I told those fucks down at the league office a thousand times that I don't roll on Shabbos!
Via NO, we delight in the news -- and it is news to us, since we've never been to the joint -- that "[c]ups and burger wrappers at In-N-Out Burger are marked with Bible citations."
Snopes says that their soda cup "bears the notation John 3:16:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
Well, to each his own, we guess. But it made us ponder the age-old question, Why do people hold up that particular Biblical citation at football games? We're generous souls, so we've done some homework and found the answer:
His name is Rollen "Rock'n Rollen" Stewart. He's an off-the-wall born-again Christian whose mission in life is to get his signs (and his mug) on national TV as often as possible, the better to spread the word of the Lord. Only in America.
The business with the signs started in 1980, when Rollen accepted Jesus as his personal savior. Prior to that time his interest was in just generally being famous (or, as he puts it, being "the most famous person in the world no one knows about"). For years he was the guy you used to see on telecasts of golf tournaments with the wild multicolored Afro wig, which earned him the nickname "Rainbow Man." (He has since put the wig aside.) Having scouted the camera angles beforehand, he'd pop out of the crowd at an appropriate moment, waving his arms, making "OK" or "thumbs-up" gestures, and grinning like an idiot.
Rollen's original idea was that he would parlay this shtick into a job as a media pitchman, but his only big score was a role in a Budweiser commercial. Then he got religion. (Fittingly, he saw the light while watching a TV preacher.) He commenced to wearing and/or carrying "Jesus Saves" and "Repent" T-shirts, signs, and whatnot, hitting an average of two major televised events a week. Eventually he graduated to signs with scriptural references, such as John 3:16. ("For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.") The theory is that you'll start looking things up in the Bible to figure out what's going on, and before you know it, you'll have stumbled into a life of everlasting righteousness.
We've also taken the liberty of assembling some of the more memorable movie quotes in which In-N-Out Burger is mentioned. Our assemblage is sparse.
You're welcome.
Walter Sobchak: He lives in North Hollywood on Radford, near the In-and-Out Burger...
The Dude: The In-and-Out Burger is on Camrose.
Walter Sobchak: Near the In-and-Out Burger...
Donny: Those are good burgers, Walter.
Walter Sobchak: Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Fletch: [flirting] Hey Betty, how about lunch at the In N' Out Burger?
Fletch: Okay, forget the burger, how about just the In N' Out? [she sneers at him] Ok, how about just the In? [Ibid.]
Snopes says that their soda cup "bears the notation John 3:16:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life
Well, to each his own, we guess. But it made us ponder the age-old question, Why do people hold up that particular Biblical citation at football games? We're generous souls, so we've done some homework and found the answer:
His name is Rollen "Rock'n Rollen" Stewart. He's an off-the-wall born-again Christian whose mission in life is to get his signs (and his mug) on national TV as often as possible, the better to spread the word of the Lord. Only in America.
The business with the signs started in 1980, when Rollen accepted Jesus as his personal savior. Prior to that time his interest was in just generally being famous (or, as he puts it, being "the most famous person in the world no one knows about"). For years he was the guy you used to see on telecasts of golf tournaments with the wild multicolored Afro wig, which earned him the nickname "Rainbow Man." (He has since put the wig aside.) Having scouted the camera angles beforehand, he'd pop out of the crowd at an appropriate moment, waving his arms, making "OK" or "thumbs-up" gestures, and grinning like an idiot.
Rollen's original idea was that he would parlay this shtick into a job as a media pitchman, but his only big score was a role in a Budweiser commercial. Then he got religion. (Fittingly, he saw the light while watching a TV preacher.) He commenced to wearing and/or carrying "Jesus Saves" and "Repent" T-shirts, signs, and whatnot, hitting an average of two major televised events a week. Eventually he graduated to signs with scriptural references, such as John 3:16. ("For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.") The theory is that you'll start looking things up in the Bible to figure out what's going on, and before you know it, you'll have stumbled into a life of everlasting righteousness.
We've also taken the liberty of assembling some of the more memorable movie quotes in which In-N-Out Burger is mentioned. Our assemblage is sparse.
You're welcome.
Walter Sobchak: He lives in North Hollywood on Radford, near the In-and-Out Burger...
The Dude: The In-and-Out Burger is on Camrose.
Walter Sobchak: Near the In-and-Out Burger...
Donny: Those are good burgers, Walter.
Walter Sobchak: Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Fletch: [flirting] Hey Betty, how about lunch at the In N' Out Burger?
Fletch: Okay, forget the burger, how about just the In N' Out? [she sneers at him] Ok, how about just the In? [Ibid.]
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