Walgreens Sandwich Dare
“I went to the new Walgreen’s in Times Square today and I noticed they have food there!!! I dare you to try a sandwich, or worse, a salad.”
After eating the terrible banana sushi at Bagelfeller on 48th (R.I.P.) I stupidly said I would eat anything in Midtown if dared by a reader. It’s what lead me to finally summon the courage to enter Tad’s Steaks… and it has clearly led to the email above from “Bionicgrrrl”.
Seriously? Walgreens? C’mon now. Really? I mean, it’s not even that I’m scared of eating a disgusting sandwich; it’s more a matter of being morally disgusted. Is there any getting out of this one?
Posted: 11:15 am, November 21st, 2008 under Dare, Sandwiches.
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buy a blow torch, and ‘toast’ it. everything is better toasted. mmm mmm, toasty
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sorry zach, i had to do it. god knows i don’t want to eat anything in there.
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Looks like the Pret a Manger @ Kingscross station.
Whom ever invented ‘Pasta salad’ should be hung from their knackers.
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What’s a knacker?
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A knacker is someone who slaughters animals isnt it? I’d actually like to see someone hung by one…..I think…
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That’s unfair! Walgreens is NOT an eating establishment—you might as well go ask Zach to eat some food at one of the few gas stations the city that sell it (and I’m not talking Mo gridders in the bronx) ….mean! Cruel!!!
That being said, funny as hell if he actually does it!
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Knackers = sac..
Thanks for the early dose of “mockney”
I dated a Brit who worked in “the City”… and heard that phrase quite a bit… well that one and “seeing to”
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Knackers = bollocks=balls=nutz=love globes.
And Cyn…did you parttake in a Bonus day seeing to? :)
Inane!
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I would trust a sandwich prepared in an establishment dedicated to healing and wellness (with antibiotics on hand) over food dispensed at your beloved yet vermin-infested food carts any day.
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*TWITCH* *TWITCH* *TWITCH*
Did some say N U T S ?
I will HAPPILY bite your nuts off
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Zach, this week you ate fried food that had been standing out in the cold on the corner by Penn station. I don’t see how this is really any less appealing.
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@sarah - lol. oh, but it is less appealing. and that is Midtown Lunch in a nutshell.
(yes, I said nutshell. do what you must…)
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DOEEEEET! Do it so we don’t have to. ;)
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I *WILL* bite your nuts off! Happily! **T W I T C H**
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It’s not a real dare unless Zack has to get mayo filled tuna sandwich (or chicken salad sandwich).
hee hee ebil!
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Rudy,
Sadly no… met them (yes two former Bankers’ Trust (RIP) M.D.s) after they left U.K. but there were many other holidays we ( only the last one and I) celebrated… for example Boxing Day.. which I learned is really just an additional day to have more alcohol soaked puddings and alcohol soaked whipping cream… followed by viva Agent Provocateur!!! (should that excite you) -
Cyn, those were -knickers-…
knicker knacker… sounds like a candy bar… -
Goodness no.Boxing day in Shropshire is an early morning Hedge shoot then lunch at the pub then and end of season pheasant drive.
Then retiring to the Pub (13th century inn, should that warm beer you)
Although i do understand where you’re coming from with Drunken City workers…….it’s like a ’70’s football riot with Aston Martins.
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I may be a Yank ..but I know the difference between a knicker and a pair of knackers.. as well as a minger and a munter…
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I see McBeagle is still posing as British Royalty when in actual fact he delivers mattresses in Pittsburgh.
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…ah but can you define a “slapper”?
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Rudy,
oooooooohhhhh yes…. I was called that a lot.. then the love would say “I said Schlapper with a “ch”….. good times…
enjoy Spearmint Rhino!!!
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To paraphase LOU “LOL” …no no…Spearmint Rhino days are long gone….its more a few situps a look at the weight bench and the History channel now.
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mamacita, you are perverse! I was going to give him a pass on the mayo! That being said I’m not concerned about Zach. He survived Tad’s now he’s facing-down what millions of boys under 25 *survive* on: gross premade sandwiches from a questionable locale. Zach definitely has a stomach to match some strapping dumb college boy. Maybe the key here hasn’t been discussed: Beer. Zach you might need to eat this sandwich with a tall boy of silver bullet on the side.
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Everyone’s posing, DocChuck - you with your two fake PhDs on the wall and supposed heterosexuality, the wife with her nude “Be Arthur” revue down at Rick’s cabaret, McBagel with his Prince Charles impression, me in this British schoolboy outfit (with the easy-access hole in the seat) that you dressed me in….etc etc.
Zach even claims to be fat!
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it’s all good .. even “fit” girls like their men “chunky but funky”…
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I don’t think it’s a challenge since that Walgreens is newly opened. I suggest waiting a year and THEN see who’s willing to eat those babies up for lunch.
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I do have a white Fiat.
And i was in Paris that night, yes.
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“One night”?
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there’s a walgreen’s in times square?
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My dearest Cyn:
You could not be more right. My wife has even given my pannis a pet name.
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You don’t have a pianist, darling.
Now - please pass me the catsup and marshmellow sauce, dear, before my chocolate chip pancakes from IHOP get cold
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Neither Chucky nor his land whale of a wife-sister have seen their (matching) genitalia in years.
Corpulence runs in the DocChuck family, and it runs FAST
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DocChuckles thinks his “wife” can talk! That’s kind of sad actually Taking care of a retarded great ape such as she must drive a person insane I guess.
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Back on track - yeah, do it! It can’t be worse than a sandwich from 7-11 or your regular gas station food, right? That’s what it looks like *shrug*
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What is “morally disgusting” about Walgreens? Seriously. It’s my preferred local drugstore (much better then the ubiquitous Duane Reade or the skeevy Rite Aids.)
Blondie: There’s a Walgreens smack dab in dead-center of Times Square. Can’t miss it. Look straight up and the New Year’s ball will drop on your head!
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If you’re gonna do the Walgreens sandwich challenge, then you should really do a week-long compare-and-contrast with the 7-11 sandwiches and Dunkin Donuts “flatbread” sandwiches as well since they’re both only 2 blocks away from Walgreens.
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Happy New Year!
I know this thread is OLD, but while Googling where Walgreens gets its sandwiches I came across this blog.
I don’t know about the Walgreens in NY, but those here in San Francisco actually aren’t half bad. Don’t get me wrong, they’re not great. But they’re right up there w/ 7-Eleven, if not a step above. Danny has the right idea, “everything tastes better toasted”. I bought one of the sandwiches that came on a roll and used our toaster oven. Added some brown mustard, a little cheese and I had a semi-gourmet sandwich. Hey, don’t judge. I was busy running errands on my lunch hour, so didn’t have time to grab anything. Since Walgreens is like Starbucks in that there’s one on every corner, going in to grab one of the sandwiches was just convenient. Try it if you dare.
Gross, yes. However Walgreens is SO much better than Duane Reade and I’m glad I never have to talk to that horrible photo slag at the Times Square Duane Reade ever again.