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My family used to vacation in Duck, NC (next town north of Kitty Hawk) before it got crazy-nuts out there. I remember it being pretty awesome, but last time I went (late-90's), we sat in a 3-hour traffic jam waiting to get across the bridge onto the Outer Banks. And that was before free Doritos.
In Europe, they call cool ranch chips \"Cool American\" chips. I bet this is just an attempt by Europe to return them to their rightful owners - all the cool Americans in NC.
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Where's that pic of the overturned Heineken truck? Need something to wash down those things.
I wonder if researchers will use them to track ocean currents like they did with the 60,000 Nikes that went into the drink back in 1990.
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The Outer Banks was not always so, um...touristy.
I first went to the Outer Banks um, I can't even remember, I was so little!
I loved the Outer Banks before it was cool.
But yeah, it's so touristy now it's not as nice.
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Reason #423 why it sucks to be in North Carolina - in Miami, the floatsom are carefully bundled bales of \"happy powder\".
(snort) Doritos...
hehe: \"snort!\"
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In 1992 it was actually a container full of Rubber Duckies.
http://www.rubaduck.com/rubber_duck_news-200302-duckies_ar...
Wal-Mart Nazi shirts washing ashore would far more entertaining.
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Doritos of any flavor = blech. I used to like them, but in the last 9 or 10 years, I have grown to hate Doritos. They taste like chemicals rather than food.
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Doritos of any flavor = blech. I used to like them, but in the last 9 or 10 years, I have grown to hate Doritos. They taste like chemicals rather than food.
Delicious, cheesy chemicals.
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holy christ, those habanero puppies are hot. i don't see any of my beloved-but-impossible-to-find pepperjack bags out there, though. so no vacation in nc this year.
I haven't been to the Outer Banks since, oh, 1985, but I remember the area around Nags Head always being pretty crappy-touristy. My family always went farther south, around Waves or thereabouts, where it was still (by definition) touristy - I mean, we were all there renting houses by the week - but quieter. And there were no free Doritos back in my day, that's for darn sure.
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The Habanero's are way hot. And I even like spicy hot food.
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They taste like chemicals rather than food.
But chemicals is tasty!
How long has it been since bales of marijuana washed up on the outer banks? You know, munchies and all...
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Thank goodness they weren't Funyuns. No one like Funyuns. It does look like a healthy mix of Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch. The assortment is a nice added touch!
It's certainly better than hot pants, although Captain McAllister might disagree.
There is tightly controlled tracking of food packaging such as this from factory door to store shelf based on the manufacturer's lot number printed on each bag. If the company isn't releasing this information, then there is probably something very shady going on.
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Is this what people are bragging about when I see all of these OBX stickers on their Land Rovers? Come to this hot beach tourist trap, we have free Doritos! Guaranteed to make you fit better into your swimsuit!