Obama’s Half-Eaten Waffle Briefly Auctioned on eBay
Whereas John Kerry might be famous as a flip flopper, Barack Obama is making a name for himself as a bit of a waffler. A portion of waffle Obama failed to finish during a recent diner stop in Pennsylvania was briefly opened up for bidding on eBay. And it seems the waffle has a bit of a backstory.
The waffle itself has taken on importance among the news media because Obama cited it as a reason for not responding to questions about former President Jimmy Carter’s trip to the middle east.
“Senator, did you hear about Jimmy Carter’s trip. He said he could get Hamas to negotiate?” a reporter asked Obama Monday as he ate his waffle, sausage and orange juice with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who ordered pancakes.
Obama responded: “Why is it that like I can’t just eat my waffle?”
“I’m just asking..” the reporter said.
“I’m just gonna eat my waffle right now,” Obama said.
The waffle, for its part, apparently did not hire an agent during its fourteen-minute flirtation with fame.
The Sydney Morning Herald adds to the story with this:
eBay Australia spokesman Daniel Feiler said perishable food items were only allowed to be sold if they were preserved or vacuum sealed.
He said Britney Spears’ half-eaten sandwiches and chewing gum had been sold on the site previously, as had various food items that had been inadvertently moulded into bizarre or recognisable shapes.
“The famous Virgin Mary cheese sandwich was actually a preserved sandwich; they vacuum packed it,” Feiler said.
“There was a Nutri-Grain that sold in Australia a few years ago that looked like ET - and I think it sold for $3000.”
Alas, the Obama waffle is no longer for sale on eBay, reports Seattle P-I blogger Monica Guzman.
Any Excuse to Mention ‘Tapeheads’ is a Good One
Roscoe’s, the famed LA-area fried chicken and waffles chain, and Rosscoe’s, a new standalone fried chicken and waffles outlet in Chicago, reached a settlement today that will force the latter to change its name. More on that here.
This calls for multimedia! Sadly, the great Nike commercial featuring George Gervin and Chris Webber–comparing hoops to chicken and waffles–isn’t online. Fortunately, though, the great fake Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles ad from the cult film Tapeheads is:
Note the 18 second mark, where the ad’s star flashes the Crispy logo.
