As much as I shouldn't be fomenting potentially ugly controversy, I can't help myself. A comment made on this blog today deserves, nay, demands more attention and discussion. I steal, I mean, post it here in its near-entirety:
Go Blue! Reasons to vote for Blue (according to Phillip):
1. This is Travis County, not Williamson County.
2. How often do you get to consume something blue? Hardly ever. Can you same the same for orange, red and yellow things?
3. Deep Blue will be a nod to our first race sponsor, IBM, and the newest member of our group, HAL, who is a bit slow, though. He talks a lot too.
4. Do you really want to risk drinking yellow water?
5. Only communists drink red water.
6. Katherine Harris drinks orange water.
7. The pope drinks blue powerade.
8. What other color is a kind of music?
9. I don't see any "Red Man Group" dancing in tights in theatres.
10. In German, "I am blue" means "I am drunk." Need I say more?
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Strong words, indeed, Phillip.
Some cons, though:
1. The blue water makes me think of Tidy-Bowl.
2. Have you seen what happened to Katherine Harris' um... assets right before she ran for ? Maybe she's onto something with the orange water. I think MZM supplied it to her.
3. The pope... no, let's stay away from that. I'm scared. let's just say he's no JP II.
4. Chinese communists drink red water because the blue water contains lead paint.
5. Oh, the radio doesn't play any great Yellows artists, so you just ignore the existence of that genre?
I don't have ten things. Clearly, I didn't even really have five. It kind of petered out after the first two...
I got a fancy unicorn mood ring today from Nau’s Pharmacy on West Lynn that has been switching from light blue (relaxed) to dark blue (lovable) since I put it on my pinky finger at lunch.
Red is nervous.
Need I say more?
Blue is the color of sadness and depression. Is that what we want to stand for?
Plus, Red is my favorite color- the color of love! Who is with me people?!
Vote for Love.
Orange
Orange got my vote. Why? Well, several reasons. For one, it is the odd one. It is the only color choice that is not a primary color. It is a halfway from yellow to red. This is cool because it is a hybrid of sorts, kind of like Team Spiridon…..a happy medium of fun and work; drinking and running. Plus, I like orange. Lots of really cool things come in orange and it does not get enough credit:
1. Ernie
2. traffic cones
3. candy corn middles
4. prison attire
5. plastic tie things that mark people’s property lines
6. tigers
7. cheesy crackers in snack machines
8. jack-o-lanterns
OJ, not the Simpson, but the juice, is very sweet but is high in calories. So, I think an orange aid drink thing is a good alternative. Plus, orange is the color of the second chakra, and is believed by many yogis to be the color of sexuality and creativity. Both good things. Oh, and in feng shui, it is the fire element, and brings happiness and vibrancy. So, I suggest people vote for orange!
Good points Christine!
Any color but sad ol' blue will do.
Blue is the color of the sky and the oceans. It is the color of our earth when seen from outer space. Our mother earth. If you love mothers, vote for Blue. If you support our earth and want to stop global warming, vote cool blue.
And besides, fancy unicorn mood rings don't lie.
Christine,
You have to have cheetos to the list! But if you want to eat cheetos, then it would be orange food with orange water and that is not done after August in polite society, as we all know. Blue, meanwhile, is the natural compliment to orange. And that means we get to eat cheetos if we have blue water!
Good point about the cheetos. How could I not name them? But, I think that blueberries with orange water would look great together. I mean, if we are going for complimentary colors.
And, did you not read that Red is LOVE but Orange is SEX? What is blue? calm and loveable? Boring. SEX is better. Vote Orange and vote for sex.
Wow. There's a lot of passion about the color of the nasty glucose-laden sports drinks. Passion - isn't that red? How come orange gets to be sex? Did His Purple Majesty Prince have anything to say about this?
Purple, incidentally, is not an option only because I don't like grape flavored drinks. Except for wine.
I see no one speaking out in favor of yellow, which is entirely understandable... or IS IT?
The polls will be open until fairly late tonight, when I make the fateful trip to the HEB, I mean... the sports nutrition specialty store...
It's 5 votes for Blue and 5 for Red! Is yellow going to be our Ralph Nader? C'mon yellow, vote Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue! I am not below bribery and will bring cheetos to anyone switching their vote to Blue. :)
Oops. I didn't realize that this was a REAL poll to determine the flavor of the sports drinks on your runs. Sorry Phillip, I voted for red...without my vote it looks like blue and red would be tied at this point. Rob, better discount one vote from red....
@ Mel - so, subtract one from red, but then what color would you vote for? i pictured you going with red, actually.
So, like I said, the Fates ended up determining the distinctly red color of your cheap, sugary sports drink for today. I fear I've dealt a final death blow to anyone's belief in the power(ade) of their enfranchisement.
I am, incidentally, going to look into doing some Accelerade. I know Gilbert's uses it (oh, no, I'm stealing!), and it touts the fact that it contains protein as well as carbs...
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