Monday, June 05, 2006

The Life is Crap Merger Burger

In a top-secret press conference earlier today, Life is Crap announced that it will be merging advertising revenues with the even more crappy How to Get Good Duck.


Unfortunately, the top-secretness of the press conference meant that there were absolutely no members from the press present to take notes. Mike sat on a keg of Natural Light in the corner, trying to get the juice flowing while Tom and Anders made the finishing touches on a duck made entirely out of Spam.

The announcement was made by Good Duck’s attorney, Jessica Lawyer, a toon formerly known for her role as the voluptuous female friend of Roger Rabbit in “Who’s Framing Roger Rabbit.” After several trips to the restroom to powder her breasts, she gave the following announcement:

“Well, hiya, everybody. Or, hiya the three of you, at least. Um, Life is Crap is sort of proud to announce that effective immediately, all advertising revenues earned by and through the practically unheard of How to Eat a Duck …

What’s that?…

How to get a what?

How to … ?

Will you put that can of Spam down and enunciate, please…?

Uh-huh…. Oh, I see.

Well, let’s start again, then… let me just go powder my…

No time for that?

All righty, then… Where was I?

Life is Crap is sort of proud to announce that effective immediately, all advertising revenues earned by and through the practically unheard of How to Get Good Duck will be merged with the earnings of Life is Crap, in order to form a more perfect union, in regards to, um… one day… being able to buy a beer or two…. Is that the point? Is that it? Can I go now?”

Ms. Lawyer disappeared into the restrooms at that point to powder some more.

The merger, still unheard of on Wall Street as of the time of this entry, will go down in history as being the smallest merger of funds ever. Good Duck’s financial advisors are sceptical to say when and if the funds will actually become available, if ever. Good Duck has apparently tied up about 25 cents in offshore accounts in Lake Michigan, and has the remaining 21 cents stuck in a laundering circle in Fresno.

Anders, who is apparently associated with the Duck, but requested that his last name (Porter) not even be mentioned, gave the following quote:

“Hey Mike, Spammy McDuck is almost finished. How’s it going with that keg?”

While critics of the merger have labelled this move as just another pile of crap, the CEOs of Life is Crap think differently. Says Mike:

“Now that we’ll be able to get our hands on all of that cash we’ll soon rule the…. HEY, look… beer!”

The merger also includes a provision that states that several crappy members of the How to Get Good Duck writing team will be contributing to Life is Crap in the future. Tom of the Crapspot said:

“I don’t know who this guy is or what this duck shit is all about. But Mike tells me there’s a lot of funding involved, so I’m cool. It will give me more time to carve the world’s largest George Bush bust out of Spam and then blow it up on the White House lawn. So it’s like a win-win situation for me.”

The press conference ended with Mike passing around plastic cups of Natural Light, four fifths of which were foam. Thankfully, Ms. Lawyer and her breasts returned from the powder room and handed out straws that were happily accepted and used to slurp out the golden goodness at the bottoms of the plastic cups.

To commemorate the historic venture, How to Get Good Duck is proud to offer up the following burger recipe. Rest assured that the burger's name is not an indication of how it tastes.

The Life is Crap Merger Burger

ground beef (or turkey, chicken, duck...)
1 onion, finely chopped
2 gloves garlic, pressed
1/2 mild chili pepper, finely chopped
1 red or yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
3-5 mushrooms, finely chopped
1/4 of a zucchini, finely chopped
1 egg
salt and pepper
Worchesthershireshireshire sauce

No real long, drawn-out list of instructions here, simply combine all of the ingredients, mixing thoroughly with hands and then make patties. Allow the patties to sit (in the refrigerator, preferably) for at least one hour before grilling. While these burgers can be fried in a pan, they are 423% better when grilled outside, beer in one hand, spatula in the other. Top with cheese if desired and serve on toasted buns with desired condiments.

Tags:
* * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *

0 comments: