One of the more amusing things to watch on the internet is the way that different political campaigns go about advertising themselves and trying to rally their supporters. What Amanda and I have done the last few days is find the different novelty items that various candidates provide for purchase. Below you'll find links to just a few. We've tried to keep the sources varied, and feel free to post some of your own links to amusing or ridiculous campaign items if you find them:
Let's start with Hillary Clinton: The Gold Crystal Hillary Lapel pin, the blue or pink plastic piggy bank with "Hillary Cares" emblazoned on the side, and, one of my personal favorites, the Hillary Clinton ice scraper. We also have Hillary posing as a school teacher and as Steve Spurrier.
Huckabee, whose evolution seems to be in doubt on Comedy Central (oh wait, I suppose it's his creation that's in doubt), has a couple of gems as well: Chuck for Huck BBQ Apron, Huckabee for president analog wall clock, I Heart Huckabee Teddy Bear, an I Heart Huckabee throw pillow, and a stunning wall calendar.
Barack had a few ringers as well: Christmas ornaments? Seriously, dude? I did like how they had a t-shirt for almost every state, including our great state. Barack's also one of the only ones we could find who had ringtones you can download, some of which are hilarious. "Answer the call."
You also can't get through a survey of campaign memorabilia without mentioning Mitt's mitts. Equally impressive, though, are his cufflinks.
One that could have flown under the radar, but luckily didn't, is Ron Paul. For one thing, the fact that he has "limited edition" big and small, buttons is fantastic. There is one thing that's kind of disturbing that we picked up looking at the t-shirts. Does his picture remind you of a certain German dictator from the early part of the 20th century? Maybe it's just the angle or something, but anyway, kind of weirded me out. That, plus the fact that every single product had a comment about not putting the item on someone else's property without their permission. Apparently, Ron Paul's campaign doesn't have much confidence in their followers, given that they show the bumper sticker ON THE CAR and the lapel stickers ON THE LAPEL.
Hope everyone had fun voting today, since the election was over two weeks ago. Or was that last week. Or two days ago. Or this evening. Or tomorrow. Or in a week. Or . . . nevermind.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
this is why I don't like to make dinner
Who knew that Fiber One Cereal looks like Turtle Food?
I thought I'd get creative and healthy with our salads for dinner tonight, so I threw a little Fiber One cereal on top of the lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and craisins.
As we sat down, Peter immediately asked "um, what are these things on the salad?" I told him, and he began laughing. I asked "why, what did you think they were?" and he said he wouldn't tell me until after we finished eating. I thought that was crazy, because I've eaten this cereal for so long and he's seen me eating this cereal before, so what in the world was he talking about? I made him tell me.
It turns out that Fiber One cereal looks exactly like Reptile Food. Peter spent most of high school feeding Max, the family pet turtle, even doing a study on what exactly he would eat for Reptile Study Merit Badge. Wanting pictorial evidence, I turned to Google. Well, here it is:
Which is for Max and which is for me? I'm almost tempted to try some turtle food now, like that guy from American Hero in the 80s who ate dog food (Peter has no idea what I'm talking about, not even that this is a reference to a TV show). Man, I love that theme song.
I thought I'd get creative and healthy with our salads for dinner tonight, so I threw a little Fiber One cereal on top of the lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and craisins.
As we sat down, Peter immediately asked "um, what are these things on the salad?" I told him, and he began laughing. I asked "why, what did you think they were?" and he said he wouldn't tell me until after we finished eating. I thought that was crazy, because I've eaten this cereal for so long and he's seen me eating this cereal before, so what in the world was he talking about? I made him tell me.
It turns out that Fiber One cereal looks exactly like Reptile Food. Peter spent most of high school feeding Max, the family pet turtle, even doing a study on what exactly he would eat for Reptile Study Merit Badge. Wanting pictorial evidence, I turned to Google. Well, here it is:
Which is for Max and which is for me? I'm almost tempted to try some turtle food now, like that guy from American Hero in the 80s who ate dog food (Peter has no idea what I'm talking about, not even that this is a reference to a TV show). Man, I love that theme song.
go down moses
Possibly one of the funniest clips I have seen on television ever. It happened over a week ago, but hey, it takes me a while sometimes.
Before I get to the funniest clip, I need to show you the clip that preceded it, where Stephen Colbert interviewing Andrew Young, obviously a childhood hero of his. Colbert's father worked with Young to end a strike as Young was just beginning to rise to prominence, and it was rather amusing watching Colbert being joked on almost more than him joking on someone else.
Adding to my enjoyment of his interview were the stories my mom told about when she was teaching high school algebra in Atlanta during the early 70s, when Andrew Young was mayor and she, the young Miss Betty Young, would tell her primarily African-American students that Andrew Young was her cousin. "Naw, Miss Young, you crazy."
Having that as my primary association with Andrew Young, and seeing the preceding interview, when Young ragged on Colbert, saying "I am your destiny," "it's your destiny to end the writer's strike," and "I've heard you practice, you really need your writers back," I spent most of the episode laughing.
But then came this grand finale, which had me rolling. I had just finished Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, and in the epilogue he talks about how he had grown his hair out and part of the inspiration for the book was how he had started getting pulled over by cops who apparently thought he was some kind of a thug based on his hair, only to find a nerdy white boy when they came up to the car. So taking that, with Andrew Young singing, and Colbert giving 110% to the singing, it was one of the funnier things I've seen in a long time. I might just throw the earphones on and watch it again (it keeps getting stuck in Amanda's head, so there's a moratorium on viewings at the moment).
Before I get to the funniest clip, I need to show you the clip that preceded it, where Stephen Colbert interviewing Andrew Young, obviously a childhood hero of his. Colbert's father worked with Young to end a strike as Young was just beginning to rise to prominence, and it was rather amusing watching Colbert being joked on almost more than him joking on someone else.
Adding to my enjoyment of his interview were the stories my mom told about when she was teaching high school algebra in Atlanta during the early 70s, when Andrew Young was mayor and she, the young Miss Betty Young, would tell her primarily African-American students that Andrew Young was her cousin. "Naw, Miss Young, you crazy."
Having that as my primary association with Andrew Young, and seeing the preceding interview, when Young ragged on Colbert, saying "I am your destiny," "it's your destiny to end the writer's strike," and "I've heard you practice, you really need your writers back," I spent most of the episode laughing.
But then came this grand finale, which had me rolling. I had just finished Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, and in the epilogue he talks about how he had grown his hair out and part of the inspiration for the book was how he had started getting pulled over by cops who apparently thought he was some kind of a thug based on his hair, only to find a nerdy white boy when they came up to the car. So taking that, with Andrew Young singing, and Colbert giving 110% to the singing, it was one of the funnier things I've seen in a long time. I might just throw the earphones on and watch it again (it keeps getting stuck in Amanda's head, so there's a moratorium on viewings at the moment).
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