Althouse: This seems completely appropriate to me.

३ ऑक्टोबर, २००८

This seems completely appropriate to me.

Via Boing Boing,

१७ टिप्पण्या:

Simon म्हणाले...: Wow. That was... Um... Really quite terrifically weird. "Buy Countrywide! We mean it, m'aaaaaaaam!"; ३/१०/०८, ३:०० PM
Simon म्हणाले...: Heh, punk was so silly. /chortle/; ३/१०/०८, ३:०० PM
Palladian म्हणाले...: Predictably, many of the "Boing Boing" comments are of the "Oh! Woe! Our anti-establishment hero is a slave to Capitalism now!". What nonsense. Here's the best comment over there:

"Oh no. Please, don't bring out the hand-wringing about "Selling out" and "Who is left unsullied by all this horrid capitalism?" That kind of purity is for chubby rock critics and music snobs. Demanding a sort of monastic life, free from the worries of money from one's heroes is just childish.

John Lydon's a living cartoon character, I laughed and watched the ad twice. Good on him and the creators of the ad."; ३/१०/०८, ३:०२ PM
Unknown म्हणाले...: With the bailout bill passing, perhaps this one would be more appropriate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XGJq8wrw5I; ३/१०/०८, ३:०७ PM
The Drill SGT म्हणाले...: Buy your butter from Happy cows, not those frigid Wisconsin hanger queens :); ३/१०/०८, ३:१६ PM
BJM म्हणाले...: Morris dancing; now that's funny.

Publius: I thought you were going here.; ३/१०/०८, ३:४९ PM
blake म्हणाले...: Is this a famous person?; ३/१०/०८, ४:०२ PM
Christy म्हणाले...: I'm trying very hard just now not to be one of those educated people who believe silly things. But consider this -- Within the last week or so I read Pratchett's Wintersmith, the plot of which develops from misadventure at a Morris dance, Ngaio Marsh's Death of a Fool, the plot of which is about a murder during a Morris Dance, and now Althouse directs me to a video that includes a Morris Dance. Before this I'd never even heard of a Morris Dance. Synchronicity is scary.; ३/१०/०८, ४:११ PM
Bob R म्हणाले...: It's better to burn out, than it is to rust....

But rusting can be kind of fun as well.; ३/१०/०८, ६:०० PM
Bob R म्हणाले...: Be brave Christy. I hope you have read the other two books in the Pratchettt series with Wintersmith. The Wee Free Men is one of his best. I'd read it before and listened to it on audio during a long trip recently. Brilliant.; ३/१०/०८, ६:१३ PM
Methadras म्हणाले...: So, Johnny Rotten sold out after all.; ३/१०/०८, ६:३४ PM
XWL म्हणाले...: Given that the Sex Pistols in essence were begun as a marketing gimmick for Malcolm McLaren's shop, SEX, I don't see how you could accuse a former Pistol of selling out.

Steve Jones remains the cuddliest ex-Pistol, and his Jonesy's Jukebox is the best show over the air on Los Angeles radio.; ३/१०/०८, ७:१३ PM
Christy म्हणाले...: Bob R, I agree. That YA series is my favorite of the Pratchett novels I've read to date.

"to rust unburbished, not to shine in use"; ३/१०/०८, ७:५९ PM
Wince म्हणाले...: Better doing an ad for Countrywide Mortgage, I would insist.

Leave that level of sell-out to politicians like Sen. Chris Dodd. Unfortunately, Dodd was in a position to sell-out the rest of the country as well.; ४/१०/०८, ३:०५ AM
vbspurs म्हणाले...: Wow, I can't believe Simon didn't puke seeing Rik Mayall sell out every last vestige of his subversiveness in a butter ad.

Wait, that was John Lydon.

Like Charles Boyer and Maurice Chevalier, I always got those two confused as a kid.

Cheers,
Victoria; ४/१०/०८, ३:४१ AM
Fred4Pres म्हणाले...: Doesn't UK butter give you mad cow disease?

Just asking.; ४/१०/०८, ८:५४ AM
BJM म्हणाले...: Early morning TV in the UK is full of quirky pasttimes, hobbies and regional traditions.

Having attended many a country fair repleate with Morris dancing I can attest to enjoying the tradition thoroughly.

However, as an avid gardener my fav is the leek growing competitions hotly pursued in the northern counties. The passion runs so hot that leek vandalism has reared it's ugly head and alas the largest leek & onion competition has fallen victim to the credit crunch and rising fuel prices.; ४/१०/०८, ११:३८ AM