Big Ass Chee-to
It's believed to be the largest Chee-to in the world. The cheesy glob of fried cornmeal that Navy Petty Officer Mike Evans found last week in a bag of the snacks is about the size of a small lemon and weighs in at about half an ounce.
Oh dear. This is just sad. It's as though the town has collectively lost its self-respect. Why am I envisioning the welcoming ceremony for Bart, the new sheriff for Rock Ridge, in "Blazing Saddles"?
The folks in Algona, Iowa -- a one-movie-theater town with 5,970 residents -- can hardly wait to get their hands on the giant Chee-to. They plan to shellac it, lay it on plush velvet and put it under Plexiglas.
"This giant Chee-to could be a boon to our local economy," said Tom Straub, owner of Algona's Sister Sarah's Bar. "Anything we can do to attract visitors to our town would be good."
Robert, it's really hard to resist the "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" category isn't it?
andrew 06 Mar 2003