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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Food Pork Log... No More!

Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 3:49 PM

As you may or may not remember, way back in March I unwittingly purchased a "pork log" from a Vietnamese grocery for lunch one day. After eating a small portion of the log, I decided to place the rest in the Mercury's break room refrigerator with the following note:

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It was a scientific experiment of sorts to a) see how the log would transform over a lengthy amount of time, and b) how long it would take for my co-workers to start crying like little babies, begging me to remove it. (Naturally, they are far too lazy to do so themselves.)

Well, lo and behold after FIVE MONTHS in the refrigerator, my co-workers finally worked up enough nerve to confront me at today's editorial meeting, claiming the log was "a workplace health hazard" and making wildly unsubstantiated claims such as "the pork log is giving me ALLERGIES, boo-hoo-hoo!"

But even more interesting, is how the log changed after five months. While it didn't eventually transmorgrify into a magical golden imp (as I had hoped), the results were still fairly impressive. Here's what the log looked like FIVE MONTHS AGO...

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And after the jump, here's what the pork log looked like today. CLICK AT YOUR OWN PERIL!

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EEEEEEEEE!

Actually, it didn't look as bad as I thought, so I walked across the street and put it in KATU's refrigerator.

 

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1
E3WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Good thing that was downstairs!
Posted by Michelle on September 3, 2008 at 4:16 PM · Report
2
That looks like it could star in a zombie movie.
Posted by cheesebrarian on September 3, 2008 at 4:29 PM · Report
3
who is the mercury osha rep? serious, workers comp.
Posted by miguelaron on September 3, 2008 at 4:42 PM · Report
4
THAT has been sharing a fridge with my leftovers? Oh my god.

Posted by Alison Hallett on September 3, 2008 at 5:13 PM · Report
5
Ready to plant, I think.
Posted by tk. on September 3, 2008 at 6:35 PM · Report
6
I drink your pork log. I drink it up!
Posted by Daniel Day Douchebag on September 3, 2008 at 9:58 PM · Report
7
Feed it to Olive
Posted by boohoo on September 4, 2008 at 9:58 AM · Report
8
that would make a good smoothie
Posted by flannery on September 4, 2008 at 12:50 PM · Report

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