{"id":81,"date":"2004-12-29T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2004-12-29T18:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2004\/12\/not_funny.html"},"modified":"2004-12-29T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2004-12-29T18:56:38","slug":"not_funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/12\/not_funny.html","title":{"rendered":"Not Funny"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Staten Island boosters, we’re not amused, either. “Snapple raises stink with S.I. ‘joke'”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Snapple, the unofficial drink of New York City, may need a lesson in good humor – not to mention good taste.
\nOn its Web site, company officials had the gall to poke fun at Staten Island – then hurriedly pulled the punch line when contacted by the Daily News.<\/p>\n

In explaining how to play Snapple’s “Real Facts Game,” a fill-in-the-blank question asked, “The most recognized smell in the world is —–?”<\/p>\n

Then came the company’s insulting answer: “No, it’s not Staten Island. It’s coffee.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Prominent Staten Islanders, among them City Councilman James Oddo, are outraged at the perfidy, comparing the company to our most perfidious allies:<\/p>\n

“This from a company allegedly teaming with New York to market the city,” said an incredulous Oddo. “That is one hell of a partner we have. Normally one has to be dealing with France to be treated so badly by a ‘friend.'”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bonus Point: Snopes’ Snapple Dragoon<\/a> (addresses those false rumors about Snapple supporting far-right wing causes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Staten Island boosters, we’re not amused, either. “Snapple raises stink with S.I. ‘joke’”: Snapple, the unofficial drink of New York City, may need a lesson in good humor – not to mention good taste. On its Web site, company officials had the gall to poke fun at Staten Island – then hurriedly pulled the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staten_island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}