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Let me extend an invitation into my world

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Rules: Be quick as u can. You have 3 seconds for each answer to honestly put what comes to mind. Never know what your subconscious may be telling you. Give it a try, remember 3 seconds.

1. I need a cigarette: Insecure women

2. Sex: (I am so not putting what came to my mind)

3. Relationships: Degrees

4. Your Last Ex: Stalker

5. Power: Root

6. Marijuana: Merry-Wanna

7. Crack: Jokes

8. Food: Delicious

9. This President: Important

10. War: Unneccesary

11. Cars: Boys

12. Gas Prices: Hacked up

13. Halloween: Stupid

14. Bon Jovi: Bong Jovi (Indonesian version)

15. Religion: Organized

16. MySpace: Unorganized

17. Worst Fear: Drowning

18. Marriage: Expensive
19. Fashion: Pretentious (!!! Omigod! )

20. Brunettes: Rich

21. Redheads: Wanton

22: Work: Mary-Janes

23: Pass the time: Boredom

24: Football: Pitch

25: One night Stands: Unsatisfying

26: Pixie Stix: Them

27: Vanilla Ice: Gelato

29: Porta Potties: Toilet

30: High school: Smelly

31: Pajamas: Bananas

32. Wood: Bone

33. Surfers: Blonde

34. Picture: Frames

35. First Love: Overrated

Written by Maurina

May 1, 2007 at 10:07 pm

Bye Bye Cheesy Chips

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Hello everyone, this morning, as soon as I woke up, I checked my email and lo and behold, this was in my inbox:

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this weekend my  little niece, Haniya, told me that her friends had called Frito-Lay  and found out that Doritos have pork in them. Well, I was  shocked and a little skeptical. However, when I called the company, they confirmed that  their cheese products were not Halal — they actually used the  term “Halal”, which I found impressive even though the disclosure  was disconcerting. She said they use enzymes in making  the cheese for their Cheetos and Doritos that come from pork. I asked when they started doing this, and she said the  last 2 years they became aware of it. I wanted to start a petition  requesting them to find alternatives, but she said it  would be best for individuals to call, because each call is registered. So, if you are going to miss Cheetos and Doritos as much as I am, please  call Frito-Lay at 1-800-352-4477, Monday – Friday, 9:00am-4:30pm. Also,  pass on this info. to whomever you  know. Any volunteers to call Frito-Lay and do some research? Until then, I would strongly recommend: Muslim buyers beware!

An email, with the subject “FW: PORK IN FRITOS/DORITOS/LAYS CHIPS” Which was then followed by:

SubhanAllah! I just called and they said that any of their products  that contain cheese flavoring contains animal enzimes  from pig as well as others. When I asked why they would need pig product  to make cheese they said
that it is actually a flavor enhancer!  (Which  makes me worry about other companies products!) And that it is produced by  an outside vendor. He did take my zip code for tracking purposes.

And this:

Salaams Everyone!

I called too .. … and they confirmed that the cheese flavoring contains enzymes which are derived form PORK & BEEF!! So ..please avoid all flavors of Doritos (all have cheese flavoring) and Cheetos! 

Whoa! Scary, since I’ve been consuming this eversince I was a little girl. I enquired further by conducting a simple Google test.

Fears confirmed. It’s true.

I’m alerted to this article, this article, this article and this article. Most of them get their information from here.

I don’t know if I am actually the last person to know about this, and that everyone else has already been informed. Plus I don’t usually open forwarded emails, but hey, I’m glad I opened this one.

Written by Maurina

May 1, 2007 at 11:17 am

Posted in Announcements, Food, Halal