The singing duo Hall and Oates has filed a lawsuit against a Brooklyn granola company, Early Bird Foods, because of their interestingly-named cereal “Haulin’ Oats.” The reasoning behind the lawsuit is that it violates the band’s trademark.
Now for the tasteless jokes this story deserves:
I was born just a little too late to be a baby boomer, so I missed out on a lot of the cool things that happened during the 1960’s. Growing up, one of my biggest regrets was that my parents brought me into this world too late to attend Woodstock. Granted, I was alive at the time it was going on, but I was far too young to have enjoyed or remembered much of it.
Recently, I was searching the Web for interesting facts about granola, and I came across this little tidbit: there were massive food shortages during the Woodstock festival, because more than twice the expected number of people showed up. Granola was passed around in Dixie cups to feed the hungry.