Jeannie Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan's hilarious wife and mother of five in New York City, has a strong twitter following. Over the last few days, Jeannie has been on a quest to get answers: do Claussen Pickles go bad if you don't put them in the refrigerator after purchasing them.
It all started when she accidentally put the pickles in the cupboard instead of the fridge. We've all done it.
Dear @ClaussenPickles, accidentally put my new jar away in the cupboard for several days. Safe to eat for kids, or should I toss? Help!
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
After a day of silence, Jeannie tweeted to them again.
So @ClaussenPickles are you going to weigh in on the safety of your pickles unrefrigerated?
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
Then she assures Claussen Pickles that while she still loves the pickles (but did threw the jar away), she needs answers.
Look everyone, I tossed the new jar of @ClaussenPickles (best pickles ever). At this point it's just settling an argument. DO THEY GO BAD?
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
She encourages her followers to discuss.
Many are telling me "they are pickled so they won't go bad" But @ClaussenPickles are different. They are "fresh pickles". Discuss.
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
And continues to pressure Claussen Pickles to respond.
WHERE ARE YOU @ClaussenPickles ? Someone is asleep at the Twitter switch?
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
At this point, the silent treatment was getting a little ridiculous.
& 3 new fridges "@carriemillon@ClaussenPickles I fully expect a case of pickles to be delivered to the Gaffigan family after all of this"
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
Then, like any good mother would, Jeannie started to worry.
Ok, @ClaussenPickles, stop messing around. I am reall worried now. Where are you? #sosclaussen
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
Jeannie continued to tweet for truth and as a result lost many followers.
My honorable attempt to better the world by getting to the truth about @ClaussenPickles cost me 400 followers. I blame @JimGaffigan
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 22, 2013
Then Jeannie called in the big guns, the mother of Claussen Pickles, the reason they were brought into this world, Kraft Foods.
Excuse me, @kraftfoods just thought you might like to know that @ClaussenPickles is missing and we're all very worried #sosclaussen
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 23, 2013
Kraft Foods had nothing to say.
No response from @kraftfoods either? I've lost followers, created a negleted hashtag and gave u free ads! @ClaussenPickles#sosclaussen WTF?
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 23, 2013
Even though she was losing followers, there were still thousands of fans eagerly awaiting the pickle outcome.
@jeanniegaffigan I don't understand the loss of followers. #Picklegate2013 has been one of the most entertaining parts of my day.
— Natalie MacDonald (@LadyMacDonald) November 23, 2013
And then...it was time to let it go. For now.
Good news @kraftfoods, @BarackObama and @rushlimbaugh are taking over the #sosclaussen mission. @ClaussenPickles will rise again. Carry on.
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 23, 2013
As of Saturday afternoon, we still had NO ANSWERS.
Hi @kraftmacncheese, You and @ClaussenPickles are kinda related, right? Have you heard anything? He's not answering our calls.#sosclaussen
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 24, 2013
UPDATE:In our original article, we had our facts wrong and Jeannie hadn't opened the jar yet. We'd like to thank her for the correction.
I appreciate the press but let it be known that I was inquiring about an UNOPENED @ClaussenPickles jar! http://t.co/LALSWrdWrp
— Jeannie Gaffigan (@jeanniegaffigan) November 26, 2013
Claussen's twitter account hasn't tweeeted for over a year and they only have about 1,200 followers. GET IT TOGETHER CLAUSSEN PICKLES.Thank you, Jeannie Gaffigan, for using your twitter account for good. To see more picklegate, follow Jeannie Gaffigan on twitter. Gaffigan for President!
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