They say you ain't seen nothin' til you're down on the muffin.

Sham Foundation Muffin Endowment

There's so much right here...

Have YOU seen the muffin man?

And not just the top of the muffin.

This is a beautiful idea.

/Empire Falls was a lousy book, though

What? Old blue-eyes didn't chip in?

Well, I guess that's why I'm always hearing about Newman's owin'...

I think that's a cool idea. And I'd have a website where it would list all the past recipients and letters of appreciation. After 20 years that'd be cool to look back on.

lenfromak: And not just the top of the muffin.

Sunday morning muffintop thread?

This guy approves.

So James Sham sets up a foundation to pay the cost of giving away one muffin per day. The diner controls who gets that muffin and under what circumstances, and also gets to use the gimmick for publicity. They figure the cost at $0.70 per day, or $255.50 per year. The publicity value of that one article alone - and, of course, its posting to Fark - has got to be way more than that.

That was a very nice gift James Sham and his donors gave to the Empire Grill. I hope they picked up his tab for the meal.

And... This guy is gonna steal it.

/Moving just a few min south of there literally this week.
//looking forward to my free muffin

Wodan11: /Moving just a few min south of there literally this week.
//looking forward to my free muffin

Welcome new neighbor. I hope Skow area is good to you. I'm just a few min north of there myself.

What if the price of the muffins goes up?

I'm not much of a muffin fan (unless there's bacon involved), so I'm not getting a kick out of these replies.

Am I banned?

The muffin man is seated at the table in the laboratory of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen... reaching for an over-sized chrome spoon he gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants and, brushing his scapular aside, proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt...

He turns to us and speaks:
"Some people like cupcakes better. I, for one, care less for them!"

Ned the Wookie: Am I banned?

Don't think so, I can see your reply

eraser8: I'm not much of a muffin fan (unless there's bacon involved), so I'm not getting a kick out of these replies.

A bacon muffin. GENIUS!

/off to marketing

Here's your FARKING MUFFIN

He didn't factor in inflation...perpetuity my arse.

Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing anointment utensil he puts forth a quarter ounce green rosette near the summit of a dense yet radiant muffin of his own design.

/UMRK
//Hey Vinnie where's the 5?
///I'm suffering with the click track...
////Little Green Rosetta, Frank had a great sense of humour.

" put the money in a five-year (certificate of deposit) "

You can't touch the money for five years, great plan.

ak4799mm: He didn't factor in inflation...perpetuity my arse.

Well, you need to get interest at around 3% above inflation to maintain the fund, which does seem a little far fetched on 9k when you have 5% inflation. I guess you can average out fluctuations though as long as the fund doesn't run down too much.

Look at it this way though - compared to Zimbabwe, doing this in Maine will be a breeze.

pjc51: ak4799mm: He didn't factor in inflation...perpetuity my arse.

Well, you need to get interest at around 3% above inflation to maintain the fund, which does seem a little far fetched on 9k when you have 5% inflation. I guess you can average out fluctuations though as long as the fund doesn't run down too much.

Look at it this way though - compared to Zimbabwe, doing this in Maine will be a breeze.

(And if I'd read the article more carefully I'd have realised that the interest is 3.2%, which most definitely doesn't cover inflation)

WBLM had a muffin man....107.5 the blimp....

/escapee from Maine
//west coast 4 life, now
/// slash slash!

World needs more strange and interesting.

So what happens when the cost of a muffin increases?

What other Paul Newman? Just because subby says there's another Paul Newman doesn't make it so.

flexflint: What other Paul Newman? Just because subby says there's another Paul Newman doesn't make it so.

FTFA: Paul Newman also contributed; however he's a copyright lawyer, not the actor.

We have rules against perpetuities in this country.

I read that as "puffin"

lennavan: What if the price of the muffins goes up?

That's exactly what I was thinking. Looks like the guy who set up this endowment didn't think his cunning plan all the way through.

oroku_saki: lennavan: What if the price of the muffins goes up?

That's exactly what I was thinking. Looks like the guy who set up this endowment didn't think his cunning plan all the way through.

He's an "artist" he doesn't know any better.

LaChanz: Wodan11: /Moving just a few min south of there literally this week.
//looking forward to my free muffin

Welcome new neighbor. I hope Skow area is good to you. I'm just a few min north of there myself.

ALMOST lived in Skowhegan many years ago when my dad was working at WTOS. But mom refused to move until our old house sold. By the time it did dad had different job so we moved further south.

/lives a few mins south of Augusta.
//Hubby keeps talking about moving out of state to a better economy.
///Been out of state. Didn't like it there. Came back. NOT MOVING.

Some people... some people like cupcakes exclusively, while myself, I say
There is naught nor ought there be nothing so exalted on the face of gods grey
Earth as that prince of foods... the muffin!

Girl you thought he was a man
But he was a muffin
He hung around till you found
That he didnt know nuthin

Girl you thought he was a man
But he only was a-puffin
No cries is heard in the night
As a result of him stuffin

Bruce fowler on trombone, napoleon murphy brock on tenor sax, and lead vocals,
Terry bozzio on drums, tom fowler on bass, denny walley on slide, george duke
On keyboards, captain beefheart on vocals, and soprano sax, and madness.
Thank you very much for coming to the concert tonight. hope you enjoyed it.
Goodnight, Austin, Texas, where ever you are.

I donut like this idea.

He put the money in a five-year (certificate of deposit) at 3.2 percent

You're doing it wrong.

/could have easily been 5% or more