is there an excuse for eating at arby's?

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― amateur!!st, Monday, 30 August 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Girls won't like you if you eat at Arby's.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

That's not an excuse, I'm trying to help you.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

WHAT?? NO!!

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Curly fries with horsey sauce!

(Skip the oriented-strand-beef sandwich with greasy rainbow...)

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

yes. there is: curly fries.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

My dad LOVES Arby's.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

cheapness is the only real reason. Obv. I don't eat there because I don't eat meat but they used to have some like 5 sammiches for $5 or some other insane deal a couple of years ago.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

there are (slightly) worse alternatives?

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Like licking the floor behind a bus station urinal.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't see how Arby's becomes worse than any other fast food place.

― dean? (deangulberry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I don't get why Arby's is so bad. But I'm a foreigner. Aren't Taco Bell and White Castle the ultimate in fast food guilt?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Arby's confuses me. Is it a hat or an oven mitt? WHAT THE FUCK????

― Huck, Monday, 30 August 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Why can't it be both?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

doesn't arby's have the deli "fresh" sandwiches? those are probably less harmless.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Why can't a fish ride a pony?
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― Huck, Monday, 30 August 2004 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Some locations are open 24-7 hells yeah.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

There are no Arby's in England.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

dean? is right. they're all about equally disgusting, personal biases aside.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Arby's is the only eating establishment to ever make me sick. Keep in mind that I lived in India for four years.

― n.a. (Nick A.), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

For some reason, I think I ate Arby's in Calgary a lot. I hate Calgary.

― Huck, Monday, 30 August 2004 17:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Arby's has the mocha shake. This is a good thing.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

By "a lot" I mean once.

― Huck, Monday, 30 August 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

arbys was great when i was a kid cause they had roast beast and best of all: FOUNTAIN SODA ROOTBEER

― kephm (kephm), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I cannot personally vouch for this, but according to a junk-food-eatin' friend, the thing to do is get some of those Arby's big roast beef sandwiches, take 'em home and put 'em in the freezer. When re-heated in the micro, they are then rendered magically delicious.

― briania (briania), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

arby's is the home of the jamocha shake, beloved by my mother and the reason i had to eat at arby's pretty much every weekend throughout early childhood.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

oh my god. i just read that somewhere. a book. maybe steve almond? shit. what book was that in?!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

just today i was talking to the guy i work with. he told me he liked arby's. i was so excited that i wasn't the only person in the world who likes it

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I'm gonna take the five-dollar bill I found in the gutter yesterday down to Arby's this afternoon and see how far it'll go.

― Huck, Monday, 30 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

my college roommate told me that his friend in highschool used to work at Arby's and wiped his ass with the meat

― JaXoN (JasonD), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

ARBY'S IS SECOND ONLY TO TACO BELL IN THE FAST FOOD PANTHEON YOU BETTER RECKANIZE

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

(ugh most unfortunate xpost ever)

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

er i meant you don't need an excuse, above.

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

My only disgusting Arby's incident involves one of the employees furiously scratching her track marks in front of the fry bin.

― dean? (deangulberry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

stay away from any melted cheese and you've got some good sandwiches!

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Wiping your ass with roast beef: mental or WTF???

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I want an Arby's oven mit! (I just went to the homepage to see what teh fuss was about)

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:56 (twenty-one years ago)

i was addicted to arby's when I was a kid. it was delicious! far better than some mysterious disgusting burger. has it changed?

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Top Secret Recipes
version of
Arby's
Jamocha Shake
by Todd Wilbur

Okay, wash out the blender; this one's been begging to be cloned for years now. Arby's famous Jamocha Shake was one of the first frozen coffee drinks to gain popularity, even before Starbucks pummeled us with Frappuccinos. This thick drink is actually more milk shake than coffee drink, but if you like the original, you'll love this easy-to-make clone that serves two.

1 cup cold coffee
1 cup low-fat milk
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
3 cups vanilla ice cream
3 tablespoons chocolate syrup

1. Combine the coffee, milk, and sugar in a blender and mix on medium speed for 15 seconds to dissolve the sugar.
2. Add ice cream, and chocolate syrup then blend on high speed until smooth and creamy. Stop blender and stir mixture with a spoon if necessary to help blend ingredients.
3. Pour drink into two 16-ounce glasses.

― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

the oven mitt is one of the worst advertising campaigns i have ever seen

― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:57 (twenty-one years ago)

having been to arby's more times than i can count (moms REALLY likes those shakes), i feel a bit left out that i don't have any stories involving food poisoning or disgusting employee behavior to share. perhaps the arby's in northeastern ohio are model franchises?

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

the oven mitt is one of the worst advertising campaigns i have ever seen

It's got a jolly looking face though.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 30 August 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

There are only two here in LA and one is definitely more ghetto than the other. Westside vs. (almost) Eastside FITE!

― dean? (deangulberry), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Some of my high school friends worked at Arby's. One guy named Yuri used to pee in the trashcans. Another guy, Josh (now a sky-diving instructor), told me that once he started to throw away a chicken patty that had this big scabby piece of wrong-colored flesh on it and his manager scolded him and made him serve it. Another guy named Jim STILL WORKS THERE - AFTER ELEVEN YEARS.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

ha ha I love how someone just revived the thread about pissing in trash bins with the first time I told the story about "the Yurinator". COSMIC MAAAAAN.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Not in the trashcans! people put garbage in there!

― Huck, Monday, 30 August 2004 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the logo is great

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think I've ever eaten at an Arby's. Is there even an Arby's in NYC?

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Arby's gets such a bad rap, it's not so bad.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

on the way back from the restaurant-that-will-not-speak-its-name, i saw a cab cut off an ambulance and almost run over a blind guy!

arby's is fascinating. there were three customers on the lower lovel, one of whom was passed out with a napkin stuck in his shirt collar. i heard "hurt so good" and "these dreams" by heart.

― amateur!!st, Monday, 30 August 2004 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

did you have curly fries?

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I have eaten at Arby's... once.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 30 August 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

did you have curly fries?
-- lauren (warmleatherett...), August 30th, 2004.

does the moon go round the earth?

― amateur!!st, Monday, 30 August 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

upon relection, i have decided that arby's is kinda nasty.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

If Kerry wins in November, I will take my mother to Arby's. First, I guess I had better find one.

― jim wentworth (wench), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 01:34 (twenty-one years ago)

is there an excuse for eating at arby's?

b/c white castle is nastier

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 01:36 (twenty-one years ago)

White Castle: Classic or Dud?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

There are no Arby's in England.

No offense, but DUh. "America's Roast Beef - Yes Sir!"

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is making me queasy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:05 (twenty-one years ago)

i feel bad for arby's. sometimes i go to restaurants that look sad because i feel bad for them. and sometimes i pretend they are better than they are for the same reason. i inherited this strange behavior from my mother.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i find sad restaurants extremely poignant. i am not kidding.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

What does a sad restaurant look like?

Last time I went to an Arby's was about a year ago. I think that I had a coupon. The girl at the register helped guide me to a combo meal where I would be able to get the side of fries I wanted AND one of those cherry fritters. It struck me as odd that the girl was so, I don't know, helpful.

But back to sad restaurants. Are you talking about places that are empty, where the menus haven't changed, where the waitress hates her life? And no, I will NOT be making any Don Henly allusions here.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

man there was this super-sad restaurant I used to go to in Louisville, just for that reason. I think it was like the "Steak & Egg Kitchen" or something like that. It was so gross, much grosser than any ol' Arby's.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

omg i am listening to the last track of brian eno's "apollo" and thinking about sad restaurants i am totally about to have an emotional breakdown

(the pig& whistle in brighton, mass. is a good example of what i'm talking about btw)

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I think Waffle Houses, even though they're better than Arby's by miles, are sorta sad in their way. That's why I like them, I think.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

that and the waitresses.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:52 (twenty-one years ago)

you know that cafe that the fbi agents visit in the first half of twin peaks: fire walk with me? yeah.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

"Are you talking about that LITTLE girl that got murdered?"

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:12 (twenty-one years ago)

is that movie on dvd or what?

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think so. It's really quite good in its own special way. Plus David Bowie with a Carolina accent!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i think i've posted about that movie on 14,000 separate threads. i have a thing for it.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't think so.

It's very much on DVD -- I own it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:16 (twenty-one years ago)

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― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

we should probabtake this to one of the existing "twin peaks" threads

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:20 (twenty-one years ago)

You killed Laura Palmer.

― x j e r e m y (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

no it was the mynah bird

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

amateurist: i feel bad for arby's. sometimes i go to restaurants that look sad because i feel bad for them. and sometimes i pretend they are better than they are for the same reason. i inherited this strange behavior from my mother.

this would be a really, really great opening paragraph to a novel.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

i finally had some arby's curly fries after i don't know how many years of longing. they were actually kind of gross: slightly underdone yet very greasy. i ended up with a stomachache. the end.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:03 (twenty years ago)

i had a chicken sandwich there a few weeks ago and it had this weird aftertaste that reminded me of...cold medicine! never again.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

so, does everybody agree that "TS: checkers vs arby's" is a run-away for checkers?

― petesmith (plsmith), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

no, bcz checker's is vile. sorry.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

what is the deal with Arby's new deli-sandwiches and "gourmet" foods? They look tasty in ads but OTOH what doesn't.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

no, bcz checker's is vile. sorry.

no way!

― petesmith (plsmith), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

they have basic cold-cut subs and wraps, some salads (shit like "santa fe chicken"), turkey or roast beef reubens, fried chicken sandwiches, and old-fashioned roast beef. the pictures scared me. i didn't try anything.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

i'm kind of upset by the apparent demise of the grilled bbq chicken sandwich.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

I'm still back on the story about the dude who wiped his ass with roast beef!

― Dan (EW) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

In a survival situation I would eat earthworms, bugs, or raw minnows. However, if there were an Arby's nearby, I would consider eating there instead.

― Aimless (Aimless), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

Lauren, did you use to eat at the one on Mayfield road?

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

In the Summer of 2004, I ate at the arbies on Interstate 5 in California's barren Central Valley. I remember it so well because it was by far the suckiest sandwich I've ever experienced, I didn't know the weird 'cheddar' sauce was obligatory!

― andy --, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

My excuse for eating at Arby's would be "crazy deliciousness!" I hate the curly fries, but I don't see what the problem is with plain roast beef all tarted up with horseradish.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

I am part of the "potato fan" demographic and I feel that Arby's has hit it on the spot more so than any other fast food provider.

Im referring specifically to their curly fries and potato cakes. Emphasis on potato cake.

― Spink, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Let us not forget capitalism's greatest triumph- the 5 roast beef sandwiches for $5 special.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Arby's is amazinge. Beef beef beef beef.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

I was a victim in their Market Fresh campaign. They got me.

― Spink, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Actually I'm pretty sure Arby's is the only fast food chain in America to stock two of my favorite substances -- horseradish and Mr. Pibb.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

did you use to eat at the one on Mayfield road?

warrensville rd or center ridge rd, most often.

i have fond memories of the potato cakes. i should have had those instead. now they've got a potato cake that has cheese and i think bacon bits and stuff like that baked in, but i was too scared to try that.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Mr. Pibb > Dr. Pepper

Pibb Xtra > *

― Spink, Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

going back even further, i used to go to beef corral sometimes with my grandfather. i have no memory of what it was like.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

this was a low point in my life

omg mr. pibb. did you know there are more than a half-dozen restaurants in iowa city that serve mr. pibb?!?!?!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

the one and only time i visited an arbys in the past 5 years was maybe 6 months ago when pleasant plains and i got sucked into the idea of their roast beef sandwiches. when we pulled up to the drive thru window that you collect your food from a giant cockroach flew out of the resturant and into our car. it was horrifying. plus those sandwiches reek. never ever again.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Cold, dry sandwiches have turned me off Arby's and Wendy's lately. (But I'm still diggin' the Hardee's, Sonic and McD's!, glarghhhh...)

― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

Safeway had a Pepper knockoff called Skipper. xpost

― andy --, Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

sonic will always rule

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

I'm eating some right now!

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

we've come this far and no one has quoted ralph wiggum! i'm amazed.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Mmmmm SONIC

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Safeway had a Pepper knockoff called Skipper. xpost

Store-brand Dr. Pepper knockoffs are always great because the name needs to convey that the beverage tastes like Dr. Pepper. My all-time favorite: Dr. Thunder.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

Arby's deli sandwiches are edible. Sometimes even good, if the produce is fresh (for an Arby's) and the cooks have only spit in it a little bit.

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

are there sonics anywhere near nyc? i'd always see the tv ads, usually showing some luscious sundae or special milkshake, and it made me furious knowing i couldn't have one. a total travesty for high people.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

mine too! that was sam's choice, the wal-mart brand, no? (xpost re dr. thunder)

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

I don't remember where I saw it. Another great one, from a shitty grocery store in Portland, Maine: Dr. Flavor.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

the name needs to convey that the beverage tastes like Dr. Pepper.

i think all you really need is the word "dr." and a maroon-dominated color scheme

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:55 (twenty years ago)

Right, but it's weird to name every not-quite-root-beer-rumored-to-be-prune-flavored soda "Dr._____"--with a Sprite/7-Up knockoff, for example, "lemon-lime" always works. It just makes the rip-off so blatent.

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 22 December 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

dr. thunder sounds like the best forgotten early 70s metal psych band ever!

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

like, doesn't chuck 3ddy have a chapter on them in his book?

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

and Dr. Flavor sounds like the best cheap, regional brand of cigarettes ever!

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:01 (twenty years ago)

http://www.usefilm.com/images/2/1/5/8/2158/552626-Small.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

professor grime

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 23 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

diet sam's choice is really bad

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 23 December 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

dr. thunder wouldn't be a psych band, probably more like a foghat kind of thing

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

a southern boogie band

― inger lynde (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

late foghat buttrock, they shift things around 76 start copying nazareth, peak with an opening slot for kiss in kansas city, the drummer's part of the morning show at a radio station in tempe now - who woulda guessed he was the funny one?

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/fac/schul/drp/lightnin.jpg

― inger lynde (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

i'm almost certain i've seen a generic mountain dew called MOUNTAIN HOLLER

― DR. O. RLY? (eman), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

YESSSSSS, VINDICATED

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/alex/articles/savealot/savalotholler.jpg

― DR. O. RLY? (eman), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

ALSO:

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/alex/articles/savealot/savalotdrpop.jpg

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/alex/articles/savealot/savalotbubba.jpg

― DR. O. RLY? (eman), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:45 (twenty years ago)

HEE HAW pwns.

― geoff (gcannon), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)

scuse me HEEE HAW Powns period

― geoff (gcannon), Friday, 23 December 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

MOUNTAIN HOLLER

ideally a drink with such a name should be like 180 proof

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 23 December 2005 05:51 (twenty years ago)

And have a dead 'possum floating in it.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:02 (twenty years ago)

RADICAL CITRUS THIRST BLASTER

[WELCOME BACK AMATEUR(IST)]

― DR. O. RLY? (eman), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:07 (twenty years ago)

BUBBA Cola© to be drunken only by 'Top Gun' baseball hat-wearing bus drivers.

― DR. O. RLY? (eman), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.fakedrpepper.com/browse.html

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:25 (twenty years ago)

oh, wow

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:46 (twenty years ago)

nice one

http://www.fakedrpepper.com/mraahh.jpg

― DR. O. RLY? (eman), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

i found that when i was reading "A Confederacy of Dunces" and trying to work out what Dr. Nut was.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:55 (twenty years ago)

http://www.fakedrpepper.com/drcheaper.jpg

Dr. Cheaper!

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 23 December 2005 07:58 (twenty years ago)

dr. passable

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 23 December 2005 08:13 (twenty years ago)

dr. passantino

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 December 2005 08:15 (twenty years ago)

Arby's is amazinge. Beef beef beef beef.

For sufficiently generous definitions of "beef." Which is not to say that I won't eat at Arby's when I have one of my periodic cravings for processed-beyond-recognition food.

And if you're going to discuss Dr Pepper knockoffs, bow to your master Kibo.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 23 December 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

dr. really, what did you expect?

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

but who can resist that loveable oven mitt?

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Friday, 23 December 2005 16:30 (twenty years ago)

The blurbs on that website are the best part:

"Schnucks' Dr. Phizz comes from the somewhere in Missouri. With a bitter Pibbish taste, Dr. Phizz is not much to hope for if you are looking for a refreshing Dr to satisfy a craving. The can is too littered with shooting stars and lightning bolts to be taken seriously. Dr. Phizz earns a two can rating."

A bitter Pibbish taste!

― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Why did I do this? I bought the 5 items for $6 and ate them all - three sandwiches, a curly fry and a drink.

I regretted it as soon as I ate the first bite. Then I ate the whole bagful.

If you never hear from me again, you will know why.

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 03:52 (eighteen years ago)

the 5 for $6 deal boggles my mind, I cannot eat 5 fast food items at one meal!

― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

omg, I haven't been to Arby's in so long. I didn't know they were doing this. Arby's giant roast beef w/ just horsey sauce is the best ever "eat in car while driving fast on the freeway" sandwich.

If I were getting 5 4 6, I'd have 1 sammich, 1 curly fry, 1 jalapeno poppers, 1 drink, 1 cherry turnover. Mmmm.

― Jaq, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 15:26 (eighteen years ago)

I distinctly remember the first time I saw vag close-up it reminded me of Arby's r.b.

― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 17:08 (eighteen years ago)

Now, that WOULD be an excuse!

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 17:37 (eighteen years ago)

oh man I didn't know about this deal. I'm going to have to get a coworker to go on an arby's run if they make me come into the office tomorrow.

― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

It's not any 6 items. Sort of a value menu deal.

But I survived it, probably you can too.

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

I have also survived this.

Not happily though.

I think I went with the Roast Beef, Curly Fries, Soda, Shake, and Mozarella Sticks.

And then I thought I was dying.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 18:30 (eighteen years ago)

i dunno this deal seems like 'buy 5 dollar-menu items and save -$1.00'

― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

I can't believe no one in this thread has mentioned Arby's sauce, which is roundabout the best thing ever.

― The Reverend, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

2. big montana
26 up, 6 down
when a females vagina has large, meaty flaps. usually in a roast beef kind of color. see "beef curtains", "t bone flaps." simular to a second rate fast food chain's large roast beef sandwhich.

"yo, i was with this girl last night.. she had a double serving of the big montana"

― milo z, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 22:26 (eighteen years ago)

I love the Beef 'n Cheddar

― latebloomer, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 22:38 (eighteen years ago)

nine months pass...

Arby's buys Wendy's.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:25 (eighteen years ago)

an artery-clogging fast-food megachain must pass to other hands, oh noes

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

omg jamocha Frostie

― brownie, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:42 (eighteen years ago)

Triarc said it will also change its name to include the Wendy's name.

I wonder if this just means the company will call itself something like Triarc-Wendy's, or that the restuarants will all become WARBY'S

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 24 April 2008 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

BENDY'S

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 24 April 2008 15:09 (eighteen years ago)

Does Wendy's still do that double-the-meat deal? My friend, who aptly goes by the name Fatty (though less so these days), did this with the tripple burger--TWO OF THEM. He managed to scarf both sextuple burgers and polished them off with a Diet Coke. I do believe fries were in the equation.

― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 24 April 2008 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

I think I ate Wendy's immediately after watching Super Size Me.

― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 24 April 2008 16:13 (eighteen years ago)

I went to McDonald's three times in the week after I saw that movie. In my defense, I had coupons.

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 24 April 2008 16:15 (eighteen years ago)

Delicious does not need your defense.

― RabiesAngentleman, Thursday, 24 April 2008 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

i love it when you still find an O.G. arby's location that still has the ginormous cowboy hat vegas style sign. real talk.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 24 April 2008 18:12 (eighteen years ago)

^^ the one 5 minutes from my apartment has one! :)

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 24 April 2008 18:17 (eighteen years ago)

baltimore sounds nice! the wire lied to me.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:00 (eighteen years ago)

anyone who doesn't enjoy arby's potato cakes is dead to me

― John Justen, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:03 (eighteen years ago)

they are awesome, so much better than McDonald's hash brown things.

― Jaq, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:08 (eighteen years ago)

i love it when you still find an O.G. arby's location that still has the ginormous cowboy hat vegas style sign. real talk.

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:12 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^Truth bomb that answers the thread question.

― C0L1N B..., Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

baltimore sounds nice! the wire lied to me.

-- M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:00 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

nah, as I said here, no Arby's in Baltimore: SPOILERS: The Non-Realtime Wire Season 5 Thread
which is one of the only things I like more about living in Laurel, MD now more than living in the city then

― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:11 (eighteen years ago)

anyone who doesn't enjoy arby's potato cakes is dead to me

-- John Justen, Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:03 PM (Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:03 PM) Bookmark Link

^^^mad money

― rev, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

xpst
oops i didn't see that.

correction: baltimore is an urban wasteland

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:16 (eighteen years ago)

mmmmmm, Jamocha shake. Thank you for the recipe, Lawrence Kansas of 2004!!

― Finefinemusic, Thursday, 24 April 2008 19:17 (eighteen years ago)

four years pass...

There is now: NEW FUCKING LOGO Y'ALL

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/arbys_logo.png

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/arbys_goes_bland.php

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Friday, 5 October 2012 17:41 (thirteen years ago)

wtf

― Technology of the Big Muff (DJP), Friday, 5 October 2012 18:41 (thirteen years ago)

It's worse than it looks; that apostrophe is supposed to be a tiny little meat slicer blade.

(I swear to god that that is actually true.)

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Friday, 5 October 2012 18:46 (thirteen years ago)

they put their best creative team on it

― Aimless, Friday, 5 October 2012 18:47 (thirteen years ago)

NOOOOOOOO

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 18:48 (thirteen years ago)

- Updated, modernized logo that stays true to the iconic hat, but also communicates Arby’s pride in freshly slicing meat daily in each restaurant.

― omar little, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:05 (thirteen years ago)

If you've ever been in an Arby's, you know they slice meat in the restaurant. The logo doesn't need to suffer because of that.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:12 (thirteen years ago)

I only like Arby's every once in a while, but I really did like their logo. It makes me mad that someone was likely paid several million to design this piece of crap new logo. Incompetence!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:13 (thirteen years ago)

love how the "3D" effect looks like it came straight out of 1995

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:15 (thirteen years ago)

If you've ever been in an Arby's, you know they slice meat in the restaurant. The logo doesn't need to suffer because of that.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, October 5, 2012 2:12 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

unless they slice up the actual cow in-store, i'm not impressed.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:27 (thirteen years ago)

unless they slice up the actual cow in-store, i'm not impressed.

I saw Vagina Dentata Organ do this in an Arby's once; I'll admit it was impressive

― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:29 (thirteen years ago)

sure: youre hungry

― Lamp, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:35 (thirteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxQqdFOeoM

― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:38 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

excuse = had a couple beers and the train station is right in front of an arbys

no what am i saying that is more than an excuse it is a justification

a moral imperative even

― j., Monday, 6 October 2014 01:19 (eleven years ago)

oh god i didn't get enough i need more

― j., Monday, 6 October 2014 01:32 (eleven years ago)

Arby's is great

I get the chicken tenders and they have an actual sauce station

Not dinky packets

And they have unsweetened ice tea

And they are the only chain to offer curly fries afaict

― 龜, Monday, 6 October 2014 01:52 (eleven years ago)

I don't hate their new "gyros". They aren't gyros, of course, but they are tasty.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, 6 October 2014 01:56 (eleven years ago)

So basically, get anything but the roast beef?

― nakh nakh hoos dere (rip van wanko), Monday, 6 October 2014 02:12 (eleven years ago)

jack in the box has curly fries but arby's are better.

― you little affront to god (reddening), Monday, 6 October 2014 02:18 (eleven years ago)

No David Puddy on this thread? Doesn't seem right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVte8cdwpXc

― clemenza, Monday, 6 October 2014 02:21 (eleven years ago)

Jack in the Box has curly fries
The problem with Arby's is that they ONLY have curly fries

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 6 October 2014 04:41 (eleven years ago)

anyone who doesn't enjoy arby's potato cakes is dead to me

― John Justen, Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:03 PM (6 years ago)

― j., Monday, 6 October 2014 04:58 (eleven years ago)

Wish my local Arby's wasn't always surrounded by tweakers

Or at least had a drivethrough

― sink floyd (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 6 October 2014 11:03 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

"You're too good for Arby's? You're nothing. Arby's is nothing. You're Arby's. And your Kings Hawaiian Fish Deluxe is a limited time offer."

http://twitter.com/nihilist_arbys

― davey, Sunday, 1 February 2015 09:21 (eleven years ago)

the Arby's will also gaze into thee

― pelvic slang (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 1 February 2015 09:31 (eleven years ago)

cannot personally vouch for this, but according to a junk-food-eatin' friend, the thing to do is get some of those Arby's big roast beef sandwiches, take 'em home and put 'em in the freezer. When re-heated in the micro, they are then rendered magically delicious.
― briania (briania), Monday, August 30, 2004 5:51 PM (10 years

I heard this too

― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 February 2015 18:44 (eleven years ago)

I missed the days of working at Arby's. stole so much food.

― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 2 February 2015 22:46 (eleven years ago)

Where'd you get the food from?

― pplains, Monday, 2 February 2015 22:49 (eleven years ago)

wendys

― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Monday, 2 February 2015 22:52 (eleven years ago)

three months pass...

https://twitter.com/nihilist_arbys

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 22:23 (eleven years ago)

The idea of someone thinking they are clever by doing 'ironic' free marketing for a brand is more soul-crushing than any 'nihilist' juxtapositions they could possibly come up with.

Unless it's legit viral marketing in that case game on at least you are getting paid.

i don't see any brand marketing whatsoever here?

Here's something ironic, though -- most Arby's is alright except the roast beef!

― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 26 May 2015 23:11 (eleven years ago)

^^^ true

― Jim Gillette's unused octave (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 07:02 (eleven years ago)

i like horsey sauce

― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 29 May 2015 20:00 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.facebook.com/LmaoMommy/videos/1209881009156793/

― ur-oik (rip van wanko), Monday, 20 November 2017 16:28 (eight years ago)

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