The handwriting says it all. I'm surprised that she didn't use the standard backwards 's' that little kids use to evoke sympathy on their lemonaid stands.
Well, that would depend on how elastic your definition of the word "innocent" is.Warning: once you click the link, you will never be able to unlearn the information there.
Oh come on. You know she'd do it if he asked.@pinkydead: No, but the whole "tea party" thing was dubbed "teabagging" by liberal commentators like Olbermann, etc as a crack at how stupid it is. I guess this lady didn't figure that part out.
Sparrowhawk: A little clarification: the first appearance in the media of the phrase teabagging was the photo of a Freeper's sign at a tea party in this Washington Independent article. This sign, unlike the lady's above, was probably created with a full awareness of the meaning of the term. But that didn't stop folks like Olbermann, Maddow, Anderson Cooper, and Wonkette from running with it. Naturally the tea party crowd have been huffing and puffing in faux indignation at the crude liberal media resorting to fratboy humor to mock their rallies, etc., but you have to know they love it. Any attention is good attention when you're on the political fringe.
That made my day. A little observation: this might actually be Biblically acurate, depending of the interpretation one makes of the relationship between Jesus and his apostle John. Maybe teabagging is exactly what Jesus did.
Oh thankyou martin, that made my day, particularly since I had never come across the term 'teabagging' before. When I read your link I started giggling like a school girl!
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Lurker
December 18, 2009 at 12:52 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I have no comment to offer either. I do not believe any is possible.
Don
December 18, 2009 at 1:05 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Oh, boy. Thanks for that, Martin. I will be giggling like a schoolgirl for the rest of the night now.
Rhys Halliwell
December 18, 2009 at 1:37 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
The handwriting says it all. I'm surprised that she didn't use the standard backwards 's' that little kids use to evoke sympathy on their lemonaid stands.
eta.tauri
December 18, 2009 at 3:58 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Wow.. I wonder if she actually wrote that or if it was a 4 year old. The penmanship is hilarious.
Pinkydead
December 18, 2009 at 4:51 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Is there some more innocent meaning of the word "teabagging" that would explain this?
Martin
December 18, 2009 at 5:47 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Well, that would depend on how elastic your definition of the word "innocent" is.Warning: once you click the link, you will never be able to unlearn the information there.
Sparrowhawk
December 18, 2009 at 8:00 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Oh come on. You know she'd do it if he asked.@pinkydead: No, but the whole "tea party" thing was dubbed "teabagging" by liberal commentators like Olbermann, etc as a crack at how stupid it is. I guess this lady didn't figure that part out.
Ing
December 18, 2009 at 8:08 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Yes cause Jesus had so much to say about American political process.
Martin
December 18, 2009 at 8:45 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Sparrowhawk: A little clarification: the first appearance in the media of the phrase teabagging was the photo of a Freeper's sign at a tea party in this Washington Independent article. This sign, unlike the lady's above, was probably created with a full awareness of the meaning of the term. But that didn't stop folks like Olbermann, Maddow, Anderson Cooper, and Wonkette from running with it. Naturally the tea party crowd have been huffing and puffing in faux indignation at the crude liberal media resorting to fratboy humor to mock their rallies, etc., but you have to know they love it. Any attention is good attention when you're on the political fringe.
Bud
December 18, 2009 at 10:02 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Teabagging for Jesus… Now that's the kind of evangelism I can get into.
AtheistUnderMask
December 18, 2009 at 12:12 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Religious people should just stay out of everything because once they take a side it makes it really hard for that side to be taken seriously.
Curt Cameron
December 18, 2009 at 12:22 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Martin, Pinkydead seemed to know the sexual meaning of the word, she was asking whether there was a non-sexual meaning that she wasn't aware of.
felix
December 18, 2009 at 4:01 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I teabag against Jesus. My wife participates, and my cat watches. That's three of us against you alone, granny.We Win.
Guillaume
December 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
That made my day. A little observation: this might actually be Biblically acurate, depending of the interpretation one makes of the relationship between Jesus and his apostle John. Maybe teabagging is exactly what Jesus did.
Ing
December 18, 2009 at 10:14 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
"I teabag against Jesus. My wife participates, and my cat watches. That's three of us against you alone, granny."The Hole-y trinity.
Jason Jarred
December 20, 2009 at 12:03 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Oh thankyou martin, that made my day, particularly since I had never come across the term 'teabagging' before. When I read your link I started giggling like a school girl!
Brian
December 31, 2009 at 3:21 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Martin I think that the warning should have been before the link
and you are right I will NEVER be able to unlearn that info.