Cream Cheese Glider

[Ken Kochanski (KK)]

I spent some time with relatives in the DC area over Xmas ... and was
amused to find a 'sailplane' adorning the lid of Panera Cream Cheese
.... it seems like a strange connection ... anybody have a clue? Also,
the 'design' is a strange conglomeration of wood/glass pieces/parts
that don't seem exactly engineered around the CG ... maybe Mark
Maughmer would have some insight. :-)

http://sailplane-racing.org/images%20user/glider.jpg

KK

[Mike Lindsay]

In article om>, Ken
Kochanski (KK) > writes
>I spent some time with relatives in the DC area over Xmas ... and was
>amused to find a 'sailplane' adorning the lid of Panera Cream Cheese
>... it seems like a strange connection ... anybody have a clue? Also,
>the 'design' is a strange conglomeration of wood/glass pieces/parts
>that don't seem exactly engineered around the CG ... maybe Mark
>Maughmer would have some insight. :-)
>
>http://sailplane-racing.org/images%20user/glider.jpg
>
>KK
>
Dunno about the Cream cheese glider, but there is such a thing as a
sugar glider.

The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying
Sugar, is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland
Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to
Tasmania.

That came from Wikipedia.
--
Mike Lindsay

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About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.

Cheers, Charles

[Mal]

> wrote in message
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>
> About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
> reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
> on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
> is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
> Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.
>
> Cheers, Charles
>

Maybe a play on plain or sailplane ?

http://www.panerabread.com/ why not ask them !

[Frank Whiteley]

Mal wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
> > reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
> > on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
> > is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
> > Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.
> >
> > Cheers, Charles
> >
>
> Maybe a play on plain or sailplane ?
>
> http://www.panerabread.com/ why not ask them !
Probably a play on 'plain' and/or 'light' as in reduced fat as on the
label.

Frank

[Mal]

"Frank Whiteley" > wrote in message
ps.com...
>
> Mal wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> >
>> > About 1 1/2 month ago, while at a local Panera Bakery, I had the same
>> > reaction upon seing a glider on a tub of cream cheese, and I posted
>> > on r.a.s. a thread essentially similar to that of KK. Perhaps soaring
>> > is identified with lightness, ergo the " lite" version of the product.
>> > Perhaps a marketing type at Panera is a soaring pilot.
>> >
>> > Cheers, Charles
>> >
>>
>> Maybe a play on plain or sailplane ?
>>
>> http://www.panerabread.com/ why not ask them !
> Probably a play on 'plain' and/or 'light' as in reduced fat as on the
> label.
>
> Frank
>
Maybe they read who moved my cheese.

http://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-My-Cheese-Amazing/dp/067104334X

[JS]

Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:
Also,
> the 'design' is a strange conglomeration
> KK

Is it a Prue UHP-1?
Jim

[Ken Kochanski (KK)]

JS wrote:
> Ken Kochanski (KK) wrote:
> Also,
> > the 'design' is a strange conglomeration
> > KK
>
> Is it a Prue UHP-1?
> Jim

Jim,

wow, I think you're right ...

http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/prue.htm

KK