Freebies and free stuff

I woke up last Friday already knowing about the free Slurpee’s at 7-11, but it wasn’t until around noon that I logged onto HIF and noticed the Dress Like A Cow Chick-Fil-A freebie. I didn’t have anything planned for the day, my little sister was pretty bored, so a few hours later…

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EDIT: This is no longer available.

Ladies and gentlemen, I come to you as a concerned member of the freebie world. I’m no business executive, but I do know that in order to stay up and running, most companies need to sell various products for profit. With that in mind, I ask how in the world is Dove still operating? Every time I turn around, they’re giving away endless amounts of samples, like the free Dove Pro-Age lotion.

But it’s not just the fact that Dove is giving away countless freebies. There’s the trend in product names. Pro-age? Isn’t lotion supposed to be anti-age? Is the name supposed to be ironic? Is this a joke I’m not getting?

Some people might think I run a freebie website and develop relationships with the companies so that I can get even more free samples. Heck no! I just want their e-mail addresses so I can ask them what the heck their product names mean.

[via Nick]

What does the SciFi channel and Degree for Men deodorant have in common? I have no idea. Maybe they both enjoy creating websites that force even the newest of computers to stop everything it’s doing in an effort to load it. My computer almost ate itself trying to process that freaking page – I honestly thought it was going to catch on fire. I really like this computer and it’s expensive, so I got pretty worried and even started sweating a little.

I…wait a minute…Ooooooooooh, they’re good!

[via the forums]

EDIT: This is dead.

I get the image of a chick running on this free Playtex sport page, but I’m a little baffled by the next one of her shopping. Is shopping a sport to women? You know, that might explain a lot. I enjoy the company of a woman who appreciates sports, but now I’m gonna have to rethink that position.

How about this new rule of thumb: If an activity involves trying on more than two pairs of outfits, it’s not a sport. Can we all agree to this? Oh, and here’s a secondary page for when the Wal Mart offer dies soon.

EDIT: Unfortunately, this freebie is no longer available.

These free Powerful Girls journal and other goodies are being given away by a government agency (I think), so it’s pretty safe to say they’ll come (I hope). No word on just how powerful one must be in order to qualify for them, but they accepted my submission and I can only bench press 10 pounds.

Whenever I see the Fiber One commercials, I think of just eating a cardboard box. Just like in the commercials. I guess, though, its not as bad as they make it out to be or something. Or if it was, maybe they’re just trying to brainwash us all with these free samples of their new products with coupons. I don’t know about you, but when I get coupons, it makes everything better.

[via the forums]

I’ll eat almost anything that’s put in front of me. Same goes for drinking. So when I saw this free sample of Tazo Tea that you get when you click the little link on the bottom, well, I couldn’t turn it down.

Of course, this means I actually have to wait for it to come in the mail, but if I’m lucky it’ll be raining that day and I can just put the envelope in my mouth.

[via the forums]

Speaking of free food today, if you head in to Chick-Fil-A today and are dressed like a cow? You get free food there too.

Full cow costume? Free meal.
Partical cow costume? Free entrée.

And seriously, dress like a cow? Well if you don’t have a cow costume hanging up in the back of your closet (and if you do, I need to party with you), they give you tips on their website.

EDIT: I nearly forgot. If you do participate in this offer, please take a picture and post it on the forums at the link below! We’d love to see what you can come up with!

[via the forums]

This morning while watching the news they were announcing this and I looked down at my clock. Wow, 7:11AM on 7/11. Can’t beat talking about 7/11′s 7.11 ounce free Slurpees today at exactly 7:11AM on 7/11.

Just, don’t wait till 7:11PM on 7/11, because then you won’t be able to hit up all of the participating 7/11 stores in your area for your free 7.11 ounce Slurpee.

I think the only year this could have been cooler in would have been Ye Ole Middle Ages on 7/11/711. I mean, seriously. How cool would the Medieval Bloggers be back then? I’d imagine something like this:

“Forsooth, this doth refresheth mine thirst and quencheth me from thy dragon sun nigh!”

[via the forums]

I hardly ever post any freebies available only to our Canadian neighbors, but I feel it’s time to offer them some free Folgers coffee. This makes me wonder if their Folgers coffee is better than ours somehow. What’s up, Folgers? Why only offer this to Canadians? Are you putting gold bars in theirs or giving them the “real” coffee? I smell a conspiracy!

Oh no, wait, that was just the dog I was smelling. False alarm, everybody!

[via Pru]