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  1. Dave says:

    mario pop

  2. Avis says:

    Geez, someone had a lot of time on their hands!

  3. Ms B ♥ says:

    Don’t drink the green mushrooms!

  4. HellHathNoFury says:

    Took me a second *blonde*
    But that is…awesome!!!!!
    Display stockers to be given 5000% raise

  5. Mario says:

    Dude… those mushrooms must’ve f*cked me up, man… everything looks like it’s made out of soda boxes…

    • fuzz on the concept says:

      sounds like you got a hold of some Super Mario brews

    • Starfish says:

      Well you know Mario, the best mushrooms are grown right there in Oregon, or so I’ve been told. :wink:

      • Shadow says:

        Yeah, actually, they are. I’ve seen them growing wild during walks through the forest.

        • Starfish says:

          When I lived out there, my friends and I would go up to a guy’s property outside of Astoria. We would each give him $30 and he would give us grocery bags and let us wander around his property and take as much as we could fit in the bag. The problem is we would eat them while we were there and wander aimlessly for what seemed like days. Oh the good old days. BTW, just say no to drugs!!

      • Avis says:

        *pleh*
        Mushrooms.
        Unless we’re talking morels, I’m not a fan.

        • chez says:

          You know, maybe I just don’t cook them right but I can’t get morels to not taste like water. Advice?

          • Avis says:

            Don’t boil them. Sautee them with butter and a tiny (I mean

            tiny

            bit of garlic. I put them in a light cream sauce (after sautee-ing them) over pasta. And only get them fresh. In season.

            • chez says:

              Hmm… tried sauté and deep fried, but didn’t do the garlic… Interesting thought, thanks. (Plus this was entirely new grounds for me so I may or may not have prepared them properly anyways. Flour breading a good idea?)

              • Avis says:

                I wouldn’t do that to mushrooms that cost in excess of $50 a pound!
                Where did you purchase you morels? Next spring, find a farmers market or a really good green-grocer, get them as fresh as possible. Whatever you do, don’t get the dehydrated things!

                • chez says:

                  Farmer’s market $20 per pound, that wasn’t the farmer’s normal crop they just grow here. I was sure to pull out a classification guide to make sure what they should look like too. Dehydrated mushrooms… Bizarre concept really. So just washed in salt water and straight into the pan after drying?

                  • Dragonwriter says:

                    Technically, you’re not supposed to wash mushrooms. They take on a bunch of water. You’re supposed to brush them clean.

                    • Admiral Apparent says:

                      I use a paper towel that is only the slightest bit damp for the stubborn spots.

                    • Avis says:

                      That makes sense. I wash morels (well, rinse quickly) because they have all those nooks and crannies that collect dirt so easily.

                      • Brewski says:

                        Yeah, with morels you have to, they tend to get very gritty.
                        I wish they could be farmed more easily. I have heard of farmed morels, but they just don’t taste the same. I’ve never actually seen them in the store, but I once read about a guy that successfully cultivated them.
                        Last time I was in Whole Foods they were $40 a pound (!!)
                        I once found a bunch of morels in my landscaping behind my house. They never have popped up again since, however.

                        • Avis says:

                          I got some at Whole Foods right before they hit the farmers markets here this year, just a small box. That box was $14, and only held about 5oz. That comes to $70 a pound!!!!!!
                          They were cheaper (not by much) at the farmers markets later.

                        • Blackqhat says:

                          Uh… If my math is correct and I’m not makin a total idiot of myself, it should be a tad less since a pound is 16oz. It would be $44.80 (this is again if i’m not suffering from early morning idiot syndrome)

                    • chez says:

                      Oops, that may explain the water taste. Really they were fresh from the ground and there were even a couple ‘hitchhikers’ until I cleaned them though. Soaking was what the internet told me to do to clean and disinfect. Still a thorough scrubbing plus cooking might do it. Thanks much :)

                      • Judy says:

                        “Soaking”?!? Of course they’d be watery! They’re very absorbent. Whatever cooking site you got that advice from, you should stay away from it.

                        • Elsa_Mama says:

                          Actually …. mushrooms soaking up water is one of those food myths. Alton Brown did a show on food myths and this was one of them.. He weighed three groups of mushrooms. Cleaned one w/ a brush; one under running water and one was soaked. The brush and running water groups did not increase in weight. The soaked ones gains a tiny amount …
                          So, for the leanest mushrooms – clean under running water toget out all the dirt (or worse since many mushrooms are grown on animal sh%t)

                        • Ms B ♥ says:

                          :ick:

                          Just ruined mushrooms for me.

                        • Elsa_Mama says:

                          Every year I add “Mushroom Compost” to my garden — it is manure (cow usually) that has had a crop of mushrooms grown on it …

                  • Avis says:

                    You can’t find morels in a “crop”. They have to foraged. You can find them in wooded areas, usually near a dead or dying oak (I think). But yeah, just wash them (salt water?) and cook ‘em. I would let the butter melt first, but that’s me. And where do you live that they’re only $20 a pound? I WISH I could have found them so cheap!

                    • chez says:

                      Iowa, plenty of places for them to grow here I’m told. So I did mess them up basically, but thanks for the tips. Now I just need to find that booth again next year. (actually there were 2 or 3 with morels this year, 20-35 dollars per pound was what I found. Here’s hoping they don’t get wise ;) )

        • Starfish says:

          We’re talking about the ones that taste like sh*t (literally) and make the flowers on your bathroom wallpaper move.

    • chez says:

      Well it may be time to upgrade to SNES.

      • Gessa says:

        *Gessa had the feeling that someone was playing her life as a video game* Gessa’s sight stone recorded the sight of the third SNES reference.

  6. chez says:

    I’m just going to take this case of root beer riiiiight down here.

  7. Shadow says:

    I have to say, I’ve never seen a yellow mushroom in any of the Mario games.

  8. Harold says:

    Glad someone said ‘Mario’ or I would never had gotten it. Maybe someone has a better picture?
    No, not ‘blonde’. Gray maybe, but not ‘blonde’.

  9. Shadow says:

    It would be even funnier if, as people took out the blue and red boxes that make up his clothes, the person(s) who stocked the shelves replaced them with Mug root beer boxes so it looked like Mario was slowly becoming nekkid.

  10. ShadowTheSniper C.C.C. says:

    I’ll get some re mushrooms. *goes to forest* Holy Crap! There are walking scary looking mushrooms! What’s this there are turtles walking on to feet (what the H*ll are there turtles in a forest for!)
    *gets attack by Goomba* HELP!

  11. Alice says:

    I think someone found Mario’s “Super Mushrooms”

  12. Alice says:

    If they made Link, it would be even MORE epic.

  13. technicolor says:

    There’s too much win in this for me to comprehend.

  14. biscuit says:

    Princess is in another supermarket, sorry

  15. mario says:

    The angle of the image is bad. It took a while to see mario and the mushroom. The comment with the video up there is better.

  16. chez says:

    You think this is an awesome Mario contrivance, clickie. There are 4 parts remember and this is just the f!rst.

  17. Shadow says:

    *headdesk*
    *x5*

  18. Boatlover! says:

    Ahhh now i get it…. only after the you thube video!!!

  19. stix213 says:

    mad skills

  20. Johnny 5 says:

    A NEW CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED

    Wow… look at Mario… just… staring endlessly… at the mushroom…. That look he has… on his face… those menacing eyes… peering into the very heart and soul of the mushroom… the symbol of time and space itself… the cake is a lie… they… they’re going to get me…. They’re going to hurt me… the eyes…….

    *colour returns to face*
    *no longer has a blank stare*

    Sorry, kinda lost myself there. What were we talking about?

  21. Qwaz says:

    Heh…
    You can see the pixels…

  22. ShadowTheSniper C.C.C. says:

    …….__……….__
    …../…..\……./…..\
    …./../.\..\…./../.\..\
    …/../…\..\../../…\..\
    ../../…..\..\/../…..\..\
    ./../…….\__/……..\..\

  23. Don says:

    That is so awesome.

  24. drane says:

    who cares… this is worthless tripe

  25. kamikaze says:

    that’s cool

    but the picture is not so good, I didnt realize what it was til i saw the comments

  26. choco starfish says:

    It’s rotten tripe and yet another leading indicator of the impending demise of humanity

    • Starfish says:

      Cousin Choco!!! Welcome to failblog, where the impending demise of humanity is cool like the other side of the pillow.

  27. iQuaz says:

    THATS IS THE SINGLE COOLEST THINK EVAR!

  28. Ridley says:

    Oh, wow. I want to find the place that did this now and steal the display XD

  29. ¡Great Scott! Chief Engineer says:

    So I’m OT here.
    I’ve been busy packing, but I wanted to stop in and wish all you failpeeps a long weekend full of win.

  30. Rubik says:

    How has no one used the phrase “pop art” yet?

  31. (Apologies in advance. This is stronger than I am.)

    *ahem*

    Did he diet soda?

  32. Twisted says:

    Thats pretty cool :D

  33. failinator/zombietrollnetwork anouncer guy says:

    we need a new fail seriously

  34. Arthur Eld says:

    Alright, my failbulous failfriends, I’m terribly tired and I have to go to bed a party now. Woohoo. Party. *sigh*

    Anyway, I wish you all a great weekend!

    *supah-squeeeeeeeze*

  35. SkyRender says:

    So would this be an example of pop culture, then?

  36. Brewski says:

    To all my fail-friends: Have an excellent weekend (and excellent holiday for those that get it), I’ll see you next week!
    *parting squeezes*

  37. Andrew says:

    It will be a sad day when people buy those drinks and Mario fades away.

    • HellHathNoFury says:

      NO!!!! Don’t say it! They’ll hear you! That’s like…even worse than eating the chocolate statue of liberty! A day of infamy. Anyone who is in possession of a box, a can or even a drop of that soda should be flogged. I think they should be made into a permanent piece of art, a shrine to all that is full of awesome and goodness in our young lives.

  38. bmo says:

    FIRST FIRST FIRST!

  39. madcow says:

    Probably the awesomest thing I have ever seen.

  40. Captain Obvious says:

    1. This is such an epic win. (Combo of my favorite sodas and my favorite game!)
    2. Let’s hope that no one adds pen!s sculptures to this.
    3. That sign two fails ago? That’s in my school.

  41. Cadet Officer Timothy says:

    Do the MARIO! *Super Mario brothers theme*

  42. herladydisdain says:

    Crazy, Rohnert Park is normally so boring

    • Jojo says:

      I work in Rohnert Park, at Greater Works Printing. It is a very boring town. I must stop by Safeway to check it out though.

  43. Gamer dude says:

    More like EPIC WIN

  44. rupa says:

    This has been gone for a while now, in case anyone was planning a pilgrimage.

  45. michel says:

    LEGENDARY!!

  46. ShadowTheSniper C.C.C. says:

    Its’a me….

  47. Emperor, Tetragramaton Cleric, Captain Teague. says:

    *Watches tumbleweed pass by*
    Wow, it got quiet quickly.

  48. Captain Obvious says:

    Man, today was slow. Tomorrow I will post more, I promise. My dad just got out of the hospital today!

  49. Jelly says:

    Beautiful *tear*

  50. Izzy says:

    MARIO!!!

  51. K-niggit says:

    Woah. It took me a second to register what it was, and then my jaw dropped. Epic.

  52. Giga says:

    SUPER PEPSI MARIO!!
    THAT IS SO AWSOME

  53. kannadzuki says:

    My post is STILL awaiting moderation? Bah, humbug. Can anyone tell me (in some creative fashion) what words are setting off alarm bells, nowadays?

  54. King Graphjam says:

    why mario and not sonic?

  55. Qwaz says:

    *Cough Cough*
    Whoo! Dusty here, isn’t it?
    HELLO!!

    HELLO!!

     HELLO!!         
    
    ... 
    
    
    		
    				
  56. Qwaz says:

    Do you know what time it is?
    You know what time it is.
    Yep, Random/ obscure video time.

    With lyrics!

  57. Anna says:

    OHHH. I see it. *facepalms*

  58. Captain Obvious says:

    Well, it looks like everyone hailed a cab for home. See ya tomorrow, and I’ll make sure to post random and obscure videos with you next time Qwaz.

  59. Again says:

    The person who did this display had better have had permission from Nintendo, Inc. or they are liable to be sued for damages related to unauthorized use of licensed images… Just sayin’…

    If so, then yes this is epic WIN. If they didn’t get express permission to use the copyrighted “Mario” and “Mushroom” characters from Nintendo, then it is epic FAIL because they are liable to end up in the poor house.

    • alexnobody says:

      Really? You need permission to advertise for other people? That in itself is FAIL. If I owned a company, and people put up giant Pepsi mosaics in its honor, I’d say “Cool!” not “Hey! You can’t do that! You need permission to use our image!”

  60. Raiian says:

    Wow I can’t believe my video found its way onto FAILBLOG. The actual display took three of us from Pepsi 4 hours to build and we used 945 twelve packs of soda. I can post additional pics if anyone is interested.

  61. Wetpixels says:

    Well now they’ll never sell that soda! oh well. WIN!!

  62. NP says:

    Holy shit, that’s a lot of soda! (that’s for you, Noel)

  63. Phudman says:

    All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi.

  64. just start bating says:

    someone is going to sex my ass this morning

  65. alex says:

    I’ve never been so proud to work for Safeway.

    And I never will be again.

  66. Shannon says:

    :( Had to go there tonight and its gone, its an american flag now.

  67. A Noun says:

    And I just want this one box of root beer right here…..Oh noooooo!

  68. DiSab says:

    Whoever did this needs a *huge* raise. Now.

  69. Mista Fista says:

    Eh! Scusi! It’sa me! Mario! The Italian Stallion! Mama mia!

  70. Somebody has too much time on their hands!

  71. Marekatt says:

    I’ll swap to Pepsi instead of real Coke now.

  72. Carme says:

    Have you noticed the non-Pepsi product DR PEPPER!?!?! HOW COULD YOU MISTAKEN SOMETHING SO WONDERFUL AND DELICIOUS AS DR PEPPER AS A PEPSI PRODUCT?!?! THEY SHOULD BE SHOT!

  73. yyy says:

    Only a plain dipshit nerd who still lives in his parents’ basement would call this ‘win’

    • HellHathNoFury says:

      At least we all know, by your proclaimation of superiority, that you are far more awesome than Mario lovers, and the rest of us are lower life forms. Thank you, Captain Douchebag, for the enlightenment. all of us nerds *99.9 percent of the population* will be over here, enjoying our lives without you. You can have that corner alone with your douchebaggery, and wait for us nerds to invent the internet, computers, cell phones, you know, the things that you cannot live without. Sorry for breathing your air.

    • mushroom_win says:

      :P :P :P :P you have your thoughts that nobody cares about, and we (the awesome nerds) have ours. PS. WIN!!!!!!!!! winwinwinwinwinwin…. :P

  74. Ann-me says:

    Sooo cool! I wish I got to set up displays like that in the store where I work.

  75. Megamoth says:

    Wow, something cool in Rohnert Park! My own town and I missed it! I guess I gotta shop safeway more often.

  76. JWarmo says:

    I want someone to so pull one out from the bottom XD

  77. candy ass says:

    i like to stick my hand up my ass, and then smell it

  78. Quackoid says:

    Drink the green mushroom for eternal life!
    Drink the red mushroom to be 10 feet tall!
    Drink the yellow mushroom to be a 50 foot giant!
    Drink the blue mushroom to be tiny!
    DONT drink the purple mushroom!!!!

  79. Quackoid says:

    i drank purple mushroom. now what?
    -
    HOUR LATER
    -
    *got poizoned by drinking purple shroom and died*

  80. Kai says:

    That’s pretty epic. xD

  81. Ponyeee says:

    LOLZ Super Mario World :P epsi Style!

  82. RanRanRuu says:

    WIN!!!!

  83. HelloMan says:

    *drinks mario’s eye fluid*

  84. barmidon says:

    666-th
    I WIN!

  85. Eric says:

    There is a FAIL! in this: they used Pepsi products.

  86. C.C. Halifax says:

    Hahaha! I can now comfirm that windows 7’s miscrosoft pain is WAYYY better than the one on windows fista.

  87. sandbullet says:

    squarepainter.deviantart.com

  88. Darkam says:

    Amazing work, hope they will make other art !

  89. Bob says:

    Wow…I need to pay more attention at the Rohnert Park Safeway…

  90. Spyka says:

    So what did they use for the yellow?

  91. Ribo Zurai says:

    This won the internet

  92. K says:

    ROHNERT PARK!

  93. Momo says:

    Can i have the Pepsi from the bottom?

  94. phyrra says:

    Go Sonoma State! XD

  95. Tim says:

    yeah but it’s still not as good as the Rohnert park apple bees. That and Scandia pwn all your faces =D

  96. JV says:

    Squirt Accessibility Fail!

  97. Neil says:

    Haha, that’s amazing!

  98. Dr Interwebz says:

    Do do do do do do DO!

  99. Alina says:

    I have been here. It’s in Oakland, California. I think I have seen the American Flag one.

  100. Bart says:

    Hey guys, I just called the Rohnert Park Safeway yesterday in a attempt to go visit this awsomeness BUT ended up being a EPIC “FAIL.” Corporate told this Safeway to “Take it down” because it was Pepsi related!!! D<<< BUT the guy I talked to was cool enough to tell me to call back on monday and ask for the store manager to ask him to bring it back! So if enough people call they "MIGHT" bring it back!!! The store number is (707) 584-8942. CALL AND ASK FOR THIS AWSOMENESS TO RETURN!!!!!!

  101. Blockhed13 says:

    Those people have alot of time on their hands. But they did a great job.

  102. Ruukasu says:

    Creativity WIN!

  103. RenRen says:

    So I totally saw this in person xD I go to school in Rohnert Park. It was way cool

  104. Mandy!! says:

    thats defenitely grool!!

    it really won! i wish here in mexico people actually had this kind of imagination! im still proud of being mexican!

  105. mushroom_win says:

    BIGGEST WIN ON FAILBLOG!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!

  106. Kyle says:

    That is Epic!

  107. Ruukasu says:

    It would be funnier if Bowser was built mostly with Sprite boxes at the same time (no pun intended) since Sprite is a Coca-Cola product.

  108. CrimsonXero says:

    MAJOR WIN!!!?

  109. sebastian says:

    SO MUCH WIN!

  110. SANDRA says:

    wow…WIN X INFINITY

  111. Briana says:

    makes you wonder what would happen if someone took a soda box from the middle.

  112. TryedIt@Home says:

    must be the union

  113. John says:

    Pathmark oughta do this for New Years’!


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