LOL Butter: What's so funny about that?

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy says that humor is all around us--we just have to look for it. So with this truism in mind, I headed to the grocery store to find amusing food.

First stop was the dairy case, where one sign jumped out at me: LOL Butter for $1.99. We're a Fleischmann's family, so I was understandably unfamiliar with Laugh-Out-Loud Butter. A dairy clerk sensed my bewilderment and offered assistance.

"Nu, so tell me about this Laugh-Out-Loud Butter. Is it tasty?"

"What brand?" he stammered.

"LOL Butter--just like the sign says."

"The 'LOL' stands for 'Land O' Lakes,' Fresser. You've been spending too much time in chat rooms."

Undeterred, I ambled to the condiments & spices aisle--there must be something chuckleworthy there. I was not disappointed.There on the shelf sat ROFL'S Spicy Mustard. Now, I find mustard seed and turmeric as amusing as the next gourmand, but this condiment just didn't make me laugh. So I availed myself again of the intrepid grocery clerk.

"Please tell me, kind Sir--just what IS so funny about this Roll-on-Floor-Laughing Mustard? You know--the one with ROFL in the name."

"Fresser!" the clerk wailed. "The label says, "Rolf," not "ROFL" for heavens sake! Go clean those Coke-bottle glasses of yours. And cut down on the web-surfing. You really should get out more."

So, to paraphrase the song, I'm still looking for laughs in all the wrong places. Maybe I'll bring Foxworthy along next time...]

Yes, we've started referring to our standard Easter dinner as "Laugh Out Loud," too....

LOL butter
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-ramon

[quote="Ramon"]LOL butter
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Good heavens--what have I created?

Meanwhile, I have just lost ten minutes of my life by googling "LOL Butter" (of course, this post is the first hit, but I highly recommend the top five or so)

Ramon wrote:-->feedbackloop

-ramon

-ramon

In what language is this thread written? Reminds me of being the last kid in school to figure out pig latin. I'm completely lost.

Kennyz wrote:In what language is this thread written? Reminds me of being the last kid in school to figure out pig latin. I'm completely lost.

LOL is a chat-room acronym--it stands for Laugh Out Loud. It's a way of conveying your laughter via instant messaging screens.

So when I saw LOL Butter butter advertised, I thought to myself, "What's so funny about a dairy spread?"

Ramon wrote:LOL butter
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-ramon

Thanks Fresser - I got that, but it's the stuff related to the post above, and the reference to Easter that are completely over my head.

I suppose our Easter meal isn't as traditional as I'd assumed - we usually have leg of lamb.

Kennyz wrote:

Ramon wrote:LOL butter
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-ramon

Thanks Fresser - I got that, but it's the stuff related to the post above, and the reference to Easter that are completely over my head.

I think the Easter reference involves the lamb-shaped butter served at a Catholic dinner table. How a nice Member-of-the-Tribe like me knows this, I don't know...

As far as the psychedelic LOL Butter web page, I await others' interpretations.

-ramon

Ha! That reminds me of the time I drove past a car wash offering a wash and a polish and the only thing my brain could make of that was how cool I thought it was to combine a hot dog stand with a car wash. Very convenient!

what about the official meeting facilities guide?
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http://failblog.org/2008/08/20/meeting-fail/[/url]

and you forgot the lmaonade
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Lmaonade

and the lolbacon (??- I just figured there must be such a thing and there was!)
http://lolbacon.ytmnd.com/

BTW, Fresser, welcome to LTHForum! I found your post amusingly qwerty.

As to my own shenanigans within this thread:

The LOL butter squaw is holding a package of LOL butter featuring her image, which is holding a package of LOL butter with her picture on it, etc. A great example of self-reference with infinite regress. A loop.

The Morton Salt Girl is obviously holding a carton of Morton Salt, though her arm covers her own picture. Another feedback loop, though this time without infinite regress.

My inspiration for this is the new book I Am A Strange Loop, by Douglas Hofstadter. It is a sequel of sorts to his Pulitzer Prize winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach.

I'd be interested in other food related self-reference loops, particularly in the visual medium, as there are aplenty in prose right here. I bet them French have plenty!

-ramon