Yo, Mr Fahrenheit where art thou?




Tonight as I was greedily crocodiling down a styrofoam packet of nasik kerabu biru fluorescent, I was hit with TWO mind numbing, intellectually provoking thoughts... (adoiii sakit kepala laa - i don't think that often yo)


1. If i eat nasik kaler biru fluorescent, will my shit be the same color?
Answer: No. Sekian.

2. If 7-Eleven opens 24 hours a day, why is it then called 7-Eleven?!!!

*jeng jeng jeng*

Apabila TooTs berfikir, the heavens open dan malaikat pun berzikir!!!
(O How Utterly Blasphemous!!! ~maafkan saye emm!~)

With the aid of the new age enpsychopedia aka GugleDotKomKomApaKomBatBatApaBatman; I have managed to solve this mystery!!!

Behold! A brief history on kedai dua puloh ampat jam kegemaran Labu, Luncai dan Phyllis Abigail Norton, 7-Eleven!


7-Eleven - the who, the how, the when^

*hek hem*

History
The company was founded in Oak Cliff, Texas, USA, which is now part of Dallas, USA, in 1927, and started to use the 7-Eleven name in 1946; the previous branding of these stores was as "Speedee-Mart". Supermarket chain Ito-Yokado, which operates 7-Eleven stores in Japan, purchased the majority interest of Southland Corporation in 1991. Also in 1999, Southland Corporation changed its name to 7-Eleven, Inc.

Initially, these stores were open from 7 am to 11 pm, which was unprecedented at the time, hence the name; however, most 7-Eleven stores are now open twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. 7-Eleven's most popular private label products include: Slurpees, a partially frozen slurry in a number of flavors, and the Big Gulp super size soft drink in 32, 44, 52, and 64 (American) fluid ounce sizes. In 2005, 7-Eleven introduced their largest soft drink product, the 128 fluid ounce (1 gallon) Team Gulp.

In November of 2005, Seven & I Holdings Co. completed the purchase of 7-Eleven, Inc., turning the American publicly-traded conglomerate into a publicly-traded Japanese conglomerate. Seven-Eleven Japan is itself a subsidiary of Seven & i Holdings, which also owns the Japanese Denny's chain of restaurants and Ito-Yokado.

Trivia(L)
The only privately owned 7-11 stores are located in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma metropolitan area. These 100 stores are owned by the Brown Family, and carry a slightly different product selection than other 7-11 stores in the world. They do not serve hotdogs, or nachos but have their own bakery called Seventh Heaven, and have fresh baked donut and cookie/pastry rack in each store, while many other regional 7-11s will carry Dunkin' Donuts. Also, due to this agreement, they carry a similar product in lieu of the Slurpee, the Icy Drink. The one side effect to this being that national advertising campaigns and promotions (e.g. movie marketing tie-ins) cannot be used. This unique marketing agreement can be traced to a merger with the Oklahoma based U-Totem stores in the early 70's.
^Source: Wikipedia Dot Org.



And so now, u too, like me, know the origins of our feveret 24 hour mart, and also Phyllis Abigail Norton's feveret kedai runcit untuk membeli jamu dan julap --> 7-Eleven - where the best daifuku's (pronounced as "die-fuck-you") are sold!