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January 8, 2007
In Memory of Mr. Cup Noodle
A hero. A legend. A modern-day and non-fictional Robin Hood. A destroyer of hunger. Ando Momofuku, the inventor of the world's first instant noodle, has died. He was 96. He shall be known for his hand in Cup Noodle (not "Cup o' Noodles" like some people like to say), Top Ramen and for helping the countless number of impoverished people that have looked to his food for a helping hand. In honor of his passing (unlike my memorial for Aaron Spelling) I offer this haiku:
Tasty Top Ramen
Makes me full for ten minutes
Then I need more food
And because I'm a little emotional about this all still, I offer this additional haiku:
Some little green peas,
Somehow in this Cup Noodle
I think they're gross
If you find time during your day, please be sure to observe a moment of silence in honor of him. My condolences go out to his family and others that he left behind.
Thank you Mr. Cup Noodle for getting me through my first two years of college, and my first year of marriage. It is truly sad due to the fact that there will no longer be any delicious noodle inventions to buy at a wonderfully scruptuous price (not to mention the fact that you have a noodley meal in 3 minutes or less).
noodles soaked in salt
no nutritional value
eat with fork then drink
Noodles little man
Cup in my hand
Eat them up yum
I dunno how I feel about that, other than why are the peas gross?
May he rest in peace.
I ate my first Cup Noodles after a hike up and down Mount Baldy. I threw it all up in the corner of our 3 man tent. Greg Lowry covered it with his pillow so we could go back to sleep without getting up to clean it. Maybe it was the peas. It was a long time before I ate another Cup Noodles. Never shared a tent with Greg again.
Never had the Cup Noodle.
Never had the Top Ramen.
The Powers That Be willing, I never will.
Farewell Noodle-san
I eat chicken flavor
To commemorate
-- Jocelyn (who has loved her Noodles)