Mooselini! Mooselini! MOOSELINI !!!!!!!!!!!

[tanyev]

Featuring the photoshop efforts of George Oilwellian(1) and Eugenian(2,3,4):













Il Moos-e!

:rofl:

[mwb970]

1. There is one problem with this nickname, though.

I mentioned it to a friend of mine (age 48) and she said "Who is Mussolini?"

[grannie4peace]

3. wow

[mwb970]

4. It seems shocking, but...

...how many people do you think know that name now? They know "Hitler", although they don't know much about him, but I doubt that 10% of the population could say who Mussolini was. Check it today - ask your friends and colleagues. Most won't know, unless you work in a university history department.

[tanyev]

5. That stopped me dead in my tracks for a second.

But of course, you're right. I don't remember where I saw it, but it was video footage of a (British?) crew asking people all over the world to name the first five U.S. presidents. One lady from China got all five, everybody in the foreign countries knew George Washington, and a lot of them got John Adams, too. Cut to the U.S.--only one or two people even got George Washington right. One lady said Abraham Lincoln!

I weep for my country. :cry:

[mwb970]

6. As a nation, we are as dumb as a stump.

It's like a permanent, nationwide episode of "Jaywalking".

[DangerDave921]

14. Duh

Isn't it that new pasta dish at Olive Garden?

[anneboleyn]

16. Really? Wow -- I am in my thirties (as are our friends) and we know who Mussolini was! Scary that

people have forgotten or neglected to pay attention in high school or college history/poli sci classes!

[K8-EEE]

21. Holy Moose! I'm 48 too, I guess Catholic school wasn't THAT bad...

I think that's super-ignorant but at the same time it's still a great nickname since people SHOULD know about the 20th century fascist leaders...especially how they used religion to con the masses!

[appal_jack]

22. Yikes!

People who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it...

A few years back I adopted a neglected dog whose past 'owner' called her 'Bonita,' a name I just could not abide because to me it sounded too much like 'Benito,' and no way no how was I going to have a fascist dog. So I renamed her 'Nipa' which was phonetically close enough that she knew when I was calling her.

She's a good dog. A little crazy and hostile to other dogs and random adult strangers, but I blame the past neglectful owner (and the lousy name she gave her) for that.

-app

edited 'cuz I wanted to.

[grannie4peace]

2. i like # 1 & #2

[tanyev]

7. Kick.

[Joanne98]

8. I like the third one best!

[kysrsoze]

9. AWESOME nickname! Outstanding!

[bridgit]

10. Inclusion of Nazi white power lighting bolts into the design also interesting

In for a photo-shopped penny? In for a photo-shopped pound.

[tanyev]

12. You mean the lightning bolt that is already there?

That was part of the GOP stage. Not photoshopped.

[bridgit]

13. Oh, understood, having worked as a photojournalist it's referred to as cropping however...

Sure I'm dating myself, but I didn't have photoshop when I was shooting :cry:

[tanyev]

18. Sorry, I just misunderstood your earlier post.

:)

[bridgit]

19. It's all good, cheers!

:toast:

[livetohike]

11. ROFL - This is great

:rofl:

[DangerDave921]

15. Very funny name! eom

[IDemo]

17. I edited a Greasemonkey script (Firefox) to make news sites read correctly

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3954617&mesg_id=3954617

[tanyev]

24. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[ContinentalOp]

20. That's awesome! Unfortunately it only works in print. The pun is kinda lost if spoken. -nt-

[tanyev]

23. Yeah, that did occur to me.

Maybe if you give the "moos" syllable an extra emphasis....aw, heck, who actually talks to another person anymore? :D