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South Park references abound

ByDerek

I get such a kick out of seeing bloggers using South Park references in their posts.

Alan did it talking about the BMHA.

Craig did it in his post about the Peace Bridge.

I’m sure there’s more than these, but I’m just starting to weave through the web of weblogs out there.

South Park’s predecessor, the short “The Spirit of Christmas,” circulated the net when I was in college. In fact, I created one of the original Spirit of Christmas Desktop Themes (I’m pretty sure nobody uses those anymore). None of us geeks-in-training at RIT could believe it when Comedy Central announced that they were going to turn it into a weekly program. But ever since it did come on the air, I’ve been a pretty dedicated follower of the show.

So comparing the process of building a new Peace Bridge to the work of the Underpants Gnomes is so funny… and so true!

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No doubt

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And people wonder how anyone can doubt the “crisis” of global warming… The Washington Post reviews the work of top United Nations scientists, November 20: “The United Nations’ top AIDS scientists plan to acknowledge this week that they have long overestimated both the size and the course of the epidemic, which they now believe has…

One Comment

  1. The underpants gnomes have become the illustration of choice for anyone who wants to lightheartedly illustrate economically, um, questionable projects. Thanks for the mention.

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