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Here’s your Caption Me post for the week…
Here’s my entry: “Umm.. honey… this belt doesn’t seem to be working…”
I received this via email this morning from my mom. I decided it was funny enough to count as a guest post.
I get to do that because it’s my blog and I’ll do what I want.
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It was fun being a baby boomer… until now. Some of the artists of the
60’s are revising their hits with new lyric to accommodate aging baby
boomers.
They include:
Herman’s Hermits— Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Walker.
Ringo Starr— I Get By With a Little Help From Depends.
The Bee Gees— How Can You Mend a Broken Hip.
Bobby Darin— Splish, Splash, I Was Havin’ a Flash.
Roberta Flack— The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face.
Johnny Nash— I Can’t See Clearly Now.
Paul Simon— Fifty Ways to Lose Your Liver
The Commodores— Once, Twice, Three Times to the Bathroom.
Marvin Gaye— Heard It Through the Grape Nuts.
Procol Harem— A Whiter Shade of Hair.
Leo Sayer— You Make Me Feel Like Napping.
The Temptations— Papa’s Got a Kidney Stone.
Abba— Denture Queen.
Tony Orlando— Knock 3 Times On The Ceiling If You Hear Me Fall.
Helen Reddy— I Am Woman, Hear Me Snore.
Leslie Gore —- It’s My Procedure, and I’ll Cry If I Want To.
And my favorite:
Willie Nelson— On the Commode Again!
In case you missed it, there was quite a spectacular discussion on my post from the other day that included a youtube video by Phil DeFranco urging everyone to boycott Wal-Mart.
A local blogger who was a personal acquaintance of mine, completely shit the bed and accused me of “ignorance,” stating that it was “Sad when people criticize a company they know nothing about.”
*ahem*
He also complains that none of my Wal-Mart posts contain any source information or facts to back up my arguments. Never minding the fact that the post he was commenting on clearly contained a link to a CNN article about the poor woman that is being forced to hand over her $470,000 settlement to a company that makes 90 BILLION dollars every quarter.
In the ensuing ruckus, he managed to clearly imply that I am also a hypocrite for denouncing the WalMart* corporation, and then posting Friday Hotness photos which some how supports the porn industry which is just as evil.
*scratches head*
You can read the entire exchange on the original post, but it basically ended with this blogger IM Bombing** me with:
10:25 soundwavematthew: You know, Jester, I used to think you were a good guy. Now I see you’re a pompous, self-righteous asshole.
10:25 soundwavematthew disconnected
I really only mention this because another Wal-Mart article came across my feed reader today that gives me a smug sense of satisfaction, even if it is over a relatively small issue: copyright and trademark infringement.
From The Public Citizen(look there! Another link to a source!):
[Charles] Smith, a Conyers resident, created designs critical of Wal-Mart that merged Wal-Mart’s name with the word “holocaust” and a star, and arranged for CafePress.com, a California company, to put the design on T-shirts, hats, bumper stickers and other items for sale that he sold on the Internet. Smith reserved the domain name and arranged for his items to be sold on CafePress.com.In December 2005, Wal-Mart sent a letter and e-mail to Smith asserting ownership of trademarks in the name Wal-Mart, the star and the “smiley face” the company uses. The company threatened to sue Smith for infringing and diluting its trademarks and demanded he stop selling his items. Wal-Mart also demanded that Smith stop using the domain name “walocaust.com” and transfer it to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart made a similar threat to CafePress.com, which immediately stopped making and selling Smith’s items.
From Citizen Vox.Org (Oh lord! Another one!):
[Today] a federal judge told Wal-Mart that nobody in their right mind would buy their trademark infringement claims.
Political and social parody, like the type Charles Smith of Conyers, Ga. uses at his www.walocaust.com and www.walqaeda.com sites, is a cherished tradition that goes back to the founding of this country. If Wal-Mart had won, think of the impact the ruling might have had on blogs, artists, photographers and writers who use parody to criticize companies.
In other words, big corporations do not have the power to suppress the free speech of citizens by attempting to stop the use of their “trademarks” in parody or critical works.
Which means CafePress needs to let me sell my Shitty Coffee tee shirts again.
* I realize that I switch between several variations of the name WalMart, some hyphenated, some not, some spaced, some not. That’s so ALL the possible combinations can be found by the Google, not because I’m mental.
** The IM Bomb is the online equivalent of slamming a door, or hanging up the phone before you give the other party the opportunity to respond. It’s high on my list of pet peeves, along with being patronized, having my intelligence questioned, or being called a hypocrite. Radio Matthew was batting 75%.
Wow this was a fun show!
My special guest was the phenomenal Ginamonster. We spent the first hour or so discussing a wide variety of topics including:
and then we got down to business…
Announcing the birth of the Jestertunes Pudding Wrestling Federation!
Picture it: Ginamonster and Hellohahanarf wrestling in a wading pool full of chocolate pudding.
I know the straight men just gasped and their eyes glazed over.
I am going to make this happen. Hellohahanarf will be coming to Reno in May. Gina lives in Reno. I’m 2.5 hours from Reno. Othurme will make the journey (he’s graciously offered to provide the pudding) and will referree the event. Dickie Maxx will video tape it.
Maybe I can get next week’s guest, Dave from Blogography to fly out for the event. Mr. Fabulous and Avitable should come too.
Ooo… I should totally get Lisa to bring her fabulous coin slot along, too. (She’s going to kill me for the last 10 minutes of the show.)
Let me apologize for the dead air around the 1.5 hour mark. I swear BlogTalkRadio hates me. My call got disconnected (twice) and when I called back in, it told me I was already on the line. Apparently I can be in two places at once. I really need Mr. Fabulous to tell me how he consistently sounds good and doesn’t get disconnected… and how he makes his BTR page look so good.
Here are the links we discussed:
And the mud wrestling video:
and the Brewer Twins:
We *barely* talked about the focus topic about Internet Dating.
Thanks to everyone for participating! Please stop by and leave a comment or rate the show on my blogtalkradio page.
