is there an excuse for eating at arby's?

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because i think i need one pronto

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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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http://www.middletownusa.com/company_bios/images/arbys_logo.gif

― 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)

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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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