A President is Known by His Lawn Mower November 14, 2008 8:59 PMSubscribe
Is there no end to the shady associations of Barack Obama? Crack journalist Dave Barry has published photographic proof that the president-elect is a Lawn Ranger. What's a Lawn Ranger? Glad you asked. Dave Barry has written about this nefarious organization not once, but twice and their strange and eldritch rites have been profiled on WILL public television of Central Illinois, where the organization has its headquarters, in the town of Arcola, where they parade every year. posted by Kattullus (19 comments total)
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My first thought on seeing the picture of Obama, plunger in hand, was that he looked a lot like Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix. posted by Kattullus at 9:01 PM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
OMG, what they've been saying on the Youtube is true. I have come to rue the day after all. posted by nola at 9:05 PM on November 14, 2008
Better a Lawn Ranger than a Skull and Bonesman. posted by Balisong at 9:09 PM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
That's not Obama, that's O'Bama. Easily made mistake. posted by dhartung at 9:18 PM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
I see this, and I know, all the way through my neurons down into the marrow of my bones, that if a dead grey whale should wash up anywhere on our nation's shores, President Obama will know what to do. And do to sweet, glorious excess. posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 9:29 PM on November 14, 2008 [2 favorites]
Hi. I live in Central Illinois. A cultist US president is the least of your worries.... The University of Illinois is putting up what they say is a new carillon on campus, but I think that there is reason for deep concern that it is something entirely more sinister .... posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 10:26 PM on November 14, 2008 [13 favorites]
Barack the plumber seems to have done better than Joe, the unfortunate. posted by Cranberry at 11:50 PM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]
Dave Barry certainly does have silliness down to a science. This is especially evident in A Sort of History of the United States. Giggled my teenaged head off to that one in high school. posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 1:24 AM on November 15, 2008 [2 favorites]
Dave Barry Slept Here is good, and I find his Guide to Guys or whatever it's called very funny, too. posted by maxwelton at 2:34 AM on November 15, 2008
Obama could drive over baby ducklings in his motorcade and I would still find a way to it prove how awesome he is.
That said, this is an awesome picture. posted by mecran01 at 6:44 AM on November 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
I sometimes really miss Central Illinois. posted by nightwood at 6:57 AM on November 15, 2008
I sometimes really miss Central Illinois
And I sometimes really miss Dave Barry. Sometimes=Friday which was the day his column appeared in the paper. Sure, I have all his books, but you can only re-read them so many times.
Gary Larson, Dave Barry. Where has all the humor gone, long time passing? posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:19 AM on November 15, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Kattullus at 9:01 PM on November 14, 2008 [1 favorite]