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This is coming a little early since I am going on a small weekend getaway tomorrow : ) (right before the storm, during the storm? )  Don’t worry loyal fan fans, I will be back to blog about my adventures on Saturday night.  Where am I going?  Bahaha!  Stay tuned to find out! (I am really just kidding.  It’s not half as exciting as I am making it sound.. just wanted to add some mystery to the atmosphere ^__________^;)

SOOOOO, who do we have this week?  YUMMAY YUMMAY (hint).

#3

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield!

Credit: http://www.biography.com

Actually, I guess it was kind of lame to ask you guys to guess, seeing as how the logo is like SCREAMING in the background.  I didn’t really know a darn thing about Ben & Jerry’s until today’s post (other than the fact that they make delicious ice cream, of course!).   Here are some facts from Wikipedia:

• Started their “company” in 1980
• Were lifelong hippie friends (lol, of course they were, suddenly their commercials and flavours like “Half Baked” begin to make sense..)
• Famous for “What’s the Doughboy Afraid Of?” campaign – filed lawsuit against the Pillsbury Company when Häagen-Dazs tried to limit Ben & Jerry’s distribution (wuuuuuuuuut?  I had no idea that Häagen-Dazs was even owned by Pillsbury!  and apparently Pillsbury is owned by General Mills – the food industry is so incestuous)
• Has worked with NGOs like the World Wildlife Fund
• LOL, this one I still remember: “On September 25, 2008 Tracy Reiman from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield suggesting that in order to prevent cruelty to dairy cows that Ben & Jerry’s should use human breast milk in their ice cream products.” – Wikipedia

I would like to publicly thank Ben and Jerry for the partnership that introduced me to the love of my life! (after James Franco and Changminnnnnnnnnie of course : ) )

I never understood the obsession with gross raw cookie dough (I used to work at Baskin Robbins, I’m a traitor :O ) – then, I found it.. the Holy Grail.  Actually maybe I shouldn’t go that far, it’s a close race between Half Baked and Strawberry Cheesecake from Baskin Robbins (I’m not a TOTAL traitor..)