The Rhubarb Capital of the World - Blog Day Afternoon Posted by Jeff (Thursday January 26 2006 @ 07:59PM EST)

I've never seen Leola, South Dakota but with a high level of confidence I can say it's boring as hell. Why? They're the undisputed Rhubarb Capital of the World, a proclamation that is usually greeted with the response, "Yeah? Well who gives a fsck?" How dry is the Leola social calendar if a big ugly stalk greets you at the border? "Hey, on Saturday night we gather at church and watch ourselves age..." What do these people do for fun - visit the Seaweed Capital? Actually, that's a pretty expensive trip. Mindanao, Phillipines chose that distinction largely because "rhubarb" was taken. "God damn you, Leola!!" Go boating in Mindanao and get seaweed stuck in your stinkin' propellor. How's that for fun? "Man, if only we were the rhubarb capital. That's bad-ass. Eat 11.02 pounds of rhubarb leaves and the shit'll kill you. But, no, all we got is god damn seaweed. Tons and tons of seaweed. Everywhere you look nothing but god damn seaweed ... Fsck!" I don't know what you have to do to become a commodity capital but the bar looks pretty low. Consider this: Kona, Mazatlan, Outter Banks, Destin Harbor and Fort Walton Beach all claim to be the Billfish Capital of the World. I was ready to declare a billfish smackdown to settle this dispute until Cabo San Lucas named itself the undisputed Billfish Capital. You want a piece of this? A piece of Los Cabos, senor? I don't think so. Pretty much you can make up anything you want. Leola, South Dakota could have been the Hookers and Blow Capital of the World but to Thailand's relief it chose rhubarb instead. Leola wanted to sustain its thriving tourist trade...

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By Jeff (Friday January 27 2006 @ 05:04PM EST)

I say flip: "The K Street project is purely to make sure we have qualified applicants for positions that are in town," Mr. Santorum said. "From my perspective, it's a good government thing." [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11-15-05] You say flop: "I had absolutely nothing to do -- never met, never talked, never coordinated, never did anything -- with Grover Norquist and the -- quote -- K Street Project," Mr. Santorum said. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1-26-06]

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By Dyl (Friday January 27 2006 @ 05:15PM EST) He's such a sorry lying sack of sh*t. [ reply | parent ]

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