“We gave it a shot.” — a Hostess Teamsters union member in Hodgkins, Ill., who tried to convince bakers to cross the picket line, told The Post.
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“You have second thoughts about not crossing the picket line. I didn’t want to harm anybody,” Susan Brady, a 23-year-old Philadelphia, Pa., bakery worker, told The Post.
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“First Mitt, now the Twinkie. Farewell, spongy, bland, artificial remnants of another era.” — Guy Nicolucci via Twitter
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“Who cares anymore? They are nothing but an equity company in the business of money, not operations.” — a Hostess worker who asked to remain unnamed told the Post.
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“We bail out the automakers but NOT THE TWINKIES?!?!?” — Damon Lindelof via Twitter
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“I’m not answering questions on Twinkies! No, no, no, no, no. It’s bad enough you got me to say the word Twinkie behind this microphone!” — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie when asked by a reporter about the Hostess liquidation
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“I’m not kidding. If Hostess goes under I will mourn. And wear a black arm band. In the shape of a Chocodile. Then, I will try to eat it.” — actor Rob Lowe via Twitter.
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“It’s over. This is it.” — Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn said in an interview with “Today.”
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“Sometimes in life we face a cause where none will ever win. / What ‘ere the outcome, both sides lose, no victor stands within.” — A.W. Hiatt, a Hostess route salesman in Louisville, wrote in a poem.
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