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Ziggy C.
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A place you have never been. by Ziggy C.

April 29th, 2007 1:12 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Go Here
Now copy the random word go to Google maps
Select find business and enter the random word in the left text field and your address in the right address field.

Go to the first business listed that you have never been to.

ADDENDUM: write the word permanently or semi-permanently outside the business.

The first step of this, simply finding a business, took much longer than it should have. It truly is a testament to the obscurity that is Indiana, Pennsylvania. I got the following words, which all pointed to having to go unrealistic distances considering my resources:

Nicked
Judges
Begin
Ladder
Reads
Tricks
Negate
Add

Finally, the word variations comes up, which points to a local Arby's. Believe it or not, I have never eaten at Arby's (no desire to really), but this was sort of ideal considering I had yet to eat.

One of my biggest worries was where I would write the word outside the building. It was a very exposed store, with roads on either side, an entire wall of windows and the drive-thru taking up two of the other walls. I decided to worry about this later, and headed in. I scrawled variations on the toilet in the bathroom in case writing it outside would be too inconvenient, figuring it's better than nothing.

Irrelevant Note: As I waited to receive my meal, I noticed one of the machines behind the counter emitted three pitches over and over, and these pitches were the first three notes of The Postal Service's "Be Still My Heart".

I ate my meal, and then I waited outside the building on the one free wall with a road running along side it, pretending to be on a cell phone 'til the coast was clear to write variations on the wall with a sharpie. I waited for a good ten minutes, but someone was always there. Either a person waiting in line for drive-thru, or in the parking lot. Eventually, I spotted a little Arby's utility (?) building on the other end of the lot. Perfect. I wrote the word, and left.

I should also note that on the way back, inspiration struck for Pants Observation Exercise, and I was lucky enough to have stumbled upon what I needed. What a great trip!

NOTE: While it was a great trip, the Arby's made me horribly sick and nauseous later. Ugh. Every step I took was like someone stuck me in the gut with a shiv. I guess I'm not eating there, again...

- smaller

The Target

The Target

Arby's


Variations on a Toilet in P Minor

Variations on a Toilet in P Minor

Hi-Technical flushing action shot!


Mmm.

Mmm.

My meal: Popcorn chicken, curly fries, a ketchupy racecar driver, and a coke. It was mediocre.


Triforce Graffiti

Triforce Graffiti

I'll admit that I'm a gamer. It's just something from my childhood that I never quite got rid of. In any case, being an avid Zelda fan, I was delighted to see this graffiti already on the building when I got there.


VARIATIONS

VARIATIONS

I just noticed the S was cut off in the photo. -_-


VARIATIONS

VARIATIONS


The Map

The Map



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Who goes to Arbys
posted by Cthulhu Kitty on April 30th, 2007 6:08 PM

and orders chicken????!!!!

:)

(Horsey sauce is awesome)(Made with real horses)

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posted by Ziggy C. on April 30th, 2007 8:03 PM

Heh. I do, apparently. It just sounded a lot more appealing than RB, I suppose. Plus it was cheap, and my budget is quite ridiculous. Every bit makes a difference..

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posted by anna one on May 22nd, 2007 12:38 PM

That's what Arby's did to me too- the one and only time I ever ate there. Pump-action cheese sauce should be illegal.

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posted by Scooter0101001 on May 23rd, 2007 9:53 PM

Woah woah, back up a bit.

Not to be a nay-sayer or anything, but I firmly believe that Pump-action cheese sauce should be a MANDITORY yummy food topping for ALL races, ages and classes.

Lest ye forget, our time-honored actor-turned-president RR graciously and forcibly gave out truckloads of the solidified foodstuff back in the day, and look what a difference that made!

I say MORE pump action is the route to go!

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posted by Ziggy C. on May 23rd, 2007 10:16 PM

Scooter, I believe you may be confusing pump-action cheese sauce for ranch dressing.

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posted by anna one on May 23rd, 2007 11:35 PM

Scooter, I think you're confusing the cheese sauce with a different pump that Jason apparently broke.

Interesting fact:
posted by Lincøln on May 31st, 2007 12:06 AM

Arby's isn't a clever way of saying "roast beef" although the name is based on the initials "R.B." Although R.B. doesn't stand for roast beef, it stands for Raffel Brothers, as it was brothers Forrest and Leroy Raffel who started the business. The fact that they sold roast beef sandwiches was merely coincidence.

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posted by Lank on May 31st, 2007 11:51 AM

What's a pirate's favorite fast food joint?

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posted by Ziggy C. on May 31st, 2007 1:18 PM

Arrrrrby's!