VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

ronphi · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: OT - Really, really poor taste

No matter what your feelings are about Barrack Obama, he is the President— and the office and office holder deserve a measure of respect.

This is not a joke. I saw the commercial on TV today and my jaw dropped. WOW!! Somebody PLEASE tell me I've been taken. I will gladly accept the ridicule.

Obama Chia

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bobsouer · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:31 pm Post subject:

Wow!

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Monk · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:43 am Post subject:

they'll sell thousands.

and in 40 years it will be the thing to have. People still collect blackface cookie jars.

sad sad day though.
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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:42 am Post subject:

a friend of mine has one ... however, due to uneven chia-ing it looks more like bozo the clown.
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Lizden · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:14 am Post subject:

I didn't clickety-click, but I thought I saw an interview that they had pulled these.

Yeah...pretty bad. Shocked

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todd ellis · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:16 am Post subject:

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Lee Gordon · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:19 pm Post subject:

Now, if they had one where the chia stuff would grow out of Billy Mays's chin ... Sick

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David Swinehart · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject:

and with a little Miracle-Gro, you can have 70's-afro-Chia-Obama!
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voicy1stef · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:36 am Post subject:

Booo-hisss!

freakin chia pets. crazy man, it's crazy!
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Pierce · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:46 am Post subject:

I KNOW!!! It's disgusting how far these "Chia" people will go to make a buck. Why, just last Christmas they tried to pull off this... and they didn't even ask me for a better pose!

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DaveChristi · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:17 pm Post subject:

Bad Taste? Probably.

Art Deco Collectible? Maybe some day.

Friggin' Heeeelarious!? ABSOLUTELY.

(sorry, I see humor in just about everything)
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