Don't Call Him "Boy"

MoDo skates to the edge in railing about Obama:

The last few weeks have not been kind to Hillary, but the endless endgame has not been kind to the Wonder Boy either. Obama comes across less like a candidate in Pennsylvania than an anthropologist in Borneo.

You have only my word for it but last night I contemplated describing Obama as a "Wonder Man", but the notion of alluding to the Geoff Davis flap struck me as borrowing trouble.  Well, MoDo has no such fear.

MoDo's construction, although problematic, is defensible and not at all equivalent to Mr. Davis's deplorable usage.  However, if John McCain were to refer to Obama as a "Boy Wonder", Krugman and Herbert would write about nothing else for weeks.

MORE - GOOGLE, MY BFF:  Here is the current top entry for "Obama 'Wonder Boy' ":

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UNFORGIVEN:  Speaking of Krugman, last week he defended Hillary's "Health Care in Ohio" blunder with his own speculative fiction that stood in contradiction to the NY Times reporting - Krugman described a cautionary tale of a woman without insurance when in fact (per the Times and others) she was insured.

Still no correction - can you belive that?

Comments

[Danube of Thought]

Here's a nice waker-upper for the Wonder Person, courtesy of the NY Daily News:

"When they face off Wednesday night in their Pennsylvania debate, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be fighting each other for the Keystone State's 158 delegates. But they'll also be fighting a common foe: A growing belief that neither can win the general election in November.

"It's a problem Clinton has had all along, and Obama, despite being the front-runner, is now proving he belongs in the same soup."

Toast.

[Appalled]

Actually, a pretty good column from MoDo, who does not do that too often.

[Richard Aubrey]

I thought it was a joke.
Maybe it is a joke.
It has to be, right?

Did Obama, or did he not, attempt to prove his down-with-the-downtrodden creds in Iowa by referring to the outrageous price of arugula?

Anybody know what that is? Anybody know if Iowans know what that is? Anybody know if Iowans are incensed at its price?

[Danube of Thought]

Anybody know what a community organizer is?

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Anybody know how I could sleep through this until about October?

[Pofarmer]

Anybody know what a community organizer is?

An Acorn activist.

[Appalled]

DOT:

Does this help?

[Danube of Thought]

Wow. As LBJ said, I'd feel a little better about him if he'd ever run for sheriff.

[Porchlight]

"Boy Clinton" and "The Boy President" are R. Emmett Tyrrell's long-running nicknames for Bill. MoDo's tag seems more in line with this type of usage. But as you say, it is perhaps ill-timed after the Davis comment.

[clarice]

I remember Boy Wonder from Doody Kravitz.
As for arugula, that struck me as a bigger gaffe than GWB and the grocery store scanner.
Of course, one can easily grow it in the garden; it now is increasingly available everywhere , but to mention Whole Foods and arugula to Midwestern farmers is the height of cluelessness.
Hit will be happy to learn that others have picked up on O's new respect for the flag lapel pin.

[Chris]

MoDo is a liberal, thus, NOT capable of any racist comment. It's a proven fact. E=MC squared, circumference = pi times diameter, liberals cannot be or make racist remarks. I think Darwin first postulated the theory.

[Steve M.]

I'm sure she'll invoke Michael Chabon if she's accused of a slur.

[Buford Gooch]

Chris: I guess you are saying Hillary and Bill aren't liberals, since they are regularly accused of racism by the Obama surrogates.

[Chris]

BG,
You are referring to the Clinton axiom. The Clintons are liberal, up to the moment where they run against and/or criticize a person of color, at which point, we (liberals) can conclude that they are engaging in racist behavior. See also the Ferraro hypothesis.

[MayBee]

I thought the Boy Wonder was Robin, from Batman.

Jane, Elliott- has anybody mentioned you have a job to do tonight?

[MayBee]

but to mention Whole Foods and arugula to Midwestern farmers is the height of cluelessness.

It's the Whole Foods, not the arugula (although you are correct about saying it to farmers makes it more absurd) that's the problem.
Have people seen the price of anything at Whole Foods? It's an expensive place to shop for groceries, and never the only place one has available.

[SAM]

Appalled, thank your for that link.

With all those entities organizing and being active, is anything improving?

Does anyone really know what Obama was doing all those years as a community organizer? Sounds like a non-descript position to me.

I will say one thing. Scroll down the list to the end where a number of foundations (as their assets are listed--2005 figures, I believe). Shame on those foundations for sitting on such large endowments rather than doing something constructive with the money.

[DebinNC]

Is anything known about Obama's eating habits? At his recent scripted foray into the Sunshine Cafe in PA, he wouldn't even accept a menu, much less a meal. Although he is/was a smoker, it's obesity the slim Obama has targeted to bring health costs down. Is he a vegetarian, thus more aware of leafy veggies of all kinds? Is admitting to being a vegetarian a vote loser?

[Peter]

I read somewhere (Malkin?) that there are no Whole Food Stores in the entire state of Iowa.

[thelonereader]

My son lives in Chicago and it is my understanding that Whole Foods is all about organic, and is quite expensive. He says it also is set up more like European shops,(or at least has an European flavor) maybe that is where Barack Hosanna Obama contemplates his foreign policy.

[libocrat]

We dare not mention Jesus Obama's ears lest we be called racists.
Oh, and I looked up "community organizer" in the thesaurus. "POVERTY PIMP" was the first reference. "Socialist" came in a close second, followed by "liberal".

[Jane]

Jane, Elliott- has anybody mentioned you have a job to do tonight?

Yeah - 8:00PM right? It can't possibly be as good of a snarkfest as the COmpassion conference was.

[Rick Ballard]

"It's an expensive place to shop for groceries, and never the only place one has available."

It's a lib status symbol - one must be careful to not be run over by a stealth Prius in the parking lot. It's part of the prog "Suckers of the World - Unite" program. I believe that you have to fail an IQ test in order to become a "favored customer".

[Daryl Herbert]

Still no correction - can you belive that?

Yes, we can!

[Paul Zrimsek]

It probably won't do anything to soothe the bitterness of the Wondrous-American community, but "Wonder Boy" was Calvin Coolidge's name for Herbert Hoover.

[Patrick R. Sullivan]

More than das wunderkind, but less than kind.

[libocrat]

Cars in the Whole foods parking lot are required to have the following bumper sticker...
http://ulearnsomethingneweveryday.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/coexist.jpg

[vnjagvet]

How about William Jennings Bryan, the "Boy Orator of the Platte"? Which he remained until his untimely death in his sleep after a hardy meal at the age of 65.

Unfortunately, the Boy Orator, unlike the Boy Hoover who lost only one, lost three elections for President by substantial margins.

Moral:

Black or white, Democrat or Repub, don't earn the nickname Boy.

It seems like BHO is earning such an appellation which carries some distressing historic omens for his chances in November.

[Jane]

OT:

Hey Elliott, remember when I said Tiger appeared to be limping last weekend? he's about to undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. He'll be out for 6 weeks.

[michaelt]

Whole Foods, aka Whole Paycheck.

[clarice]

Whole Foods started out here with a different name Then they didn't even sell sugar. Now it's expanded their repertoire and changed names and twice changed owners. But the old time grocery chains upgraded their offerings, too so Whole Foods had to reduce their prices, expand their offerings to "non-health foods" ...they are struggling here and though one is just blocks away, I go there only for odd specialty items not easily found in the neighborhood.
I do like organic foods though--it helps speed the three generations from wealth back to peasant hood again by taking good money from marks for no good purpose.

[Cecil Turner]

However, if John McCain were to refer to Obama as a "Boy Wonder", Krugman and Herbert would write about nothing else for weeks.

Yeah, probably. I did it yesterday, and remain unrepentant. There is no real doubt who is responsible for this distraction, nor whom it benefits . . . especially when used by supporters to deflect criticism on the woefully inadequate resume.

The "conversation on race" proffered by our leading candidate for president has now devolved into a tight spiral (widdershins, of course) of trying to pin the term "racist" on political enemies (as part of a broad brush ad hominem campaign to discredit the thought processes of anyone who disagrees with them). For those who think race and racism is the leading problem facing America today, there's your man. For those of us who think it's not (except, possibly, where it leads to silly compensation like frisking grandmothers at airports and trying to ignore the imams copycatting 9/11 procedures--and eventually holding them up as civil libertarians), well . . . might want to look somewhere else.

[vnjagvet]

Clarice, you sure are a subversive lass;;-)

[Danube of Thought]

Shame on you people. Are you deliberately slighting the original Boy Wonder, Harold Stassen?

[boris]

I kinda like Beau Bama

[hit and run]

Clarice:
Hit will be happy to learn that others have picked up on O's new respect for the flag lapel pin.

I am.

Well not the distracted cynical bitter part of me susceptible to divisive manipulations of my emotions which clings to antipathy of those not like me.

[Rick Ballard]

Tired of being called a metrosissy?

Tired of the hoots you hear when you pass a bowling alley?

Tired of the snickers because you can't even point your finger?

Tired of seeing "effete academic" repeated over and over in your Wiki bio?

Pick up a tin of RED BHO - the man's chew today! Slip it into your hip pocket after church Sunday and when you walk onto the range, everyone there will be looking up to you. Your cousin Sally won't be able to wait to go to the tractor pull and dance next Saturday!

RED BHO - definitely not for 'boys'
_______________________

I sent it to Axelrod but I haven't heard back yet - maybe he's working on a tie in with Skol?

[fdcol63]

Obama: "I was against the flag pin before I was for it."

Translation: I was making a sophisticated and nuanced statement about how trite and obsolete I thought that whole "patriotism" thing was, until my pollsters told me that it was decreasing my support among all you "bitter", gun-toting, church-going, ignorant rednecks still stuck here in small town America.

[Daddy]

"Still no correction- can you believe that?"

Well the NYT probably told Krugman they'd get a round to it. And you know what round tuit's are don't ya? They're those round wooden thingee's you buy for a dollar at midnight Truck Stops when you're zipping along the Pennsylvania Turnpike past all those bitter folks with bitter guns and bitter Bibles etc. And correct me if I'm wrong, but ain't arugula bitter?

[Jane]

I hate to report this, but I love Whole Foods. The closest one is 30 miles away and I go about every 6 months, mostly for freshly ground peanut and almond butter. I promise I have never bought arugula and never will.

Don't tell anyone.

[windansea]

Anybody know how I could sleep through this until about October?

several cuba libres in the afternoon seems to help

[Soylent Red]

I sent it to Axelrod but I haven't heard back yet

Do you apply it directly to your forehead?

Maybe we could co-market ActivistOn.

Or for RINOs we could sell RepublicOn

[boris]

The Whole Foods in Madison Wisconsin has a good produce section and fish dept. Prices are on the high side but fairly competitive and they carry bison in addition to the standard meats.

They have a good selection of artisan breads and a large deli with unusual entries.

Natasha goes there on occasion for hair care and skin care procucts and if the farm salmon looks good I'll get it. They are somewhat more likely to have good prices on wild salmon than most of the dedicat4ed fish markets.

[Soylent Red]

Uh oh.

Now I'm bitter, cynical, isolated, lonely, embarassed, and susceptible to fear.

I'm a mess.

Obamessiah...take me away!

[clarice]

They have very good fish,Boris--Didn't know you were from Madison. My alma mater..and home of my big mouthed B-I-L Michael "Whadda Ya Know" Feldman.

Jane. You should try arugula-it's delicious..especially baby arugula. Nice nutty-bitterish tasting--great with a tangy vinagrette. (It's your money flowing into DC so I probably shouldn't tell you this, but the big drug store near here has added a produce dept and expanded its dairy case so I can even get baby arugula and marscapone there.) Boris, I HATE their bread but I'm in walking distance of two of the best bread bakeries in America--and to be honest the bread there is better than any I had in bakeries in Tuscany or Provence.

[Jane]

Oh I've had arugula. I can get it in our local stop & shop.

[clarice]

So--there you go--On the East coast it's ubiquitous.

[Crunchy Frog]

And all this time I thought Wonder Boy was Roy Hobbs' baseball bat. Imagine my confusion.

[M. Simon]

Obama - not a vegetarian. He sampled the $99.99 an lb ham at a deli.

At least he is not one of those insufferable vegans. He may be a veggie.

[GMax]

Been a long time since I have been in Whole Foods ( not the shopper in the family so its not a regular thing at any market ) but I do remember the array of dried fruits and multiple selections of garbanzo beans and tofu. I thought it a hippy haven then, and I would guess not much has changed.

Even potato chips had to have some wierd twist to them, and were about $3 for a bag with six or sight chips in them.

[M. Simon]

It can't possibly be as good of a snarkfest as the COmpassion conference was.

Depends on the material they feed you.

BTW the CC was put on by the UU.

[boris]

On the East coast it's ubiquitous

Never had ubiquitous, is it more like baby spinach or radicchio?

[Enlightened]

We have called our (white) son "Boy" all his life. I am 100% serious. It's a nickname everyone in our family has called him. So now if I say "Hey Boy, go grab me some (whatever it is I need)" in mixed company at the supermarket I'm a racist? What if I needed a watermelon?

F--k that. He is a BOY. This is utterly ridiculous. Would I ever call a black person BOY? No. But I'm not going to check over my shoulder to make sure no black people are around before I call my kid BOY.

I'm so sick of this carp. I am never going to stop calling my kid BOY. Jeez. We've sent him Birthday cards addressed to Boy, and other Birthday cards to family members signed by The Boy. Un-frikkin-believable.

[M. Simon]

Or for RINOs we could sell RepublicOn

Hey. No fair. I resemble that remark.

[PeterUK]

I thought Arugula was a Roman Emperor.

[clarice]

He was the Emperor right after Radicchio and before Caligula.

[Enlightened]

I also shop at Whole Foods, I'm sorry but when our local farmer's market is closed between Dec - May, supermarket tomatoes suck. Whole Foods still gets some local organic ones that work in the interim. But a single heirloom could cost $5 if it's big. Crazy. I'm thinking of getting one of those kitchen counter tomato grower thingys - I love love love tomatoes and just cannot stand whatever the hell those pinkish round things are at the supermarket.

[PeterUK]

Thanks Clarice,the salad days of the Roman Empire.

[Daddy]

Peter UK,

I don't recall Arugula in the Emperor line-up, unless he was the one right after Taciturn, but as I recall, Diocletian (he of many Christian Persecutions), finally gave up the Purple and retired to his palace in Split, where from then on he wrote long-letters about the wonderful cabbages he could grow. And being that Mister Mark Twain told us that cauliflower is simply a cabbage with a college education, do you think arugula is simply celery with a PHD or am I much mistaken on that count?

[MayBee]

B-I-L Michael "Whadda Ya Know" Feldman.

Serioulsy, clarice? I love him, my husband loves him, my kids love him.

The Whole Foods near here is surprisingly aesthetically unpleasant; it must be an older store. They do have great whole chicken for roasting. The people there are usually really friendly, and I often leave wondering if maybe I shouldn't buy into the latest harebrained health idea. One enthusiastic girl almost had me convinced that I should buy only fresh raw chicken and lamb to feed my dog.

The parking lot, however, is a hazard which is not made better by the fact that there are so many Hummers that I can't see when I back out.

I'm just amused that Obama lambastes WalMart (which is affordable) and then assumes people would be shopping at Whole Foods ($$). In a horrible economy. Heh.

[Porchlight]

I admit to shopping at Whole Foods every couple of weeks for a couple of specialty items. The flagship Austin store is between my house and work, so it's convenient. But it's ridiculously expensive and I always feel guilty afterwards. And their to-go coffee cups leak.

Whole Foods is an extremely predatory company, by the way. You know, like Wal-Mart. They are slowly buying up the competition (such as Wild Oats). They just bought Sun Harvest, the natural foods store that took over the very-first-ever Whole Foods location in South Austin. And it's a given that there will never be a Trader Joe's in Austin if sharklike WF has any say in the matter.

[PeterUK]

Things are so bad here we have to shop at Half Foods.

[Soylent Red]

I thought Arugula was a Roman Emperor.

When I was in college I dated this girl who could do the most amazing things with her arugula.

[clarice]

MayBee, I'm not kidding.
Their rotisserie chicken is very good.I do feed my cat raw food--mostly rabbit (ground meat and bones) but I get it from a place in Ct that makes it up for animals.
I'd never use high priced WF meat to feed animals..

[Daddy]

US Troops out of Arugula!

[clarice]

The former head of Whole Foods contributed thru the Tides Foundation to a lot of the groups that promote organic foods and locally grown stuff. It's a major scamarama as is everything Tides touches. Details available at ActivistCash.Com

[Soylent Red]

LOL Daddy.

I thought Arugula was a Roman Emperor.

Wasn't Arugula followed by Flatus?

[clarice]

Enlightened--the best non-local produce is at Costco.
As for tomatoes--look for vine on tomatoes--often from Holland or Israel but now grown in a number of places..they are wonderful and even Safeway carries them. Also good are the little grape tomatoes which you cannot get in Europe because they were developed after Brussels set its tomato standards--I am not kidding. (Maybe they've now added them but as of a year ago, they were not to be sold in the EU)

[DebinNC]

"Things are so bad here we have to shop at Half Foods."

I've become trained to LOL just by seeing "PeterUK".

[Porchlight]

Ah, I should have known there was a Tides connection. That outfit is so well-named. The money comes in, the money goes out, the money comes in, the money goes out....

[LindaK]

A little off the Whole Foods topic but, AP reports Michelle Obama explaining herself:

"So when people talk about this elitist stuff, I say, 'You couldn't possibly know anything about me.' So let me give you a better sense of who me and Barack are and why we're doing this," she said.

"...a better sense of who me and Barack are..."??? Does she not know correct English even after Princeton and Harvard or was she purposefully dumbing it down for the stupid white folks?

BTW, I live in a very affluent NYC suburb which has a mall dedicated to Morten's, Fortunoff and Whote Foods. You can get a pricey steak dinner, expensive specialty food and diamond earrings! I'd probably shop there but they charge for parking and Trader Joe's doesn't (it's cheaper too!!).

[Soylent Red]

Clarice:

developed after Brussels set its tomato standards

Was that the Guacamole Act of 1917?

[clarice]

Me, too, Deb. If I stopped to tell PUK how funny he is, that's all I'd have time to post every day.(But you DO brighten every day, PUK.)

[fdcol63]

No Blood For Arugula!

[Thomas Collins]

Joining in the food blogging fun at JOM, I would like to suggest that bluefish is a far better deal at Whole Foods (or anywhere else, for that matter) than salmon. And if you think the omega-3 (or whatever it is) in salmon will make you live longer than if you eat bluefish, I have some Ron Paul for President buttons I would like to sell you.

[Soylent Red]

Obamessiah is trying to rehabilitate his American citizen credibility today apparently. He disagreed with Jimmuh's visit with Hamas thusly:

"saying he would not talk to the Islamist group until it recognized Israel and renounced terrorism."

As opposed to Ahmedinejad. Who he would definitely talk to.

Read it here

[DebinNC]

"...a better sense of who me and Barack are..."??? Does she not know correct English even after Princeton and Harvard or was she purposefully dumbing it down for the stupid white folks?

I noticed that too, LindaK. Ironically, although I don't think it made it into that article, the "me and Barack are" was accompanied by yet another of her.. "I want people to know when they look at me, to be clear that they see what an investment in public education can look like.”

[MayBee]

MayBee, I'm not kidding.

That's really cool. What an impressive family you have/are.

food--mostly rabbit (ground meat and bones) but I get it from a place in Ct that makes it up for animals.
I'd never use high priced WF meat to feed animals..

Oh great, clarice. Just when I had convinced myself it was harebrained (but I want my dog to have that shiny shiny coat!) you have to re-tempt me. But yeah, the reason I didn't switch to the raw food diet on the spot was the crazy cost.

[clarice]

http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/000979.htmlGrape tomatoes and the EU).

The only problem with Whole Foods fish dept is that they generally carry only the most expensive varieties of fish, and some of the least expensive--take sardines, for example--are really more flavorful to me.

[LindaK]

Didn't Hamas endorse him for president?

[PeterUK]

Wasn't Arugula followed by Flatus?

That would be Flatulus Maximus the first vegetarian Emperor.

[LindaK]

DebinNC--

Affirmative action strikes again!

[clarice]

Oma's Pride is the East Coast producer..you can check for distributors near you or find some like minded folks and split an order.

"Raw pet food" googled will provide the names of other producers/distributors of raw food throughout the country. You need to add a good supplement--Missing Link is one that better pet stores carry--just to be sure your pet gets what he needs.

Nature's Variety also makes a freeze dried version which can be mixed with canned wet food or water..and a raw frozen variety which my cat likes much less than the raw food.

[boris]

just cannot stand whatever the hell those pinkish round things are at the supermarket

Actually I prefer those to some of the other winter tomatoes that look great but have no flavor. A tart pink tomatoe slice may not taste like a summer tomatoe but I like it on sandwich anyway. Natasha uses the grape tomatoes for her salads with red leaf, baby greens (inc arugula) red onion and sliced radish (on mine).

[SunnyDay]

I catch my own fish. You can catch spot and flounder in the surf here. Still expensive. I drown a lot of worms, and feed some crabs. :D

[PeterUK]

"...a better sense of who me and Barack are..."

You have to analyze that in psychological terms.ME and Barack is exactly what she meant.Elect BHO and you get a two for one.
" Now Barry you just get your ass out there and smite those Israelites,you hear me!".
"Yes Dear,but would you please call me Mr President when we have foreign dignitaries about?"

[MayBee]

Thanks, clarice! I'll look into it.

The tomatoes I keep eyeing are the heirloom tomatoes that are green striped, yellow, plum colored, and orange. They look almost like little squash and are so cool.

[Porchlight]

I would like to suggest that bluefish is a far better deal at Whole Foods (or anywhere else, for that matter) than salmon.

TC,

I love bluefish and haven't had it in years. I've never seen it for sale anywhere I've lived except on the east coast, but who knows, maybe WF has it. Thanks for the tip.

[clarice]

Those tomatoes are great. Last trip to Costco they had them in the small form and they were great in salads ..they also look super in seviche--adding a lot os needed color to what can be a bland looking dish.

[DebinNC]

How much of a struggle did Michelle's family really have?

"No one could pretend they were rich and it is true that her father, Frasier Robinson, spent some time as a maintenance worker for Chicago's Department of Water Management.
However, he was a good deal more than the labourer that many seem to imagine. Indeed, according to family friends, Michelle's father was a volunteer organiser for the city's Democratic Party, a by-word for machine politics in America, and his loyalty was rewarded with a well-paid engineering job at Chicago's water plant. Even before overtime, he earned $42,686 - 25 per cent more than High School teachers at the time. Michelle's mother stayed at home and devoted her energies to her and her older brother Craig."

[boris]

I get salmon tails and use a filet knife to remove the skin and any non-pink tissue then charcoal grill slightly crispy using a lime juice & olive oil baste mixed with Good Seasons Italian Dressing packet. Lots of friends and relatives who first said they don't like fish like this.

[Enlightened]

Ok, PUK - Agreed. Since it's a twofer - I'd dearly love to hear her proposed foreign policy instead of hearing (again) about HER, or ME, or US, or THEM. I'm sick of her attempts to Oprah-size the Obama family tree. I want someone to ask her if she visits Iran will she wear the hijab? Will she wear the burqa? Will she visit our soldiers in the Green Zone in Baghdad? She gets the most pathetic Women's Wear Daily questions, which she promptly answer with righteous idnignation at her poor lot in life - boring.

[vnjagvet]

When did argula take over from radicchio?

Why isn't endive ever in the mix now? I seem to remember it had such a good reputation in the 1970s.

All of it is followed by flatulus maximus, no matter what you do PUK.

That's the vegan way.

No comment yet from environmentalists on the effects of veganism on global warming. For every cow eliminated, there will be four flatulentus maximentus veganus humanis erectis following on. With much longer life spans.

We'll need Rick B's calculus skills to run the numbers, but my gut (no kidding) tells me PUK is on to something here.

[hit and run]

Soylent:

Uh oh.
Now I'm bitter, cynical, isolated, lonely, embarassed, and susceptible to fear.

Well I most certainly had to appropriate that.

With a H/T, of course.

[PeterUK]

"But you DO brighten every day, PUK"

Thanks Clarice,that is exactly what my therapist said before he went missing.His white coat was found on the beach.There are sightings by ocean going vessels of a man paddling furiously around the Pacific.

[PeterUK]

vnjagvet

On the bright side Soylent Mauve is made from Vegans.

[Danube of Thought]

I heard that "me and Barack" thing and sat bolt upright.

Just to reassure those on the East coast, I'm quite sure I'll be having arugula in one dish or another at the Hotel del Coronado tonight (son-and-law in town). Preceded, of course, by a dry Stoli Martini, ice cold and straight up. Or two.

[Soylent Red]

ocean going vessels of a man paddling furiously around the Pacific.

Off the coast of Arugula

[GMax]

PUK

I just saw a poll someplace on the internet, it does not really matter much but it asked who was the bigger disappointment as PM Tony or Gordo? I that funny. Basically both are painted as disappointment we are just down to ranking them more to less so. Works for me.

[PeterUK]

Yes Soylent,no matter how you look at it,Arugula is at the centre of it all.