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Posted by Editor on 3rd July 2010 at 06:04 PM The rise and fall of Mr Pillsbury
From David Walker
Dear friends,
It is with the saddest heart that I pass on the following. Please join me in remembering a great icon.
The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.
Doughboy was buried in a lightly-greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Cap'n Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours as long- time friend, Aunt Jemima, delivered the eulogy, describing Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show
business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very "smart" cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times, he -- even still, as a crusty old man -- was considered a roll model for millions. Toward the end, it was thought he would rise again, but alas, he was no tart.
Doughboy is survived by his wife, Play Dough; two children, John Dough and Jane Dough; plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.
The funeral was held at 3:50 for about twenty minutes.
 Comment by Guest 5th July 2010
I think it's a generation thing, personally I find the jokes quite funny |
Comment by Guest 4th July 2010
Well, gentle "family friendly" humour is rarely actually funny. The funniest thing on Salford Online was Richard Carvath, when he used to have all those sock-puppet accounts, but I understand why they wanted to ban him because he was upsetting people. |
Comment by Guest 4th July 2010
This might as well be the David Walker page as 99% of the stuff on this page seems to come from him. And I agree that 100 percent of that is not funny, it's just old email forwards. I find this to be a redundant part of what is generally a really good site, anyone else agree with me? |
Comment by Editor ( member ) 4th July 2010
SalfordOnline is always happy to receive contributions from our readers, we are after all a community website, so if you have any jokes etc that you would like to contribute please send them to editor@salfordonline.com |
Comment by Guest 4th July 2010
I think that applies to at least 99% of the stuff in the "A Bit Of Fun" section. |
Comment by Guest 4th July 2010
but its not news nor funny |
Comment by Editor ( member ) 3rd July 2010
All items posted on SalfordOnline begin as the the top story and gradually drop down the priority list as others are added. |
Comment by Guest 3rd July 2010
Hmm. Top story on the homepage - have a word, editor. |
Comment by Guest 3rd July 2010
I guess so. :-/ |
Comment by Guest 3rd July 2010
is this supposed to be funny |
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