Why Can’t Bob Evans Get Into Washington DC?
December 16th, 2008I just saw a commercial for “Bob Evans Deep Dish Dinners” where fried chicken chunks, gravy, and cheese fall out of the sky into a bowl of mashed potatoes and (apparently) another kind of gravy. A hilarious indictment of existence itself, starting at only $5.99.
I think it’s great when the TV has ads for places that I can’t actually get to, like Shoney’s and Wawa, and especially Sonic. It used to be that way with Checkers, too. There seem to be a reasonable number of Checkerses around now, they just haven’t migrated west of North Capitol yet.
As for Bob Evans, it’s almost like the Beltway is a force field keeping them out:
Among other things, Will Atwood Mitchell (wam) is the web content manager at
February 19th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
it’s an outside the beltway thing son! :)
February 19th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
well spoke!
February 20th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Them’s the breaks. Them’s the gas!