Kansas City loses out on free carbs: Royals bagel promotion goes bust

The Royals and Panera Bread promised bagels in some kind of silly promotion. Panera couldn't come through and the marketing gimmick quickly went "a rye" . . . . (HAHAHAHAHHAHAA! That's funny to me, I don't give a funk if you think that's stupid because it cracks me up!!!!!)

Here's some excerpted crumbs (narf) for you :

"There was a note on the door: 'Royals fans, we're sorry but the tickets expired. We're no longer giving out bagels,'" Alexander said.

Panera's marketing vice president told KMBC that they were counting on 20 percent redemption for the bagel deal. They had expected about 6,400 people to show up for free bagels, but they got more than 8,500.

Anyway, I don't really feel sorry for anybody in this situation . . . If the Royals can't put together a decent pitching line up with the millions that they've thrown away on the team then I wouldn't expect them to get anything as easy as passing out bagels coupons right . . . And as far as angry fans that want free food . . . These are the same people who pay 12 dollars for a beer, so obviously their priorities are out of place and angry Midwestern fatties who want their free merchandise because a ticket says so is almost as good as floor show for anybody lucky enough to see the more than 8,500 people panicking at Panera because they couldn't find an excuse to eat more cream cheese.

Finally, this story reminds me how little things have changed in the grand scheme of things . . . The Romans would bitch and complain when they weren't getting "bread and games" as well but then again they had orgies and Christian executions to watch so I bet that made up for it . . . Whereas I'm forced to watch the Democrat Presidential debates when I need a laugh.