Herm Cain's Ice Cream Meltdown

[joeybee12]

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain might be in the midst of his campaign’s first crisis, all thanks to ice cream.

Now leading in at least one national poll, Cain is frequently asked if he is the new political flavor of the month. Cain’s canned response is: “Haagen-Dazs black walnut tastes good all the time.”

Here’s the problem: Haagen Dazs no longer makes black walnut ice cream. It was a limited edition, and is no longer available. So, in a manner of speaking, you might say that Haagen Dazs black walnut was – by definition – a flavor of the month.

When contacted by ABC News, Hazel, at the Haagen-Daz customer service line, said, “We don’t sell black walnut. The sales nationally did not meet our expectations, unfortunately. It did not behoove us to continue with the product.”

The ice cream did not meet expectations. Cain better hope that is not a metaphor for his candidacy.

http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-herman-cain-ice-cream-meltdown-165157771.html

[Enrique]

1. this is awesome on so many levels

:thumbsup:

[secondwind]

2. Ha! I agree.. :-)

[joeybee12]

4. Almost like it could be from The Onion! nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Cain is black and he's nuts, so I guess there's some connection.

[gratuitous]

5. Haagen Daz? Not good old American ice cream?

What kind of socialist commie-lover is Herm Cain? Anyway? Arrest my case!

[FarCenter]

8. Häagen-Dazs is good old American ice cream

You've been had by the marketing department.

Häagen-Dazs ( /ˈhɑːɡəndɑːs/) is a brand of ice cream, established by Jewish-Polish immigrants Reuben and Rose Mattus in the Bronx, New York, in 1961.
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The name Häagen-Dazs does not derive from any of the North Germanic languages; it is simply two made-up words meant to look Scandinavian to American eyes (despite the fact that the digraphs "äa" and "zs" are not part of any native words in any of the Scandinavian languages). This practice is known in the marketing industry as foreign branding. Mattus thought that Denmark was known for its dairy products and had a positive image in the U.S.<5> He included an outline map of Denmark on early labels, as well as the name of Copenhagen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazs

[gratuitous]

10. Sounds like a furrin name to me!

Let's see its birth certificate!

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. "arrest my case"

Senator Cleghorn...yes indeedy.



:rofl:

[LaPera]

6. Cain is lying selfish pigtshit!

[Aerows]

7. I refuse to apologize for adoring

Haagen-Daz chocolate ice cream. That's the most delicious stuff in the universe.

[mikeytherat]

9. Häagen-Dazs - a made-up name to fool American consumers.

The name Häagen-Dazs does not derive from any of the North Germanic languages; it is simply two made-up words meant to look Scandinavian to American eyes (despite the fact that the digraphs "äa" and "zs" are not part of any native words in any of the Scandinavian languages).

And the jokes just keep writing themselves.

mikey_the_rat

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[rucky]

13. Maybe he's been hoarding it?

millionaires tend to do that