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This small article is going to be about a friend of mine called Daniel Green. |
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He is a very bubbly person, in life and in the human form. He likes to discriminate many people and finds it funny to be rather rude anyone who passes by. |
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'''Green Giant''' is a food company owned by [[General Mills]]. It is symbolized by two [[mascot]]s -- the [[Jolly Green Giant]] and his friend little Sprout. The company is the largest purveyor of frozen vegetables, and also sells canned vegetables both under the Green Giant and Le Sueur brands. |
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He is currently studying a double award level IT course along with A level Business Studies. |
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[[Image:JollyGreenGiantBlueEarthMN2006-05-20.JPG|thumb|left|Jolly Green Giant statue in [[Blue Earth, Minnesota]].]] |
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Green likes to eat many foods including a block of fat every morning with his morning coffee. He also likes to squeeze in a pizza or two between breakfast and lunch. |
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The company was founded in [[1903]] in [[Le Sueur, Minnesota]], as the '''Minnesota Valley Canning Company''' selling sweet creamed [[maize|corn]]. The name Green Giant was introduced in [[1925]] to help market the company's [[pea]]s, and in [[1950]] the company adopted the Green Giant name. In [[1979]] the company merged with another Minnesota company, [[Pillsbury Bakery|Pillsbury]], which was ultimately acquired by [[General Mills]]. |
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He tries to exercise but after 10 minutes, hallucinations take over in the shapes of sweets, chocolate and many other sugary coated snacks and tell him to stop exercising his body and start exercising his jaw by inserting food into his mouth. |
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I hope you have enjoyed reading about our fellow friend, and I hope to continue publishing articles about him in the near future. |
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== Trivia == |
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* The "Valley of the Jolly Green Giant" refers to the [[Minnesota River]] valley around [[Le Sueur, Minnesota|Le Seuer]]. Just before you drop down into the valley heading south on Minnesota Highway 169 you can see an enormous wooden statue of the Green Giant poking above the trees. "Ho ho ho — Green Giant!" |
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== See also == |
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* [[Birdseye]] |
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== External links == |
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* [http://www.greengiant.com/ Green Giant homepage] |
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[[Category:Minnesota]] |
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[[Category:General Mills brands]] |
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[[Category:Food companies of the United States]] |
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[[Category:1903 establishments]] |
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[[fr:Géant Vert]] |
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Revision as of 14:18, 18 October 2006
This small article is going to be about a friend of mine called Daniel Green. He is a very bubbly person, in life and in the human form. He likes to discriminate many people and finds it funny to be rather rude anyone who passes by. He is currently studying a double award level IT course along with A level Business Studies. Green likes to eat many foods including a block of fat every morning with his morning coffee. He also likes to squeeze in a pizza or two between breakfast and lunch. He tries to exercise but after 10 minutes, hallucinations take over in the shapes of sweets, chocolate and many other sugary coated snacks and tell him to stop exercising his body and start exercising his jaw by inserting food into his mouth.
I hope you have enjoyed reading about our fellow friend, and I hope to continue publishing articles about him in the near future.