Angus Garden

Agent 007 recently submitted a field report from his neighborhood Hardee’s. Samples were taken and reviewed. All appears to be in order here.

Good work agent.

This article was brought to my attention today, and it deals with an issue that is close to my heart… grass.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0419/p13s03-sten.html

While taking in the statistics and accusations swirling around the mowing community in this country, I realized that one day mowing will go the way of Crystal Pepsi. I don’t pretend to know what the future will hold, but I can imagine some possibilities.

One evolution that would remove the need for mowing is a genetic modification to the monocotyledonous that would control the plant’s natural growing height. This would mean that the grass would grow to a predetermined height, and stay there for the life of the plant. Your lawn grass would not ever try to get tall or unwieldy, thus, eliminating the need to mow.

A second theory involves a much less technical solution to mowing. May I introduce nature’s mower, the Ovis aries, or domestic sheep. If we open our minds to the possibility that people in the past may have been on the right track in some cases, we will find out about the fascinating world shared between the grass and sheep. The great thing about this scenario is that the sheep naturally eat the grass at such a rate that the grass is almost never at a height that would lead one to consider mowing. And one sheep is plenty for most large yards. I’m not even getting into the benefits of the wool and carnivorous possibilities the livestock provides its owner.

One day the mowers will fall silent. It’s a little unsettling, but perhaps we can learn to let go of the drone of the mechanical mower and replace it with the sweet sounds of a new kind of Saturday morning.

Fresh light floods the room

New woolen sweater feels soft

Lamb chop with my eggs

My time is free for leisure

Thank you for the gift

Lawnmower racing has finally hit the PC gaming world.

http://evinteractive.com/joomla/index.php

From the web site:

“What happens when you turn a household chore into the wildest mowtorsport to hit the nation in years? Grab your helmet, bore out your cylinders and get ready for the ultimate MOWdown!”

I don’t have computer so feel free to post any game reviews you might have.

Angus Garden is proud to announce the arrival of our newest contributing editor, Pilgrim.

Pilgrim has long been an active contributor over the past 2 decades and we are excited about the things that are going on inside of his head.

Look foward to some interesting input from Pierre’s favorite client.

As a frequent visitor to at least two different Hardee’s locations, I recently observed a strange similarity between them. In fact, one might even refer to this as a mystery or a caper.

For those of you not familiar with the way Hardee’s dispenses it’s product to the consumer, here’s a quick explanation. After you order your meal, you are assigned a designated number and given a small plastic card with that number on it. You then place the card on the edge of the table and, in theory, when the meal has been made, the Hardee’s maiden will deliver your order directly to you. The number provides them with an easy way to identify the appropriate order.

Herein lies the mystery. For whatever reason, I don’t ever recall having ever seen any of the lower numbers (1-29) at either venue. The numbers all seem to start in the 30’s and go up from there. And even then, not every high number is represented.

What does this mean? I’ve come up with a few theories.

A) It’s merely a marketing ploy, designed to make the customer subconsciously feel that the room is filled with people. Your mind will rationalize, “If I’m number 45, this place is clearly packed with other burger lovers.” A quick look around will probably reveal otherwise. After all, so many have yet to be enlightend by the joys of Angus.

2) As the popularity of the Hardee’s Angus burger continues to grow, hooligans have begun taking these numbered cards as commerative keepsakes, enabling them to recall the excitement of a previous meal, to cherish the memories.

C) Finally, and this is the theory I hope is true, I believe that those numbers do exist. We just do not have the opportunity to see them because they are being used elsewhere. I think that there exists a secret room within each Hardees franchise, where the Angus flows like a river. A room for favored customers, a room for charter members of the beef-loving community. Call it the Hall of Angus, if you will. This would explain why the other numbers are missing. Those within the Hall of Angus will get served first, therefore, all of the lower numbers have already been used.

I’m putting out a call to all Angus Agents to report in on thier experiences with the missing order numbers. I’d like to get a look at the bigger picture and I will need more data. So head on out to your local Hardees and keep your eyes open.