So I see this woman walking her dog today. It’s a very McNeighborhood kind of suburban development, with the walking trails and the tennis courts and crap. (I don’t live there, I live a few blocks toward the East Side.)

Anyway. So she’s wearing this fucking sombrero. And I see her, and I think, dude, a fucking sombrero? Then, like the freak I am, I make a few stealth maneuvers in the minivan, and snap this with my phone.

 

I emailed  it to ping.fm, because that is the easiest way to get a picture from the phone to plurk at the moment. It went to twitter and got no response (expected), and to plurk, where it got one response (unexpected). But, that ping to plurk method does require people to click on a link, and they don’t want to, or are mobile, or whatever, and I get that. That’s ok.

But. I worked too hard for that, man. I made a seventeen point turn in the van and managed to keep the kids from yelling about the lady in the sombrero long enough to open the window and snap the picture. I want my attention, dammit. So I plurked it again, thinking that the auto-thumbnail/super awesome media sharing features would help. Also, I threatened them, which never hurts. It worked.

Then some douche comes along and says it is racist. What the fuck. Hey, it isn’t about the national origin of the hat, it is about the hat being worn on the trails along the joggers and assorted stepfords.

See? Equally as funny, if badly executed photo editing.

It’s about seeing something unexpected and being reminded that life isn’t boring, if you pay attention.  So suck on that, overly sensitive, politically correct assholes.

Tags: attentionwhore, sombrero, suburbs, plurk, twitter, bleh

3 Comments to “Pardon my appreciation of the absurd”

1. Venus — October 2, 2008 @ 9:39 am
   

   Brava! I am rather fond of the viking helmet, personally.

2. aka_monty — October 2, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
   

   RAcist hoor.

3. YummY! — October 15, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
   

   Yes, how dare you find humor in a bit of Mexican headgear. Too bad she wasn’t walking a chihuahua.

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