LoLo called some story to my attention today where MSNBC today reports that people are hoarding food for the end times. TEOTWAWKI OMGWTFBBQ! Okay, so a few panicked folks trying to go off the grid and ensure they won’t have to go get their beans from Master Blaster in Bartertown – at least, not for the first year or so after TEH ENDTIMES – not really funny to LOLFed.
But then… they throw this out there.
Richard Mankemyer, general manager of the Survival Center, in McKenna, Wash. said he too is swamped.
“There are a lot more people interested in being prepared, stocking up and being on their own for extended periods of time, as we’ve been advising,” he said. Among them are businesses, he said, including a major Northwest corporation that recently spent “tens of thousands of dollars” to stock up on shelf-stable foods for its executives. He would not identify the company, but he said he urged the officials to stock up for its other employees as well.
Major Northwest corporation. Okay. Whomever could it be?
- Boeing, anticipating that they’ll be barricaded in their Seattle offices by Union protesters?
- Starbucks, expecting a riot after The Great Colombian Coffee Bean Inflation Of 2009?
- WaMu? Um, too late, probably. But who knows, 20,000 blocks of Velveeta could be appearing on JPM’s balance sheet as a result of this transaction.
As with all blind items, your guesses are welcomed.
Jason // Oct 21, 2008 at 10:18 am
Worst blind item ever. Has to be Northwest airlines.
alyx // Oct 21, 2008 at 10:47 am
I am thinking it might be Zillow, just in case homeowners decide to take up pitchforks when they see their property values have dropped 50% in a year.
CB // Oct 21, 2008 at 10:50 am
might be overstock.com (see Don Harrold interview w/ the ceo here):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuG-O0-WM0
alyx // Oct 21, 2008 at 10:51 am
CB I think you may be a winner. Totally seems like a page out of Patrick Byrne’s playbook.
borg ix // Oct 21, 2008 at 10:53 am
Microsoft?
alyx // Oct 21, 2008 at 11:00 am
^^you so just reminded me of Steve Ballmer being egged in Budapest.
Bill // Oct 21, 2008 at 11:27 am
I guess Dick’s Drive In. Dick’s is the place where the cool hang out, the swass like to play and the rich flaunt clout.
Ilovemygeek // Oct 21, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Alyx, I wonder if it is Zillow….I sort of really hate them now, especially since their attempt at bolstering readership is that they send me emails with the amount of value my house has dropped in the subject headline. Yes thanks for letting me know I’ve dropped another 5K in value, that is just the morning email I was waiting for, now if you excuse me, I must Irish up my coffee.
Lolo, ESQ // Oct 21, 2008 at 10:02 pm
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