Mr. Yogato, Where Are You?

As you know, because I tell you on a regular basis, my Mom is a dog walker (in addition to helping me do my Blogging Business).    I think that sometimes she likes the dog walking part because she gets to drive around and see other dogs besides me and Rusty and Scarlett, but also she listens to NPR and specifically to The Kojo Namdi Show
                           


Mom says he has a great voice, but his choice of topics are always pretty wonderful too.   Especially on Wednesday, when it is Food Wednesday.     

But now, our friend Kojo has pretty much ruined our lives, because his show today was devoted to a new food craze called "Fro-Yo" and evidently these frozen yogurt shops are popping up everywhere in the Washington region.   Evidently most of them copied a Los Angeles based chain that copied a Korean frozen yogurt company, but whatever.   

Here is my point.   

    There is nothing like this near Leesburg, Virginia where I live, and Mom says she is not driving us to Washington, D.C. just for frogurt.  I am going to try to convince her otherwise, because one place has especially caught my attention, and I think it is just the sort of place that would welcome a PitBull like me as a customer.

It is called Mr. Yogato  and what I think is the very most fun sounding thing is that the crazy man who thought it up has a bazillion contests and if you think you can win one of the contests or do one of the stunts that are basically silliness, than you get a discount.       I asked my Mouse Person if he wanted to try some frozen yogurt and he thought it was a good idea too, so we flew off and checked out the List of Rules.     Here they are:

Rules of Yogato

  1. If Mr. Roboto comes over the speaker system and you sing along, you get 10% off yogurt.
  2. Try your luck with a trivia question. Get it right for 10% off, but get it wrong and 10% is added.
  3. If you will wear a yogato stamp on your head, you get 10% off.
  4. If you can recite the Stirling battlefield speech from Braveheart in a great scottish accent, you get 20% off yogurt.
  5. Order a yogurt for 30 consecutive days and we'll name a flavor after you. View 30 Day Champions
  6. If a customer suggests a topping or flavor which is then adopted, that customer receives a 5% discount for life.
  7. If anyone can stump Steve on trivia regarding Seinfeld or "The Rock," 10% off yogurt.
  8. Anyone wearing a kickball uniform and has played hard (evidenced by dirt on their knees) will receive an automatic 10% off yogurt.

    9. Rules 9 and 10 added on Mr. Yogato's first birthday!!!

  9. Reenact the entire 47-second Michael Jackson Thriller dance for 20% off. Perform a shorter choreographed dance (such as the Hitch Q-Tip dance) for 10% off.
  10. Dress up like 80's tennis legend Bjorn Borg and receive 25% off. Sing "I'm Too Sexy" by RSF in his Swedish accent to bump it up to 50%.

Seinfeld Mega-Challenges

  • Challenge 1: Bring any Seinfeld minor character into the store for a picture with the Yogato tie and receive 10 free yogurts or all-you-can-eat for a week.
  • Challenge 2: Create an edible Yogato pasta-structure (i.e. Fusilli Jerry) and receive a discount in percentage points equal to the height (in cm) of the figure.


                                                  
                                                         

When we visited Mr. Yogato's web-site we had to spend a lot of time clicking around, but we really couldn't find a very good picture of Steve Davis, who is the owner, and that is sad, because we wanted to show you what he looked like.
I have a feeling that if you are connected to him on FaceBook, you can probably pick him out in a crowd.     We did learn this about the store:

Mr. Yogato is as fun as its name. What started as one rocket scientist's craving for delicious, healthy, tart frozen yogurt when he moved to D.C., has become an amazing labor of love and yogurt for multiple rocket scientists and their friends and family. Every single part of Mr. Yogato-from the name, to the décor, to the flavors and toppings, to the music and entertainment-has been rooted in fun and goofiness, the way that Mr. Yogato's owners would like EVERYTHING in the world to be. You will sense this the second you walk in the door.

So here is my point.       Since Mr. Yogato, and me, Bob - PitBull Reporter and Boy Bloginator - have the same basic philosophy ..... which is that everything should be fun and goofy on a regular basis ----- then I think that Mr. Yogato needs to come to Leesburg, Virginia and open up a branch "office".        Mom and I promise that we will come for a snack, every single day and we will get all our friends to come with us.

And besides that, I think that Kojo needs to have me on his radio show so that the world can hear all about how wonderful us PitBulls can be and that we listen to NPR just like everyone else.   And besides, does he know that Northern Virginia MagazIne said I was the best blogger in all of Northern Virginia?    I should think that fact alone is a pretty fascinating topic. 

And besides that, maybe Mr. Yogato can give a discount to anyone who brings their dog to the store (even if the dog has to stay outside and wait nicely for it's serving of "Fro-Yo".

Love and LIcks,

Bob
---- needing a Mr. Yogato shop in Leesburg
---------  tired of boring Frosty Paws





Posted by Daisy and Bob's Blog at 7/1/2011 8:00 AM
Categories: Cool Stuff, All the News All the Time
Tags: Mr. Yogato blogging pitbull Kojo Namdi Show
 

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