Booze-laced biscuits hit sour note (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Booze-laced biscuits hit sour note (Reuters)

Sour Note for RIAA

Sour Note for RIAA 12/22/2003 02:57 PM
techtv Dec 22 2003 1:17PM ET

RealNetworks' Sour Apple Note

RealNetworks' Sour Apple Note 07/29/2004 01:53 PM
RealNetworks' new digital music product is anything but harmonious.

Google's IPO hits sour note

Google's IPO hits sour note 08/07/2004 03:42 PM
News 24 Aug 7 2004 7:29PM GMT

Google IPO vibe hits sour note

Google IPO vibe hits sour note 08/09/2004 05:40 AM
Djc.com - Mon Aug 9, 08:03 am GMT

Mom's first music CD hits sour note on
her PC

Mom's first music CD hits sour note on
her PC 05/24/2004 09:15 AM
SiliconValley.com May 24 2004 1:28PM GMT

Google's Good-Vibes IPO Hits Sour Note
(AP)

Google's Good-Vibes IPO Hits Sour Note
(AP) 08/06/2004 04:44 PM
AP - All the glee and glamour surrounding Google Inc.'s IPO is rapidly dissolving into feelings of dread and derision about the online search engine's long-awaited stock market debut.

Warner's Tryst With Bloggers Hits Sour
Note

Warner's Tryst With Bloggers Hits Sour
Note 08/16/2004 02:44 AM
Earlier this month, Warner became the first major record label to ask MP3 blogs to play its music. The company's approach did not go as planned.

Ruling sounds sour note for record
industry

Ruling sounds sour note for record
industry 12/19/2003 06:19 PM
CNET Dec 19 2003 5:27PM ET

'American Idol' Voting Strikes Sour Note
(AP)

'American Idol' Voting Strikes Sour Note
(AP) 04/22/2004 05:32 PM
AP - Theories flew fast and furious Thursday after the "American Idol" viewer vote went against favorite Jennifer Hudson, ranging from racism to fateful weather to teenage puppy love.

Google's Good-Vibes IPO Hits Sour Note

Google's Good-Vibes IPO Hits Sour Note 08/06/2004 06:40 PM
AP via Newsday Aug 6 2004 11:08PM GMT

Google good-vibes IPO hits sour note

Google good-vibes IPO hits sour note 08/08/2004 07:05 AM
Arab Times Aug 8 2004 10:29AM GMT

"American Idol" voting strikes sour note

"American Idol" voting strikes sour note 04/23/2004 09:40 AM

Google's good-vibes IPO hits a sour note

Google's good-vibes IPO hits a sour note 08/07/2004 06:43 AM
Thedailycamera.com - Sat Aug 7, 09:48 am GMT

Apple's Jobs strikes sour note in
bashing Harmony

Apple's Jobs strikes sour note in
bashing Harmony 08/01/2004 08:03 AM
Chicago Tribune Aug 1 2004 12:12PM GMT

Ban on dog biscuits shaped like posties
(Reuters)

Ban on dog biscuits shaped like posties
(Reuters) 07/22/2004 06:11 PM
Reuters - Dogs chomping on mail carrier-shaped treats is no laughing matter for Canada Post.

Sex-Laced Mozart Raises Scandal
(Reuters)

Sex-Laced Mozart Raises Scandal
(Reuters) 06/28/2004 09:38 AM
Reuters - An opera featuring rape, torture and masturbation, a nude bass singing an aria in the shower and a cross-dressing hero who rounds off the night by slaughtering a troupe of semi-naked prostitutes has caused a scandal in Berlin.

No more booze for former Enron boss
(Reuters)

No more booze for former Enron boss
(Reuters) 05/07/2004 04:25 PM
Reuters - A federal judge has ordered former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling to stop drinking alcohol and submit to a curfew, the fallout from the former corporate star's drunken misadventure in New York in April.

Cheap booze gives Scandinavians
headaches (Reuters)

Cheap booze gives Scandinavians
headaches (Reuters) 06/12/2004 11:23 PM
Reuters - Some Scandinavians are liberally toasting the newly expanded European Union, but cheap alcohol is proving a massive headache for Nordic governments.

Booze-flavoured ice cream chills
activists (Reuters)

Booze-flavoured ice cream chills
activists (Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - A new vodka-flavoured ice cream launched in Australia has provoked an outcry from groups worried it would give children a taste for alcohol.

Stats Squad Prices Sex, Drugs, Booze for
GDP (Reuters)

Stats Squad Prices Sex, Drugs, Booze for
GDP (Reuters) 03/29/2005 10:53 AM
Reuters - Sweden's statistics bureau has set up a "vice squad" to work out how much Swedes spend on prostitutes, illegal drugs and smuggled alcohol to calculate the true size of the economy in compliance with European Union rules.

Estonian Coffers Bulge from
Booze-Cruising Finns (Reuters)

Estonian Coffers Bulge from
Booze-Cruising Finns (Reuters) 08/06/2004 07:42 AM
Reuters - A rush of thirsty Finns making the short trip across to neighboring Estonia to stock up on cheap booze and beer have boosted state coffers in the small Baltic EU newcomer, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. Revenues from alcohol taxes rose more than 40 percent in June from the same period last year to 162 million kroons ($12.49 million) as Finns booze-cruised to the ex-Soviet state, and early estimates suggest a similar rise for July.

Drunken Driver Loses Car, Breaks Booze
Record (Reuters)

Drunken Driver Loses Car, Breaks Booze
Record (Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - Losing his license did not stop a drunk German driver from jumping back into his car a day later to buy more of his favorite tipple -- only to be nabbed a second time by police who this time seized the car as well.

German drink-driver breaks booze record
(Reuters)

German drink-driver breaks booze record
(Reuters) 05/11/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - Losing his licence did not stop a drunk German driver from jumping back into his car a day later to buy more of his favourite tipple -- only to be nabbed a second time by police who this time seized the car as well.

Ex-Michelin inspector tastes sour
(Reuters)

Ex-Michelin inspector tastes sour
(Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:23 PM
Reuters - A French restaurant inspector who lifted the lid on the secretive inner workings of the Michelin guide has lost his claim for unfair dismissal, but says he will appeal the decision.

my name is no biscuits

my name is no biscuits 07/14/2004 08:28 PM
The Expedition (real audio link). Dylan Moran's 15 minute monologue about an expedition to the Arctic with his brother-in-law is the first in a series of 4 by top UK comics.

A desperate plea for biscuits...

A desperate plea for biscuits... 02/07/2005 02:03 AM

What follows is pretty much the archetypical weblog post. I mean it doesn't have cats in it or anything, but it's the next best thing. It's like practically award-winningly archetypical. You want to give someone a lifetime achievement award for weblogging or something, then it would be for quality posts like this one, right? Right?

When I was a kid - and I mean something like seven or eight years old - I lived in a house in Norwich on a road called Sunningdale. My mother used to do a lot of her local shopping in a tiny little shop on Unthank road. I cannot remember its name. Anyway, my mother used to get me these biscuits - they were made by Bahlsen and were called ABC biscuits - and I used to love them. They were absolutely, undoubtedly my total favourite biscuits. It was my special treat to get a packet of these biscuits.

Anyway, one day they weren't there any more. Just like that, they were gone. And after a few brief weeks of hoping they'd turn up again, my tiny child-brain got used to the idea that they weren't coming back and somehow I managed to get on with my life. Every so often I've found myself in a shop with Bahlsen biscuits and I've had a bit of a scout around to see if they had them. But they didn't. But hey - no biggie, right?

Recently, however, my family went on holiday and what should they find in some obscure shop is southern Spain, but packets upon packets of my favourite biscuits. And so they bought them. Six packets of them. And I tried them, and they were really nice. And now I've only got one packet left (pictured below). So here's where you guys come in. I don't want to sound like an addict, but does anyone know where I can get more of these gorgeous beautiful biscuits? I'll send you cash money for them. If you know a shop in London where I can get them, I'll be overwhelmed with good-will towards you.

So there you are - a long post about biscuits in the tradition of English weblogging. But yet also somehow with a touch of self-aware poignancy, because these aren't just biscuits. They're also a part of my personal narrative - a piece of my living history rediscovered! Crunchy history! Chocolaty history! Mmm... History..!

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Karaoke booths hit wrong note (Reuters)

Karaoke booths hit wrong note (Reuters) 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Reuters - Karaoke singers in the Californian city of San Mateo can still sound as bad as they want, but now they will have to do it in public.

Apologetic Arkansas Peeping Tom Leaves
Cash, Note (Reuters)

Apologetic Arkansas Peeping Tom Leaves
Cash, Note (Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - An apologetic Peeping Tom in northern Arkansas left a $20 bill and a note for his victim asking if she would not mind if he peered at her outside her window, police said on Friday.

Suspicious Note Halts Amtrak Train, But
No Threat (Reuters)

Suspicious Note Halts Amtrak Train, But
No Threat (Reuters) 07/22/2004 02:47 PM
Reuters - A Boston-bound Amtrak train was stopped and searched by police in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday after a passenger reported a suspicious note, but the train was allowed to proceed, a spokesman said.

India, Pakistan End Kashmir Talks on
Positive Note (Reuters)

India, Pakistan End Kashmir Talks on
Positive Note (Reuters) 06/28/2004 01:46 AM
Reuters - India and Pakistan ended their first talks in three years on the explosive dispute over Kashmir on a positive note on Monday and were expected to announce a timetable for further dialogue.

USDA Rejects Drug-Laced Rice

USDA Rejects Drug-Laced Rice 04/10/2004 05:10 AM
The agency turns down a biotech company's proposal to grow rice that's been genetically modified to produce proteins that fight infection. The rice could contaminate normal crops, critics say. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Texas School Nixes Marijuana-Laced
Treats (AP)

Texas School Nixes Marijuana-Laced
Treats (AP) 04/30/2004 10:49 AM
AP - Sharyland school officials have taken the buzz out of sharing home-baked snacks with classmates.

Alcohol Enemas, with notes about
vodka-laced tampons and other oddities

Alcohol Enemas, with notes about
vodka-laced tampons and other oddities 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
Your weekend's entertainment. Alcohol Enemas, with notes about vodka-laced tampons and other oddities.

Gerber Baby Food Found Laced with Ricin
in Calif

Gerber Baby Food Found Laced with Ricin
in Calif 07/28/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 29 2004 1:43AM GMT

The Benefits Of Booze

The Benefits Of Booze 11/03/2003 09:29 PM
Poor, Much-Maligned Alcohol Gets A Good Word: It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place/Except you and me,/So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story/ I think you should know... And the story is something, if you're a drinker, you probably already know. (I was so surprised by this article I wondered if it was sponsored by the booze industry. But then I mixed myself another drink; read the wonderfully-named, probably Guinness - and poteen-fuelled - Dublin Principles and drank its health anyway!)

Now, get a high sans the booze!

Now, get a high sans the booze! 08/20/2004 12:32 PM
123Bharath.com Aug 20 2004 4:14PM GMT

Bondi Christmas hit by booze ban

Bondi Christmas hit by booze ban 12/25/2004 04:48 PM
Australian authorities enforce alcohol bans at Christmas celebrations on Sydney's Bondi beach for the first time.

Bay State targets Internet booze s...

Bay State targets Internet booze s... 06/09/2004 04:30 AM
News.bostonherald.com - Wed Jun 9, 08:53 am GMT

Booze vessel is back in business

Booze vessel is back in business 08/15/2004 08:03 AM
Britain's first offshore off-licence reopens amid warning from HM Customs that potential customers could have goods seized.
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