"Where do birds go to die?" now incorporating "Fuck Off Krispy Kreme"

Since the passing of my mate Angus Diesel Fumes (Adrian), and the fact that Krispy Kreme has all but "fucked off", at least from Australia, I thought I'd throw this and "Fuck Off Krispy Kreme" together to make it easier to be venemous and offensive in one spot.

I wanted to make sure that Angus' funny and intelligent rants stayed safe and easily accessible, but I also wanted to make sure I could ad my own to them when the feeling hits.

And stand back, I can feel something gurgling, I mean Ted Baillieu is Premier of Victoria, the Democrats and Obama are in trouble in the US, and Israel are still a pack of C*%ts.

Fuck off Krispy Kreme

It has been a long time since I have written anything here. Since Obama got in, and then Rudd, it has simply been a time to sit back and "wait and see".

I was jolted out of my reverie, not by miners stuck in a hole, not by the Greens finally getting the recognition and support they deserve, but by the fact that Krispy Kreme is going the way of Starbucks in Australia, as reported by the good old ABC today.

Krispy Kreme in voluntary receivership.

Although we (Oceania) are still saturated with this form of carcenogenic colonialism in the form of McDonalds, KFC, Hungry Jacks, Wendy's and all of the other fetit fat fryers, this is one step in the right direction.

Fuck off Krispy Kreme!

Good taste in coffee hobbles American chain

Please join me in a minutes silence whilst we remember Starbucks in Australia.

In the last couple of weeks, anyone traveling down Collins Street, Bourke Street, and nearly every other street in Melbourne, will be met with the barren empty shell that was once the home of the sickly sweet cinnamon chai latte or frappaccino and numerous other coffee monstrosities.

Starbucks, the Dr. McFrankenstein of Coffee, whilst not completely gone, is in serious decline in Australia. And not before time, too.

I do feel for the 685 employees who lost their jobs in early August after the company closed 61 of its 84 Australian stores, but let’s face it; coffee making is an art that a great many Australians appreciate. Trying to pass the over sweetened, fast food, McCoffee concoctions as coffee, and charging so much for it, was never going to work. There are far too many exceptional “hole-in-the-wall” coffee places, especially in Melbourne, where coffee appreciators can be served a fine flat white or long black. You just don’t need the Starbucks sprinkly and syrupy “bells-and-whistles” when the coffee is of a good standard to begin with.

It seems that Starbucks is experiencing trouble at home too. In selected US stores (soon to go national) they are offering dramatic discounts for those who buy a “Grande” cold drink before 2pm as their second purchase in the day. Sales are down, so they are trying to encourage consumers back into the stores. Supplying more of their bad product at cheaper prices does not make the product better.

Stay tuned for the decline of other American retail colonialists.

Who will be next? Krispy Kreme, McDonalds, KFC, Subway, Pizza Hut, unfortunately the list goes on.