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(Credit for this excellent OP goes to forums user semiavrage) Check below for updates! As an offshoot of the Awful Kickstarter thread, there may actually be something worthwhile. Doobie's Dog House, who requires a mere six thousand dollars to become a reality, and is run by a very nice gentleman indeed. When you donate be sure to make a comment referencing "Team Frogout," so he knows it's coming from us. CLICK HERE TO DONATE JossiRossi posted:Who Are We Helping: Claude Robinson and Doobie's Dog House Over the last two days, we have been following Doobie's Dog House in the Awful Kickstarter thread. We started out mocking the campaign, which only had a few nasty photos of poorly made hotdogs. So why are we so supportive of it now? After reading into the campaign a little bit, it really seems like Claude is a genuine guy with a decent business plan. He's dreamed of owning his own restaurant for years, but just does not have the money to make it happen. He has all his suppliers lined up and he already has a mildly successful business running out of his trailer. Oh, and did I mention that he's willing to paint a gigantic on the side of his building if he's successfully funded? Because he is. He isn't asking for much, he already has the property, he just needs to set up the kitchen. For this he needs $6000 dollars. Before goons found his Kickstarter he had $80, at the time of this post he has $1,887. We've even catapulted him to the front page of Kickstarter! With your help we can push him up to his goal of $6000 dollars. We are not doing this ironically or mockingly. We are doing this to help a person who really is passionate about his business. We want to see him succeed! He's a little overwhelmed with the support he's gotten from us in the last two days, I believe. He's also, naturally, a little confused as to where these donations are coming from. Claude will use your money for the following things:
What if I don't care about a drat frog? Then just donate at whatever tier you feel like and ask Claude to give you free hotdogs to the homeless/hungry. Is that ketchup on that drat hotdog? If you want it to be, yes. Claude believes that the best toppings for a dog are the ones you want, so if you choose to apply ketchup to your hotdog, that's on you. Let's make Claude's dream a reality! SoundMonkey fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Sep 28, 2013 |
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UPDATES! If you want to see the most heartwarming updates ever, just go click on the link and read Wayne's updates that he posted. Here's what we've done so far: $6000 (funded) $6600 (funded + KS fees) $10,000 (just because) $12,000 (double-funded) $13,200 ($12k plus KS/Amazon fees) Next Goal: ...I dunno, $15,000? What Wayne Has Done So Far - been absolutely floored that the internet cares about him - given us our own "Frog Dog" on the menu (we'll leave the details of that to the dog expert himself) - committed to having all of our names (nearly six hundred as of this post) engraved on a plaque mounted on the wall of Doobie's Dog House (this may end up being simplified somewhat due to logistics.) - clarified many things, namely that he will be using home-made chili and that he himself prefers shredded cheddar, but his customers prefer processed cheese - found absolutely bitchin' local bargains on equipment he needs - consulted with the property owner about landscaping issues - agreed to a policy of "even if you forego your reward, if a member of Team Frogout ever shows up at the shack, they will get their free dog" - apparently is a pretty good painter for someone without formal training, and loves watching Bob Ross on PBS What Challenges Remain - apparently the sewer dude is being kind of mean about stuff but Wayne's sorting it out - finding stuff to actually spend this money on: Wayne has plans for a proper fryer, and a flame grill - Wayne would like the help of someone with kitchen experience to tell him how best to organize his kitchen. If you can help, e-mail soundmonkey@somethingawful.com - not much actually, this dude is WAY more organized and together than I gave him credit for General Guidelines and Policies - only contribute what you can afford, don't go broke in some internet giving frenzy - this is Dogman's shack, not ours, let's leave all the choices and decisions up to him - if you have specific questions for Wayne, post them in the thread and I'll sort of collect and relay them to him. We don't want to goonrush the poor guy's inbox. - we have almost all forsaken our rewards, at least those involving him having to give away like a drat thousand free hotdogs (actually 943, as of this post) - Wayne used his full name on Kickstarter, but his preference is Wayne, not Claude (although he doesn't seem to get offended) - it's pronounced "REE-form", not "re-FORM" Related Stuff / Fan Art Larz posted:Doobie inspired me to visit my local hot dog stand for lunch. Here is what I had today from Jim of Jim's Ol' Time Hot Dogs. Noni posted:Here's a thing: 100Dachshunds posted:Hot dog kickstarter fanart? Why yes! Machai posted:Vector frog, now with multiple types. este posted:
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Bad Munki posted:Did someone say Frogdog? Because you can just BetterToRuleInHell posted:Pledging now to throw in by this weekend, first I have to get paid and cover bills first. I wonder what he and his wife are thinking when they look at the kickstarter and see, at this point, that they are $2,000 over what they were aiming for. TX297 posted:125x125 png on transparent background ok? Machai posted:Okay, made him happier and more awake. Machai posted:Relish with a tongue of ketchup and a black olive on the end for a fly. Maybe chop the olive in half so it stays in place more easily and add a couple small pieces of onion as wings. death .cab for qt posted:You can, but it look like he's decided on getting NEON RELISH DragonReach posted:In honor of our Doobie Dog inspiration, the wife and I are having hot dogs for dinner. I made my idea for a FrogDog Noni posted:I tried a Seattle Dog for the first time in my life, despite having lived here for decades. KevinTheW posted:That actually looks kind of awesome, drat. Never had one. TX297 posted:SVG is vectorized. Save the image, open it up in Illustrator, scale to your heart's content. SoundMonkey fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Sep 30, 2013 |
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I donated already due to the Awful Kickstarter thread, but I just want to add my support to this campaign! Claude has already been thanking every donor personally in the backer comments, how can you beat that?
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I, too, believe in Doobie's Dogs. pledged!
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Going to donate . I live about an hour from Reform, so if this takes off I'll check it out once he's set up and post a trip report.
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I donated! Let's bring a good thing to Alabama!
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Gonna also say I've already pledged $30 to make such a nice persons dream a reality, the frog is just a bonus. Nothing I've seen suggests Claude is anything but a kind, sweet-hearted person who really wants to sell hot-dogs to people.
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Donated some joy earlier. $25 tier. Can't wait!
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I donated last night. After reading Noni's epic post in the PYF SA Quotes thread I felt it would have been somehow treasonous not to. I believe in America, and by god I believe in hotdogs.
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Just gotta quote this awesome post by Noni from the other thread. poo poo brought tears to my eyes.Noni posted:I think we've all been there, jobless with nothing but a bucket of hotdogs, a block of processed cheese, a van, an American flag, and a goddamn dream.
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Threw in . While I'm probably deluding myself, this is what makes me like Kickstarter: Not only can I buy something I want, but I can help people realize their dreams and feel like a job creator. Edit: Up to $25 after I read about the option of donating the dogs to the homeless. Alereon fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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I live a few states away, but if this succeeds I'll have to journey on a pilgrimage to the magnificent Doobie's at some point. I hope his dream is fulfilled!
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And I reccomend reading the Awful Kickstartes thread starting at page 117 to see how fast we came around. Also, OP is sorely missing the best thing: EDIT: drat penguins!
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I'm in for , too. I hope he makes it.
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Is he going to have veggie dogs on the menu as well? I wont donate unless he makes veggie dogs.
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Maybe it can be a Goon Meet after he's finished getting established and all set up?
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Limastock posted:Is he going to have veggie dogs on the menu as well? I wont donate unless he makes veggie dogs. We don't serve your kind around these here parts
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I just upped my donation to $40. I want to see this happen!
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I'm soo close to putting in a Cnote. I want Darth123123 under lamanent somewhere. Will he take a picture? I've never contributed to a Kickstarter, so is this poo poo safe? I live 700 miles away so I don't want the punch card, thanks 45 y/o motivated dude though!
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Darth123123 posted:I'm soo close to putting in a Cnote. I want Darth123123 under lamanent somewhere. Will he take a picture? I've never contributed to a Kickstarter, so is this poo poo safe? I live 700 miles away so I don't want the punch card, thanks 45 y/o motivated dude though! I signed up to donate just for this. You can actually just run your charge through Amazon if you are worried.
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quote:well a bit of an update... i have most everything on stand by.. in hopes that i will be funded fully... my bread vendor will deliver every 2 days fresh buns, coke and pepsi is ready to deliver twice a week... chip man is ready to deliver 3 days per week .. power co. is awaiting the deposit as is the utility board... im depending on the kindness of strangers to help, and really that feels great.. thank you to the one that have pledged already.. i sure pray many more share in this passion plea to serve these hotdogs and much more...im so ready to start serving my food to all the awaiting people of my town and the visitors that come through Awwwwwwwww, the chip man .
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First thing in the Kickstarter Popular section on the front page :goonrush:
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I finally remembered my Amazon password so I'm in for $25. I may have made fun of his Fritos and use of Individually Wrapped Cheese Product at first, but I honestly want to see this earnest little guy succeed.
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I donated $10 earlier today and I'm tempted to go in again just because he's apparently serving Coke and Pepsi. They're not the same, dammit, and more choice is good!
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Just sent him $15.
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Darth123123 posted:I'm soo close to putting in a Cnote. I want Darth123123 under lamanent somewhere. Will he take a picture? I've never contributed to a Kickstarter, so is this poo poo safe? I live 700 miles away so I don't want the punch card, thanks 45 y/o motivated dude though! He's been a stand-up honest guy about everything so far. Assuming you don't ask him to plaster his tables with dickbutt, I'm sure he will honor your Benjamin. Also I'm sort of acting as a liaison between Claude and SA, because dude seriously doesn't know what he's into. I'll try to get answers to any questions posed in the thread.
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Do we have a high res version of frogout? If not I could try my hand at vectorizing it if Claude needs it. e: He's only on the second page of popular projects for me Machai fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Oh lord this place is 87 minutes from my apartment. I could actually theoretically go there if this happens.
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Limastock posted:Is he going to have veggie dogs on the menu as well? I wont donate unless he makes veggie dogs. I'll make you four veggie dogs with pictures if you send doobie's dog house $20. And if they aren't proper veggie dogs by the end, I'll send doobie's dog house $50.
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Just pledged $25. It's frog time!
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This is magical. I personally did a complete 180 on this Kickstarter. A few weeks ago, I absolutely tore into his hotdog pictures and then I gradually became entranced, curious, filled with nostalgia and warm fuzzy feelings for this Alabama Hotdog Man's humble project. I think what we've all discovered is that it's representative of something much greater. He's not a goon. Nobody here knows the hotdog guy. Heck, I don't even know if he has yet heard the name "Somethingawful." I suppose that is part of the beauty of this. We haven't talked too much about the town where this Kickstarter is from, but I think that's part of the story: Reform, Alabama. Named apparently by an irate preacher. Population: 1675. Median household income: $15k. 45% African Americans. It has a a Dollar General, a Subway, a small grocery store, and some gas stations. Google maps comically labels nothing but three cemeteries and an airport. It's like a place we all picture in our minds when we think of proverbial small town America. Heck, if you walk the town there are American flags down the entire stretch of the road. But this place has lost a fifth of its population in 10 years. Incomes, already poverty-line, have dropped 25% in a decade. Exactly a year ago, a storm wrecked the place. It decimated a thrift store (now rebuilt) that is right next to where Doobie's Dog House will be located. I tell you all of this just to make a round-about point: A humble hotdog stand, of all the things in the world, could help this town. It could affect real change. Hotdogs are hilarious. They're also universal, a sort of basic meat currency. And they're edible time machines. They bring us back to child-like states of glee and energy. If you eat a hotdog, you get to travel back to an age when you thought that anything was possible, you could do anything, you could become anyone. Reform, Alabama could probably use a few hotdog-shaped time machines.
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I should have money in my account on Saturday, at which point I'll shoot this duder at least $10. I really hope he makes it.
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In for 25.
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SoundMonkey posted:He's been a stand-up honest guy about everything so far. Assuming you don't ask him to plaster his tables with dickbutt, I'm sure he will honor your Benjamin. I want a pic with my username (not real name) with what was promised on the KS, thats all. Maybe a sign thanking SA on opening day, because this will be done before the sunrises tomorrow.
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Noni posted:Reform, Alabama could probably use a few hotdog-shaped time machines. Goddammit Noni! Stop making me cry over processed meat.
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SoundMonkey posted:He's been a stand-up honest guy about everything so far. Assuming you don't ask him to plaster his tables with dickbutt, I'm sure he will honor your Benjamin. If he's williing to put bleu cheese and or feta on his dogs I'm in for gently caress the haters
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In for $20. Maybe we should post this over at TeaPartyCommunity and see how many of them open their hearts and wallets to a nice Southern Good ol' boy?
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Machai posted:Do we have a high res version of frogout? If not I could try my hand at vectorizing it if Claude needs it. Please do, we need one still.
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This place is only like an hour away, if it succeeds I will have to go check it out.
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Sapper posted:In for $20. Maybe we should post this over at TeaPartyCommunity and see how many of them open their hearts and wallets to a nice Southern Good ol' boy? Goons joining forces with TPC? My God it's an unholy alliance
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