The Bet Report: 3 of 3

It took a year, but the bet is over.

Yesterday marked the last time I was obligated to purchase food for the homeless.

Once again on the way home from work I passed by this crippled dude who was calling out for food or money.

So as usual I went and grabbed some food for the guy.

I walk up to the dude and ask him, "How's it going?"

He shrugs and says, "Eh. It's alright."

It felt like I was walking up to a regular type person who was on the job. Then again I got the sense that his "Food or Money" line was his job and daily routine.

I pass him the bag of food and move on.

So now that the experiment is over, I guess I may continue to give food when I am asked for it on the street, but now it is my choice to decide if I feel like it at the moment.

Burp

I had a couple shots of Havana Club. Now I am burping fire. Sweet.

New Snack Combo

Check it out: Peanut M&M's with Dark Beer.

When we went out to see the new Iron Man movie, we hit the consessions... concesions... (screw it) the snack counter to get some popcorn and drinks.

Well we took the bait and got one of their "economy" combos to save a nickel on a sum total we didn't intend to spend (Economics 101: Price bundling to skim utility).

Anyhow, along with the drinks and corn came a small bag of M&Ms. I normally don't buy candy so this extra spiff wasn't so valuable to me.

A few nights later while sitting around the TV, I popped one of my Barley Days Brewery beers. These beers are awesome local brews from an outfit outside of Toronto. I got a case of the "Wind and Sail" dark ale! Its a dark flavoured beer and when you read the ingredients it just says: water, barley, hops. That's it! None of that fake crap you get in Bud.

So I was on my second or third bottle when I broke open the M&Ms. To my surprise, the combination kicked ass! Damn it was good!

I haven't been this impressed with a food pairing since I dunked my first Orea cookie in a glass of Amaretto. Sweet.

Fight Crime Dammit

I received a phone call from this shady company who said I filled out a prize entry form a year ago and that they were calling me to notify me that I won.

I needed to confirm my contact information and come down to their location in Woodbridge to claim my prize. Since I was already suspicious I refused to confirm any of my information and demanded to know their company name and phone number.

The representative said that he had no name, the company had no name, and their was no phone number. What bullshit right?

I says to him, "You want me to confirm my contact information with you, when you won't even do the same for me? How am I supposed to believe your prize offer is even real ya' stoopid son' bitch!" (that's my favorite phrase).

When I demanded that they stop calling me, he argued with me about needing to come get my prize, or that he would send me my prize if I confirmed my address. He even claimed to be a member of the Better Business Bureau.

I says to him, "Better Businees Bureau right? How do I know that? Just because YOU said so?"

After arguing with him I got him to admit that there was no prize entry form and that he pulled my name out of the phone book. After I hung up on him I tried the phone number I managed to extract from him and found that it didn't work.

Then a man identifying himself as the boss called me back to rudely and forcefully ask why I wasn't coming for my prize. I demanded they stop calling me and I demanded his company's name and phone number.

Then I made him wait on the phone while I tried the phone numbers he gave me using my cell phone. Both numbers were bullshit.

When I pointed this out to him, he became increasingly abusive and bragged that he would never stop calling me, that he was going to send me the prize anyway, and that he would bill me $1,000 delivery charge.

I told him to fuck off because the address he had for me wasn't even right. Then I hung up the phone called my phone company and had all annoymous numbers blocked from calling me.

Then I did some searching on the web and found out everything about this company. Here's the link: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-321-250-7422 In fact, I found out that this company's goal is to get you to come down for a three hour hardcore sales scam that ends with a prize that costs you money.

Then I filed a police report online.

I can't believe the kind of human trash out there that wakes up everyday and goes about their lives knowing that they are evil jackasses.

Oh well. At least I swore a bluestreak at them and possibly made some legal trouble for them too. Take that ya' bunch of lying son' bitches!