Comments on: Things Americans Don't Know

By: robotnik

robotnik — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:41:37 +0000

You know, if you’d log in to LJ as before posting a comment, you would get my replies emailed to you. And other people could follow the link back to the RSS feed of your weblog.

By: robotnik

robotnik — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:02:17 +0000

The scariest thought is that for the better part of three years, Rob and I could talk about nothing other than doughnuts

It’s true. Those stories are probably worth telling sometime. But notice that it wasn’t me that brought up the donuts here…

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 15:47:02 +0000

Ah ha! Foolish Americans! Each time you talk about or consume the sugared deep fried dough, HE comes piping out of the darkness ever closer. D’hou Nut! D’hou Nut! D’hou Nut! Your name beckons like the cream filling in a Miskatonic Crème doughnut!

The scariest thought is that for the better part of three years, Rob and I could talk about nothing other than doughnuts (reference DRNA). And then we got girlfriends …

Excellent posting, MacD. Keep that Canadian propaganda coming!

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By: robotnik

robotnik — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 09:37:51 +0000

I like it too. Any Know-Nothing references are cool by me. These guys could also be called the Do-Naughts.

By: ratmmjess

ratmmjess — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 09:31:20 +0000

I was thinking of something like the Avatar of Corpulence, spreading the fat through the criminally-sweet and addictive Krispy Kremes….

By: ivan23

ivan23 — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 09:10:32 +0000

WARNING: Blue skying here. It may not make sense.

The Know-Nothing Party of yesteryear has morphed into the Do-Nothing Party of today, a sect of Zen Imperialist-Isolationists who plan to utilize the awesome power of American Inertia like a slingshot to power their campaign: a global hegemony of pop culture and doublethink that will make all of the world American and, thereby, rationally isolationist.

Their sign is the donut, grand symbol of American sedentary thoughtcrime and a nifty pun as well. Do-Nothing, Do-nutting. When referred to by their enemies with a Brit Bent, they tend to be called the Do-Nutters.

By: ratmmjess

ratmmjess — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:46:30 +0000

Ah. The Simpsons. Well, if you’re gonna borrow lines, take ‘em from the best.

Krispy Kremes in Ontario? That’s just wrong. KK should be confined to America and let Tim Horton’s rule the roost in Canada. Bloody American donut imperialists….

Hmm. Donut imperialists. I sense a goofy Unknown Armies or Urban Arcana campaign idea….

By: mgrasso

mgrasso — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:38:25 +0000

I picture a series of three zones, much like the Three Linguistic Zones of North America: the Northern zone with Dunkin Donuts, the Central zone with Tim Horton’s (I know, it doesn’t make sense geographically, but that Buffalo-Chicago-Minneapolis linguistic arc pretty much perfectly emulates the Canadian accent as well) and the Southern zone with KK. And yes, way too much spare time this morning.

By: robotnik

robotnik — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:31:52 +0000

I wish I could either take credit for “keep watching the skis” or attribute it to the vagaries of chance. In fact, like all too many of my best lines, it is from The Simpsons.

The first Krispy Kremes have just opened in Ontario. It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious from the donut war.

By: mgrasso

mgrasso — Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:29:29 +0000

Having an excuse to battle and expose Canadians for the frauds they are wouldn’t be motivation enough for a campaign?