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CAPS LOCK MAKES IT TRUE

October 25, 2010

FIRST LADY HARVESTS HUGE AND SWEET POTATOES, On Twitter

by Riley Waggaman  

HUGE POTATO HARVESTS ARE OUR FAVORITE HARVESTS Don’t worry, Robert Gibbs (or whatever) is not that into the First Lady’s potatoes. Friday was just International Caps Lock/Type Like A 15-Year-Old Playing “Counter-Strike” On AOL Instant Messenger Day. (Either that OR the White House Twitter has been infected with a Chuck Grassley computer virus?) [The Hill]

{ 56 comments }

Monsieur_Grumpe October 25, 2010 at 9:47 am

Photos of the First Lady’s sweet potatoes sounds nice, how about her melons?

Mumbletypeg October 25, 2010 at 9:47 am

It's too grammatically correct to fall under Grassley's billing. But the message ought to have Grandpa Cornpants among the first out there for 'tater-harvesting, steel bucket in hand.

MissTaken October 25, 2010 at 9:49 am

I'm more disturbed by the 100+ people who felt the overwhelming need to retweet this.

Clancy_Pants October 25, 2010 at 10:34 am

Ok, I confess. I retweeted.. but only because I FUCKIN' LOVE SWEET POTATOES!!!!!!

Fare la Volpe October 25, 2010 at 11:29 am

As do I, but I snort ungodly amounts of cocaine. What's your excuse?

Clancy_Pants October 25, 2010 at 11:38 am

The Chronic.

horsedreamer_1 October 25, 2010 at 12:42 pm

Ev'rybody got they yams, but they ain't chipped in. This kind of shit happens all the time. You gotta get yams before I gotta get mine.

Not_So_Much October 25, 2010 at 9:50 am

I don't ever want to read about Chuck Grassley and the First Lady's sweet, sweet potatoes in the same sentence ever again.

Texan_Bulldog October 25, 2010 at 9:51 am

All Caps Lock Day? Jesus…really?

Then I want a Wear Red Socks Day or Punch Your Neighbor in the Face Day, because they are equally as stupid.

donner_froh October 25, 2010 at 10:16 am

Most days are Punch Your Neighbor in the Face Day where I live.

JMPEsq October 25, 2010 at 10:30 am

Here I thought Talk Like a Pirate day was bad, but that's just kind of dumb and silly, not a celebration of a really annoying thing people actually do in real life. What's next, U, 2 and 4 in Place of You, To, Too, and For Day?

loquacioustunes October 25, 2010 at 10:45 am

That would make it Prince Day, wouldn't it?

JMPEsq October 25, 2010 at 10:55 am

Except he was doing it before all the dumb people got on the act, and for stylistic reasons instead of laziness. Still, Type Like Prince Day sounds good.

Mindblank October 25, 2010 at 11:39 am

That would be Netspeak Day. Or L33TSP34K D4Y, whichever.

OhHellToTheNo October 25, 2010 at 12:28 pm

That's not occurring until 1/3/37. I heard the one last century was out of control.

HistoriCat October 26, 2010 at 12:17 pm

But by 2037 all those annoying assholes will be middle-aged and have surly teenagers and mortgage worries … and those will be the lucky ones with jobs.

Gratuitous World October 25, 2010 at 10:48 am

brace yourself. November is "Emoticon Appreciation Month"

Toomush_Infer October 25, 2010 at 9:11 pm

When is Blow Job Month again….?

MildMidwesterner October 25, 2010 at 9:55 am

I bet her pie puts the "O" in sweet potatoe.

mrblifil October 25, 2010 at 9:59 am

I WOULD PLANT MY HOE IN HER SWEET POTATOES

elviouslyqueer October 25, 2010 at 10:09 am

Countdown to racist wingnuts calling bullshit and saying that Michelle should've planted cotton and watermelons instead in 3…2…

weejee October 25, 2010 at 10:23 am

Even given there is a small chance there is melanin skew for Cook County residents who are fond of sweet potato pie? Now if this was about artichokes, I'd be with ya.

fatoots October 25, 2010 at 10:29 am

You know, the New Elite may know what an artichoke is, but they've probably never eaten one.

OhHellToTheNo October 25, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Do you hear that? Do you hear that? That's the sound of a million "joking" emails forwarding themselves! It might also be children's stomachs growling. I'm pretty sure it's the former though.

iburl October 25, 2010 at 10:11 am

I bet they were anti-American ("organic") potatoes. This first lady hates America so much, she won't even get Monsanto to seed and poison her garden. We just lost another job, just so the first family won't eat America's industrial food poisons. Typical anti-colonialist Jewish Nazi communism.

JackDempsey1 October 25, 2010 at 10:12 am

legitimate fall harvest + twitter = Chauncy Gardner
Kozinski was 40 years ahead of his time.

V572625694 October 25, 2010 at 10:15 am

You didn't understand "Being There" was about Reagan?

JoeMamased October 25, 2010 at 10:17 am

Shorter Michelle: I yam what I yam.

Lucidamente1 October 25, 2010 at 10:18 am

Sweet potatoes–isn't that Kenyan for "freedom fries?"

horsedreamer_1 October 25, 2010 at 12:44 pm

Oooh, sweet potato fries.

V572625694 October 25, 2010 at 10:19 am

OT, but Cokie Roberts is on the radio saying the prevailing anti-incumbent mood might cause a big election turnout, and a lot of congresscritters might lose their seats. This is huge breaking news! I hope the MSM don't miss it!

horsedreamer_1 October 25, 2010 at 12:44 pm

Kind of an exotic take, there, huh, Cokester?

Zvi_Bleindmeis October 25, 2010 at 10:23 am

Compare and contrast:

First lady Michelle Obama's kitchen garden has produced a large crop of sweet potatoes. Photographs, which may be viewed online, show that many of the sweet potatoes are remarkably large.

or

OMG! MONSTER SWEET POTATOES FRM FLOTUS'S GARDEN! SEE THE PIX AT HTTP://IS.GDARY! SCND ONE LKS LIK GRASSLEY HAHAHAH LMFAO ROTFL!!!!

weejee October 25, 2010 at 10:27 am

Will dis essay be helpin' in to determinz iffin' we gets into jail Yale?

V572625694 October 25, 2010 at 10:49 am

Or as we used to say, "Will this be on the test?"

x111e7thst October 25, 2010 at 10:28 am

LIKE GRASSLEYS ASS!!111! ROFLCOPTER

Troubledog October 25, 2010 at 10:36 am

Brace for fried chicken.

loquacioustunes October 25, 2010 at 10:46 am

You can't turn a hoe into a housewife.

Mindblank October 25, 2010 at 11:03 am

Just like you can't lead a horticulture?

OhHellToTheNo October 25, 2010 at 12:25 pm

Her husband is trying to cultivate the minds of our children!

HistoriCat October 26, 2010 at 12:29 pm

You CAN lead a horticulture you just can't make her think.

OhHellToTheNo October 25, 2010 at 12:25 pm

You don't need to till me that!

johnnyzhivago October 25, 2010 at 10:58 am

In the Bush Administration they thought CapsLockDay was something promoted by the NRA.

johnnyzhivago October 25, 2010 at 11:01 am

Response From SarahPalinUSA:

"O-my-gosh, you go girl on yur garden! Nice 2 see minority mbrs lrnng 2 farm. Yul have green thumb as big as mine! Kp that garden well fertilzed for me! ha! Will your husband man-up and eat his brocolli tho?"

Monsieur_Grumpe October 25, 2010 at 11:10 am

Yes. But I'm not proud.

Fare la Volpe October 25, 2010 at 11:16 am

Mr. Stone's "where da white wimmin at" joke was tres classy.

Fare la Volpe October 25, 2010 at 11:21 am

Barry's typing in Helvetica, Boehner in Comic Sans, and Palin's still stuck on Wingdings.

SwanSwanH October 25, 2010 at 11:24 am

"PHOTOS!"?

Will no one take Brett Favre's phone away?

OhHellToTheNo October 25, 2010 at 12:24 pm

More importantly, does the First Lady salt and pepper her mangoes? These midterm elections are quite the sunshower during her husband's first term in office.

horsedreamer_1 October 25, 2010 at 12:46 pm

Yes, but those ghetto chil'run of hers will prolly insist on despoiling the splendour of American agriculture with marshmallow fluff.

bravo_sierra October 25, 2010 at 12:49 pm

I want a Learn the Difference Between Your and You're day.

bubberella October 25, 2010 at 12:53 pm

screw the sweet potatoes, how's the Acorn squash?

SarcasticNymph October 25, 2010 at 1:11 pm

EVERY DAY IS CAPS LOCK DAY AT WND !!!!111!!

Native_of_SL_UT October 25, 2010 at 1:31 pm

Not only are there comments stupid, they have reading comprehension problems. They seem to think the White House has something to do with all of this. The article said the White House "participated" in this tweet. By "participate", they really mean someone found a link on the White House web site.

schvitzatura October 25, 2010 at 2:40 pm

Her hell-mound produceth forth a diverse harvest of earth's bounty.

Toomush_Infer October 25, 2010 at 9:20 pm

This is a plot by Michelle to take over the National Guarden…

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