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Using the internet for free food?

GreyOrange writes "With all the offers for free food on the internet how can a hungry person differitiate between the bogus ones and the ones that fill the tummy? One legitimate offer I've found so far is from www.jellybelly.com were they give you a free sample. But theres a tremendous amount of websites that are missleading and offering food in exchange for credit application and other horrible things like spam and never living up to their end of the deal. Got any good websites for free edibles, how about other things that might be of equal value that are not bogus. How about some methods you have picked up for all you veterans out there. Is there a directery out there that is true to its word, how about a wikipedia page?"

242 comments

  1. April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    For four years straight, Slashdot has consistently run poor, unfunny "gag" stories on its front
    page for April Fools Day. As a united userbase, we must take a stand. Enough is enough. If
    an attempt is going to be made at the funny, it should be bold and
    pervasive. Right now regular Slashdot readers tremble at the approach of April due to
    the impending parade of sickening unfunny that is April Fools on Slashdot.

    If you're SICK OF IT and FED UP, mod this post up. If you're afraid of the "metamod
    consequences", use underrated. The editors may modbomb this post, but if enough of you
    vote with your points, maybe they'll get the message:

    Make it funny, or don't make it.

    -Slashdot.

    1. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      The last series of stories have been a trainwreck, and I'm going to guess that Michael's response is to mod 'offtopic' every thread that heckles him, so:

      BEGIN THE HECKLING!

    2. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by jallison · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Amen! One clever, hilarious April Fool's story would be much better than a bunch of marginally funny ones.

    3. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Jonas+the+Bold · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I dissagree. I think people trying to get food on the internet is very funny! Food, get it! Internet! HAHA! HA!

      HA!

      I'm blaming this on Michael.

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      'till the end of all beings punched right through the ice
    4. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by musikit · · Score: 1

      i donno WTF you are talking about. i haven't stopped laughing all F-ing day. i'm beginning to think my office-mates think i just have the giggles today. this is some funny s**t.

    5. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by FortKnox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'm blaming this on Michael.

      Hell yeah... first it was Katz with his innane writing and lack of knowledge of technology... now its the gustapo editor. Good to see he's still ruining /. for the rest of us!

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      Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
    6. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by leroybrown · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That's why I propose we name tomorrow, April 2nd, "April Bitch-Slap Day", where we get back at all the pathetic losers who play pathetic jokes with an old-fashioned slap upside their head, followed by an ass-kicking if the joke was especially bad.


      --
      Founder, Americans Allied Against Alliteration
    7. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by crow · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I think you missed what they're probably doing. I'm pretty sure that what we're seeing is a flood of stories that they normally reject. I doubt that they made up a single story today from what I've seen so far (except the poll).

    8. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Mortanius · · Score: 1

      Not to feed the AC's, but everyone who's bitching about this does realize that the reason Slashdot has been getting heavier on the April Fool's stories the past few years is precisely because people bitch about it. The editors are becoming cynical little bastards (check out the latest poll, in direct defiance of people who constantly bitch about lack of options), and for that, I salute them.

    9. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by tbase · · Score: 3, Informative

      I think you may be missing the point. The posts aren't supposed to be the funny part - it's the fact that people actually submitted these that IMHO is hillarious.

      Maybe it's not a real good fit for April Fools, but I think it's as good a time as any, and I for one enjoy the opportunity to look at some of the submissions that we otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to.

      If you honestly have that much of a problem with it, take a day off from /. - I'm sure you'll survive.

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    10. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


      One or two could be funny. But one every 20-minutes?

      It's bad enough that the rest of the Internet is also posting lame April-fools stories.

    11. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Funny

      You know what's even worse? Slashdot rejects funny submissions. Here's the text of my submission that got rejected twice(!):


      In one of the oddest moves yet, Guillaume Desnoix (head of the JDistro project) has ported the open source Kaffe Java Virtual Machine to his Apple ][c. When asked why he did it, he said, "The main reason was to fasten my programming daily work. I felt a little limited by the 6502 instructions and wanted to enjoy the highlevel bytecode of Java." Read the full scoop over at JavaLobby.


    12. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by transient · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That doesn't make any of it funny.

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    13. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by thekiddd · · Score: 1

      The mear unfunnyness of this funny is what makes it funny.

    14. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by baudilus · · Score: 1

      If you don't like it there's always the Onion. :P

    15. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So people are complaining about how slashdot's April 1st joke are lame, but find all the over done and unoriginal "OMG we have been taken over by teh DOJ !!!11111!!!" pages "bold and pervasive?"

    16. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by FortKnox · · Score: 2, Interesting

      The poll was submitted by a slashdot user, not made up by an editor.

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      Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
    17. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      That is some advice the editors could use, instead. April Fools Day is dreaded by anybody with an ounce of sense left in their noggin.

    18. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by BW_Nuprin · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Who said anything about funny? Its April FOOLS Day, not April Funny Day. Its supposed to be foolish and dumb.

      Just because we're nerds and supposedly more intelligent than average hu-mans doesn't mean we're not still stupid as hell.

    19. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by segfault7375 · · Score: 1


      Sheesh, why don't you just not go to Slashdot on April 1? It's one day out of the year.

    20. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Mordaximus · · Score: 1

      Or if you're SICK OF IT and FED UP, GO ELSEWHERE ON APRIL 1ST. Watch TV. Read a Book. Or, if it's during business hours and you're employed, hell, WORK!!Quit crying about a non existant problem. Slashdot doesn't owe you anything.

      If your life is so dull that a day without slashdot isn't worth living, you've got much larger problems to deal with. Can you really not live a day without a SCO update and an MS bash? You think you'd notice the pattern, after 4 YEARS. Put up or... well find something else to do.

    21. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I much prefer funny over foolish and dumb.

    22. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Mortanius · · Score: 1

      Well, kudos to the submitter and whoever put it up.

    23. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by leprasmurf · · Score: 1
      It's bad enough that the rest of the Internet is also posting lame April-fools stories.

      Oh, I don't know, that Google Lunar Complex was damn funny, as was UserFriendly and Thinkgeek's coverpage. Pay close attention to the geek points for each item on the front page:-D

      --
      "And The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth" --Jeff Darlington
    24. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      At least today's stories aren't all duplicates like they normally are.

    25. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      gustapo?

    26. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I concur.

      Down with Slashdot April Foolery Fagitude.

    27. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by NanoGator · · Score: 1

      "Right now regular Slashdot readers tremble at the approach of April due to
      the impending parade of sickening unfunny that is April Fools on Slashdot."


      Well I haveta agree, it really sucks that Slashdot is only serious 364 days out of the year.

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      "Derp de derp."
    28. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by SillyNickName4me · · Score: 1

      April fools... stay away from anythign that claims to be or somehow resembles news.

    29. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I also propose April 2nd, "April Humor Less Retarded Punks" day, where those pathetic losers who can't take a joke respond with violence.

      Then again, I doubt most people who make claims like this are the kind who would do them.

    30. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Cool, and those of us with a sense of humor are going to do the opposit!

      Why not just quit whinning, STFU, and get away from slashdot for today?

    31. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by The_K4 · · Score: 1

      Except google's gmail which they INSIST is real!

    32. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by NemosomeN · · Score: 1

      Yeah, these are pretty lame, but I do agree that this is rather hilarious. (Same link as parent... thank you daddy)

      "Michael Eisner made me do it."


      And by the way, 2 minutes (which I'm typing this in order to waste) is too long to have to wait, should be a 2 minute per story limit).

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      I hate grammar Nazi's.
    33. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by vanillacoke · · Score: 2, Informative

      Better to have a sucky sense of humor then none.

      Oh wait this is slashdot, the domain of the superior geek. No laughs and sex.

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      The secret to getting modded up is to allways say i've got karma to burn in your sig..
    34. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by ThresholdRPG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      RIGHT ON!

      These April Fools stories are complete tripe.

      They are not even SLIGHTLY amusing or interesting.

      I really wish this day and this trend would just DIE.

      April Fool's Day used to be moderately amusing before the internet. The internet turned this into the most obnoxious day of the year.

      What we get are a bunch of talentless, uncreative nimrods wasting our time with their ham handed, clumsy attempts at humor.

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      -Michael
      Threshold RPG
    35. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, sorry, You lose.

      -1 Don't get it.

    36. Re:April Fools: An Important Message by unitron · · Score: 1
      "gustapo?"

      Think Nazi food critics.

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      I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.

  2. Yum! by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    I already get lots of delicious spam in my inbox every single day! What more can one ask for?

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
    1. Re:Yum! by Em+Emalb · · Score: 1

      ok, assuming this guy is serious, he can go to the following sites and get some free food.

      here,here,and here.

      OK, that's damned funny. I was checking my links, Imafatbastard.com actually exists. Heh.

      Enjoy!

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      Sent from your iPad.
    2. Re:Yum! by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

      Maybe you can get lucky and have the SPAM-mobile visit you? (Free food!)

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      One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
  3. Dumb by Bryan+Ischo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This was one of the dumber and less funny April Fool's postings. Bleh.

    1. Re:Dumb by Descartes · · Score: 1

      Why are you assuming this is a joke? I mean, it's not like a fake story. Someone is asking slashdot about something related to the internet.

      I wouldn't mind finding some free goodies online, and I definately could've used some free food last year when I was in college.

    2. Re:Dumb by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 1

      Yeah, people need to come up with more original April Fool's jokes. I can't even begin to express how much I 4gree with th1s statem3n7.

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      True story.
    3. Re:Dumb by ubugly2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The day is not over yet..

    4. Re:Dumb by FortKnox · · Score: 1

      What's perturbing me is michael is doing it all. Especially ask/. which is mostly cliff's domain. I suggested an april fools joke to submit to askslash to cliff through email, and he liked it and said he'd post it, but it was rejected this morning. No doubt it was michael... he still hates me since he said I had no life for over 812 comments.

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      Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
    5. Re:Dumb by Pentagram · · Score: 1

      I'm rather enjoying these. They're actually more interesting than the usual 'what's the best app for foo' or 'how do I use toilet paper' or something.

      These actually provoke creative responses rather than 'use Google!' or 'hire a lawyer!'

    6. Re:Dumb by Kelz · · Score: 1

      Insightful? To whom?!

      Besides grandparent that is.

    7. Re:Dumb by ubugly2 · · Score: 1

      not to me ...and i wrote it.thank you generous karma gods....

  4. Stupid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    Really fucking stupid.

  5. Wiki by Rorschach1 · · Score: 3, Funny
  6. oh, BTW, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    you misspelled "directery"!

    1. Re:oh, BTW, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      you misspelled "directery"!
      nope, he spelled "directery" perfectly!
    2. Re:oh, BTW, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      and "differitiate"

    3. Re:oh, BTW, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't you mean "perfectry"?

    4. Re:oh, BTW, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So, now we know what it takes to get an article accepted by slashdot! We have to be really, really stupid.

  7. Foo by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Funny
    Can't even get the free JellyBelly jelly beans!

    I wonder if they have red herring flavor yet

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  8. That makes me sad by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    What makes me even sadder is that we can look forward to a duplicate of this story tomorrow.

  9. Sorry by Sparky77 · · Score: 1

    I was overwhelmed after the fourth question. I'm have to go take a nap now.

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    One bad monkey spoils the whole barrel.
  10. god help.. by hot_Karls_bad_cavern · · Score: 5, Funny

    God help the poor slob that first discovers slashdot on today of all days!

    1. Re:god help.. by spood · · Score: 1

      You think the quality has gone down today? You must be new here.

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      ---- Just another spud server.
    2. Re:god help.. by geekoid · · Score: 1

      if they can't figure out its april fools stuff, and never come back, I say Good riddance.

      If you can't take a day of sillyness on a web page, then you are really too serious of a person and should seek theropy. Of course, people who stay around just to bitch in stead of just not coming to slashdot REALLY need theorpy because they seem to think there day can't go on without it.

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      The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
  11. free food by gunnmjk · · Score: 0

    I heard the dairy industry is looking to give samples of their products away via an internet pyramid scheme. Simply get 5 other people to join, and you get your sample of milk mailed to you in 3-4 weeks.

    1. Re:free food by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 1

      What terrifies me is that you might be able to pull this off.

      --

      "Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."

  12. Only 10 hours to April 2!!!! by CharAznable · · Score: 1

    "With all the offers for Slashdot articles on the internet how can a hungry person differitiate between the bogus ones and the ones that fill the tummy?"

    --
    The perfect sig is a lot like silence, only louder
  13. Buying a Car by baudilus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing to do with food, but there are several car dealers that have ads like "If you don't get approved, we'll pay you $100!"

    Step 1) Ruin Credit Horribly.
    Step 2) Go around town applying for car loans.
    Step 3) Rake in the free dough!

    1. Re:Buying a Car by glpierce · · Score: 1

      What if you aren't approved to receive the $100?

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    2. Re:Buying a Car by mandalayx · · Score: 1
      Nothing to do with food, but there are several car dealers that have ads like "If you don't get approved, we'll pay you $100!"

      Step 1) Ruin Credit Horribly.
      Step 2) Go around town applying for car loans.
      Step 3) Rake in the free dough!


      Theoretically, they could give you a 0-second loan.
    3. Re:Buying a Car by leastsquares · · Score: 2, Informative

      To cut a long story short, I was actually in a position to do this.

      Sadly, they always approve you -- but would you take out a loan at 38.4% interest?

      (Did I mention that I love the credit agencies?)

    4. Re:Buying a Car by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Let me guess, your the assclown who thinks free sofwtare is going to make money, aren't you?

    5. Re:Buying a Car by nate1138 · · Score: 1

      Actually, that won't work. They will approve your loan, but at a 30% interest rate for 10 years, or only if you put 50% down, or some bullshit like that. They make it so onerous that nobody will EVER say yes. Technically, however, you were approved, so you can't get your cash.

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    6. Re:Buying a Car by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Don't want to get screwed over? No Bush in 2004.

      To hell with that idea. I had no bush in 2003 and I'll be damned if I ain't gonna have any bush in 2004 either!

  14. Let me get this straight... by Trolling4Columbine · · Score: 2, Funny
    ..you asked for food, and you got Spam.

    Sure, it's not a steak, but com'on, it's free? What did you expect?

    --
    Socialism: A feeling of discontent and resentment caused by a desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
  15. Okay. I'm going to the pub. by hattig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone fetch me when it is April 2nd.

    1. Re:Okay. I'm going to the pub. by System.out.println() · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey, it's april 2nd. ....just kidding! ^_^ APRIL FOOLS!!!1 LOLOL!!!!!!11!!!!ONE!!!!!

    2. Re:Okay. I'm going to the pub. by spood · · Score: 1

      I hear they have free pretzels there.

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      ---- Just another spud server.
  16. Duhhh... by ambienceman · · Score: 1

    you want free food? you can get looooads of spam. I'm surprised you didn't know this already.

    1. Re:Duhhh... by AviLazar · · Score: 1

      Thats what yahoo and dummy email accounts are for. -A

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  17. Free Fast Food by Surak_Prime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not exactly what you're asking about, but one way to scam free food out of a fast food joint is to order a small quantity of something, then come back in an hour claiming they left out some of a larger quantity. For example, order the 6 pack of tacos, then come back claiming to have ordered the 10 pack, and they left out four. Usually if they remember you were there at all, they turn over the grub.

    My mom used to do this. Of course, she's an evil being who is currently serving 25 years for a hire-to-kill for insurance money, so I'll let you decide whether to emulate her or not...

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    :::The Spear in the heart of the Other is the Spear in the heart of You; You are He - Surak of Vulcan:::
    1. Re:Free Fast Food by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny

      Let me guess. They originally sentenced her to ten years, but when she got out she went back to the judge and claimed it was twenty five. Right?

      --

      "Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."

    2. Re:Free Fast Food by Surak_Prime · · Score: 1

      No. Actually, it was originally that she was going to get away with it, until her defense attorney found out her son was going to be a character witness against her, and decided to change tactics a bit.

      Your version IS funnier, though.

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      :::The Spear in the heart of the Other is the Spear in the heart of You; You are He - Surak of Vulcan:::
  18. Ummmmm.... by psyconaut · · Score: 1

    " offering food in exchange for credit application and other horrible things like spam"
    Spam is food, you insensitive clod!
    -psy

  19. fool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    These april fool's day stories aren't even funny.

    1. Re:fool by Lxy · · Score: 1

      I was just thinking that. Today's stories are really lame in comparison to previous years. Gems from the past like the evil bit RFC and Wheatonix made /. worth reading on April 1. Nothing even close this year.

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      There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
      :wq
  20. 51MPS0N5 4 PR3Z!!!!111 by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 1
    offering food in exchange for credit application and other horrible things like spam and never living up to their end of the deal.

    Your hatred for Spam (even considering it a non-food) reminds me of another disgusting product:

    Vendor: We have Mountain Dew and Crab Juice.
    Homer: Ahhh! Ewwww! I'll take the Crab Juice.
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    True story.
  21. Pull my filter... by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jokes about http://Eat<any vulgarity that will trip an obscinity filter>.com in 3, 2, 1...

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    "Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."

  22. WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just get free food like normal people and order water and saltine crackers at Dennys.

    1. Re:WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I had a friend who claimed that when he was younger he would go into a Dennys, etc. and sit at the counter and order a cup of hot water, ketchup, and crackers. He would then proceed to make "tomato soup" and crackers.

      Usually somebody would see this and feel sorry for him and buy him a real meal.

  23. Free food MAKES UP the internet by tyrani · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ethernet Cable is quite tasty. I'm currently chewing on some right now.

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    1. Re:Free food MAKES UP the internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, that was really funny dorkbot. Fuck off now K?

    2. Re:Free food MAKES UP the internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Looks like someone is a little fed up with April Fools day.

    3. Re:Free food MAKES UP the internet by jea6 · · Score: 1

      Is there a psychological term related to getting your stories rejected on slashdot?

      Non-subscriber.

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  24. Public Use workstations. by jayayeem · · Score: 5, Funny

    I often get free food from computers by inverting the keyboards on public use terminals and shaking them. Usually there is a great variety of crumbs from many different kinds of cookies and crackers.

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    1. Re:Public Use workstations. by Stitch_626 · · Score: 2, Funny

      True story...

      I was changing a user's keyboard and it was FULL of crackers, chips, whatever else she had been eating over her keyboard for who knows how long.

      I was appalled and said this was the most disgusting keyboard I have ever seen.

      Her: You should see my floors at home, you could eat off of them.

      Me: I could eat off of your keyboard, there's a whole damn meal in it!!!

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    2. Re:Public Use workstations. by pauldy · · Score: 1

      You just made me look in the keyboard in the local lab and all yuk. Now I see were those OCD clean freaks are comming from. I will now have to wash my hands everytime I use the lab.

    3. Re:Public Use workstations. by Fizzog · · Score: 2, Funny

      ... those crumbs in the keyboard are not from 'cookies and crackers'. Think dandruff, scabs, dried snot...

      They're people!

      Keyboard crumbs are made from people!

    4. Re:Public Use workstations. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      OMFG!!! ROFLMAO! That was seriously the funniest thing I have seen all day! Thank you Fizzog for having the warped sense of humor you do, you've made April Fool's worthwhile after all.

    5. Re:Public Use workstations. by ms_drives_me_mad · · Score: 1

      You can also try finding some food in my shit which i do daily. I have this problem of indigestion and many a times you can find pieces of apple pie.

  25. O...M...G... by GeckoFood · · Score: 1

    With all the offers for free food on the internet how can a hungry person differitiate between the bogus ones and the ones that fill the tummy?

    This takes cockroaching to a new level, dude...

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    Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
  26. free food on internet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    note to dorky slashdot readers. the internet is great for many things, but as much as you would love for it to be the solution to everything in life, it is not. if you really want free food, go to your local sam's club or krogar and get some free samples there.

  27. the internet is not the answer by Profe55or+Booty · · Score: 1

    check out your local bakery/grocery store dumpster. it's not as dirty as you think and most of the edibles are wrapped up pretty well. Lood Fion (obscured for security purposes) is a good one, as well as any bagel place you can find. oh wait... it was a joke, wasn't it? oh well. my stance remains the same.

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  28. SPAM by imehler · · Score: 1

    We supply free spam! Delicious canned lunch meat emailed to you daily for your dietary convenience. Can't tell if we're talking about canned meat or unwanted email? Good, then our job is done!

  29. freshmeat. by fjordboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can't forget FreshMeat.net

    Come on...every slashdotter should know that site.

  30. Excellent job promoting www.jellybelly.com! by David+Hume · · Score: 1


    Excellent job promoting www.jellybelly.com! You, Sir, deserve both a pay raise and a promotion!

  31. Speaking of the wikipedia by Krik+Johnson · · Score: 1

    Here is the link to April fools day on it!

    I am also a contributor to the wikipedia! You can help too. Find a topic you like and click "Edit Page"!

  32. My vote for best food. by coupland · · Score: 4, Funny

    I cast my vote for Fruit Rollups. Best thing about them is you don't have to order them, you can just print them. Taste about the same, too!

  33. Huh? by GoChickenFat · · Score: 1

    Just go to the grocery store, look for the ageing food at the end of the isle with the little toothpicks and swat your way through the old folks. The only spam you should end up with will be on the end of a toothpick.

  34. Even if... by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 1

    Even if this is an april fools joke, it wouldn't be so bad to get a list of places that give free samples of things like free condoms, free lube, free sex toys. Honestly.

    --

    "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
  35. Free food is nothing by superpulpsicle · · Score: 1

    What's worse is free condoms.

    Nothing like knowing someone is now pregnant cause the free internet condom failed.

  36. A bit late by brejc8 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I remember a few years back (99-01) during the internet boom/desperation days there were lots oc sites giving away stuff. The best way to fing free stuff is from "free stuff" websites. I got lost of stuff:T-shirts, samples... My favorite was a train whistle (huge 9" wooden thing that sounds just like a train) and a very nice box of chocolates.

    Unfortunately the're no longer many money burning web ventures.

    1. Re:A bit late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You want free stuff?
      http://www.freecenter.com
      http://www.slic kdeals.net/forums/forumdisplay.php? f=4

  37. Fucking april fools bullshit. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Want free food? (Yes, and I know this is an April Fools bullshit story, but I couldn't resist.) If there's a store called Costco in your area, get a membership there (like, 100 bucks a year) and go there on Sunday. They hand out free samples of all kinds of stuff. You can walk around for a few hours and basically get a full meal for free. If you consider 100 bucks a year free. But suppose you go there every weekend, that's like 100/50 or 100/52 or so, which makes it like 2 bucks for a meal, which isn't that bad of a deal and shit.

    1. Re:Fucking april fools bullshit. by shadowbearer · · Score: 1


      A lot of stores have clerks handing out free samples of food (often pizza - yum :) in various locations. It's kind of neat, actually - I've got hold of some good recipes that way.

      One has to think that it's kind of counter-productive in a way, tho. After all, we all know that going to the grocery store hungry results in a spending spree :) - so if they're feeding you in the store, it might cut down on what you buy...

      Or... maybe not. Chicken Barbecue Ranch Pizza Samples sure burned my wallet last week (don't knock it, it's delicious!)

      SB

      --
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    2. Re:Fucking april fools bullshit. by /dev/trash · · Score: 1

      Damn. You can get a Sam's Club Membership for $35 and they have free food every damn day./

    3. Re:Fucking april fools bullshit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      $100? A business membership in Canada is only $40, and personal memberships are $45. That's what... roughly $30/35 US dollars? They generally have samples every day of the week, but they start closing up the sample tables 90 minutes before the store closes (usually 8:30pm weekdays, 5pm weekends). On weekends, there are more samples available. Yeah, it's not too hard to get your fill and don't feel embarassed about going back twice. If you're nice and actually talk to the people doing the samples and compliment on how good it is (assuming it is good -- don't bullshit, they can tell), they usually /offer/ a second sample to you. Or you can just say, wow that was really great... (put on a genuine smile) mind if I take another?

      Not to mention that Costco has an awesome return policy and good prices for most things. I once returned a 32" TV I purchased there two and a half YEARS after I bought it because it started fucking up. The warranty period had expired, and I wheeled it into Costco having just the receipt, TV, remote control, and the bag with the manual -- no box, etc. They just asked what was wrong and proceeded to give me a refund on the spot... in /cash/. Because it was so long after, I could have bought a new 36" TV with the amount I originally paid for the 32". Few stores have similar refund policies -- LL Bean is another which comes to mind.

      So yeah, I renew my membership every year.

    4. Re:Fucking april fools bullshit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      $35? Where do you think the freshly cooked samples end up when the store closes? Join the Dumpster Diving's Club now for free.

  38. free dinner? by tuxette · · Score: 2, Funny
    Get on an Internet dating site. Go on a date with a gentleman (or lady) who will buy you dinner (not with some cheap ungentlemanly clod!) and voila - free food.

    And no, I've never done this. Ever. Not even when I was a poor student. Really!

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    1. Re:free dinner? by CreatureComfort · · Score: 1


      So, pick you up at 8 then?

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      "Unheard of means only it's undreamed of yet,
      Impossible means not yet done." ~~ Julia Ecklar
    2. Re:free dinner? by tuxette · · Score: 1

      You're an hour and a half late! >:-)

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  39. This year is higher quality, MAYBE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I usually am a troll (I try to get upmoderated, as opposed to the lamer crapflooding, though), but I actually have to admit that I like the "real submissions unedited", if they truly are real submissions.

    It is a pretty good way to see some of the lamest submissions that make it into Ask Slashdot - the ones that get posted are often lame, but these are orders of magnitude beyond that.

    I vote to keep it.

    1. Re:This year is higher quality, MAYBE by Troed · · Score: 3, Funny

      I usually am a troll (I try to get upmoderated

      Your post is at +5 - you succeeded again!

  40. Highly specialized freebie by FeetOfStinky · · Score: 1

    If you're a canine or feline currently residing in the UK, you could try this link... but other than jelly beans and British pet food pickins are slim.

  41. feed someone who doesnt have a computer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful


    and have some dignity

    a bowl of rice today is too dam expensive, make fun about it next time you sit in in your RV with a McD.

  42. Yummy by EaterOfDog · · Score: 0

    I don't know about you dude, but I have about 20,000 calories of crumbs in my keyboard.

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    Crushing my karma one post at a time.
  43. Forget the free food by MImeKillEr · · Score: 1

    Gimme a place that offers free PC hardware. I'm in need of a cheap/free front audio panel. Something in the sub-$10 range..

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    Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
  44. Food is for pu55ie5 by DR+SoB · · Score: 1

    Drink beer. Need it free?

    http://www.surbiton.com/enough/beer.html

    Seriously, we need to liberate beer:

    http://members.aol.com/Dbix7/beer.html

    Or if your near Atlanta:

    http://www.atlanticbeerclub.com/

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    Mod +5 Drunk
  45. April Fools by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    April Fools Posts on Slashdot:
    There are... Too many of them!
    </swpilotvoice>

  46. Hmm by Hard_Code · · Score: 1

    s/dumpster diving/google diving/g

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    It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
  47. Fat Americans! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You ought to be required to pay more for food! Thirty dollars for a chicken? That'll make you think twice when it comes to your eighth serving.

  48. I can see where you'd be upset... by stvangel · · Score: 1

    Thinking you were getting free food but all that showed up were cans of spam....

    I've been in meatpacking plants before... <shudders /> ....

    The really obnoxious thing about this post is that 5 years ago it would have been a completely legitimate proposition.

  49. Just listen to the Bart by bryan1945 · · Score: 1

    eat-my-shorts.com!

    --
    Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
  50. michael is fucked by SparafucileMan · · Score: 1, Troll
    "Pranks are supposed to end by noon and those done afterwards are supposed to bring bad luck to the perpetrator." (from wikipedia)

    Sorry michael, but u asked for it...

    1. Re:michael is fucked by Chuck+Bucket · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      No kidding, what time zone are you in Michael? This is lame, I'm used to the Slashdot with real stories without content, not these lame attempts at humor without content. Please stop it posthaste.

      CBab

    2. Re:michael is fucked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Posted by michael on Thursday April 01, @10:45AM

      It's before noon here in the united states dumbfuck.

  51. New Filter for Slashdot by avandesande · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think they should provide an april fools day filter.

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    love is just extroverted narcissism
  52. Free sample by Nighttime · · Score: 2, Funny

    The offer's genuine at www.jellybelly.com. However, clicking on the link for the free sample gives a page about there being no free slots.

    Congratulations, we may have /.'ed the jelly bean supply :)

    --
    I've got a fever and the only prescription is more COBOL.
  53. MOD PARENT UP!!! by kuwan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Those people out there that don't think today's April Fools posts are funny is because you fail to realize that these are normal submissions the editors have to deal with on a daily basis.

    Please take note of the from the real-submissions-unedited dept. subtitle under each post. These posts were submitted as serious questions and that's what makes them so funny. I think it's great that the editors are sharing with us some of the lamest posts that they've had to read through.

    Keep 'em coming!

    1. Re:MOD PARENT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why does this matter? Why would I want to see all these displays of idiocy? Michael is a cockmongering chode loader. Off of the short bus and into the oven for you, you teabagger.

    2. Re:MOD PARENT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Okay, you've piqued my curiosity. What exactly is a "cockmongering chode loader?" I get the general idea, but specific details please.

    3. Re:MOD PARENT UP!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And how is your comment different from the parent's post?

  54. No! Don't go there!!! by bryan1945 · · Score: 1

    Seriously!

    I didn't know it was a porn site before I put that up.

    I should have checked first. Sorry.

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    Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.
  55. from the real-submissions-unedited dept. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    i hope you realize the article is marked:

    "from the real-submissions-unedited dept."

    give the /. editors a break, and give them credit for posting these only on April 1.

    next up: Doctor announces funny bone implants for basement-dwelling geeks not getting their tech fix today.

  56. Free food, the ugly truth by heironymouscoward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please don't laugh. This is a true story. It happened to the sister of a friend of a colleague of someone I know.

    She logged onto a web site, expecting to find some innocent pop-up p0rn and dialer windows. Instead, she got a popup reading "Click here and get a free pizza!" Like a fool, she clicked on the popup. A few minutes and a registration page later, she got an email titled "Read this, activate your free pizza delivery!".

    You know what she should have done. Delete the email. Just delete it and forget about it. But no, what did she do? She opened it and read it. The email read: "Thank you for opening this email. Through the magic of Outlook Security we have run a software agent that has activated your PC's modem and dialed our central computer. Using called-id we have identified your telephone number and we now know your name, street number, and postal code. The pizza you have ordered is SPICY BEEF and will be delivered to your door in TEN MINUTES".

    You could tell from the capitals that SOMETHING TERRIBLE was going on.

    The pizza arrived. Inexorably, like a hangover on Sunday morning, a small white van drove up to the house and a man stepped out, dressed in white and carrying a flat pizza tray.

    What could she do? "Run!" I hear you scream. "Hide", perhaps? "Release the hounds?" No, she calmly opened the door and accepted the pizza box.

    Open... the... box...

    Open... the... box...

    The smell of warm pizza did a BDSM on her conscious mind and she found herself opening the pizza box...

    What did she find?

    ( ) A Hot'n spicy Beef pizza for four
    ( ) A CD-ROM labelled "Do Not Play"
    ( ) A mercedes, a portable phone, and a laughing Dutchman
    ( ) CowboyNeal
    ( ) Yes
    ( ) I'm a vegetarian, you insensitive clod!

    Well, the answer is stranger than any of these. She found a small piece of paper. Printed on it were the words: "Missing field! Please click back and enter full name!"

    --
    Ceci n'est pas une signature
    1. Re:Free food, the ugly truth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      W.. T.. F.. ?? lol...

    2. Re:Free food, the ugly truth by radixvir · · Score: 1

      I guess im the only one here who has ever had a real free food offer. This startup about 6 months ago was offering free food from several locations in my area. but you were only offered one per person. so you had to create a fake account, with fake information, and try and get them to send it to you again. we ended up getting a ton of free food over the week this was happening. but it was only good for that week. if you are wondering what site it was, it was campusfood.com. the only place you can get free food online is when a startup has a ton of vc cash and are stupid enough to give it away in an offer like that.

    3. Re:Free food, the ugly truth by ashot · · Score: 1

      Can I have a little of whatever you're smoking?

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      -ashot
  57. Actually you CAN get free food. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I kow this is an April Fools joke, but in college I got tons of free coupons for stuff. Look on any product, there will be a 1-800 number or a website. Just contact them, and let them know the product was defective, and you could not get an exchange from the vendor, and could they do anything about it. 99% of the time you will get a coupon.

    I used to do this while working the help desk at the college computer lab. I'd do this on paid university time.

    Now it's not worth it for penny ante items that cost very little. Do it for items that cost at least $5, like big detergent boxes, family sized lasagna, etc. If you couple these with cents off coupns, sometimes you even get money back. I'd show up at Kroger with $200 of coupns for free stuff.

  58. You know... by JayBlalock · · Score: 1
    I coulda sworn that on April Fools day, you put one or two joke stories in with all the real ones...

    ...Rather than burying one or two real stories amongst all the jokes.

    --
    Bush: He's Liberal in all the wrong ways.
  59. void by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    sometimes my mind plays tricks on me

    i've got a bad case of info overload, i shall unplug for a longlong while...

    they dont call it poetic justice for nothing

    i wouldn't name my firsborn b1ff btw
    or a.c. :D

  60. seriously by mandalayx · · Score: 4, Informative

    I realize it's an April Fool's story.

    But if you are really interested in free stuff, may I suggest FatWallet's Free Stuff forum. FW is "known" for its Hot Deals forum so I imagine the Free forum would be of substance as well.

    I would guess sites like Anandtech and bargainshare.net would have similar forums.

  61. what if this isn't a joke? by spacepimp · · Score: 1

    i did some looking around, didnt find anything online that offered anything in the way of free food. but i can be a clumsy webcrawler. if you are genuinely hungry there are several options is there a reachout program in youre area are you too rural? more details would be appreciated. if you are serious, id gladly mail you some food... i understand this may be a joke, but if it isnt you all should be ashamed of yourselves.

  62. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not to feed the AC's

    -1 offtopic. Feeding us is what this article is about.

  63. Re:VISIT anti-slash.org by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anti slash feels the same way! If you are annoyed at slashdot, join the Jihad!

    Yep, if you want to see something truly hilarious, have a look at the losers on anti-slash (where every day is fools' day).

  64. Tridge by Mateito · · Score: 1

    1. Write SAMBA
    2. Distribute it for nothing
    3. Watch it become arguably the most important open source app in the world.
    4. Ask people to send you pizza vouchers
    5. Profit!!!

  65. Free BBQ Sample by cscalfani · · Score: 1

    Great Joke !

    But there is a place that gives out free BBQ and teriyaki sauce samples. They'll mail it to your home.

    www.givemefoods.com

  66. Nanotech == near-zero cost food by Saeger · · Score: 1
    You laugh now, but in about a decade it won't be an April fools joke to "download food off the internet."

    With the democratization of molecular manufacturing, anyone will be able to download a "molecular blueprint (scan)" of any object -- including food, clothing, iPods, diamond, etc. -- and recycle local component molecules into that configuration. Of course this doesn't mean that you can transmute nitrogen into gold, but it does mean that you can turn the raw atomic material in, say, Ethiopian compost, into a thanksgiving feast.

    --

    --
    Power to the Peaceful
    1. Re:Nanotech == near-zero cost food by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      no, it will all be copyrighted and the FUAA will sue everyong that dl's illegal copies of their molecular blueprints from p2p file sharing networks

    2. Re:Nanotech == near-zero cost food by SnappleMaster · · Score: 1

      Yeah right. I thought we were all supposed to own flying cars by now, too.

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  67. Why it sucks by bonch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I really wish michael wasn't at the helm today. The crap that's getting posted is roll-your-eyes, "we're supposed to laugh because it's so stupid" humor, which most of us outgrew after 9th grade.

    The April Fool's Days in the past used to be great because you never knew which was real and which was fake. A really absurd story might have this strange grain of reality in it, and it would turn out to be true. Then the seemingly benign announcement would turn out to be a great prank. People would still be referencing the April Fool's posts in their comments on April 2nd.

    The point of an April Fool's joke is to actually fall for the joke. Not this lame, "it's stupid so we'll post it" strategy that michael is employing. Real-life l33t names? Usenet audio? Using the internet for free food? These barely even qualify as April Fool's jokes. Most of them aren't even trying to fool you with anything. Posting really stupid shit isn't funny, and it's not clever.

    What's worse, I know of several groups that crafted well-done April Fool's jokes and submitted them for today, and they have been rejected. Their greatness was that some of them were half-true, some were false but had entire websites and everything set up, and some were completely absurd but totally true.

    Instead, we get "Using the internet for free food?"

    1. Re:Why it sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It may surprise you to know that you really can get free jellybeans. I have done so. You don't get many, but they are still jellybeans.

      So, does that qualify as you falling for one of the jokes? :P

    2. Re:Why it sucks by TheMysteriousFuture · · Score: 1

      "I know of several groups that crafted well-done April Fool's joke" Got any links?

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    3. Re:Why it sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The crap that's getting posted is roll-your-eyes, "we're supposed to laugh because it's so stupid" humor, which most of us outgrew after 9th grade.

      Just because you grew up doesn't mean that most of us did. I maintain that most of us did not get old and boring yet. Heck, several of us are probably *in* the 9th grade. :) Even you are whining that your special idea wasn't posted ("I know of several groups", ha!), which is something that you should've outgrown by 9 years old... ;)

  68. Dan's Chocolates by superflippy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Back in the Good Old Days (1999), a chocolate company called Dan's Chocolates opened a web site, got some capital, and decided to create buzz by giving away free boxes of chocolates (I think they may have asked for a $1 token shipping charge). They got so many requests for chocolate that their ordering system choked and some people didn't receive any candy. It was a time of free-flowing capital and general goodwill, so to make it up to the folks who didn't receive their chocolate, instead of just offering a refund they sent everyone who had requested a box the first time around another box of chocolates.

    The chocolate was pretty good, though I personally didn't order again (I still like See's better). What's amazing is that, even after that expensive publicity stunt and the .com bust, Dan's Chocolates is still in business.

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  69. Take out.. by bmantz65 · · Score: 1

    Take your free food with you on your job at Google's Lunar base, coming in 2007. ;)

  70. Why did the mods bomb the first post?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    MOD THE FIRST POST BACK UP!

    That's some censor-like bullshit, if I've ever seen it! Listen to your fucking readers, editors, and quit drowning out comments that reference your idiocy!

  71. Fool me once by wonkavader · · Score: 1

    These are fine. They're entertaining.

    But I'd like to see the number of stories on slashdot increase on April 1, with the usual number of real news/info still present. This year, the real stuff seems to be crowded out.

    Here's what I'd REALLY like to see. I'd like to see me suckered. I'd like to see something that looks absolutely real -- Close to the edge, not over. And I'd like to make a serious post on it, and then fifteen minutes later, feel like an ass, 'cause I realize I've been duped.

  72. What's Wrong With Free Spam? by John+Hasler · · Score: 1

    > ...horrible things like spam...

    What do you mean, "horrible"? Spam is good food!

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  73. P2P food sharing program. by dameron · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once proposed a P2P food sharing program. Imagine the possibilities. You're standing in front of your fridg and there's nothing that interests you. Sure, you've got half a carton of last night's curry chicken but that's not what you're looking for.

    Go online, fire up "Snackster" and check what's out there. Oh look, via Snackster's geographic IP address location logic you see that a guy two blocks away has three two day old tamales and a six ounces of chips. With the click of a button you make your offer, yesterday's curry for Tuesdays's mexican food. A quick link from Snackster to mapquest get's you directions and twenty minutes you're eating something you'd like.

    You avoid tossing out stuff that's perfectly good but not appealing, plus you can take advantage of the huge portions most restaurants serve by saving half for your Snackster catalog.

    -dameron

    1. Re:P2P food sharing program. by drinkypoo · · Score: 1

      Instead of writing a proposal for a program, write some php instead. There's no reason that this should be a p2p app, you're not going to have anonymity anyway.

      --
      "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    2. Re:P2P food sharing program. by ashot · · Score: 1

      I think you were being funny, but since its modded intersting; there aren't enough people close enough to you.. even if 5% of the people around you knew about the service/had internet access, it would still make only about a dozen locations worth driving to. Not to mention not everyone is logged on most of the time/at home.

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      -ashot
    3. Re:P2P food sharing program. by Leigh13 · · Score: 1
      The incredibly funny standup comic Mike Birbiglia had a joke in his routine about that. It went something like this (paraphrased):
      "I was watching TV the other day, and I saw a commercial that said downloading music from the internet was like walking into a store and stealing a candy bar. So I got to thinking, someone should take this to the next level.... if I could download candy bars from the internet, I'd be on Twixster all day!"
      The guy is really friggin' funny. Check out his site for more good stuff:

      http://www.birbigs.com
      --

      What I should have said was nothing.
    4. Re:P2P food sharing program. by ElForesto · · Score: 1

      Everyone I shared this with thought it was a half-decent idea, actually. I know I'd use such a system. Whenever I cook something, I have to make several servings, and sometimes the idea of chicken lo mein or white bean chicken chili several nights in a row doesn't sound so great.

      Maybe someone will create something like this?

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    5. Re:P2P food sharing program. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What can I get for 3 packages of ramen and 17 Taco Bell sauce packets?

    6. Re:P2P food sharing program. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You know, if this was implemented on a dorm-building basis, you might have something going there. No, really.

  74. My Free Jelly Bellys are Slashdotted! by Sophrosyne · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can almost here the servers melting as every fat-ass slashdotter tries to get his share of the free Jelly Belly Promotion.
    ....and yes it really is slashdotted.
    Get your SCO loving hands off MY Jelly Bellys!!

  75. Here's a site where you can get free food... by Meoworgg · · Score: 5, Informative

    weeklyfreebie.com They actually have a list of "free food" sites.

  76. If you can take a joke mod this up by Murf_E · · Score: 1

    C'mon if you can't take a joke stay home on April fools. April Fools is the best day of the year. I look forward to pulling tricks and haveing them pulled. If you want to cry do it elsewhere.

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    1. Re:If you can take a joke mod this up by micromoog · · Score: 1
      If you can take a joke mod this up

      Looks like thousands of readers actually care about your post enough to do just that . . . APRIL FOOLS!!

  77. It is currently 11:23 by Mistlefoot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It is currently 11:23. Maybe a minute or two later by the time I post this but.......people don't just read slashdot from one time zone.

    As for Food online, surely someone has a tale or two about some 'high speed' chili.......

  78. More than enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://cal.phonelosers.org/forum/dbuy-5096.htm

  79. OT - True story by Embedded+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny
    mother... hire-to-kill for insurance money

    When I was 19, I landed a job working as a waiter on Amtrak (America's nationalized passenger railroad, in case you're overseas) as a Summer job. It was a good job with more money and benefits than anything I'd done before. Since railroad work has a history of being somewhat dangerous, the job came with automatic life insurance. Something like $10K from the railroad and $75K from the union. This was at a time when my family's home in suburban Los Angeles was assessed at about $80K (1988).

    One day between trips, I had a bunch of buddies come over to the house and help me fix a fence. They got to joking with my Mom about her being the beneficiary of the policy and how horrible it would be if I had an "accident." Did my mother, the woman who brought into this world, defend me from these homicidal overtures of my so called "friends"?

    No. She started to take bids to see which one of them could do it cheaper.

    --

    "Prepare for the worst - hope for the best."

  80. I am cheap, but not that cheap. by timts · · Score: 1

    company has free pop, free snack, even school nearby has free pizza if you attend some seminar. I am not expecting free decent food from internet.

  81. free edible by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    please send me your address and i will send a free complementary packet of shit for your tasting pleassure.

  82. TANSTAAFL by Jedi+Holocron · · Score: 1

    'Nuff said

  83. My only question... by (trb001) · · Score: 1

    Is does The Onion run serious stories today?

    --trb

    1. Re:My only question... by dlur · · Score: 1

      This is the most insightful comment in this entire thread, perhaps on the entire slashdot site today. I was thinking the very same thing.

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    2. Re:My only question... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      So "insightful" means you've thought of it already? That's a new one.

  84. I actually laughed at this one. by Alethes · · Score: 1

    I know the jokes get old, but I actually thought this one was pretty funny. My humor is relatively lame, though, I guess.

  85. Goat Sex by pauldy · · Score: 1

    I'm just happy this April fools I haven't been fooled by some stupid goat sex link.

  86. I thought it was serious by PTDC · · Score: 1

    I want to know where to get free food :~(

  87. Do this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hey, you retarded piece of shit. When your all tired of the linux "leaders" stealing your money, take all your "free" software down to the supermarket, and try and trade it for a loaf of bread.

    Go ahead. Try. See what it gets you. Then you can take all that code, shine it up real nice, and shove it sideways up your ass. That way, the code can follow where the "leaders" have been!

  88. Nasubi!! by homer_ca · · Score: 1

    It's not funny if it's already been done better in real life. There was a Japanese reality show where they locked up this guy naked in an apartment and he had to survive on the items he won in mail-in contests.

  89. Free Shrimp by joe52 · · Score: 1

    You can always wait until May 10 and get your free shrimp:

    http://www.longjohnsilvers.com/press/freeshrimp.ht m

  90. Re:VISIT anti-slash.org by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, I find it so funny that people would devote so much time and resources just to get back at a site they don't like.

    There are quite a few sites I don't like, but unlike those who have nothing better to do with their life then obsess at screwing another site, I just end up ignoring them and leave them alone.

  91. A similar thing actually happened in Japan by dwbassett42 · · Score: 1

    There was a TV show in Japan a few years ago, where there was a comedian by the name of Nasubi (Eggplant) that was on a reality show where he was locked into a room completely naked, and could only live off of what he could win by sending in applications for free prizes from various contests. Not only that, but he couldn't leave until he had won 1 million yen (~10000 USD) worth of prizes. You can see the whole dillema here.

    This is the kind of crazy stuff that you can only see in Japan. Japanese TV had people enduring all sorts of painful and humiliating tortures years before anything like 'Fear Factor' ever caught on in the west. Near the end of the article, the author says:

    "So what was the point of the Nasubi experiment? Ostensibly, it was to test the thesis that contests had become so ubiquitous that it would be possible to live entirely on what one had won in them. This was called kensho seikatsu (Living off contests).
    Of course the real reason is that programs involving human suffering are extremely popular in Japan. The gambaru genre, started in the 1980's with the immensely popular show Za Gaman, a show in which university students competed in contests to see who could stand the most pain, eat the most unpleasant foods, and perform the most humiliating tasks. Denpa Shonen is a logical continuation of this trend, and the stunts are becoming more and more dangerous/appalling.
    Someday a Japanese comedian is going to die in a horrible accident and this sort of program will be immediately pulled from the airwaves. People are travelling through dangerous countries, fighting bulls without any training, scaring the life out of innocent victims and playing incredibly cruel practical jokes. It's inevitable that a tragic accident will happen. There will be condemnations and recriminations, and people will say that they never liked them, knew they were dangerous, and definitely never watched them. But almost everybody is watching them because they are fascinating."

    I think that says alot about reality TV here in the west, too. Anyway, Nasubi's own home page (Japanese only) is located here.

  92. Dont forget by Mullen · · Score: 1

    Hey, don't forget that AstroGlide will send you a free sample too!

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  93. Dude, already been done by phorm · · Score: 1

    Just without software.... it's called roomates. You get the poor/cheap roomate, and/or his poor/cheap buddies, they come over, and viola - all your leftovers are gone (as well as some of your beer, other alcohol, possibly utensils, etc).

    1. Re:Dude, already been done by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Viola? What does a musical instrument have to do with this?

    2. Re:Dude, already been done by unitron · · Score: 2, Funny
      "Viola? What does a musical instrument have to do with this?"

      they come over, and viola

      He was using it as a verb. One of them distracts you by playing a musical instrument very badly while the others disappear your food, beer, and perhaps other things as well.

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  94. well... by Digitus1337 · · Score: 1

    If they're -that- hungry you'd think that they'd settle for some free spam.

  95. How is unwanted e-mail or CC application a horror? by mi · · Score: 1

    For someone with no money to buy food, unwanted neither unwanted e-mail, nor having to fill out some application is "a horror".

    Someone is out of touch...

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  96. The really sad thing is by Pascal666 · · Score: 1

    The really sad thing is that some poor /. user was really happy that their story got accepted, until they read the comments and realized no one took it seriously.

    1. Re:The really sad thing is by GreyOrange · · Score: 1

      I read every comment and here are the links for serious offers:

      Links for food that work:

      http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/forumdisplay.ph p? f=4

      http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/categories.php?c at id=22

      http://www.weeklyfreebie.com/

      http://www.longjohnsilvers.com/press/freeshrimp. ht m

      Possibly work:
      http://www.freefood.com/

      http://groups.google.com/groups?group=alt.consum er s.free-stuff

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  97. Re:VISIT anti-slash.org by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You just "end up" and ignore it? I think what you meant is, you put your "end" up, and see who comes along and hammers it.

  98. Zero cost? Unlikely. by MenTaLguY · · Score: 1

    Assuming everything else (like, raw materials) were completely free, somebody still has to pay the electric bill...

    Also practice, simple economics would mean that the price of "Ethiopian compost" and other suitable raw materials would rise due to increased demand.

    That's not to say it wouldn't have some interesting economic effects, though. Totally different classes of products would potentially become convertable...

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  99. Funny? by commodoresloat · · Score: 1

    That should be modded "Insightful." It's the most insightful thing I've read on slashdot all day. Barkeep!

  100. Yes, there actually is . . . by scottennis · · Score: 1
    Didn't everybody do the obvious and go to www.freefood.com

    Here's a partial list of what I found there:
    • 3 free White Castle burgers (coupon)
    • 1 free candy bar from Hersheys
    • 1 free biggie fry from Wendys (coupon)
    • 1 free frostee from Wendys (coupon)
    • Free bag of Skittles
    • Free frozen dinner from Michelinas (coupon)
    • Free six pack of Pepsi product (coupon)
    • Free birthday meal from Denny's
    • Free appetizer at TGIFridays
    • Free sample of Pringles chips
    Enjoy!
  101. Re:Zero cost? Unlikely. by Saeger · · Score: 1
    I didn't say ZERO cost, now did I - I said NEAR-zero cost.

    somebody still has to pay the electric bill...

    The same molecular manufacturing process that assembles the food can also make highly efficient solar panels that provide the power for the molecular manufacturing process... bootstrapping your self-sufficiency.

    simple economics would mean that the price of "Ethiopian compost" and other suitable raw materials would rise due to increased demand.

    There's an over-abundance of suitable raw material all around and underneath you, with the most useful stuff -- carbon,hydrogen,oxygen,nitrogen -- also being among the most common. And don't forget that atoms don't wear out, so the carbon in "your" diamond ring today can be the recycled carbon in somebody elses dinner tomorrow night.

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  102. Does Cannibalism count? by Timmy+D+Programmer · · Score: 1

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1 098905,00.html Has an article about the german guy who found a willing snack online.

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  103. As the original poster, let me say: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    1) Yes, I understand they are real submissions.

    2) I still hate them. They are NOT funny. At all.

    I think a lot of people agree.

  104. Not April Fools by GrayOrange · · Score: 1

    I know that it looks like an April fools joke, but i really want to know, where can i find free food on the internet. This would really help lower the cost of my groceries, which is high for a largish family.

  105. not quite the internet but... by ForestGrump · · Score: 1

    check out the freezer isle at your local supermarket. Sometimes new products have a "try me for free!" badge on them.

    Although by agreeing to the "Try me for free!" offer, you do have to pay tax and go through reate hell to collect the 3.99 check.

    -Grump

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  106. Mmm.. food by Xeo+024 · · Score: 1

    Will code for food.

  107. April Fools: A Modest Proposal by fermion · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    For four years straight, clueless, witless, and styless cowards have been criticizing the articles on /. These are the same people that post, and probably leave roomd to whine to their mothers, about the unfairness of the editors and the world in general. These are the same people that moderate the same lame joke up every time they have points, but moderate any novel humor as flamebait. These are the same people whose minds and lives are so empty that all they can see are the spelling and grammar errors. Their posts are devoid of logic, relevance, or any meaningful content.

    Om short, these mentally ill people believe that they are right, everyone else is wrong, and in a proper functioning world all communications would be about how wonderful and grand they are. Clearly these could be considered a vile and useless group of people. Clearly we could call for their eradication not only from the /. but also from the face of the Earth. Clearly many would support us in that cause.

    However, we are not a vengeful people. Also, I believe that as a group we are a relatively wealthy people. I am sure we have hundreds of internet millionaires, and probably dozens of MS multi-millionaires. I am also sure that /. has large numbers of less wealthy but well off denizens. Therefore I suggest that we set up a charity that will provide online counseling services for these lost souls. I am sure there are many counselors out there that we could contact the service to. Perhaps even in India. I believe the online counseling is the best we can hope for because these people tend to have trouble getting out of their chair, much less out of the house, for mental and physical reasons.

    My hope is that slowly these crazies will replaced their delusions with more appropriate images of reality. I would also hope that these people might find healthy relationships, rather than stalking supermodels or molesting persons they bought in Mexico. Such an exercise would truly be worthwhile if it rid /. of the meaningless tripe typified by the parent.

    [Ed. note: I assume the parent is flamebait and not a joke as it was an AC.]

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    1. Re:April Fools: A Modest Proposal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      QED

  108. Usenet by almightyjustin · · Score: 1

    alt.consumers.free-stuff is good for this kind of thing.

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  109. Awww, another slashtroll... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And yet another trolling homophobic comment. Funny how all you trolls keep making these comments, it is like you have a lot of knowledge
    and experence with homosexuality.

    Shouldn't you have included a link to your girl friend porn star Mr. Goats?

  110. Google causes C-N-K style event in real life by leonbrooks · · Score: 1

    I just about walked into a pretty girl at a supermarket on Friday. They use a radio station as Muzak and it had just announced Gmail as if it was a serious product, right in the middle of all of the other tech news. Whaaaat?

    She understood that it was an April Fool's joke which had hit the big time, but was too hazy on what a gigabyte was to understand why it was funny.

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  111. Late Fool by CristalShandaLear · · Score: 1

    I've been meaning to read this bit for a few days.

    The filters at work (gosh they are strict, the post here aren't that bad) frequently won't allow me to read a lot of the slashdot responses and at home I'm busy with the things women still do, despite the fact that's it 2004 and men should have to cook, do laundry, clean the bathrooms, mind the children, train the dog, whack themselves off...however, I digress.

    So, I finally get a minute when the man, kid, and dogs are asleep, and I've been catching up here and I come to read it (hell we can use free food as much as anyone) and it's an April Fool's joke.

    Guess there's no fool like a late fool...

  112. I know no one will believe me, by Moonpie+Madness · · Score: 1

    but this isnt an April fool's joke go to their site and see. they send out a free sample... i guess i see that not believing it is the joke...