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Jay the Obscure
Liker Of Jazz
Member # 19

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Taco Bell Offers Free Tacos If Mir Hits Bull's-Eye

Taco Bell Corp., which in 1996 rang up a blizzard of free publicity with a April Fool's Day claim to have purchased the Liberty Bell, has hit upon an equally improbable publicity stunt. The Irvine-based fast food chain will offer a free taco to every American if the core of the Mir spacecraft hits a 40-foot-by-40-foot Taco Bell logo floating in the South Pacific. The aging Russian space station is scheduled to crash land in the region this week. Taco Bell purchased an insurance policy to cover costs should the spacecraft hit the logo. Taco Bell spokeswoman Laurie Gannon declined to state the cost of the insurance policy or the expected cost of supplying free food to every American. Though companies typically buy insurance policies to cover the costs of sweepstakes and other publicity gimmicks, calculating the cost of the Mir marketing gambit "was tough," Gannon said. "But we're covered for several million dollars."

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[This message has been edited by Jay (edited March 20, 2001).]

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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
Member # 256

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So that's about... 200 million taco's... roughly 200 million dollars... and they're covered for "several million"... hmm...

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Quatre Winner
Active Member
Member # 464

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I hope a huge flaming chunk from Mir clobbers Taco Bell's HQ. Why? Because they FIRED the chihuaha abd replaced it with those idiot guys in their new commercials!

*annoyed*

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MIB
Ex-Member

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YEAH! Why the hell did Taco Bell feel it was necessary to fire the little dog, and hire the 3 ideots?

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The_Tom
recently silent
Member # 38

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Because, um, it was the dog... 'nuff said.

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"Ring a bell, and I'll salivate...
well how'd you like that?
Dr. Landy, please tell me
I'm not just a pedagogue..."
-Brian Wilson, The Barenaked Ladies

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Quatre Winner
Active Member
Member # 464

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What did the dog do to be sacked so unceremoniously? Piddle on the CEO of Taco Bell's leg?

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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It was just a dog. They sell tacos. Not dogs. You'll have to find another store if you want to lick the dogs.

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Kosh
Perpetual Member
Member # 167

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Tragicly The Dogs career went the way of David Caruso. He thought he was a big big star, and dropped Taco bell to go into movies, but his first part was over shadowed by his co-star, a child, and the dog hasn't worked since.

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Jeff Raven
Always Right
Member # 20

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Taco Bell would have loved to continue with the dog. Their ad agency decided that it was best to retire the little guy to cameos instead. And that's the way it is.

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Sol System
two dollar pistol
Member # 30

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Short version: Taco Bell switched advertising companies.

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USS Vanguard
i hate clowns
Member # 130

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I happen to like the new Taco bell commericals, with the idio... i mean guys

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Quatre Winner
Active Member
Member # 464

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I was told this is what happened to the Taco Dog.

"...as per your inquiry on what happened with 'Pedro' the Taco Dog previously seen on our commercials, it is with great sadness that Pedro met with an unfortunate accident while doing a morale call at the Taco Bell in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Pedro fell into one of the burito machines and was 'burrito-ized' and then served to a customer. We then paid the customer $1,000,000 not to sue us..."

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Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs
astronauts gotta get paid
Member # 239

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First the McDonalds Chickenhead, and now this. When will the fast foodies learn that 'fast' doesn't necessarily mean 'so fast that we don't have time to check if we have the right animal or if it's properly dead.'?

-Edward Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.

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MC Infinity
Active Member
Member # 531

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The new commercials aren't bad, the dog was better though. As to the comment, well it's obvious that you're joking but still, it would be very sad if that actually happened.

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-Nimrod 16/4/2001

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Omega
Some other beginning's end
Member # 91

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Then there's the fact that the dog was female...

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"Omega is right."
-Jeff Karrde, March 18, 2001 08:47 PM

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