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Posted on: May 29, 2008 10:46 AM, by PZ Myers
Let's not ever turn into Michelle Malkin, mmm-kay? She got Dunkin' Donuts to pull an ad…because she didn't like the scarf the model was wearing, and decided it was pro-Islamic.
It was paisley.
Typical dhimmi traitor in jihadist-appeasing garb
It's not like the model was saying "Death to America" or "This iced coffee is perfect for cooling me down after a suicide bombing" or even, "Christians, shut up!" She's not even in traditional Islamic dress — you can see her face, and a bit of her chest. But she is wearing a scarf, and as we all know, good Americans wear only traditional American clothes, which do not include scarves.
Scalzi and Plait have noted the lunacy. Of course, no one has yet noticed the truly insidious part of the story — this Palestinian kaffiyeh nonsense is a red herring. Paisley. Didn't they live through the 60s? Have we already forgotten? Are we just going to overlook the significance until suddenly we find ourselves in bell bottoms and headbands with the scent of patchouli wafting through the air?
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That ain't paisley.
Posted by: jsn | May 29, 2008 10:51 AM
Is that Natalie Wood?
Posted by: nal | May 29, 2008 10:52 AM
Just more "paisley:"
http://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2008/world/kaffiyeh/index.html
Posted by: jsn | May 29, 2008 10:53 AM
Such objections to scarves does not apply to Rethuglicans. Note that McCain's daughter was seen wearing a scarf similar to Rachael Ray's scarf.
Posted by: Paige | May 29, 2008 10:54 AM
This is how we trap unamerican traitors. We can ask them who won the World Series, or we can expose the fact that they can't recognize Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: PZ Myers | May 29, 2008 10:54 AM
Sorry to change the topic, but I did not think I would see the day. Really I did not, but apparently there is a Swiss outfit that wants to build a creationist amusement park near Heidelberg.
http://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article2046773/Kreationisten_wollen_Freizeitpark_in_Deutschland.html
Posted by: Umilik | May 29, 2008 10:54 AM
That ain't the real point.
But fine, I'll feed your obsession of triviality: This is paisley
Posted by: Ryan F Stello | May 29, 2008 10:55 AM
Can't Muslims wear paisley scarves?
Seriously, I don't know if a paisley scarf is or is not accepted wear among Muslim women.
And jsn, I don't think the photo was given to show what was worn in the ad.
Well, it's all silly, but to be fair, ads are generally silly things.
Glen Davidson
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Glen Davidson | May 29, 2008 10:55 AM
Yeah. I went off on the wing-nuts about this a few days ago. Then put up a short visual post about Meghan McCain - Terrorist Sympathizer because she's also wearing a black-and-white scarf in one of those McCain "family pictures" press-ops.
Personally, I think the whole thing is stupid.
And while I'm not a big fan of Rachel Ray as she sounds too much like a young Marge Schotz. I do buy her cookbooks though because finding solid recipes for tasty meals in a short-time is tough. And while on most nights I'm happy to spend the time crafting a wonderful meal, I can't always spend the time.
Posted by: Moses | May 29, 2008 10:57 AM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who mocked the wing-nuts.
Posted by: Moses | May 29, 2008 10:59 AM
The more insidious aspect is that the woman is a tad darker than your average WASP. Had the scarf been on Nicole Kidman, I seriously doubt that Michelle would have complained.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Glen Davidson | May 29, 2008 11:00 AM
Isn't it? Sure seems to be the main point of PZ's post. Ah, yes. When your errors are pointed out, suddenly the point is "trivial." Got it.
Posted by: jsn | May 29, 2008 11:01 AM
That point was always trivial.
The real point, however, is Republican obsession with trivialities, as if the cultural significance of one usage has any meaning when transplanted elsewhere.
But then, people like you never have any real issues to discuss, do you?
Posted by: Ryan F Stello | May 29, 2008 11:07 AM
PZ might have missed the mark on what the scarf IS, but he didn't miss the point and his misidentification of the scarf is not the point, nor does it trivialize his point.
His point is that Rachel Ray is not wearing the kind of scarf that MM is accusing her of wearing. That it isn't paisley doesn't change this fact.
And where exactly were these clothing police when Prince Harry was wearing his Nazi uniform? Oh, wait, that was just a lark...
Posted by: gex | May 29, 2008 11:11 AM
You mean like how you people went on at length about the alleged cross in Mike Huckabee's Christmas campaign ad? Those kinds of trivialities?
Posted by: jsn | May 29, 2008 11:11 AM
Maybe Michelle Malkin needs a tall cuppa Himan Plu Cento http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2y_GwKzxck (9 second mark)
Posted by: Chris | May 29, 2008 11:12 AM
Oh look, it's jsn, the idiot troll. Does it get anything right, ever?
Nope.
It now has permission to go back to Its usual lurking spot in the girl's restroom. Go, It. Go.
Posted by: Kseniya | May 29, 2008 11:13 AM
Way off topic, but there's an eagle cam here and the parent is on the nest: http://wavelit.com/index.php?view=EagleNestLive1
right now.
Posted by: Monado | May 29, 2008 11:13 AM
In Afghanistan, especially in the early days, US special forces routinely wore kafias.
No donuts for them.
Posted by: Greg Laden | May 29, 2008 11:13 AM
Michelle Malkin is an idiot, of course, but I'm really disappointed in Dunkin Donuts for thinking anyone would listen to Michelle Malkin.
Posted by: ndt | May 29, 2008 11:13 AM
ccording to Wikipedia, Audrey Hepburn was Dutch/English, born in Belgium. But no less a Hollywood icon.
Posted by: SC | May 29, 2008 11:14 AM
That's just really really really funny. Rachel Ray, that annoying bitch. "Jihadi Chic." Mm. I love it.
Posted by: Elyse | May 29, 2008 11:14 AM
Everyone knows that all true Americans wear only pigskin leather and American flags. If you wear anything else you're a terrorist sympathizer.
Posted by: Scott D. | May 29, 2008 11:14 AM
What the heck is all this about Rachel Ray? That looks like Audrey Hepburn to me. Did I miss something?
Posted by: EntoAggie | May 29, 2008 11:14 AM
Did I forget to note that Malkin is a blithering idiot? I did? Dang.
Posted by: Kseniya | May 29, 2008 11:15 AM
Oh, never mind. Must remember to look at links before commenting idiotically.
Still, that ad supporting terrorism? That's a whole truckload of dumb right there.
Posted by: EntoAggie | May 29, 2008 11:16 AM
@#8
I think Muslim women can wear what they like, as long as it's "modest". Cue being assaulted in the street for transgressing some (male)religious nut's definition of "modest".
Paisley is so-called because it was woven on the Jacquard looms in the Scottish town of that name; more cheaply than the original scarves were available from India (Oh, the irony). The pattern was (IIRC) 17th/18th century from Kashmir, woven under the Mughals, so probably worn then by Muslim women.
Posted by: DaveH | May 29, 2008 11:16 AM
That's what they've got their knickers in a knot about? Geez, I thought she was at least wearing it on her head like a hijab or something. I can imagine my Canadian-American Jewish MIL wearing something like that -- she loves black/white/red combos. Who knew she wanted the terrorists to win? I guess DD should photoshop the scarf into a Stars & Stripes print.
Scarves, flag lapel pins -- poltical discourse reduced to the most trivial details of fashion. Utter idiocy.
Posted by: Eamon Knight | May 29, 2008 11:18 AM
jsn (#16) whined,
Explain how the cross in Huckabee's ad had the same "cultural significance in one usage when transplanted elsewhere." and then you can group them together.
Otherwise, they're not the same kind of triviality.
Unless, do you need me to explain the difference to you?
Posted by: Ryan F Stello | May 29, 2008 11:19 AM
Aggie, it was Rachel in the Dunkin Donuts ad.
Posted by: Kseniya | May 29, 2008 11:19 AM
Even if it was a kaffiyeh (which it clearly wasn't), this would still be ridiculously stupid. It's not all that uncommon for Westerners and non-Muslims to wear kaffiyehs as scarves. It doesn't mean they support terrorists. It just means they find kaffiyehs functional and/or aesthetically pleasing.
Posted by: BoxerShorts | May 29, 2008 11:20 AM
Thanks DaveH, good to know.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/2kxyc7
Posted by: Glen Davidson | May 29, 2008 11:21 AM
There was an article in the NY Times last year about these as a fad - "Where Some See Fashion, Others See Politics":
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E3DC1E3FF932A25751C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
(Sorry for the strange link - I hope it works.)
Posted by: SC | May 29, 2008 11:22 AM
I will laugh long and loud the next time (and every time thereafter) I hear Malkin bitch and whine about "political correctness". What a moron.
Posted by: Kseniya | May 29, 2008 11:22 AM
So what if she was wearing a scarf? What if she was wearing a burka? How is that supporting terrorism? I forgot, all Arabs and dark skinned people are terrorists. /sarcasm
Posted by: Dennis N | May 29, 2008 11:25 AM
BoxerShorts (#31) quipped,
NO! It means they obviously have an ideological bent that must be circumvented!
Like, people who wear Castro hats. Dictators in training, I tell ya.
Posted by: Ryan F Stello | May 29, 2008 11:25 AM
I'm still waiting for Malkin to sign the picture of a Japanese internment camp that Max Blumenthal has for her.
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2007/03/michelle_malkin.html
Posted by: matt | May 29, 2008 11:25 AM
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Posted by: wÒÓ† | May 29, 2008 11:27 AM
Speaking of fashion kerfuffles and support of terrorism, I remember reading that a young girl going to a Catholic school (presumably Irish Catholic) in the US was at the receiving end of a great deal of grief from her fellow students for innocently wearing an orange ribbon in her hair.
Posted by: Owlmirror | May 29, 2008 11:29 AM
PZ, I wish that you hadn't disclosed the identity of the photo so early in the comments. It would have been interesting to see how many others would misidentify the exquisite Audrey, but, I may be wrong, perhaps it's really Holly Golightly.
Posted by: bigjohn756 | May 29, 2008 11:33 AM
Well, thanks to Malkin, I have some shopping to do today. First over to Dunkin' Donuts for some breakfast and to tell them that I love the new Rachel Ray online commercials. Then to the bookstore to buy one of Rachel Ray's cookbooks. I'm not really a fan, but I'm sure there are some things in there the kids will love. Then to the mall to pick one of those lovely jihad-ist scarves Ray is wearing. My daughter would love one. Then, if I'm inspired, I will come home an email a thank you to Malkin for her idiocy...
Posted by: LCR | May 29, 2008 11:34 AM
I can't believe anybody has the time to complain about stuff like this.
For being a "melting pot" we certaintly seem to have a lot of people that object to any form of multiculturalism.
Not that wearing a paisly, checkered, or any kind of scarf is at all a sign of multiculturalism.
Malkin's complaint makes no sense from any angle.
So what if it was an Islamic style scarf? Whatever that would be, I'm sure most Americans wouldn't even recognise it as such.
Posted by: Serena | May 29, 2008 11:35 AM
The news article I read yesterday said it was paisley.
I think the point of pulling the ad was not that she was wearing anything that would be identified as "terrorist garb" but that she was wearing what looked like a Man's Scarf and thus insulting their sartorial privileges. Sort of like women daring to Wear Trousers in the bad old days.
At least that's how I read it: as a sort of political uber-correctness.
Posted by: Monado | May 29, 2008 11:36 AM
Call Dunkin Donuts and let them know how you feel: 800-859-5339
They are getting a LOT of calls about this. The person I talked to said it is coming in about 50/50. We need to up the ante.
Be polite!!!
I made the point that by responding to MM's ridiculous statements they made this a much larger issue than it needed to be. They should have just ignored it. There would have been a brief flurry of breast-beating by the righteously inclined, and then the "blonde de jure" would have shown up on FOX or CNN and the issue would have just gone away.
Posted by: Mick | May 29, 2008 11:37 AM
God, that article made my brain hurt. Typical right-wing doublethink; Malkin basically claims the scarf is an old, powerless symbol, and condemns it being shown in a DD ad in basically the same breath. If anything, she should be besides herself with joy that the damn thing is shown in such a trivial context; instead she complains loudly, gets the ad withdrawn, and in doing so acknowledges and reinforces its symbolic power.
Because, damnit, if Palestinian-style scarves are nothing more than fashion acessories these days, that's apparently just plain unacceptable.
The mind reels.
Posted by: James Haight | May 29, 2008 11:39 AM
Oh fuck, am I ever gonna scream bloody murder next time I see someone on TV or in a magazine wearing a crucifix or a cross.
Thanks, Michelle, for throwing the door wide open for complaints against religious accessories of any kind.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | May 29, 2008 11:40 AM
Paisley? What's paisley? It sounds like food! I'm hungry!
Posted by: Michelle | May 29, 2008 11:42 AM
The true test of patriotic purity would be in Rhode Island ( my adoptive and adopted state), as we have more Dunkin Donuts per square mile ( or foot or square capita) than ANY other state.
Well, the problem may be: "Yumm-OOh" is clearly not English, not American, Semitic ( Oprah-influenced ), possibly French, simply troubling and seditious.
Posted by: MsNomir | May 29, 2008 11:42 AM
Meanwhile I am unable to use a headscarf to keep the hair out of my face without someone accusing me of being some kind of religious fanatic, although over here in England they are just as likely to think you are a fundie Xtian as a Muslim. Maybe a scarf with the 'A' logo would be useful?
Posted by: Pat Silver | May 29, 2008 11:44 AM
What this important political issue calls for is an internet poll!
Posted by: SC | May 29, 2008 11:45 AM
Ugh! Then have to be subjected to 'soft rock' again? I can't take Al Stewart or America or Kansas!
Posted by: firemancarl | May 29, 2008 11:45 AM
If you think that MM et al are hilarious, try Debbie "I can't find my name on YouTube even with a Google search" Schlussel and her lap dogs think about the subject. At one point Debbie pointed out that Jews used to wear those things but it wasn't the same because they were just articles of clothing then, not a terrorist symbol. Not that they are now, at least to anyone with an IQ over 65.
Some of the comments here have me wondering something though. If Rachel Ray had worn a flag pin on her scarf, would that have negated the terrorist angle to it in the mouth breathing Fox viewership circles? Would that have made it a symbol of American imperialism in the middle east? So many possibilities...
Posted by: Mena | May 29, 2008 11:49 AM
Can't you see? Paisley > Ian Paisley > Irish > IRA > Terrace!
Coincidence...or conspiracy? You be the judge, I just report the facts.
Posted by: MicroZealous | May 29, 2008 11:51 AM
Would things be any different if Rachel had Ian Paisley around her neck?
Posted by: raindogzilla | May 29, 2008 11:54 AM
The customers of this online store would be surprised to find out that they were politically supporting anti-American terrorists. Given their politics, I wonder if they would tell Michelle Malkin what they think of her paranoid fantasies. I should hope so.
http://tinyurl.com/5rp7fl
In the US military and among warrior wannabees and simple backpackers in US deserts, it has a recognized practical value (duh! - that's why they wear them in the Near East...) as well as a certain swaggering connotation. The British soldiers have worn them for while, also.
Posted by: Kermit | May 29, 2008 11:54 AM
I am all for pulling the ad. Not because of the scarf, but because of that incredibly nerve-grating twit, Rachael Ray.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | May 29, 2008 11:55 AM
Is that the Rachel Ray ad in your link? That is not paisley, it is sometimes called an Afghan scarf, and Yassar Arafat, among others sported it.
It is (or was a few years ago) also a very fashionable shawl/scarf in Europe (of course those were in the days that the Afghan Mujahadeen were the good guys fighting the evil Russian commies - oh how times change).
The model is clearly NOT using it with any sort of Islamic implications, she has not even covered her hair.
Posted by: Carol | May 29, 2008 11:57 AM
I guess Queen Elizabeth II must be a Muslim in disguise as has seems to have a fondness for paisley scarves. The idea that the head of the Anglican Church is a secretly a Muslim is more than my brain can deal with! I guess when she visited the US a couple of years ago Dubya was lucky she did not decide to blow herself up when standing alongside him.
Posted by: Matt Penfold | May 29, 2008 11:58 AM
I'm going to have to give up my silk aviator's scarf since Manfred Von Richtofen wore a similar one and I wouldn't want anybody to think I support the Kaiser.
Posted by: Sarcastro | May 29, 2008 12:00 PM
Dammit, people! If we let them control our fashion, then the terrorists win!
Posted by: Raynfala | May 29, 2008 12:01 PM
and I guess we can't edit things here?
Looked at the other link with a better pic and realise it IS paisley.
Ahh well, the bit about the Muslim extremists being the good guys once upon a time still holds *shrug*
Posted by: Carol | May 29, 2008 12:02 PM
Yup. Audrey Hepburn:
Charade
Posted by: nal | May 29, 2008 12:03 PM
jsn, read the article next time:
You fail.Posted by: H.H. | May 29, 2008 12:04 PM
@LCR #41
Don't forget to stop by the courthouse to change your middle name to "Hussein" to complete your muslimification.
Posted by: kate hussein busheney | May 29, 2008 12:05 PM
I'm all for pulling the ad too. The scarf - clearly muslim, there's no bible or cross ANYWHERE in the shot, not even an American flag. Dunkin Donuts is clearly an anti-American outfit interested in prosecuting its war against xtian America. Any company brashly displaying this kind of religious intolerance should be put out of business.
Posted by: Alex | May 29, 2008 12:06 PM
It is odd that the backdrop behind her is a shot of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Salem happens to be the site of the last DD on the West Coast, but it closed in March of this year.
Dunkin' Donuts... the irony is made fresh every day...
Posted by: Mac from Oregon | May 29, 2008 12:07 PM
I never cease to be amazed at how stupid people can be. It makes my brain hurt.
Posted by: Jerome Triplett | May 29, 2008 12:07 PM
I like their coffee and donuts, though.
Posted by: Dennis N | May 29, 2008 12:07 PM
If Audrey is the face of Islamic extremism, then Death to the Infidels!
Posted by: Aaron Golas | May 29, 2008 12:07 PM
This kind of reminds me of the stupid and sadly recurrent flap about Procter and Gamble's alleged Satanic logo.
Kaffiyehs were a popular fashion accessory in the early 1990s. I'm sure mine is packed away with the rest of my scarves somewhere. Maybe even Michelle Malkin has one.
Posted by: Julie Stahlhut | May 29, 2008 12:08 PM
Wait I think you are on to something. Salem is also the name of a town in Massachusetts. That same town where there were a number of trials of residents. Trials that proved them to be..
WITCHES!
Rachael Ray is a Witch!
Burn Her!
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | May 29, 2008 12:10 PM
Well, Rachel Ray is the spawn of the devil anyway, or at least Anthony Bourdain tells me she is, and if you can't trust the word of an ex-addict foul mouthed chef, then I just don't want to be a Republican.
Posted by: Akheloios | May 29, 2008 12:12 PM
Too bad Saturday Night Live is done for the season. New-girl Casey Wilson does a spot-on Rachael Ray; I have to imagine they could have had fun with this.
Posted by: OhioBrian | May 29, 2008 12:16 PM
WITCHES!
Rachael Ray is a Witch!
Burn Her!
Only if she weighs the same as a duck.
Posted by: SteveM | May 29, 2008 12:19 PM
Damn, I was going to make a polldaddy poll or something that we could throw up somewhere, but you need a login.
but the responses were going to be like:
no it was just fine, ... and Michelle Malkin is nuts
no the ad was fine, people are just seeing communists in their soup
etc
Posted by: matt | May 29, 2008 12:20 PM
Me too. But pandering to intolerance is just as bad as intolerance itself.
Phil Plait is right: DD should have said, "Malkin is freaking nuts. It's a scarf."
Posted by: tsg | May 29, 2008 12:20 PM
If you think that MM et al are hilarious, try Debbie "I can't find my name on YouTube even with a Google search" Schlussel and her lap dogs think about the subject.
"the scarf of death"!
"part of the uniform of terror"!
"the garb of death and destruction and emptiness"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkqqMPPg2VI&feature=related
(Thanks to, IIRC, Ichthyic for the link.)
Posted by: SC | May 29, 2008 12:20 PM
I made the point that by responding to MM's ridiculous statements they made this a much larger issue than it needed to be. They should have just ignored it.
Mick, I just called to convey my disappointments too. I added that by giving in to people like Michelle Malkin, Dunkin' Donuts was validating her bigotry and ignorance.
Posted by: Tommykey | May 29, 2008 12:23 PM
I expect this kind of thing from Malkin. But Dunkin Donuts? Well, supposing I ever want stale donuts and bad coffee, I'll have to get them from somewhere else now.
Posted by: Dustin | May 29, 2008 12:29 PM
I've never heard of this Malkin woman before and from this introduction don't care if I ever come across her again. Such ignorance!
Isn't she aware (as Matt Penfold also points out) of the fact that the woman who is head of the Church of England wears a headscarf on her days off from wearing the crown? It keeps her infeasibly stiff hair in place while she's walking the corgis.
How this Malkin woman will cope when the winter fashions hit the stores will be interesting. I expect lots of gibbering and twitching when she realises Dolce & Gabanna have used the Queen as a style icon for their entire winter collection!
http://ita.dolcegabbana.it/sfilatadeg07/sfilata.asp?sec=woman
Posted by: Kitty | May 29, 2008 12:33 PM
It's unfortunate that I never go to Dunkin' Donuts or I could join the boycott.
Posted by: Timothy | May 29, 2008 12:35 PM
Only if she weighs the same as a duck.
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of Science?
Posted by: Josh | May 29, 2008 12:35 PM
If somebody hit this already: sorry for the repeat.
MM and friends were plugging Dunkin Donuts because they have a right wing immigration policy. The the ad appeared. It was an opportunity to flex some muscle so DD was called out on the ad. They blinked.
It had nothing to do with scarves or kaffiyehs; it was all about power. Michelle said "poop" and donuts said: "how high?"
Posted by: tom | May 29, 2008 12:36 PM
... and once again people prove what total idiots they are. Are the paranoid right wing such a****les that they do not even shy away from showing it on national TV And oh the idiocy of Dunkin Donuts.... I think I need to stop teaching that case in my management foundation class- or perhaps I can make it a "how organizations cave in to pressure from outside..." The lunacy...
Paisley is an INDIAN design.And I don't think that is paisley... unless they call anything non geometric and squiggly paisley these days. And the way RR is wearing the scarf is no way like Yassar Arafat sporting it... Oh my gosh.... are such scarfs available in the mall? Where cna I get some.
Posted by: Allytude | May 29, 2008 12:43 PM
I just looked at the ad. I have a table cloth that looks just like that that scarf. I guess I need to arrest myself for supporting terrorism.
Posted by: Matt Penfold | May 29, 2008 12:43 PM
Paisley ... dang. Who knew it had so much history?
Posted by: Hank Fox | May 29, 2008 12:45 PM
The replacement advertisement is even worse!
http://sneerreview.blogspot.com/2008/05/dunkin-wingnuts.html
Posted by: Sigmund | May 29, 2008 12:49 PM
Still, you disgust me. Enjoy your stay in Gitmo.
Posted by: Dustin | May 29, 2008 12:49 PM
*sigh* Audrey Hepburn. *sigh*
Posted by: Erik | May 29, 2008 12:51 PM
As someone alluded to yesterday, it's too bad we are judging people by clothing rather than the 'contents of their character.' Michelle Malkin would still be a moron, Rachael Rae, merely a cooking diva. I was so hoping that when the clothing manufactureversy was addressed on NBC's Today Show this morning, some intrepid news host might bring up Martin Luther King's novel idea. I was disappointed but not at all surprised. The watch-puppies of the media on guard as ever- lest they say something offensive to someone somewhere about anything.
Posted by: mothra | May 29, 2008 12:58 PM
"Still, you disgust me. Enjoy your stay in Gitmo."
I will make a start by beating myself up, sticking my head face up under the shower and the shutting myself in the airing cupboard.
Posted by: Matt Penfold | May 29, 2008 1:00 PM
Kseniya:
You're right, of course, but I still have to admit to a grudging respect for her animators. They've achieved a level of realism that Rockstar et al can only dream of. I mean, look at the attention to detail. The flecks of spittle spraying from her mouth. The eyes whirling in opposite directions. The eerie, apoplectic shrieking at shadows. The veins in her temple, pulsing with rage. If I didn't know better, I'd think she was a batshit insane human, rather than a cartoon.
Posted by: Epikt | May 29, 2008 1:03 PM
Hmmmm. You know I don't even know who Rachel Ray is?
Should I be ashamed?
I have a lot of catching up to do when we move back to the good ole US of A.
In the meantime I'll have to stock up on those scarves, there all the rage in the Netherlands at the moment.
Posted by: Serena | May 29, 2008 1:05 PM
I will make a start by beating myself up, sticking my head face up under the shower and the shutting myself in the airing cupboard.
Instead of the cupboard, a more realistic preparation will be to build yourself a little cardboard bed in your garage and sleep in it with the garage door open. Make sure you keep the light on, or for best results, get a spotlight. Get a buddy to come mock you in the middle of the night. After a week or so of that you'll be ready for Gitmo.
Posted by: Josh | May 29, 2008 1:08 PM
This from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh#Symbol_of_Palestinian_solidarity.3F
"For some years, the wearing of the keffiyeh has been almost ubiquitous amongst British soldiers, who now, almost exclusively, refer to them as shemaghs"
I guess the British Army is now to be considered an Arabic terrorist organisation.
Posted by: Matt Penfold | May 29, 2008 1:10 PM
I'm all for boycotting Dunkin Donuts (there actually are a few over here, including in the glittering new Berlin Hauptbahnhof) over the kaffiyeh, because my teenagers tell me it's an emo thang and hence beneath contempt.
When I wore one in the 1980s, mind you, it was an anarchist/Autonomen thang. Which is, like, totally different.
Posted by: Mrs Tilton | May 29, 2008 1:14 PM
"Instead of the cupboard, a more realistic preparation will be to build yourself a little cardboard bed in your garage and sleep in it with the garage door open. Make sure you keep the light on, or for best results, get a spotlight. Get a buddy to come mock you in the middle of the night. After a week or so of that you'll be ready for Gitmo."
I start training tomorrow. I keep hay and straw in my garage though. I take it I cannot use those to sleep on.
Posted by: Matt Penfold | May 29, 2008 1:21 PM
Gads, have to confess and turn myself in to three stooges. err Homeland Security, I wore a kaffiyeh in Iraq and Afghanistan, as recently as last November. Most soldiers and civs there wear them, I had no idea we were all supporting terrorists and Islamic Fundamentalism. I thought it was keep dust out of eyes and nose and mouth and because they look tres kewl. As further proof of my "sins", bought pashminas for all my female friends while in Afghanistan. Oh, the fires of hell are stoked for me now. If I could call myself an atheist, I guess I would be ok, but