I concur that it was a great conference and I am glad I attended from the UK.
Thanks to all the organisers and also to the attendees who made us non-natives feel at home. I collected a few Twinkies as they rained down on us. Actually, rained down is probably not the right expression - they were hurled with great expertise and never failed to hit their targets! I was, however, put off from eating one when Joel told us what the cream inside the Twinkies is made of. That's a fact that you don't want to know when trying to enjoy a cake! Cheers Peter > To fill in some back-story⦠> > > > The first Twinkies (donât remember if it was the 1st RUG > or 2nd), were because we had asked the hotel for their > menu for a mid-afternoon snack platter. They offered the > usual grapes/cheese/crackers thing, and a ridiculous price > per head. So we asked about a desert selection, even more > ridiculous price. Thatâs when we decided to go with the > assorted hostess/candy bar selection â frugal, and > seemed to be appropriate for the attendees. > > > > The next RUG, we knew we were going to have a âlivelyâ > ask management session, and decided that a crowd on a > sugar high might be a little more tame. I think that also > marks the first usage of a Twinkie as a projectile, > although I believe it was tossed by a Remedy employee to > the OHG. > > > > As mentioned in the wiki, I can attest that contrary to > rumor, Twinkies will eventually go bad. I had an unopened > one in my office for about 6 years, you could have driven > a nail with it. > > > > Eric Bergan > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kelly Deaver > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Why Hostess Twinkies are a Remedy conference tradition > > > > > > For those who wonder about the odd occasional reference to TWINKIES- > > (as told by Doug Mueller, as best I can remember) > > > The first Remedy conference there was a last minute decision to have food > during an afternoon break. The lady from Remedy who was handling such > things piled up tables with an assortment of candy bars and Hostess baked > goods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_(brand)) including Ding Dongs, > Ho Hos, Snowballs, and Twinkies. The hotel people thought she was crazy. > The doors opened from the sessions and out poured the attendees. As if a > plague of locust had come through, the tables were empty in about 5 > minutes! It seems she was on to something and Twinkies were the MOST > popular. > > > > The next year, Remedy named it the "junk food break' and put out even > bigger piles. Again, the crowd devoured it. > > > > The third year, everyone came in to the general session to find a Twinkie > on their seat. > > > > The forth and all subsequent years, Twinkies moved to the ARSList Awards > program. Someone began the tradition of throwing them to/at the attendees. > Of course that lead to someone throwing a few back at the presenters. Now > there is generally showers of Twinkies tossed about with plenty to go > around! > > > > Over the years, Twinkies have ended up in the expensive chandeliers > hanging high above in conference rooms. Some of of these same Twinkies > have been sighted 6 months later when RUG attendees were at a different > conference. Twinkies have been spotted all over conference centers in the > wake of ARSlist Awards and conferences. This year, a special "Twinkie > clause" was written in to the contract with the Hard Rock so we could > bring in food not made by their staff.... but just Twinkies. Even the > roadies for Santana got in on the act and ended up with Twinkies.. > Twinkies have a life of their own! If you don't believe me, read the wiki > :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie > > > > > > Kelly Deaver > Effective Technologies > www.effect-tech.com > > [email protected] (ARSlist mail) > [email protected] (Business mail) > > _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are"_ > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
