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Flashback: Wendy's Training Video

GiggleSugar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0800

This almost makes me want to go back to the '80s to work at Wendy's fast food restaurant. Apparently, on your first day, a rapping apparition comes out of the microwave sporting white shades, a sparkly polo shirt and a supah-dupah fly attitude about how "The reason you have to press/is when the meat hits the grill it starts to shrink!" Even the beef patties get in on the rapping action!

Ain't That the Tooth?

GiggleSugar — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:00:00 -0800

Some people have a sweet tooth, but this dude has a ranch tooth. How can he tell? Because he's constantly being followed by a giant tooth wearing a cowboy hat. You know, like on the ranch. When he gets a craving for Wendy's Monterey Ranch sandwiches, up pops that tooth, saying "ranch" at inopportune moments. ("Ranch! Ranch!") That's how it feels when I get a craving for cheese. ("Cheese! Cheese!")

Flashback: Wendy's Training Music Vid

GiggleSugar — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:31:30 -0800

The '80s marked the launch and rise of MTV, so it's no surprise that Wendy's used a music video to train their new employees back in the day. The vid is surprisingly informative, despite the distraction of singing meat patties and the use of a spatula as an electric guitar. The rapping is awful-ly good, but why is this charbroiled bozo wearing sequins in the kitchen? Now that's unforgivable.

Headline: Shooting at Florida Wendy's, Two Dead

CitizenSugar — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:24:29 -0800

In West Palm Beach, Fla., this morning, a gunman opened fire in a Wendy's restaurant, killing one person and injuring at least three others before killing himself.

A female off-duty police officer was in the area during the time of the shooting, and it's not yet clear if she was injured. There is no word yet as to the motive behind the incident.

NAARP Protests Wendy's Logo

GiggleSugar — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:02:00 -0700

Improv Everywhere thought it would be funny to gather a gang of redheads, call them the National Association for the Advancement of Red-Haired People, and protest the Wendy's logo. Their stance was that the freakish looking little girl in the logo ("Wendy") unfairly depicts red-headed people as always freckled with chalky white complexions and funny pig tails. Ughh, guys...this isn't discrimination. I believe this is Dave Thomas's daughter you're dissing. Nice work.

"Where's the Beef?"

GiggleSugar — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:02:00 -0800

The commercial that made old, cranky people seem cool. Clara Peller's infamous "Where's the beef?" question for Wendy's was even used by politicians to question each others' substance. There'd be no Sue Teller for Mountain Dew without Clara Peller for Wendy's. (Check YumSugar for the original Wendy's burger recipe.)

Say What? The Anti-Oprah Speaks

TresSugar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0700

"But then Oprah came on the scene. She wasn’t beautiful. She wasn’t thin. And she wasn’t light-skinned. She was the opposite of white America’s view of what a black woman should look like in front of a camera. She was no Lena Horne. She was no Lola Falana. She definitely wasn’t a Jayne Kennedy. Who let this woman in the door? And she stormed the whole entire building and took over. And then other flawed beauties came along. Sally Jesse Raphael. Ricki Lake. I mean, who is a great beauty who ever had a talk show?"

- Wendy Williams, former New York-based radio personality, now host of nationally syndicated The Wendy Williams Show, telling Kevin Sessums that Oprah opened the door for unconventional beauties on television. Williams is known for her no-holds-barred approach to interviewing.

Quip Stop: Wendy Liebman

GiggleSugar — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:00:00 -0800

I went to the 30th reunion of my preschool. I didn't want to go, because I've put on like a hundred pounds.

Single Ladies: Happies vs. Crappies

TresSugar — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0700

There's nothing wrong with being single, so why not embrace it? Just be careful about how you embrace it, argues Wendy Atterberry in a column titled Do Some Single Women Need to Shut Up?

After reading Lea Lane's inspired Huffington Post piece entitled Why I'm Alone, Atterberry applauds a single woman who relishes her independence. A widow and the founder of SoloLady.com, Lane says that she's not aggressively pursuing a mate because she likes being able to call her own shots and she appreciates solitude but also because "life doesn't always wind up the way you expect it to, and you roll with it."

Lane is what Atterberry dubs a "happy" - a woman who is happy being alone but not militantly antirelationship. On the flip side are the "crappies," women who are off-putting in their lack of compromise and self-righteous singlehood. Let's discuss this, shall we?

You Asked: Is It Too Soon to Fall in Love?

DearSugar — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:30:00 -0800

Dear Sugar,

I've been talking to a guy for a little over two months now. Things have been going great, but I'm away at law school so most of our conversations are limited to text messages and phone calls. We've had one visit since we met and plan on another one in the near future. We really enjoy each other conversationally, and we had amazing chemistry and passion during our visit. We've decided to talk exclusively; however, I have no clue what I'll be doing when I graduate.

Because of this uncertainty, we decided to keep things really casual until I figure out my plans, but two days later, he told me that he thinks he is falling in love with me! Is this possible so soon and with such limited interaction? I feel strongly about him as well but I'm far from ready to say I love you. Are we on two completely different pages here? What should I do? - Weary Wendy

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Dear Weary Wendy,

Since you're still unsure about your feelings for this guy, I think you should just give it more time before making a decision, one way or the other. Use the distance to your advantage and really get to know him. If your feelings grow, you have the option to factor him into your plans after graduation, but if you feel like you're better off as friends, at least you'll know you tried.

It does sound like you are on different pages in the relationship right now, but no, I don't think it's too soon for him to tell you that he's falling in love with you. There is no written rule that dictates when we fall in love; it happens differently for everyone so don't beat yourself up for not feeling the same way. I think you should continue doing what you're doing and let this relationship progress organically. Good luck!

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