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Imponderable 114.2: So, did Sari marry that hot dog vendor or what?

7 Nov

November 7, 2013

We’ll be back tomorrow with the regular Friday Imponderable (#115, and it is a doozy from Japan. All the best Imponderables come from Japan.) But today, we’re back with an update to the last Imponderable, the one about the guy who parked his cart in front of the movie theater with the big sign asking Sari to marry him.

sari

Well, either this guy won’t take no for an answer or the guy was too lazy to take the sign off because just the other day we saw this parked in front of the theater again:

sari 2

The next time we see him, we are totally going to ask him what’s what with Sari. (That is to say, we will ask the guy if A- he looks normal and B- not inclined to spit in my food out of spurned anger.)

We’ll be sure to keep you updated on this vital issue.

 

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That Is Not A Gay Sweater

5 Nov

November 5, 2013

The good people of Hallmark are in deep water over a Christmas ornament that just went on sale.

hallmark-controversial-ornament

They’ve changed the old lyric “Don we now our gay apparel” to “”Don we now our FUN apparel!” (Insert your own Fa la la’s.) Gay groups are calling this homophobic. So let’s take a look at the sweater with the correct wording.

hallmark-controversial-ornament 2You see the problem. That ornament will open Hallmark for some obvious mocking: “That really is gay!” being the least crude. That ornament would open Hallmark up to all kinds of uncalled for (and homophobic) gay innuendo and insults and Hallmark, being a family friendly brand, wants nothing to do with that. So they replaced GAY with FUN and opened the whole can of worms themselves.

Personally, I say they should have avoided the whole issue by not making such a flamboyant and ridiculous ornament. “Don we now our gay apparel” is a time-honored phrase and is of course a legitimate object for a Christmas ornament.

But do it with some dignity, huh Hallmark?

Jeez, that is one ugly sweater.

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