For all we know, Jack Dalrymple, Governor of North Dakota, has personally strangled a LOLCAT while blocking an abortion clinic. DON’T KNOW, DON’T CARE, because he is married to Betsy Dalrymple, and you will want to watch her say “AND I’M FIRST LADY BETSY DALRYMPLE,” again and again. Betsy Dalrymple for veep? Probably not, back to the tax returns! [Youtube]
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I was hoping for a tornado.
The video sounds like one was headed that way already
Well, something blew, anyway.
A Republican doing to twist,why not they have had they're panties in a twist since Obama got elected.
This event's purpose is to untwist fellow ND whites-only panties. As they are fearful of another Obama term, with further gnawing of the teeth and tighty-whitey twisting soon to follow.
Finally, a good reason to go to North Dakota.
If god had wanted them to do the twist he would have given them waists.
And a sense of rhythm.
He did. They each have two.
They may not have waists, but they have equators. Does that count?
Jack Dalrymple: 1983's Outstanding Young Farmer
Oh, I am so there.
That's some very white dancing there.
When the twist originally came on the scene, i refused to play it………a reeking latterday polka…….
This is the most interesting thing ever captured on film in North Dakota.
North Dakota = South Dakota's hat.
Maybe there can be a Wonkette drinkathon at this Summerfest shindig.
I think Mia Wallace's trophy is safe.
At the least the Soiux will get a good laugh. Not much of a return on getting your land stolen by a bunch of "civilized" folks, though.
The governor lifted his foot off the ground while doing the twist. SCANDAL!!
He had to pee …
And there was no fire hydrant anywhere near, with or without KFC banners.
Calm down. It's not like they're Baptists, Edgy.
If those people were any more white, they'd be clear.
They're like mayonnaise in a snowstorm. A North Dakota snowstorm.
Good god, nothing says old and out of touch like the olds twisting again like they did last century.
ND sounds like a lovely place to stop on my way to Canada.
You have never been to Manitoba in the summer, have you?
No, I'm afraid. What's the main attraction? Do they have an Elk Show (like a Donkey show south of the border) or something?
mosquitos the size of dinosaurs. And Winnipeg.
Oh God, the mosquitoes. They drove us away from the fireworks at the Forks on Canada Day. Very very scary.
I have been to that town!!! There is a winery and distillery there. It must have been a bitch getting that shot because that streetscape looks over the train line and the park is on the other side of the tracks.
Winery, Distillery, … please tell me a major league baseball player came from "this town"
From Wikipedia, the seat off Cass County there is Fargo, so at least they have some good wood chipper murders there.
Why is North Dakota?
To make South Dakota look like paradise.
Because the Dakota Territory was heavily Republican when it was considered for statehood in 1889, and the party wanted to get four Senators instead of just two.
And now there are 4 Senators representing about as many people as you might find in a square block of San Francisco…
See also: Wyoming.
Really pretty much every state in the West before you get to the coast is like that.
Sadly her bio totally leaves out her mad dancing skills. http://governor.nd.gov/first-lady-betsy-dalrymple
Lou Sarah does not like the twist. She likes to do the spin.
Fun Fact: In 1971 Chubby Checker released an album in The Netherlands that's a crazy Psychedelic listening experience! And I haz it!
Fun groovy cut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsh-0D53bps
I luv learning new stuff on the internet. That certainly is groovy fun. Thanks.
How cool .
Well you guys will really tune into
Stoned in the Bathroom
from the same album http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5O2haYtQlk
My mind is blown. This is far better than that old Twist thing. Damn, he could've opened for Argent or War with stuff like this. He'd have been worthy.
that is, just, wow.
I have fucking had it with these fucking States that have lower populations than the average East Coast soup kitchen. Why do they have the same number of Senators as real States, We need to start ignoring them. When one of their politicians stands up to say something we need to act as if they aren’t even there.
But then how would the interests of farmers be overrepresented in Congress, insuring that our agricultural policy is determined solely to favor the food producers, and not the consumers or the environment?
Thanks for reminding me to drink my daily requirement of 50 gallons of HFCS.
Mmmm that's some good food-like product there!
You'd better! We all need to get our vegetables, every day!
We still have farmers? I thought they were replaced with managers for Monsanto and Cargill.
how would the interests of
farmersmulti-national agricultural monobloc corporations be overrepresented in CongressFTFY.
What if one of those senators starts tapping his foot under the door of my bathroom stall? Should I ignore that as well?
…States that have lower populations than the average East Coast soup kitchen.
There are about as many people in ND as there are in my piddly little county — a county that most people have never even heard of.
Nothing quite as painful as watching old white people trying to "get down".
Well, except for being the old white people trying to "get down."
THAT. HURT.
My rheumatizz kicks in just sitting still. My joints whimper thinking about the word twist, let alone the dance, so come to think of it I give them full credit for getting down in a creaky kind of way.
Twister or GTFO
This event will likely overshadow that silly Sturgis thing that takes place in a whole 'nother Dakota.
Unless John McCain gives Cindy away again.
Wonder if Mittens plans to repeat McCain's visit to Sturgis…
I can never keep the two of them straight. Why don't they just merge into one Dakota? They would have the population of a normal midwestern city plus could really put up some smackdown jokes about Minn, a state that could drop some consonants from their name and not miss them.
Why in the world would anybody try to set any kind of record that involves a large number of people in North Dakota? That's like having an ice fishing tournament in Key West.
Or a truthtelling convention in D.C….cigarette smoking cessation program in Utah…a picnic for current workers of companies taken over by Bain Capital…etc
you forgot the Alaskan Sunbathing Convention.
No. Dakota Guv's Baby Bump Not as Nice as Megan Fox's
I thought North Dakotans didn't fuck standing up because it might lead to dancing?
The Darymples shake it on out. It, in this case, being a renegade stool.
Well, this changes everything.
I didn't put my earphones on. I hope he didn't fart. Usually the oldz fart when they move like that.
Needz moar blowing into the microphone.
Chubby Checker was the last person of color they liked.
Really? What about John Boehner?
Chubby Checker was a person of color??
If this were North Korea they would be sent to camp.
Me again, honestly, he/she dance better than Tom Delay. Yes, that is a low set bar, but, well, also too.
No offense intended toward my fellow wonketeers, but what the fuck is up with people in flyover country?
Lack of spicy food = Lack of spicy people?
The winters where it doesn't go above freezing from December to March really fucks with the head, and requires people to pack on extra pounds of insulation.
There's also only a handful of major cities, so not much culture unless you're in the likes of Chicago or Minneapolis, and except in those major cities it's almost all white.
Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Denver would all like to have a word with you.
Or does endless bbq, a huge horseshoe stuck in the mud, a racetrack, a bunch of beer, and thin air, all not count as "culture" to you elitist coastal types?
I agree with you about Denver, but not about Indianapolis (unless I'm missing something?) I've never been to St. Louis or Milwaukee, but by all reports, I understand there's gobs of culture to be found there. As to Kansas City… well, I'm not so sure. You'll have to convince me. (But I'll keep an open mind–I've never been there, either.)
I have lots of good to say about Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Columbus. And Iowa City. And I've always meant to explore the Quad Cities and Omaha more. Or is that a mistake?
Quad Cities = Don't bother. Really. You are missing exactly nothing. (Iowa does have the nicest rest stops, though. Truly well done.)
Omaha = Very nice town full of very nice people. And their zoo kicks ass.
KC (my hometown) = Meh. We have a fantastic art museum (Nelson Atkins), some great lesser known ones (Negro Leagues, Steamboat Arabia, Kemper Modern Art, etc.), and Free Will (Shakespeare in the park all summer). Heck, even a fancy philharmonic in a GORGEOUS building. And some great restaurants. Of course, that's all "white people stuff," so YMMV.
Never been to the other cities listed, 'cept Denver for like half a day back in college. It was cold. And snowing. And I hate their football team with the white-hot rage of a million suns. So fuck 'em.
Don't forget Fascist Beer.
"The likes of"! Those were examples, not an exhaustive list.
Settle down, Moses.
I think it's just that all the people who photograph well move to the coasts.
Her voice made my ears bleed.
"You remember the twist, Betsy — it's what all our contemporaries were doing while we were grooving out to the Percy Faith Orchestra and Pat Boone."
And singing along with Mitch Miller.
I guess North Dakota isn't very hi-tech, but for only 40 dollars one can get a good microphone wind filter.
He moves almost as fast as Jerry Lundegaard pulling out of that car dealership.
http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/sign03.php
had to, … have at it.
I'm FAR more interested in the weird trick this Patriot listed below the story used to escape Barack Obama's electrical slavery.
Boys and girls moving their hips back and forth can only lead to one thing. And I think we all know what that is …
Broken Hoveround seats?
The Hokey Pokey?
I can just hear the scraping and screeching from their hip replacements. MOMMY, MAKE IT STOP!!
Type II Diabeetus?
I'm pretty sure these people are up to Type III by now.
Jazzercise?
more boys and girls?
Hitler?
Is that North Dakota foreplay? No wonder the North Dakota population is so small. It would be difficult to get excited about sex after watching those people.
That's nothing. Some wingnut blogger keeps claiming he has video of the Prez and Michele doing the Watusi.
This would be sooo much better if a pack of wolves attacked them. I'm just sayin'……..
The sound engineer for that video did a great job with the chirping birds background sound effect.
No chirping crickets?
Was that "largest number of people doing the twist" or "number of largest people doing the twist"?
That video could be an ad to convince wind energy firms to locate in Cass County, North Dakota.
So come on down, July 28, just past Spirit Mound next to Tex and Edna Boil's Prairie Warehouse and Curio Emporium.
Fucking copycats!!! I posted a fb thingy about twisting around my kitchen to 60s French pop music while I made fresh tomato soup from my garden veg, and now I see these boring North Dakota people stealing my idea.
I think I saw that movie.
Yet another reason why white people should not dance.
White people getting down. Not pretty.
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