Ohhh, this is too easy.... By C.G. WALLACE, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - It's official -- to the surprise of no one who lives here, Utah's snack of choice is Jell-O. The Utah Legislature screeched to a halt Wednesday to recognize Jell-O and pay tribute to Jell-O huckster and comedian Bill Cosby. Lawmakers approved a resolution designating Jell-O the state snack. Salt Lake City has the highest per capita consumption of the dessert in the world - a distinction lost last year to Des Moines, Iowa, but regained this year. With the state back on top, lawmakers seized the opportunity to declare Jell-O the favorite snack of Utah and set aside an official Jell-O week. "This is not just a matter of selling more Jell-O, although we came on private planes," Cosby joked. He said the reason for Jell-O's popularity is that Utah is a family state. "This is a state of family and in consuming all of this gelatin and pudding, you have said you are a state that brings family wherever you go," said Cosby, who was made an honorary Utah citizen. It was too much for Sen. Ron Allen to stomach. He voted against the snack resolution. "The suggestion that Jell-O is the carrot-sprinkled glue that keeps families together has pushed me over the edge," he said. Sen. Gene Davis offered ice cream as an alternative. "Ice cream is not sexy. It's not wiggly and jiggly. But it is made in Utah," he said. So um....what should the state snack of Texas be? ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.' [This message has been edited by mc mark (edited February 01, 2001).]
I nominate beef jerky! fadeaway, after all the nominations are in, could you set up a poll like the survivor polls for the nominations? CC.net will decide the official snack of Texas! ------------------ Behad Sergeant at Arms of the Clutch BBS Asking the question: What is more dangerous, an AK-47 or a scooter?
Okay, I just want to say, as a current resident of Utah, (and I mean that in the purely NON-legal sense, my official residency is still in texas, I'm a registered voter of Harris county, Texas plates, Texas license, heh) that you have to understand the history of this to get the full effect. It's actually HILLARIOUS, and everybody I've talked to is getting a big kick out of this... It's been a long time running joke within Utah itself about it being the number one consumer of Jello for year and years now. There's no real GOOD reason for it, but everybody just kind of attributes it to the fact that there are so many traditional families here, and I guess by playing the odds, good old fashioned families probably eat more Jello then anyone else... or SOMETHING Anyway, aparently, the Jello company really does keep stats on this sort of thing, (of course they do, it's good business) and I guess somebody found out that Des Moines happened to have the highest consumption of Jello for last year, and some reporter thought it would be funny to report it... Well of course it's just a stupid thing. But some college guys at BYU (probably after watching 4 or 5 Adam Sandler movies consecutively) decided to take it as a personal challenge... So they went out petitioning to make Jello the OFFICIAL snack of Utah. Many of you know, I go to BYU, so I witnessed this happening. LOL. They even had a little writeup about it in the school paper... The funny thing is, no one here really takes this seriously at all, but everyone gets a big kick out of it... It's got to be the most elaborate and wide-spread scheme I've ever seen fully executed... ------------------ "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..." - Mark Twain -
Sour cream and salsa pork rinds.... ------------------ There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
Chips & Salsa! along with a Shiner BOCK rH ------------------ a.k.a. in CC.net game time chat- rocketHEAD cause someone stole my nick on irc.webmaster The Psychedelic Groove House of Rockets Basketball Love! Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ---Chinese Proverb
