Bombay restaurant name change – seriously, what were you thinking?

According to BBC, a Bombay restaurant by the name of Hitler’s Cross has been forced to change it’s name due to significant protest from the small Jewish community that lives in the city (ok, so at first I thought this might have been a misunderstanding…and then I saw the pic of the place and there is no mistake).

According to the article, the owner of the place, a Mr. Satish Sabhlok, said “[they] have decided to change the name of our restaurant and remove all signs and articles associated with Hitler and Nazism in and around it…[their] intention was not to glorify Hitler – or his atrocities or ideology in any way – and we regret the anguish caused by the use of this name.”

Now let me pose the obvious question: WTF WERE YOU THINKING?! Seriously, the intention was not to glorify Hitler or his ideology? Then what, I beg, was the intention of the restaurant? I am sitting here trying to come up with something clever to say and even I am blanking…I cannot think of any possible non-Nazi, non-WWII, non-Hitler is awesome rational behind this restaurant…apparently it was attention seeker, as the name will not be forgotten. “We are not promoting Hitler. But we want to tell people we are different in the way he was different” said the owners. Seriously?

To the owners of this restaurant: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! Here I am trying to show how smart, culturally aware, and responsible Indians are, and you go and do some dumb sh*t like this…man…cramping our style completely.

For all my people up in Bombay, please do go to this place and see what kind of food they serve…I am intrigued by what could POSSIBLY be on the menu…

This ladies and gentleman, is the reason I write this blog…you never know what you are going to find, and sometimes you just have to share it.

Cheers,
Taps

 

 

New Baby Bounty – omg wtf…

Earlier this month I blogged about smart eggs that display ink when they are boiled properly…I wrote that reading about those eggs was a ‘wtf’ moment…well, reading about what I am about to blog on was an ‘omg wtf’ moment…

According to a CNNMoney article, Country Music Television is going to air a TV a show which will “will pay $50,000 to the mother of the first baby born in the United States during the “Labor” Day weekend premiere of comedian Jeff Foxworthy’s “new baby” — a sketch comedy show called “Foxworthy’s Big Night Out,” first airing Friday, Sept. 1.”

So essentially, the first person who has a baby at 8:30/7:30c on Labor Day (ha…ha….:-\) will get $50k. And get this – according to the show’s homepage, in order to maintain the show, they are going to give away $5,000 to the mother who’s child is born at 8:30/7:30c on 11 subsequent Fridays. AND, they are going to give $1,000 to the person who reports the first baby being born…

So, aside from the obvious OMG WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE comment, there a number of things that are disurbing about this. First, what is wrong with TV today. Seriously. There has to be some truth to the saying that everything has an equal opposite, the other end of the spectrum…because for all the great shows on TV (24, Entourage, Grey’s, House to name some of my favorites), this takes the cake for being the most f***ed up terrible crappy ridiculous television idea I have ever seen. I mean seriously, to the guys who are running Country Music Television, what on earth are you thinking? Can you imagine the pitch for this?

“Hey Steve, I have this great idea for a show see. With Labor Day weekend coming up, why don’t we do a show on women in labor? Get it – Labor Day weekend…Labor…hyuk.”

“Hey Bob, that sounds like a great idea! Now how will we get people to watch it?…hmmm…I know! We can give away money! People always watch shows that give away money!”

“Great idea Steve! Whew, that was exhausting…what a long day at work. Why don’t we go relax with a brew and my ol’ country guitar?”

“Sounds good Bob…I can’t wait to play that new Garth Brooks song…”

So, aside from the terrible premise that the show is based upon, there is also a more serious issue here. $50,000 is a lot of money…more than most people make in a year. With so much at stake, who thinks that more than a few women will try to induce labor in order to try and be the first one to have the child? People have done far worse for far less money…needless to say, this would be extremely dangerous, and both mother and child would be put at serious risk…but for $50,000, some might just be willing to do it…

Once again, this all begs the question of why? Why on earth would you EVER come up with a show like this? It is beyond me…but if any indication of Country Music Television’s future, then I know I won’t be watching it any more…

Oh wait, I forgot…I don’t watch it now…

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Cheers,
Taps