If Saddam only knew

I found a funny picture of a squirrel in clothes at lunchtime while searching for dog outfits (don’t ask). So I followed the trail that led back to where it came from. And it’s actually pretty disturbing stuff.

I know that there’s already something slightly peculiar about the kind of person who would domesticate a squirrel and then dress it up in outfits as a business. But the woman who does it used to be an American military pin-up and carries some of that war-mongering baggage with her into this new (already weird) venture. The above image is a dramatic reconstruction of the preparation of Saddam’s execution apparatus. She also does an image of the squirrel crying for the death of a soldier who bravely/stupidly threw themselves on a grenade. The tastelessness is quite incredible. I now feel that somewhere out there on the web is a reconstruction of Auschwitz with meerkats dressed up as stormtroopers lording it over a pack of ferrets.

If you’re an American patriot, please accept my apologies for being a woolly, liberal pacifist.

You can see more of the phenomenon that is Sugarbush Squirrel here.

Face #52

i was never a swedish teenager with swedish teen angst so now i will attempt at having it

This is a tag that I discovered on Last.fm when searching for the term ‘when I was young‘. There are some great examples of interesting tags when you search for interesting phrases. My search also brought up these amusing examples:

i wish i had an epileptic kid so when it was bad i could punish it with this

seen live when young and my volition was inconsequential

i was listening to this artist waaaaay before you because i try out new music before its hyped by the media

i remember there was a song of yours i really liked when i was young but this isnt it

i was kidnapped real young by the sweet taste of love

Now, please don’t mistake these tracks as my taste in music! The songs I like are far more painful on the ears. I just wanted to point out how people are using this channel as a creative form of self expression - even although its purpose is quite different.