Yesterday, I had highlighted the fun piece by insing.com's food writers on the crazy people queueing up for hours to purchase just a measly 300 items. At 11 am, queue-numbered wristbands were issued up to the 300-quota -- they were all given out within five minutes.
One would have thought the rest of the queue would then go home, go back to work, etc. But no, they lingered. And consoled themselves with buying the burger chain's tee-shirts. Some desperados were even offering up to $50 for a wristband, so they could get their hands on burgers that cost $4 to $6. Amazing!
Then there are the comments, both from the lucky and unlucky ones, culled from this ST/Asia News Network story...
http://www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=33969&sec=9
Student Tyron Tjong, 15, was one of the first in line at 9:30am. He roped in his parents to get one each of the three burgers: Double Double, Animal-style and Protein-style burgers.
He said: "It's just one day and I really wanted to eat the burger after trying it in Los Angeles a couple of years ago. The meat is just so juicy and it's a really good burger."
Similarly, housewife Selena Freese, 42, headed straight to the eatery after her husband read about the pop-up store in the Life! section of The Straits Times in the morning.
The Los Angeles native, who heads to an In-N-Out outlet every time she goes home, said: "I'm in love with the burger and I just had to have it. The one here tastes just as good as the burgers in America."
Some fans, such as Abhishek Radhakrishnan, 26, were not as lucky and were turned away after all the wristbands were given out. The game developer arrived at 11:l5am, only to find himself at the tail-end of the line. He said: "I thought that coming here earlier was a bit of an overkill as I didn't expect so many people to turn up. I learnt my lesson, but I'm pretty bummed that I didn't get a burger."
Lydia Pok, 22, who was there with two friends, said: "It is the best burger I have ever eaten, especially the last bite, where all the flavours of the cheese, sauce and meat come together." The recent university graduate, who had her first In-N-Out burger five years ago, added: "I just wanted to remember the taste of how good it was. Now that I've had it, I feel like a champ."
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Wow! Reminds me of Maria Antoinette's famous quote: "If the people have no bread, let them eat cake."
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Latest on the amazing NParks/Brompton foldable bikes saga: CPIB steps in
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120725-361271.html
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Amazing sights you'll see on our public transport...
Everyone in Singapore "owns" a BMW ie, bus, MRT, walk. And you get to see amazing sights too.
I once saw a woman board a crowded bus, plonked herself on a seat, and in full view of everyone else, went on to extract booger (Hokkien: phee sai)! I kid you not.
On a crowded train, someone released "German gas" (I'll research at another time this phrase's origin). It was funny because everyone was looking at each other and no one was owning up.
And just today, on another crowded train, a seated young woman took out her compact beauty case cum mirror (or whatever it's called) and unhurriedly did her eyes, powdered her face, etc. Then, with exquisite timing, she calmly got up at the next stop.
So, this ST cartoon below is entirely plausible, given Singaporeans' famously notorious unwillingness to move to the back of a crowded bus...
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