Can I get a witness? I need an exorbitant amount of carbs and I think the world would agree, this was an amazing, yet hilarious experiment that needs to make a triumphant return!
Seconded. They sent my brother a completely ridiculous amount of pasta that was difficult to go through even with two teenaged boys living in the house. 10/10 would buy again.
@PHRoG that was a good one, I saw the pallet and was slightly if not fully engulfed with jealousy of the pasta drop. I have a brother in law I owe a housewarming gift to and boy would I have loved to drop that on his newly purchased front porch.
I edited this out of my response in the last thread. But I do have the recipe to get more pastadrop. Here it is.
Let restaurants and supply lines get back to the old normal. This may take up to 10 years, but if you’re an optimist we might get there in two, maybe three.
Let the world forget how to deal with a pandemic effectively. Last time this took, oh, about a century. But we’re probably dumber now (see spring break '21). Realistically, we can get there in ten. You might be able to press it into service at five.
Start another worldwide pandemic. Choose your approach: eating bats from a wet market or leaking a virus from a lab. Or strike out on your own. Maybe you can bring back a space virus from Mars or something.
ProfitPasta.
On the less ornery side, there may be other opportunities that aren’t pasta-based and don’t require putting the world through another shitstorm. @Shawn mentioned girl scout cookies as a potential opportunity. His optimistic response is actually what made me take out the recipe last time.
Yes, Pastadrop was fun. But take a second and think about what you’re asking for. We’re not necessarily out of this mess yet. Maybe there is something wacky like this that can be done without the world being in the middle of an “oh shit, what do we do now” moment. But I’d much rather not have to worry about whether my parents will catch the creeping death and buy my pasta at the grocery store than get back into 2020 again.
@djslack I totally agree with this. In my industry we are dealing with a canola oil shortage, and our people are not predicting an end to it for at least two years. Supply lines are totally “fun” at the moment. We had to wait three months for new computers and monitors for our new employees, so I get that. 2020 was a completely lost year, not to mention all the good people we lost. My original post was more about the Idea of pasta drop-something just totally random, quirky, and fun.
I just love coming on meh for the fun of it. Great place for some distraction and the joy I get when I tell my wife that I bought more regret… she is always so thrilled… She definitely does not say things like “Wtf where are we going to put that sh*t.” And “You’re the reason why we can’t have nice things.” And assuredly not “that’s it, do this one more time and we are getting a divorce.”
Not going to lie I have been loving the three pack of socks… Much better than my normal white or black socks… They totally go with my hawaiian shirts… Sorry to start some stuff on here, I did not know the full story.
@djslack I took it much less as “yay, pasta, let’s have more brutal pandemics made so much worse by mass stupidity”, and more “yay randomness, let’s do that format more often”.
But these have been wearing, wearying months, and I think everyone who has paid any attention is about worn through.
/giphy hug
@brainmist you’re absolutely right. I went directly to the worst place with it. And that’s not where it needed to be. I’m totally behind the idea of more random wacky things. Otherwise why be here?
So to OP @tomahawk1979 and all others except our future spammer friend, my apologies for being a downer here.
@djslack@tomahawk1979 Not a downer, fren. Just a tired person dealing with a really hard year+. I think a lot of us have hit that point.
/giphy more hugs
@djslack did I say something wrong about the fact that I wanted pasta drop to come back? Not sure where my request became a rant on me trying to have a little fun and enjoy the randomness of having an unknown amount of pasta delivered to my brother in law? I just don’t see how wanting pasta drop to come back had any relation to saying bring back the pandemic…
Not only was it fun and wacky, but it created a lot of feel-good moments in the midst of the pandemic. My drops went to the local food bank, to Meals on Wheels, and to a local culinary (non profit) enterprise that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the catering industry. One of the best things Meh has ever done!
Thanks for reminding me, I can make baked ziti tomorrow for the family while I go to my new axe throwing league. Looks like pasta Tuesdays for a while.
It’s a bit too late at this point, but there was a missed opportunity last year when American Airlines found itself with 22 tons of packets of peanuts that were about 90 days short of their stale date, and zero prospects for using them up in time. They were willing to unload them really, really cheap. Now, consider the idea of ten pounds of those AA-branded nuts landing unbidden on the doorstep of someone who hated flying to begin with…
@Kyeh
But not Thin Mints. Somebody else can get those. And in this weather, they’ll arrive as a semi-solid mass in the bottom of the bag, anyway. Sadly, so will the Lemonades.
@PHRoG@werehatrack Yeah, okay - I like your way of looking at it! I have some stroopwafels that came with the filling melted out to one side and they were delicious.
Seconded. They sent my brother a completely ridiculous amount of pasta that was difficult to go through even with two teenaged boys living in the house. 10/10 would buy again.
They can’t, they sent it all to @ConradHilton in the last IRK!
https://meh.com/forum/topics/end-of-june-irk-reveal
@PHRoG they sent me literally 1.184 million calories worth of pasta, and they sent it specifically to humble me.
It worked.
It was the literal definition of an instant regret kit.
Pasta drop is too potent a judgement for this world.
It is a boon until suddenly someone is cursed with a third of a ton of linguine.
@ConradHilton and even so, you’re gonna keep ordering IRKs, right?
(I would)
@PHRoG definitely
@PHRoG that was a good one, I saw the pallet and was slightly if not fully engulfed with jealousy of the pasta drop. I have a brother in law I owe a housewarming gift to and boy would I have loved to drop that on his newly purchased front porch.
I edited this out of my response in the last thread. But I do have the recipe to get more pastadrop. Here it is.
ProfitPasta.On the less ornery side, there may be other opportunities that aren’t pasta-based and don’t require putting the world through another shitstorm. @Shawn mentioned girl scout cookies as a potential opportunity. His optimistic response is actually what made me take out the recipe last time.
Yes, Pastadrop was fun. But take a second and think about what you’re asking for. We’re not necessarily out of this mess yet. Maybe there is something wacky like this that can be done without the world being in the middle of an “oh shit, what do we do now” moment. But I’d much rather not have to worry about whether my parents will catch the creeping death and buy my pasta at the grocery store than get back into 2020 again.
@djslack I totally agree with this. In my industry we are dealing with a canola oil shortage, and our people are not predicting an end to it for at least two years. Supply lines are totally “fun” at the moment. We had to wait three months for new computers and monitors for our new employees, so I get that. 2020 was a completely lost year, not to mention all the good people we lost. My original post was more about the Idea of pasta drop-something just totally random, quirky, and fun.
I just love coming on meh for the fun of it. Great place for some distraction and the joy I get when I tell my wife that I bought more regret… she is always so thrilled… She definitely does not say things like “Wtf where are we going to put that sh*t.” And “You’re the reason why we can’t have nice things.” And assuredly not “that’s it, do this one more time and we are getting a divorce.”
Not going to lie I have been loving the three pack of socks… Much better than my normal white or black socks… They totally go with my hawaiian shirts… Sorry to start some stuff on here, I did not know the full story.
@frankthehobo no apologies needed. I was maybe a little overly sensitive about it but I just thought one step past “yay pasta”.
It was great fun and wacky and part of why this is such a great place. Hopefully there will be more wacky things to come
Also, your wife and my wife might be related lol.
@djslack
@djslack I took it much less as “yay, pasta, let’s have more brutal pandemics made so much worse by mass stupidity”, and more “yay randomness, let’s do that format more often”.
But these have been wearing, wearying months, and I think everyone who has paid any attention is about worn through.
/giphy hug
@brainmist you’re absolutely right. I went directly to the worst place with it. And that’s not where it needed to be. I’m totally behind the idea of more random wacky things. Otherwise why be here?
So to OP @tomahawk1979 and all others except our future spammer friend, my apologies for being a downer here.
@djslack @tomahawk1979 Not a downer, fren. Just a tired person dealing with a really hard year+. I think a lot of us have hit that point.
/giphy more hugs
@djslack ok that’s super creepy but I’m leaving it because maybe you’d rather not have imposed hugs.
@djslack did I say something wrong about the fact that I wanted pasta drop to come back? Not sure where my request became a rant on me trying to have a little fun and enjoy the randomness of having an unknown amount of pasta delivered to my brother in law? I just don’t see how wanting pasta drop to come back had any relation to saying bring back the pandemic…
@tomahawk1979 no, you didn’t, and that’s why I apologized.
Thank you so much for sharing
@Ignorant @RiotDemon @Thumperchick @Narfcake
You’re welcome. I’ve shared your insights with some friends.
Not only was it fun and wacky, but it created a lot of feel-good moments in the midst of the pandemic. My drops went to the local food bank, to Meals on Wheels, and to a local culinary (non profit) enterprise that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the catering industry. One of the best things Meh has ever done!
Thanks for reminding me, I can make baked ziti tomorrow for the family while I go to my new axe throwing league. Looks like pasta Tuesdays for a while.
If PastaDrop happens again then I still want to be able to buy some sauce, garlic bread, etc.
Maybe also sell a red/white checkerboard tablecloth?
It’s a bit too late at this point, but there was a missed opportunity last year when American Airlines found itself with 22 tons of packets of peanuts that were about 90 days short of their stale date, and zero prospects for using them up in time. They were willing to unload them really, really cheap. Now, consider the idea of ten pounds of those AA-branded nuts landing unbidden on the doorstep of someone who hated flying to begin with…
@werehatrack There was much discussion of NutDrop at that time.
@raccoon81 @werehatrack I was pushing for nutdrop to be a thing.
@raccoon81 @riskybryzness @werehatrack
And they would only ship in a 3-pack sack.
Still hoping for Girl Scout Cookie drop.
@Kyeh
But not Thin Mints. Somebody else can get those. And in this weather, they’ll arrive as a semi-solid mass in the bottom of the bag, anyway. Sadly, so will the Lemonades.
@werehatrack Eww, you’re right - the Samoas would be one big gooey clump.
@Kyeh @werehatrack and they’d still be an absolutely delicious coconutty, caramelly, mass!
In fact, it’d be less calories, right?
Serving size = 1 cookie and it’d technically be one, giant, cookie! So, win-win I’d say!
@PHRoG @werehatrack Yeah, okay - I like your way of looking at it! I have some stroopwafels that came with the filling melted out to one side and they were delicious.
Exactly — I missed out on all the fun and would like to participate in it the next go around — if there is a next go around!!
Just gonna suggest a pastalternative:
#SushiDrop
clicky clicky for sushi sushi