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22 Jun 2012 06:01 PM   |   1345 clicks   |   Some Guy
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BarkingUnicorn    [TotalFark]  
Most gravy bowls will go a lot further than four more years.

22 Jun 2012 03:06 PM
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Angry Drunk Bureaucrat    [TotalFark]  
BarkingUnicorn: Most gravy bowls will go a lot further than four more years.

Not if you have to sell them for health insurance.

22 Jun 2012 03:08 PM
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TheDumbBlonde    [TotalFark]  
BarkingUnicorn: Most gravy bowls will go a lot further than four more years.

It's a gravy boat, you philistine.

22 Jun 2012 03:12 PM
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ManateeGag    [TotalFark]  
that is the absolute dumbest idea I ever heard.

22 Jun 2012 03:15 PM
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Nabb1    [TotalFark]  
ManateeGag: that is the absolute dumbest idea I ever heard.

That 's what I thought, but it looks like there are people out there who would fall for this sort of thing:

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: BarkingUnicorn: Most gravy bowls will go a lot further than four more years.

Not if you have to sell them for health insurance.

22 Jun 2012 03:17 PM
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sweetmelissa31     
This is why he really supports gay marriage.

22 Jun 2012 03:19 PM
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sigdiamond2000    [TotalFark]  
I've got 3 gravy boats in my cupboard. No idea why. Complete overkill.

22 Jun 2012 03:20 PM
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Jackson Herring    [TotalFark]  
sigdiamond2000: I've got 3 gravy boats in my cupboard. No idea why. Complete overkill.

uh huh, looks like you are just the sort of libby lib libtardo who would fall for "this sort of thing"

22 Jun 2012 03:36 PM
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Angry Drunk Bureaucrat    [TotalFark]  
ManateeGag: that is the absolute dumbest idea I ever heard.

Nah. It's not as dumb as DIVX.

22 Jun 2012 03:39 PM
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Diogenes    [TotalFark]  
Yeah, this seems a bit tacky.

22 Jun 2012 03:49 PM
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FloydA    [TotalFark]  
The All New 2012 Fark: From zero to boring in just under 10 posts.

22 Jun 2012 03:49 PM
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Shaggy_C     
Meh. Most weddings I get invited to these days offer "donations" to a nonprofit as an option instead of a gift. I can see what they're going for here but it is kind of silly to try to inject politics into what should be a happy day for everyone involved. All you need is the bride's crazy uncle Jimmy from the mines to come rolling in yelling tea party slogans and bandying his pistol around while the groom's younger pothead brother Stoobie starts going all occupier on the alter.

22 Jun 2012 03:56 PM
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serial_crusher    [TotalFark]  
I usually just don't send gifts.

22 Jun 2012 04:03 PM
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vernonFL    [TotalFark]  
TheDumbBlonde: BarkingUnicorn: Most gravy bowls will go a lot further than four more years.

It's a gravy boat, you philistine.


No, I actually eat my gravy out of a bowl.

22 Jun 2012 04:03 PM
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Cake Hunter    [TotalFark]  
Great. Now I'm hungry for gravy.

22 Jun 2012 04:05 PM
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Ed Finnerty     
This thread is off to a great start!
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22 Jun 2012 04:06 PM
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Dinki    [TotalFark]  
Yeah This is a dumb idea. Normal people don't inject their politics into non-political family events.

22 Jun 2012 04:06 PM
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Nabb1    [TotalFark]  
vernonFL: TheDumbBlonde: BarkingUnicorn: Most gravy bowls will go a lot further than four more years.

It's a gravy boat, you philistine.

No, I actually eat my gravy out of a bowl.


A real man drinks gravy from a mug. A large mug.

22 Jun 2012 04:06 PM
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vernonFL    [TotalFark]  
ManateeGag: that is the absolute dumbest idea I ever heard.

www.tvadio.com

Just kidding modmins.

22 Jun 2012 04:06 PM
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Quasar    [TotalFark]  
This is a joke, right?

22 Jun 2012 04:16 PM
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jim32rr    [TotalFark]  
Homeless guy here in Chicago runs the same grift outside of churches....hmmm

22 Jun 2012 04:22 PM
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AdolfOliverPanties    [TotalFark]  
First off, your blog sucks.

Secondly, your sucky blog asks in its most annoying Chandler Bing way, "could he be any more pompous?"

I'm going to go ahead and assume you have a higher than room temperature IQ, (which is a bit of a gamble on my part,) and ask the following:

Do you really think this was the president's idea?


BTW, selling framed photographs of George W Bush looking out a window on AF1 on September 11, 2001 for $150 a piece is FAR more tacky and tasteless than this.

22 Jun 2012 04:37 PM
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kronicfeld    [TotalFark]  
F*ck you, Obama, my ass registered for a deep fryer and my ass is gonna get a deep fryer!

22 Jun 2012 04:55 PM
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kronicfeld    [TotalFark]  
vernonFL: www.tvadio.com

That looks like a bad 1990s GAP commercial.

22 Jun 2012 04:56 PM
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James!    [TotalFark]  
kronicfeld: F*ck you, Obama, my ass registered for a deep fryer and my ass is gonna get a deep fryer!

Does your ass really need a deep fryer?

22 Jun 2012 05:00 PM
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Darth_Lukecash    [TotalFark]  
AdolfOliverPanties: First off, your blog sucks.

Secondly, your sucky blog asks in its most annoying Chandler Bing way, "could he be any more pompous?"

I'm going to go ahead and assume you have a higher than room temperature IQ, (which is a bit of a gamble on my part,) and ask the following:

Do you really think this was the president's idea?

BTW, selling framed photographs of George W Bush looking out a window on AF1 on September 11, 2001 for $150 a piece is FAR more tacky and tasteless than this.


Actually, this is ON the Obama/Biden web page. So his campaign thought it was a good idea.

This is a really bad idea for raising money from a common sense PR kinda way.

22 Jun 2012 05:01 PM
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Jackson Herring    [TotalFark]  
i.imgur.com

22 Jun 2012 05:02 PM
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kronicfeld    [TotalFark]  
James!: Does your ass really need a deep fryer?

It registered on behalf of my mouth and stomach. A form of self-sacrifice, if you think about it.

22 Jun 2012 05:03 PM
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Nabb1    [TotalFark]  
kronicfeld: James!: Does your ass really need a deep fryer?

It registered on behalf of my mouth and stomach. A form of self-sacrifice, if you think about it.


Your ass is quite generous. You're lucky.

22 Jun 2012 05:11 PM
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James!    [TotalFark]  
kronicfeld: James!: Does your ass really need a deep fryer?

It registered on behalf of my mouth and stomach. A form of self-sacrifice, if you think about it.


You have a very generous anus... for now.

22 Jun 2012 05:11 PM
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GAT_00     
Got ya'll talking about it and his campaign didn't it?

22 Jun 2012 05:28 PM
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Lionel Mandrake    [TotalFark]  
Alcohol, future in-laws and politics. The perfect storm.

22 Jun 2012 05:29 PM
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James!    [TotalFark]  
People do this for all kinds of causes. The Obama campaign would be crazy not to suggest it.

22 Jun 2012 05:31 PM
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AmazinTim     
Pandering for people's wedding gifts to further a political agenda? That's kind of disgusting.

22 Jun 2012 05:33 PM
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Tellingthem    [TotalFark]  
Shaggy_C: Meh. Most weddings I get invited to these days offer "donations" to a nonprofit as an option instead of a gift. I can see what they're going for here but it is kind of silly to try to inject politics into what should be a happy day for everyone involved. All you need is the bride's crazy uncle Jimmy from the mines to come rolling in yelling tea party slogans and bandying his pistol around while the groom's younger pothead brother Stoobie starts going all occupier on the alter.

Actually i would pay to see that...

22 Jun 2012 05:39 PM
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Lorelle    [TotalFark]  
So? The "Get Involved" section on Romney's website encourages his worshippers to create their very own fundraising pages ("Set your own goals, share it with friends, and monitor your progress") that accept credit card donations for his campaign.

Funny, I don't see any conservatives here complaining about THAT.

22 Jun 2012 05:43 PM
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Quasar    [TotalFark]  
Lorelle: So? The "Get Involved" section on Romney's website encourages his worshippers to create their very own fundraising pages ("Set your own goals, share it with friends, and monitor your progress") that accept credit card donations for his campaign.

Funny, I don't see any conservatives here complaining about THAT.


What about me being a liberal and finding the notion kind of tacky.

22 Jun 2012 05:44 PM
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GAT_00     
Quasar: Lorelle: So? The "Get Involved" section on Romney's website encourages his worshippers to create their very own fundraising pages ("Set your own goals, share it with friends, and monitor your progress") that accept credit card donations for his campaign.

Funny, I don't see any conservatives here complaining about THAT.

What about me being a liberal and finding the notion kind of tacky.


It's a campaign. Tacky is a given.

22 Jun 2012 05:46 PM
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TheDumbBlonde    [TotalFark]  
I just had a flash fantasy: kronicfeld and nabb were rolling around naked in red-eye gravy and they kept yelling, "Pour it on me, Baby!". I need to shower.

22 Jun 2012 05:52 PM
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Diogenes    [TotalFark]  
TheDumbBlonde: I just had a flash fantasy: kronicfeld and nabb were rolling around naked in red-eye gravy and they kept yelling, "Pour it on me, Baby!". I need to shower.

Ewww. Too lumpy.

22 Jun 2012 05:55 PM
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TheDumbBlonde    [TotalFark]  
Diogenes: TheDumbBlonde: I just had a flash fantasy: kronicfeld and nabb were rolling around naked in red-eye gravy and they kept yelling, "Pour it on me, Baby!". I need to shower.

Ewww. Too lumpy.


Must you always be so gay??

22 Jun 2012 06:01 PM
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Lorelle    [TotalFark]  
GAT_00: Quasar: What about me being a liberal and finding the notion kind of tacky.

It's a campaign. Tacky is a given.


True. Both sides' ideas for raising $$$ are tacky, but of course conservatives are only outraged when the other guy does it.

22 Jun 2012 06:02 PM
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Diogenes    [TotalFark]  
TheDumbBlonde: Diogenes: TheDumbBlonde: I just had a flash fantasy: kronicfeld and nabb were rolling around naked in red-eye gravy and they kept yelling, "Pour it on me, Baby!". I need to shower.

Ewww. Too lumpy.

Must you always be so gay??


What's gay about that? I'm hungry.

22 Jun 2012 06:04 PM
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Tellingthem    [TotalFark]  
Lorelle: GAT_00: Quasar: What about me being a liberal and finding the notion kind of tacky.

It's a campaign. Tacky is a given.

True. Both sides' ideas for raising $$$ are tacky, but of course conservatives are only outraged when the other guy does it.


You could say the same thing about liberals. I'm not one for politics anymore but I've heard enough "but but but bush!" or "but but but Clinton!" or "But but but Reagan!" or "but but but Carter!" to last a lifetime...

22 Jun 2012 06:05 PM
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TheDumbBlonde    [TotalFark]  
Diogenes: TheDumbBlonde: Diogenes: TheDumbBlonde: I just had a flash fantasy: kronicfeld and nabb were rolling around naked in red-eye gravy and they kept yelling, "Pour it on me, Baby!". I need to shower.

Ewww. Too lumpy.

Must you always be so gay??

What's gay about that? I'm hungry.


There's no flour in Red-Eye Gravy, but you go on with your bad self.

22 Jun 2012 06:09 PM
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BSABSVR     
So will this be the fake outrage of the weekend as Weasel Zippers hopes, or will the Daily Caller rush in with a hard-sitting expose on Michelle Obama's choice of foot care or lack thereof?

22 Jun 2012 06:12 PM
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Abner Doon     
A politician is asking for donations. Wow, never seen that before.

/ Kinda tacky, but then I tend to think all of this fund raising stuff is. Public financing of elections would be much better, but clearly impossible in America.

22 Jun 2012 06:13 PM
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GhostFish     
Tacky.

Of course, political fundraising generally is.

But this is just tone-deaf.

22 Jun 2012 06:13 PM
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Serious Black     
Shaggy_C: Meh. Most weddings I get invited to these days offer "donations" to a nonprofit as an option instead of a gift. I can see what they're going for here but it is kind of silly to try to inject politics into what should be a happy day for everyone involved. All you need is the bride's crazy uncle Jimmy from the mines to come rolling in yelling tea party slogans and bandying his pistol around while the groom's younger pothead brother Stoobie starts going all occupier on the alter.

I don't know about you, but I think that would be a fun wedding to attend, especially if the bride and groom had an open bar. Crazy brawls between family members whom are meeting for the first time is a great recipe for an immortal Youtube video.

That said, yeah, this is a tacky and dumb idea.

22 Jun 2012 06:16 PM
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BSABSVR     
GhostFish: Tacky.

Of course, political fundraising generally is.

But this is just tone-deaf.


I don't know as there's really any good way to beg for money. Even the fancy events always feel slightly dirty to me.

22 Jun 2012 06:17 PM
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