DELICIOUS TIDBITS ABOUT COOKIES
Added on: 29th Jun 2016
MATT CUTTS, THE HEAD OF GOOGLE'S SPAM
TEAM WAS KNOWN AS THE "PORN COOKIE GUY"
BECAUSE HE BROUGHT HIS WIFE'S HOMEMADE
COOKIES AS A REWARD TO ANY EMPLOYEE WHO
FOUND UNWANTED PORN IN THE GOOGLE
SEARCH RESULTS
CHINA DIDN'T HAVE FORTUNE COOKIES UNTIL 1993.
WHEN THEY WERE INTRODUCED, THEY WERE
MARKETED AS "GENUINE AMERICAN FORTUNE COOKIES".
DURING ONE OF CHINESE BASKETBALL PLAYER YAO
MING'S FIRST NBA GAMES, THE OPPOSING TEAM
(MIAMI HEAT) HANDED OUT FORTUNE COOKIES AS A
SORT OF JOKE. YAO, HOWEVER, HAD NEVER SEEN A
FORTUNE COOKIE BEFORE AND AS YOU MAY HAVE
GUESSED…HE THOUGHT THEY WERE AMERICAN
COOKIES. THE JOKE DIDN'T HAVE THE INTENDED EFFECT
MARLBORO CIGARETTES, OREO COOKIES, AND MAC &
CHEESE WERE ALL OWNED BY PHILIP MORRIS
COMPANIES INC. UNTIL RECENTLY
SHORTBREAD WAS CLASSIFIED AS A BREAD BY BAKERS
WHO DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THE TAX ON BISCUITS
THE FOUNDER OF FAMOUS AMOS COOKIES, WALLY
AMOS, USED TO BE A TALENT AGENT WHO
ATTRACTED CLIENTS BY SENDING THEM
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
OREO COOKIES ARE A KNOCK-OFF OF A PREVIOUS
BRAND, HYDROX. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HYDROX,
BECAUSE OF OREO'S SURGE TO POPULARITY, HYDROX
HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING A KNOCK-OFF
INSTEAD OF VICE VERSA
BECAUSE NOT MANY NIGERIAN CHILDREN ARE FAMILIAR
WITH COOKIES, SESAME STREET'S COOKIE MONSTER
IS CALLED ZOBI THE YAM MONSTER IN NIGERIA
(YAM IS A STAPLE FOOD THERE)
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