I wasn't planning on writing so soon again after last night's post, but this is something that simply cannot wait. Writing about certain topics requires a certain amount of passion which can diminish with the passing of time, and this certainly ticks the box and meets all requirements head on.

Hopefully by now you've been fooled into clicking this link based on the first paragraph alone. In which case the joke's on you, but don't worry cos the joke is a moderately okay one if you follow my randomist ramblings to any sort of detail... it's all in the forward sell really. A few moments ago I was browsing hundreds of sites at once no thanks to Google Reader (Wonderful for keeping track of news and allied blogs) and I stumbled upon the following headline.

"Make everything taste like bacon"

Upon reading this my jaw dropped to the floor, which was awkward to say the least... all that unnecessary drooling. This sounds a lot like my favourite "invention" from the brains trust at Illogical Enterprises - the Bacon Spray. It turns out this is some sort of bacon flavoured salt which you can sprinkle on your dull tasting rice or milkshake to transform it into the arch enemy of arteries everywhere.

It seems like a joke at first, but then I clicked on the official website link and there is some sort of professionalism going on that the team at IE cannot possibly muster at this point in time. They even have a blog to tell the world about Bacon Salt. Heck, they even have a MySpace and Facebook page. That at first makes me think this is some sort of joke, and for all our sakes I hope it is... I feel our marketing department has really been left wanting on this occasion.

I don't know what to say, but my dreams of an early retirement have certainly taken a huge blow. The only real advantage the spray has over these little granules of goodness is that it will deep fry the food for you regardless of what that matter may be. They really have shot the cash cow for me right now and it hurts. I don't know, perhaps it actually will hurt sometime in the future when they're rolling around in their mountains of cash next to their hills of bacon salt. That'll learn me to BS with an idea.

Speaking of food related matters, it's been around two weeks and the Pumpkin story is still being thrown about in the news. It's a sad story no doubt, but apparently it's too much to ask for some media outlets to use her real name lest they have to learn how to spell and pronounce it. At least not every publication is referring to her as a vegetable, but you have to wonder how bad it could get. Not that I'm much better... before I read about the brand of clothing she was dressed in, I just assumed they called her that cos of some sort of physical resemblance...

Being Asian, I can't help but think what would happen... I guess I'd better make sure my name gets out there in case I go missing and everyone starts referring to me by some sort of delicious treat. For the record, my preference for now is the starchy wonder that is the potato. In the meantime, come up with a fancy nickname for yourself like "Little Mars Bar" or "Little Double Whopper with Fries"... it's strangely fun coming up with a food that best represents you. Oh, and look out in the news for any mention of "Little Potato"...