Two brainless (but amusing) things

[rymenhild]

The Onion describes the best presidential candidate ever:

"Noble citizens, hear me now!" said the enigmatic, masked Congressman (D–WI) from the dome of the nation's Capitol Monday, his long cape cutting a dramatic silhouette against the rising moon as he addressed a crowd of mostly lawmakers and congressional staff. "Too long has a craven dullard and his moneyed masters made a mockery of our beloved and sacred Union. No more! For today I have of two dozen advisers good and true an advisory committee formed, which, along with my budget-restructuring plan and my program for funding education separately from property taxes, shall aid my bid to capture the very presidency!"

The Mysterious Congressman then made a seemingly death-defying leap from the dome and disappeared into the darkness to the fading sound of hoofbeats. Capitol police at the scene said he left only his trademark rose of red, white, and blue petals and a stack of "Mysterious Congressman For President" campaign flyers.

Also, I am curious about where my friends live.



Create your own visitor map!


ETA: London and Boston, apparently. Good morning, muchabstracted.
Second ETA: All right, I understand all the dots in the United States. I can imagine that there might be people in Northern Europe who see this journal. The dot in the Middle East is probably Israel and therefore totally explicable. However, if you are the person who's reading this LJ from Indonesia, please do me the favor of telling me about it, because now I am very, very curious.

Comments

[adiva_calandia]

*cracks up at article* I would vote for that guy!

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

So would I. Best president ever.

Also, not that I would -- and thankfully, apps are closed or closing so I don't have time to give in to the urge -- but wouldn't he be awesome at Milliways? He could meet V!

[adiva_calandia]

*shinyeyes* Best thing EVER.

[cryptoquip.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure how this map thing works, but that could be my friend in Singapore...

[folk.livejournal.com]

Well, the dot looks more like Singapore than Indonesia to me (probably the banned chewing gum, har har har), so that's probably a good bet!

[muchabstracted.livejournal.com]

Good morning to you too! Am I all five thousand Boston dots? :P

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

You were the single Boston dot visible yesterday morning when I put the map up, I'm pretty sure.

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

I love this part: "Yet the rakish lawmaker has proven himself not only daring but remarkably clever, as demonstrated by his talent for blocking Republican legislation with lengthy but seemingly effortless filibusters composed of witty, rhymed couplets."

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Why is there no one this talented blocking filibusters in the real world?

[the-paper-nun.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can see myself on your map!

Methinks this fabulous candidate needs a hot librarian accomplice..

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Oh, everyone needs a hot librarian accomplice.

[(Anonymous)]

Another explanation for Singapore is that Google makes very random things happen sometimes. I must admit, though, I apparently used to have a regular visitor from Sweden, and there is simply no explanation for that.

I think we should require Congresspersons to be able to speak in rhymed couplets.

Natalia

[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

It would be an important test of mental acuity, and therefore help to keep our nation from doing incredibly stupid things! Also, it would make the news significantly more entertaining than it is, so the country wins in every way.

(Hi, Natalia! Have you succumbed to the blog fever? Is there somewhere else I should be reading?)

[(Anonymous)]

Andrea, I've had a blog literally for years. Or at least year. Catherine's the one who's recently succumbed--finefrenzy.blogspot.com.

Hey, and journalists would have to learn to scan. Sweet!