Is an ex’s photo worth ten chicken wings?

Yeah, I really have to think about this one.

This Valentine’s Day, Hooters restaurants are offering a very special promotion for those of us who have been dumped, abandoned, rejected, or been the victim of “trading up.”  If you order ten chicken wings from Hooters this Sunday, you get an additional ten chicken wings if you bring a photograph of that person who broke your heart.  Hooters will then take the photo and shred it for you (or burn it or bury it or do something to it) in an effort to make you feel better about the relationship.  “Oh, he wasn’t good enough for you,” they might say.  Or, “there’s someone better around the corner, don’t let this hurt enable you.”

Right.  And this is coming from a restaurant where the uniform involves orange running shorts, suntan pantyhose, white canvas sneakers, and a T-shirt that’s about seventeen sizes too small.

But still, this is an interesting promotion.  I mean, what other options will make you feel better after a breakup?

Do you want to go completely Carrie Underwood over this?

Or are you more of an old-school person who employs the tactics of Oran “Juice” Jones?

Or if you’re real old-school and can channel the spirit of Hank Williams… that’s cool too…

I get it.  You don’t want to remember the bad times.  You only want to remember the good.  And as someone who has been dumped more times than a pile of pothole patch, I feel your pain.  And Hooters wings are rather delicious in and of themselves – I prefer the mild crispy non-breaded wings that they serve.

And yeah, it’s a promotion to get you into the restaurant and buy some food and maybe a T-shirt and the like.  I mean, it’s Hooters.  The breastaurant of breastaurants.

So let me ask you, my fine readers.  Would you destroy a photo of you and your ex-bf or gf or significant other, just for the delicious taste of chicken wings?  Or are ten wings not enough to convince you to shred a memory?  Share your thoughts.

As for me, I don’t have it in my heart to shred a photo of any previous girlfriend.  There are too many good times and good memories for me to be that vindictive…

Ex-wives, on the other hand… I wonder if I can get a bulk order in the shredding category.