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Monday, November 3, 2008
Krispy Kreme and Ben & Jerry’s offering free food on Election Day
While virtue is its own reward, voting has some benefits too: both Krispy Kreme and Ben & Jerry's are offering free tasty delights to celebrate Election Day. Says a Krispy Kreme rep:
We can't guarantee that your candidate of preference will win on November 4, but we can guarantee that your right to voice your choice will be rewarded with a patriotic doughnut that will remind you just how tasty freedom really is. Krispy Kreme encourages everyone to take part in this historical election and vote.
To get the free star shaped doughnut, just show up at your local Krispy Kreme with your I Voted sticker.
And while the doughnut is only available to those who have voted, Ben & Jerry's is offering a free ice cream scoop to everyone on November 4, from 5 to 8 pm. Walt Freese, Chief Euphoria Officer of the Vermont based ice-cream maker explained:
Originally, we planned to give free scoops away just to those who voted. We found out afterwards that certain laws may not allow it. So instead we're celebrating our election with a national party. We have been asking people to be politically active for a long time. Even though we're giving scoops away to everyone, regardless of whether they vote or not, we hope they still take part in their civic duty.
We have shops locally: http://www.krispykreme.com/ and http://www.benjerry.com/.
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alexander troup says:
Free food,.... from these guys, oh well lets go out and see, Comrad or Federality...24 hours left in a free election, of wine, war and women.....who are about to take office....A.T, Free Food and Sex Adovacate.
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Pavel Lishin says:
What about those of us who voted early?
And also didn't get a sticker? :(
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Alex Bentley says:
You and I may be out of luck at Krispy Kreme, Pavel, but we can still get our free ice cream.
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Collin Gouldin says:
too bad the only ben and jerry's store anywhere close is in plano.
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alexander troup says:
And the stock went south one year, when jerry passed on with his guitar...a.t
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Alex Bentley says:
Bad for everybody else, good for us Plano-ites.
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Collin Gouldin says:
correction, west plano-ites ... (none of that alex east crap) :-)
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Clay213 says:
People who fall for these marketing gimmicks do not place much value on their time.
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alexander troup says:
It looks good and it is novel and new, besides.....what is the I.Q OF A VOTE TODAY....FOOD AND SEX..are stimulants, that arrest the capacity to make good judgement when you falling into a Wallstreet.......mineshaft. A.T..... Black Pearl Attendent.
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Scott Doyle says:
I doubt anybody's going to drive for miles to get a free doughnut. Methinks peeps may stop in if it's on their way to work or home...
Don't be such a Bitter Betty.
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alexander troup says:
yea your right, stay close to home and have freee sex with the lobbiest...over at the ghost bar....
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xdavidwattsx says:
WTF are you talking about AT? I'm not sure I understand anything you ever write.
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xdavidwattsx says:
"I doubt anybody's going to drive for miles to get a free doughnut."
Don't kid yourself.
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alexander troup says:
The lobbiest is the election gimmick, while we are entering an age of food and sex AND BETTER POLOTICS...besides, it is too far drive to and a great story..... sorry I am so out the left lane, I go my hands on the Black Pearl......A.T
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Clay213 says:
People definitely do drive miles for these promotions. Then they stand in line for hours-- to get a free item that costs less than a buck.
A free cup of coffee, a free scoop of ice cream, a free doughnut..
Someone must have been handing out free lobotomies.
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alexander troup says:
That is what i was saying all along......now would i drive to a free food and freee sex place to vote......times may be hard, but the buck and the vote are close....to what. A.T, trying to capture the Black Pearl.
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Clay213 says:
'i drive to a free food and freee sex place to vote'
Advanced syphilis would explain the nonsense you post.. maybe you should get checked for that?
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alexander troup says:
I did have a check up and I have been celebate for A number of reasons, while disease of the mind comes from voting for the wrong people I feel, Your imput by the way is both healthy and infomative...while the humor is about doughtnuts and ice cream to vote, I felt the free sex ideal is only down to the Lastwire votes, while the Tammany votes on this issue is whats left when your desperate, all the same, have a great day voting. A.T...P.S.... What is a Tammany vote, Fraudulent New York vote from the 19th century.
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Scott Doyle says:
Clay, best gimmicks ever are ones that people still pay for. I cite the <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/jul/02/dallas-7-eleven-transforms-emsimpsonsem-kwik-e-mar/">7-11 stunt</a> turning local stations into Kwik-E-Marts.
Guess I overestimate the laziness of people who'd get excited over a free donut. Then again, I'm a pretty big fan of Southwest offering complimentary donuts and coffee at the terminal while you wait for your flight...
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momzilla says:
I don't think that a free donut would make people who weren't otherwise inclined show up to vote, but it might make those who voted feel a little more appreciated. It's a nice gesture.
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Jason Rice says:
Oh to the contrary momzilla. Till now I truly believed I had no reason whatsoever to take off work tomorrow. A Donut alone septuples the apparent value of my otherwise meaningless vote.
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jtmbls says:
Should I even ask what a Black Pearl is?
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John Meyer says:
While I hesitate to dive into this maelstrom, in the interest of full disclosure (and having just lunched there) I can report that Arby's, too, are offering voter-incentive "goodies" tomorrow in the form of a free regular Arby sandwich with the purchase of a med. fry and drink. You must either bring in a coupon (one of which I received along with my deep-fried chicken patty on a bun), or a proof-of-having-voted thingy (stamped reg. card, whatever).
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momzilla says:
jtmbls: Hard to tell with some of this bunch, but when I hear "Black Pearl" I think of Jack Sparrow's ship in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Scott Doyle says:
What she said. I didn't want to be the nerd to point it out, though. =p
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Collin Gouldin says:
I'm so hungry, i could eat at Arby's.
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John Meyer says:
Gotta chase those chocolate-dipped strawberries with something, eh, Collin?
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Jason Rice says:
Chase it with a 12 oz Starbucks
And "participating" Chick-fil-A shops will reward you with a sandwich.... but I can't find the "participating" list anywhere... hmm.
Sorry Pavel - no sticker no freebies.
Conscientious Civic Duty should be its own reward. (Sucker!)
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alexander troup says:
This thing they are calling.. WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS....CHANGE... is the Black Pearl, more and more I realize, we are a cryptic or politically correct....wordspace. A.T
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ch0 says:
Call me when we get free egg rolls and burritos. Hell, my poll spot didn't even have stickers...
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Jason Rice says:
ch0 - If you'd just fake a voter registration card in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., or West Virginia - and frankly, with ACORN to help you in Pennsylvania, you'd have to be past dead not to thanks to a generous donation, You can score a burrito from California Tortilla.
Egg Rolls - not too popular, it seems. Only found one in Tancredo's home turf -- Kokoro's mentioned here. -- except ACORN is getting their butt kicked there.
Hot dogs in Chicago however... But you'd have to be a dead goldfish
How on earth did I get so cynical?
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ch0 says:
Haha brilliant, Jason. Tacos de Pescados for everyone - charge em to Mike-O!
"There was no fraud involved," said Nudelman, a Democrat who supports Barack Obama. "This person is a dead fish."
People made you cynical. Earth just loves ya. Dinosaur pee & karma & stuffs.
See you mammals on the other side!
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Pavel Lishin says:
"Hell, my poll spot didn't even have stickers..."
This means they didn't count your vote.
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Jason Rice says:
As a public service to Pavel - who didn't get a sticker - and to make myself part of the truly history making part of this election, namely the unethical skewing of statistics and undermining of genuine metrics in the name of "change" -- (btw, "entropy" is a form of "change")
Just print 'em off and lie about it... like how I plan to lie about who I voted for at an election results party tonight so I won't be labeled a "mindless follower" by a big bunch of ipod sheep.
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alexander troup says:
This turned out to be a good story after all, despite some wild an crazy comments, then again I was not able to get out there and have the free be and meet people and ask them, what do they think in 2008, and what would we all want in this next decade, which is what it all amounts too, and so good luck to the winner and enjoy the ice cream and doughtnuts...A.T..Momment Realizer.
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Billusa99 says:
I elected to pay for mine because I wanted one their O-bama donuts.
They had shelves full of them!
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alexander troup says:
And that put you in a stuff the puff mood huh, bill....Wish I was there to see you eat them obamma doughnuts,then again....9 hours left....A.T,... Hour glass.
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