Comments on: Juice Crumbs http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/ America's favorite blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Mojo http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5065 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5065 Give him a break. "coordinated w VP's office" could mean Cheney was just informed but wasn't actually involved in the decision. It could happen! Really! While you're at it, give yourself a break. Maybe some bully just smeared your face with cookies to get you in trouble. Just because you're caught red-handed doesn't mean you can't get away with it! Give him a break. “coordinated w VP’s office” could mean Cheney was just informed but wasn’t actually involved in the decision. It could happen! Really! While you’re at it, give yourself a break. Maybe some bully just smeared your face with cookies to get you in trouble. Just because you’re caught red-handed doesn’t mean you can’t get away with it!

]]> by: tess http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5066 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5066 at least it looks like the press corp is starting to wake up after 4 years of mind-altering laziness. only problem is that americans aren't awake. so here's to another 4 years of bush! excuse me while i run over to canada. at least it looks like the press corp is starting to wake up after 4 years of mind-altering laziness. only problem is that americans aren’t awake. so here’s to another 4 years of bush!

excuse me while i run over to canada.

]]> by: Yitzick http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5067 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5067 That was a really cute story. This is why Felber is the man who can bring America together-- he's adorable enough to melt even republican hearts. That was a really cute story. This is why Felber is the man who can bring America together– he’s adorable enough to melt even republican hearts.

]]> by: Don http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5068 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5068 Cheney's situation reminds me a bit of the Shrub's 'There are no plans for war against Iraq on my desk' response. Cheney’s situation reminds me a bit of the Shrub’s ‘There are no plans for war against Iraq on my desk’ response.

]]> by: Mommie the Enabler http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5069 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5069 " don't know what lesson I learned that day - no punishment that my parents inflicted could have counterbalanced the benefits reaped from several weeks of double portions of cookies," None. No punishment was ever meted out. It was too good a story. ” don’t know what lesson I learned that day - no punishment that my parents inflicted could have counterbalanced the benefits reaped from several weeks of double portions of cookies,”

None. No punishment was ever meted out. It was too good a story.

]]> by: tom http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5070 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5070 That's a great story Adam! I've a friend who as she was raising her young daughter found out that the daughter's favorite food was grilled cheese sandwiches, although daughter couldn't quite get 'grilled cheese' out correctly, so in their house to this day they are called 'girl cheese sandwiches'! Look for 'juice crumbs' to be on the next itemized list of foodstuffs KBR is feeding to the forces in Iraq. That’s a great story Adam! I’ve a friend who as she was raising her young daughter found out that the daughter’s favorite food was grilled cheese sandwiches, although daughter couldn’t quite get ‘grilled cheese’ out correctly, so in their house to this day they are called ‘girl cheese sandwiches’!

Look for ‘juice crumbs’ to be on the next itemized list of foodstuffs KBR is feeding to the forces in Iraq.

]]> by: val http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5071 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5071 When my sister and I were little our family had a fridge with the freezer on the bottom (the kind the fine people at Sub-Zero parade around these days). Good for frozen foods, better for small children. One day my father walked in on my four-year-old sister squatting on the kitchen floor, an open ice cream carton in front of her and a spoon sticking out of her mouth. My father, a lawyer, asking as though to a defendant he knows is guilty, said, "Are you eating ice cream?" My sister, ice cream smeared around her lips, shook her head insistently. Having been a parent for four years (as of today, actually, Happy Birthday, Berkeley!) I understand how parents entrap their children into telling them lies. Sure, my sister was guilty as hell and there was little to no entrapment, per se. However, in the phrasing of the question, "Are you eating ice cream" when he clearly KNEW the answer, my father was, I believe forcing my sister to lie. In all fairness she COULD have told the truth. And sure, maybe she should have, but that's not the point. The point is, like any good parent, my father asked the question to see if a) my sister WOULD lie and b) HOW she would look when she did so. It's not so bad when small children obviously lie. Perhaps, one could argue, lying is just natural. The important part of the lying process, I think, is recognizing a good, natural liar who can lie at the drop of a spoon, versus a very BAD liar who would rather swallow the spoon than get caught. I'm guessing dear ol' Dick could not only convince he wasn't eating the ice cream, he could insist there WAS no ice cream and lining his lips was actually juice crumbs. His parents should have tattooed a warning label on his forehead. When my sister and I were little our family had a fridge with the freezer on the bottom (the kind the fine people at Sub-Zero parade around these days). Good for frozen foods, better for small children.

One day my father walked in on my four-year-old sister squatting on the kitchen floor, an open ice cream carton in front of her and a spoon sticking out of her mouth. My father, a lawyer, asking as though to a defendant he knows is guilty, said, “Are you eating ice cream?” My sister, ice cream smeared around her lips, shook her head insistently.

Having been a parent for four years (as of today, actually, Happy Birthday, Berkeley!) I understand how parents entrap their children into telling them lies. Sure, my sister was guilty as hell and there was little to no entrapment, per se. However, in the phrasing of the question, “Are you eating ice cream” when he clearly KNEW the answer, my father was, I believe forcing my sister to lie.

In all fairness she COULD have told the truth. And sure, maybe she should have, but that’s not the point. The point is, like any good parent, my father asked the question to see if a) my sister WOULD lie and b) HOW she would look when she did so.

It’s not so bad when small children obviously lie. Perhaps, one could argue, lying is just natural. The important part of the lying process, I think, is recognizing a good, natural liar who can lie at the drop of a spoon, versus a very BAD liar who would rather swallow the spoon than get caught.

I’m guessing dear ol’ Dick could not only convince he wasn’t eating the ice cream, he could insist there WAS no ice cream and lining his lips was actually juice crumbs.

His parents should have tattooed a warning label on his forehead.

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5072 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5072 Good ol' Cheney, He's employing the ridiculous to defend the indefensible. (Oh and it's "Old News") But I like your story better. Good ol’ Cheney,

He’s employing the ridiculous to defend the indefensible. (Oh and it’s “Old News”)

But I like your story better.

]]> by: historyenne http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5073 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5073 'Maybe some bully just smeared your face with cookies to get you in trouble.' I love the image of bullies stalking little kids around the playground, rubbing their faces with Chips Ahoy. "Eat cookies, Felber. Let's see you explain THIS to your mom. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!" ‘Maybe some bully just smeared your face with cookies to get you in trouble.’

I love the image of bullies stalking little kids around the playground, rubbing their faces with Chips Ahoy. “Eat cookies, Felber. Let’s see you explain THIS to your mom. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!”

]]> by: Dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5074 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2004/06/02/juice-crumbs/#comment-5074 My goodness, Adam. Last week you wr0te about how you're looking for the metaphor for this administration and there it was, all the time, smeared all over your face. It's ALL juice crumbs!!! I can see George's face all covered with them -- "We're going to find who leaked the name of a CIA operative to the media" "We had credible evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq" "The Iraqi people will decide how to govern themselves" Can we appoint your mother as Special Prosecutor? My goodness, Adam. Last week you wr0te about how you’re looking for the metaphor for this administration and there it was, all the time, smeared all over your face.

It’s ALL juice crumbs!!!

I can see George’s face all covered with them –

“We’re going to find who leaked the name of a CIA operative to the media”

“We had credible evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq”

“The Iraqi people will decide how to govern themselves”

Can we appoint your mother as Special Prosecutor?

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