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Nice! I doubt anybody else has given “the line” lemonade! Rocketboom ROCKS!
Won’t the iPhone be availabe from the Apple Online store on June 29th as well? Is that line a race to be first or a social gathering?
BTW, $499 + phone plan + unemployed doesn’t add up. Joanne, I don’t think you needed to waste your time on the lemonade, Steve Jobs already served up a nice batch.
Consumer products will not save the world. I don’t understand the mentality of someone who would wait for days in a line to buy a hunk of plastic. Cell phones suck.
I’m with you Brooklyn. My goal in life is to wait in line as little as possible as much as I can.
iPhone Story
The iLine was iWinding
around the IStore as Joanne
so graciously offered iLemonade and
iCookies to a bunch of iFreaks
willing to shell out 500 iDollars
for a purty IPhone while sitting
in the IHeat with dirty iFeet
making iPlans with their collective
IMinds, which was inconspicuously picked up the
RBs iMic which roamed and iRoamed until IFat guy
ate it which put Rebecca in charge of keeping the iLine
newbie-free while handing out
iAspirin to those suffering from iHeatStroke…
THE END
(where do these people get their disposable cash Johnny?)
Some people like to stand in lines, some people don’t.
We all know Joanne’s secret plan.
She’s giving everyone lemonade so that when they go to the toilet she’ll steal their place.
Pretending to be homeless so you can pay too much for a toy… well, here’s something equally as ill conceived.
Warning: Well placed cuss word near the end.
Just wanted to share a video that my friend accidentally made, not spamming, not trying to hate, thought one silly thing deserved another.
Somebody get this kid some lemonade and a cookie, quick!
Look how happy you are after you get an iPhone, even your clothes look brighter…
B-man, you’re crazy!
Gee thanks Kam. Like they say \”Think Different!\”
…what th_ ?!
http://www.apple.com/iphone/internet/?feature=feature05
If history is any indication the real lemons may be handed out tomorrow…
That is one gadget I will not be able to get for a long while.
Seems that Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force has taken the first place in line for the new Apple i-phone in NYC. See any similarities?
Must have gotten himself a toupé.
The chair is holding up…good sign.
Maybe they could all line up some other day for A LIFE.
Listening to the nebbish describe the travails of standing in line for a new toy was not unlike listening to Paris Hilton describing the Living Hell of prison, which for her meant going 23 days without a personal chef.
The lemonade and cookies were inspired. But next time, maybe you could take them to a hospital’s ER waiting room? Hand them out to people waiting half a day for stitches or antibiotics. I bet they’d appreciate it.
leron baby, what does standing in line for an iPhone have to do with standing in line at an ER waiting room? Are these people responsible for the state of health care in America? Go eat a cookie.
Dr. Doom, old buddy, old pal, I just think we need to keep some perspective on whom to feel sorry for.
Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a lemon pastry cream over there with my name on it.
you\’re right leron baby, perspective…call your congress man or woman if you think there\’s a problem…however, you\’ll probably find them out of the office indulging in some lemon meringué pie
Steve Jobs…can you create an iHosptal, we don\’t like lineups in ER.
Thanks! There you go bud…done. Now you can whack yourself with a hammer and you won\’t have to wait in line…kidding, of course.
Wanna_See_It_Bigger? Click here for LARGER image…
someone\’s foot is asleep, quick, get him an iMassager before he puts a hole in that pavement.
Online or in line?
…
Oh, those silly corporate sheeples… and to think that by next year the iphone will be sooo 2007….
Ya know this type of hyper-consumerism is exactly why the US initiated the latest military action in Iraq? Rhetorical question.
I agree. That’s why I’m going to wait for next year’s bigger and better–this is 2008!–model before I decide to switch, if at all.
“Hyper-consumerism” is a great term for it!
It seems the first man in the queue is not all he seems to be be http://http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/2554/iphone_queue_leader_exposed.html
Try this link; no clean up required!
Very interesting article; so apparently the guy\’s an impostor!
Imposter or not… I still think he\’s CARL from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Also, Rocketboom why did you take down my post with images? (I am a fan not a spammer)
Nevermind. It was just the ranking that dropped it. I know I\’m a dumb@ss. Still, I think he\’s CARL!
Nice, Lemonaid (should of got em some apples) :) My kids do a lemonaid stand 2 or 3x each summer
more on #1 line sitting fan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Packer
You sure today\’s sponsor wasn\’t Apple? You seem to be giving them plenty of free i-airtime.
Come on…\”support the cause?\” \”Support the *effort*?\” What are these people thinking? This is just the epitome of American commercialism.
Apple is basically the Microsoft of the MP3 player, and now they\’re trying to push into the phone market by hyping up their product more than it deserves, just like every big company tries to do. And maybe it\’s just me, but I think the iPhone is ugly and would be uncomfortable to hold up to your head.
Why do people line up for days to buy software?
Why do people line up for days to buy football, baseball & basketball tickets?
Why do people line up for days to buy tickets to a rock concert?
Why do people line up for days to see Spiderman?
Why do people line up for days to see Harry Potter movies?
Why do parents line up with their kids for days to buy Harry Potter books?
You can add your own to this list….cause it goes on and on and on…
There’s a new species out there called dorkdroids.
You’ve seen em, we’ve all seen em.
This is what they’ve been programmed to do.
That’s their business. not mine…I don’t lineup for anything…
…unless Joanne wanted to interview me…then I’d buy a tent-for-two
toodle doo!
In the case of of technology, because they are the test bunnies, eager to discover the bugs and failures of new tech., while funding development through paying the highest price.
Hats off them, lest we ourselves either pay the highest price for errors and shortfalls or do without altogether!
P.S. Joanne is such a benevolent angel of mercy and relief! Like the closet to Narnia her repertoire seems endless.
“lemonade & a cookie”
“I’ll take a couple” yeah bud, one’s not gonna do it for you, looks like you already ate a whole box. Get your fat ass out of the chair & do a few turns around the block.
“lemonade & a cookie”
“I’m thinking really hard about marrying my girlfriend, till Friday anyway” right, once she gets her hands on the iPhone you give her, you’re history buster.
“Why isn’t he here?”
“He’s working, somebody’s gotta pay the rent” my iPhone comes before food, clothing & shelter. I don’t care if we live in our pickup truck, as long as I has my iPhone.
“Have you had to save up to get one?”
“It hasn’t been easy but I’ve been trying to save up for it” I spend so much money on cookies & the gym.
Right, leave Rebecca in charge, give her some drugs too!
& last, It’s IN line (or cue, cued up, cueing, in your case) not ON line, that’s when you’re surfing the net or hanging from your laundry.
later people
I think that this new ‘rating threshold’ system has given some individuals a license to over-edit the comments with the ‘refresh ‘n rate again’ method until the pictures present are only the ones that he/she prefers. This new system really sucks, in my opinion. Hey! Take a gander at a really cool montage of today’s Rocket Boom episode here, made by an avid hobbyist of hyper-retro consumer-level image software.
I\’ve said it before and I\’ll say it again: your mashups rock!
I have also stated in previous posts that the comment ratings system needs an overhaul because as it is it\’s quite inaccurate. So, did you refresh \’n rate for that \’30\’?! ;)
Why not just combine the two?
Lemonade Cookie Recipe (kam, you can add your secret ingredient)
Lemonade cookie recipe makes about 3 to 4 dozen cookies. Scroll down the page to see more lemon cookies and bars.
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, sift before measuring
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 small can (6 ounces) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed, divided
• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel, optional
• granulated sugar
PREPARATION:
Cream butter and sugar until light; add eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Sift together the sifted flour, baking soda; add to the creamed mixture, alternating with 1/2 cup of the lemonade concentrate. Stir in grated lemon peel. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake cookies at 400° for 8 minutes or until lightly browned around edges. Brush hot cookies with remaining lemonade concentrate then sprinkle with a little granulated sugar. Remove cookies to racks. Makes about 3 to 4 dozen lemonade cookies.
Funny segment! I bet most of those in line are hoping to resale their iPhone for fat profits on eBay or Craigslist. Similar phenom happened last December with the PS3 and Wii.
It\’s nice to see someone reaching out a helping hand to fanboys. Everyone bashes them, but I admire their dedication. They know what they want and when they see what they want, not even sweltering heat on New York City streets can deter them from their cause.
Here\’s a link to a song written for people in Apple Store lines! (not by me)
And Robert Scoble, everyone\’s favorite egotistical tech geek blogger made it first in line with his son at the Palo Alto store, not on purpose he says, but it\’s turning out good for his own PR. He also admits he\’s an idiot!
NEWS FLASH!!! Behind The Scenes With Joanne!!!
I found a first hand account of meeting Joanne in line at the Apple Store iPhone line. And is that Twitter.com/Rocketboom “Ellie” in the first video? All the women at Rocketboom are gorgeous!
http://www.myitablet.com/rocketboom-serves-lemonade-and-cookies-to-iphone-campers-27974.php
Ellie, (gulp) would you, er…would you consider, um…(choke) a date, like dinner & an iPhone, (damn) I mean dinner & a movie, or just dinner. I could be there in, lets say, 3 days. (be still my beating heart)
\”D\’you think she\’ll buy that?\”
\”Na!\”
“think she’ll buy that” do you mean the iPhone or that self inflicted wound you just gave yourself with the above proposition?!
Either way I say “Na!” to both. Sorry dude!
But there was that girl that Joanne left in charge at the front of the line! After 3 days of toughing it out for her ‘boyfriend’ I’m sure she’s about to drop him like a Motorola Razr if the tune is sung just right!
http://elvis.phys.lsu.edu/svoboda/post/figs/SumoWrestler.BMP
Don’t worry kid, if I win the next match I’ll get you an iPhone.
Now let go, you’re giving me heartburn.
speaking of casual friday here is a bee update
http://earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1280&category=Environment