Cheese Abe -- Photo of the Week 6 July 2009
>> 06 July 2009
It would be presumptive of me to guess the innermost thoughts and desires of the great minds of history, but my guess is that the Great Emancipator would not want to be immortalized in the following way:
See, some friends -- not the Asian kids pictured here; I stole this from Reuters -- went downtown the past weekend to scope this 1/2-ton abomination of cheddar that is a sculpture of Mr. Lincoln. They said "it smelled horrible."
Granted, a bobblehead is not much better, but something about a cheese sculpture is just insulting. And using the argument "Maybe Abe was a huge cheese-lover...?" isn't going to fly with me. There are lots of foods I love, but if someone suggests that a likeness of me be fashioned out of bacon, Twix bars, or panang curry, they are getting punched in the face.
Happy post-4th of July Monday, everyone. Hope you ate much BBQ, watched fireworks, and watched made passing reference to that age-old classic, Independence Day. Something about Bill Pullman giving an inspirational speech before going off to fly an F-18 and save the world is comical.
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I think if he was a cheese lover, artificial cheese would only be more insulting
I would rather have watched 'A More Perfect Union' for the 4th...but it wasn't on TV like it has been EVERY year for forever. Weird.
And I bet Abe wouldn't be so mad about the cheese sculpture if it were actual size.
Are you kidding? What's more American than the combination of unadulterated commercialism plus a revered former President?
Are you kidding? What's more American than the combination of unadulterated commercialism plus a revered former President?
I would have to agree with Jen. The only thing that would be more American would be a statue of a half-Asian made out of bacon. Next year...
Hey, I still get fired up when I hear that Independence Day speech.
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