create another, sometimes.
Hamburger Helper, Totino's, Bugles, Lucky Charms, and Macaroni Grill Frozen Entrees? This will be the shortest suburban hillbilly boycott ever.
Here's the list of General Foods products. Join me in eating Totino's Pizza Rolls until we get marriage equality. http://www.generalmills.com/Brands.aspx
OT – Wow, 3 baby dear just galloped into my back yard. Now I know who ate my cilantro, lettuce and parsley. Thought it was the baby rabbits sneaking in under the fencing. And mama ground hog moved her babies to the summer den from the winter/forest den. It has been a busy day.
Stand your ground!!
They were not wearing hoodies but I had my water gun ready.
Where you gonna get diabetes from now, right-wing fanatics?
They should boycott ALL food. Everyone' s problems would be solved.
I hope they also threw away all their pork products and shrimp, cuz Leviticus hates on all that stuff too!
Red Lobster is the Devil!
See what happens when you have high unemployment rates? Your idle jobless cretins have the spare time to start protesting idiotic shit. If the economy were to ever come back (fat chance), these people would have jerbs and wouldn't have time to listen to Limbaugh and run around like fucking blithering idiots making fools of themselves.
Really, protesters? You feel "betrayed" by General Mills?
Bitches, get over yourselves…
From the linked article: "At Least Three to Five NOM Supporters Picket General Mills" … I guess NOM was so overwhelmed by the support they received, they could no longer count. But, hey, Jeebus sez to kill teh gehz, so what the heck …
NOM NOM NOM!!
My wife and I went to the Pride parade and festival in downtown Minneapolis last weekend. It was a huge turnout. I’ve got a good feeling that these idiots are minority and our state will vote down the Defense of Marriage Amendment this fall.
I wasn't, but my daughter was there. I notice each year more hetero folks celebrating,bringing their kids, etc. Also, Simone Augustus !
How about an unofficial Wonkette meet up on the roof at Joe's Garage?
Sounds good to me. A couple of Libtards swilling beers on a roof top overlooking the Twin Cities on a hot summer day is my idea of a good time as long as you're not a psycho killer or a knee jerk republican. Got a time in mind?
Yours would be the first.
Here we can see how free-market capitalism will eventually rid the world of homophobia and many other hatreds, because business leaders know that it is bad business to snub any sizable market segment. My own company ( a giant health insurance company) sent out a memo declaring June to be LGBT appreciation month.
So the next time you come across a pro-bigotry protest, just wave "Bye-bye" and have a little sympathy for these poor fools who are destined to become marginalized and ridiculed in the near future.
Also, that gray haired spokesman for the wingnuts?
Oh, he was a little guy… Kinda funny lookin'.
Uh-huh. In what way?
Oh, just in a general kinda way.
Did he flee the interview?
I just can't seem to make a joke about "Contents packaged by weight, not volume." But, I will keep trying.
Are General Mills products still tainted with The Ghey if you bought them at Target?
Long ago I worked at an ad agency that had a bunch of GM cereal accounts. There was a legendary focus group of 13-year-old boys who rather matter-of-factly initiated a discussion about Count Chocula's obvious gayness, which was decidedly not the topic of the focus group. Panic ensued on the client side, and an immediate recasting of the voiceover talent, to butch him up. Anyway, maybe he'll finally make an honest monster out of Frankenberry.
Everyone knows that Betty Crocker was a lesbian!
Additionally, all of those people protesting in Minnesota are practicing homosexuals.
"practicing homosexuals"
Well, practice makes perfect.
Crazy people have way too much time on their hands. And volunteering in soup kitchens or Habitat for Humanity just doesn't please the Lord like hating on teh gayz.
But I thought they liked it when corporations exercise their "free speech rights"?
Free speech = giving money to Mitt Romney. Anything else is socialism. Get your definitions straight.
Corporations are gay people, too, my friend.
I don't think the proteters have thought this through…. If they donate General Mills products to food shelves, they won't be hurting GM– it's just going to increase brand awareness of GM cinnamon Rolls, et al.
And when the protesters get home and get hungry, they'll notice that theyre COMPLETELY OUT of Eggo's and Hot Pockets and they'll have to make a special trip to Walmart to restock ( and reload ). More $$$ for the General.
About as well thought-out as that idea to wall off the gays.
*knock-knock*
-Who's there?
-Bisquick.
-Bisquick who?
-Bisquick your pants are on fire!
Religion of Peace.
–That Communist I mentioned earlier, on the subject of the gays.
An ingenious way to get rid of those Bible h̶u̶m̶p̶e̶r̶s̶ Thumpers, if all agribusiness and food processing companies support LGBT causes and they will starve and migrate out of the country. Problem solved!
Minnesota for Marriage, nice, homey site for the completely delusional. Check it out < http://www.minnesotaformarriage.com/>
Don't worry, you guys. At least Target still hates the gheys.
Ignorant fucktards rage against criminal enterprise. Sounds fair to me.
Well hell. I'm a stoner and I hate Lucky Charms and have never seen a Leprechaun movie. Guess I'm an outlier, but that's nothing new…
What that Crabass dood said. Dood.
You called?
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