(And I know the proposed vandalism relates to the "B" in Obama, not the "M," but I'm not going to redo this.)
ADDED: Simon made this:
And cardeblu sees Damn. [But Glen was first!]
AND: lurker2209 said:
When I saw the word symmetry in your title, I thought that you were going to point out that when stacked like that, every vowel in OBAMA is above a consonant in BIDEN and every consonant is above a vowel. And both names alternate between vowels and consonants. It is weirdly symmetrical.It's a damn conspiracy! Amen!
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I was for Dole at the time, but the "Role Hemp" bumper stickers are still my all time favorite political name manipulation.
AMEN!!!
Role Hemp... should be "roll"... but still, LOL.
MEAN
MEAD
MAD
MAID
Edam... the cheese.
Aden... a city in Yemen. Yikes!
Yes, I posted about the number stats of Biden/Obama last night.
5 letters for Obama. 5 for Biden. 6 for Barack. 6 for Joseph.
I was also doing what you did, Boggle-style.
OB
BI
AD
ME
AN
I'm sure we could figure out some great Twitter Haikus for it.
Althouse, what are you doing?
Cheers,
Victoria
And here I thought I smoked too much [boggle].
Damn (as in "no ...God damn America"
Media (as in biased)
Aden... a city in Yemen. Yikes!
I gave up playing Scrabble (Literati) on Yahoo! because I found out most people used "cheat-sheets". Here's this online anagramme maker for Obama-Biden.
My favourites:
Babe Domain
Mania Bod Be
A Badmen Bio
And the best one for O'Bambi:
Babied Moan
OBAMA
BIDEN = Damn
OBAMA
BIDEN = Mean
name
die
ama = soul in spanish
aid
mead
bead
DAME
MAIDEN
Very well spotted... Now, put into practice and thence to cafepress!
DAME because Obama is rather metrosexual.
I like MADE for the chicago connections... interesting.
LOL, Cardeblu.
Okay, not to get ahead of ourselves but...oh, what the hell.
McCain Romney
Necromancy Mi (is it in the cards?)
A Mnemonic Cry (for Amba)
Mecca Yin Morn (ooh!)
Canine Cry Mom (woof)
Manic Crony Me (Washington pals)
And the best one:
My Iceman Corn (Maverick and the Iceman!!)
I like "Idea Men" or "Idea Man" in there.
Dome (Biden's head before the hair transplant)
Nabob (as in a couple of them actually)
Demon (fancy that)
Mania (oh dear)
Babied (see previous post on Media)
Bombed (we can only hope)
Mad Men
Demon (fancy that)
Oh Oh. Why do I feel as if I were present the moment "Loose Change" was thought up?
Demon Change, cause Unfastened Coins is, you know, taken.
I dunno whether words can share letters in this game, but "I am amen" is right there. He's the One. "I AM. Amen." I also dunno what it means that he needs Biden for that.
All this may not be so obvious, though. Have you seen their campaign sign in pictures of their Springfield rally today? http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080823/ids_photos_ts/r4289023566.jpg/
"MAIDEN" jumps right out in that configuration. Do either of the guys have maiden problems?
Bill White said
"MAIDEN" jumps right out in that configuration. Do either of the guys have maiden problems?
Boned (as in have they?)
Oba Me.
DIM, as in most of you guys are f**king DIMwits.
No! Just kidding.
You'll like this better:
DIM, as in Obama/Biden's chances of winning.
This is already making the rounds:
Obama picked him because he will be 66 in November.
Biden is in his 6th term.
Biden has served the 6th longest period among the current Senators.
Amoeba (as in a one-celled parasite with no definite form)
And finally...
Bemoan (as in I bemoan the fact that Ann credits Cardeblu with DAMN when I arrived at it first.
ABIDE
ABODE
OBAMA/BIDEN
I
BE
DA
NEW
MESSIAH
(Okay I stretched that one a little bit.)
BAD OMEN
M and B are both labials.
``Bathed by the mist'' depends on it for hidden alliteration.
Glen, actually I was going more for the "damn mean" aspect, but...
;PP
END
DEAN
nomad (as in certain elusive Muslims)
of course, many would consider that...
ani (as in related to the cuckoo)
But I say...
ado (as in much about nothing)
PS> Thanks Carde ;-)
Bade.
BAMN (the anti-Connerly people).
Named.
Ben,
I was at a symposium earlier in the year that was disrupted by BAMN, and several of them came up to the microphone at the Q&A of Connerly's panel and began a long rant with "Hi, I'm a member of BAMN, and..." Anyway, later in the day, at the Q& for the law & economics panel, Prof. Merril is the next questioner, and the panel chair introduces him and exhorts him to say something controversial. Merril thinks for a minute and begins "I'm a member of BAMN, and..."
I guess you had to be there, but it was very funny at the time...
O is for the optimism I am selling
B is for the Black man I half am
A is for the African who made me
M is the Man I want to stick it to
A is for the asshole who is my vp
B is for the bitch from the primary
I is for the idiots I will repay
D is for the disaster I will be
E is for the error they have made
N is the word you want to call me
Put it all together it spells victory
If it doesn’t then racist you all will be.
When I saw the word symmetry in your title, I thought that you were going to point out that when stacked like that, every vowel in OBAMA is above a consonant in BIDEN and every consonant is above a vowel. And both names alternate between vowels and consonants. It is weirdly symmetrical.
Dang, if you are having so much fun with five letter names, I guess I should be glad Obama and Biden don't have six letters (especially since Obama's first name does), or all you righties would be going nuts right now.
Then again, if McCain picks Romney we are 2/3 of the way there.
I enjoyed watching that but I found myself rooting for you to say the most obvious (to me) "amen" and I thought you were just yanking our chain saving it for last.
Hussein/Robinette because we are firmly stuck in the middle with you!
thence to cafepress!
That would get me to purchase something with Obama's name on it.
Well done!
The latest talk is that this choice of Joe Biden, a "grown up", mimicks George W. Bush's playbook pick of Dick Cheney as his VP.
Hmmm. Symmetry, names?
I suggest we nickname Obama's VP "Joe Cheney".
Not Cheney, Bentsen.
(We hope, anyway.)
Well of course Clueless Joe is going to plagiarize Dick Cheney's playbook. That's his trademark after all.
OK, I am getting ready to get my pussy out but some nights I just don't want to do it.
I went to Marc from Marc Jacobs today to ask if they had the shirt that I lost last weekend and they looked at me like I had three heads.
"Umm, I don't know that shirt". Well can you order it bitch? I had to explain it to them and they had no clue. It was in the store a fucking week ago. Should not these sales queens know the collection?
And do all of you have to look exactly the same? Malnourished, hair scattered and totally bitchy.
Forget it.
So I ended up going to Marc Jacobs and French Connection and got a couple of cute blouses so I think I am set. My heart isn't really into it tonight though, but usually on those nights I do well.
We will see.
At Marc Jacobs I was fortunate to deal with the women sales girls which are much better than the waify men twerps.
For those of you interested the jeans tonight will be Paper, Denim and Cloth.
I like Joe Bidin. Yes, he talks quite a bit but he seems pretty cool. He has a nice smile and his wife is cute.
Peggy Noonan Loves him.
Then again, if McCain picks Romney we are 2/3 of the way there.
Dammit, Eli! That was my upcoming post and now you done blewed it.
Mitt = 4 letters
John = 4 letters
McCain = 6 letters
Romney = 6 letters
If that's the ticket, this election is shaping up to be a numerologist's bonanza.
Now, what does it all mean though??
*cue spooky music*
Cheers,
Victotia
Edam... the cheese.
You mean, not the first man with dyslexia?
I'm assuming that people know that, at least with regard to the speech/Neil Kinnock flap, it's not precisely how it was, and is, being presented, for political reasons. Right? Not that fairness and precision are the point in terms of political presentation and spin of it; I do get that. It would bug me, a bit, though, if people actually believed what they were saying, as they're putting it.
(Okay I stretched that one a little bit.)
LOL, Meade. That and Troops alphabet city, plus Simon's Bad Men were the best in a very creative thread.
Everybody who ever wrote a book report from reading classic comics know's what that's all about.
It just that journalist's have a much bigger tolerance for plagiarism than your average bear. Just sayn'
Unless of course it is a conservative blogger or someone like that, then your liberal journalist types will gather up their torches and pitchforks and go out to kill Frankenstein.
vbspurs said...
"LOL, Meade. That and Troops alphabet city, plus Simon's Bad Men were the best in a very creative thread."
I can't take any credit at all. It was 100% Althouse's idea. I just rendered it in photoshop.
It was 100% Althouse's idea.
Aww. How gallant, Simon. But don't worry -- she rips off ideas from others all the time.
Photoshop skills are underrated!
Cheers,
Victoria
Prof A
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Prof A
Apparently Simon can. Or at least photoshop thy fearful symmetry.
I think ol' Howard had a hand in the VP selection:
MEAN DEAN MADE ME BID BIDEN; DEAN BADE ME DAMN BOB, AIDEN - OBAMA
But with the AID of BIDEN, OBAMA has it MADE.
titus -- pissy queen salesmen are the bane of shopping in SF. I don't know why they select retail as a career.
Interesting anagrams with "Obama Biden"
BAMBI ANODE
BABE DOMAIN
AMOEBA BIND
NADIA BOB ME
A MAO BIND BE
Just for kicks "McCain Romney"
RAM ICY CON MEN
MAC CORNY ME IN
COMA MERCY INN
CRAM CONE IN MY
NANCY RICE MOM
RACY MONIC MEN
YARN COMIC MEN
ACRONYM MINCE
NANCY COME RIM
And of course "Ann Althouse"
A NEAT LUSH NO
ETHANOL ANUS
HATE ANN SOUL
ANUS TAN HOLE
AN ANUS HOTEL
LEASH ANN OUT
LOAN TUNA SHE
ANN USA HOTEL
A SEAL HUNT ON
The official anagram for Ann Althouse is: Nun's Oath Ale.
OBAMA-BIDEN
Abbreviated version:
OBADEN
I did a guy from Bayonne tonight. He was hot and very bridge and tunnel. I love that.
As opposed to me who is very....
The official anagram for Ann Althouse is: Nun's Oath Ale.
Simon. I would buy the tee-shirt that had a picture of this beer on it. I would make a joke about Ann in a wimple, but I am fearful Trooper York will attack me for it.
I am late to this party so most of what I saw was already mentioned.
Not mentioned yet is the super important question of why Althouse makes her A in two different ways, one not picking up the pen, and one picking up the pen and making the more neat cross stroke.
"Simon. I would buy the tee-shirt that had a picture of this beer on it."
There does need to be some Althouse blog merchandise. I was thinking I needed to actually go into the brewery business. But I could have just a T-shirt... some mugs... Cafe Press stuff....
I think I need an image of a feisty nun to go with the words, though.... Not just the letters....
"There does need to be some Althouse blog merchandise"
1. An Ann Althouse bobble head doll. I'd buy one.
2. Drop your pants and hop up on the Xerox machine, take a picture and then sell the image as wallpaper/screen saver. I'll buy two.
NUN'S OATH ALE
Get In the Habit!
Dan from Madison said... "Not mentioned yet is the super important question of why Althouse makes her A in two different ways, one not picking up the pen, and one picking up the pen and making the more neat cross stroke."
Good question... There is an explanation.
Meade: Love the slogan! It would probably be illegal, actually, if I wanted to use it to sell alcohol. I'm not up on the law here, but I think you can't make light of alcoholism on the packaging.
Ruth Anne: Thanks for remembering what I forgot and proving once again why you are the Official Historial of the Althouse Blog.
Obama-Biden is also nearly impossible to pronounce without practice.
Obiden off more than he can chew.
"...I think you can't make light of alcoholism on the packaging"
But be honest: You have no real ambitions to start a brewery. Do you?
You're an artist. A master blogger. Maker of mocking memes, vortextual themes, and lusciously lucid dreams.
I think I need an image of a feisty nun to go with the words, though.... Not just the letters....
Well, see, that's where the image of you in a wimple comes in...
Wimplepalooza. Patent Application for Wimple.
Mortimer Brezny said...
"[Althouse said that t]he official anagram for Ann Althouse is: Nun's Oath Ale. [¶] Simon. I would buy the tee-shirt that had a picture of this beer on it."
I homebrew, so maybe I should brew up a batch with this caption. ;)
I'll see if I can come up with an appropriate label sometime next week (taking Meade's and Ann's elements into account) and let you know.
McCain Palin: Calm in Panic
Is this perfect, or what?!
OBAMA-BIDEN
Abbreviated version:
OBADEN
I've blogged about Osama Bin Biden already, but saw an eBay t-shirt with Obama Bin Biden. I was sniped!
Ruth Anne Adams said...
"McCain Palin: Calm in Panic"
vbspurs said...
"Is this perfect, or what?!"
Nice! I sense an animation project coming on.
Simon said...
"I'll see if I can come up with an appropriate label sometime next week (taking Meade's and Ann's elements into account) and let you know."
Set em up, Simon. I'm buying!
Come on, Ruth Anne, you know that alone has gotta qualify me as second-husband-grade material. Don't it?
Simon, count me in too! Large, so I can sleep in it. ;)
Obama/Biden. Osama bin Laden. Bad Omen, Amen.
Ruth Anne, you may fully vet me anyplace, anytime.
As promised in my 6:35 PM comment above, BAD MEN, cafepressed.
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