With only one more week until the inauguration, I thought some serious humor was in order. Because for me, this feels like the calm before the storm - the waiting game before a big prognosis, the scene in The Return of the King when Gandolf and Pippin are looking out towards the horizon at Mt. Doom - just ten days before he's unleashed.
Too dark? Too morose? Okay, as I was saying about humor, it's definitely in order around here! So enjoy the post, and stay tuned for next week's patriotic salute to the one and only leader I'll be following with any real moxie the next four years - Lady Liberty.
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Superior Threads is a pilgrimage for many quilters out here in the West - a good excuse to take a road-trip with friends, or make an intentional stop on your way somewhere else. Check out this comical parody they made back in 2014.
Jon Stewart Says, "You Had Me at Quilt."
I'll fully admit that this clip isn't a knee-slapper, as much as it is extremely humorous to see the reverence these two have for a good quilt in old fashioned storytelling! Watch the snarky and wonderful Sarah Vowell on Stewart's old Daily Show. She even references her visit to Lolani Palace in Hawaii, and seeing first-hand The Queen's Quilt, created by Queen Lili'uokalani during her internment after the overthrow of the monarchy.
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A mom in Akron who's trying to get the kids school clothes bought, finish her part of the church quilt, and lose 10 pounds. Versus Scott, a guy who just got back from a double shift washing dishes at Perkins while hungover.
Originally published by The Onion
11 Old Lady Hobbies That Are Perfect to Try in Your Twenties...
Orignally published on Bustle/ By JR THORPE
#7: QUILTING!
Why You Want to Learn It:
The appeal of quilting is self-evident. You are making a snuggly possession to wrap around yourself and sleep underneath. Plus quilts are complicated to create, so making one gives you serious bragging rights. "Thank you for leeting me sleep on this insanely comfortable quilt!" "You're welcome. I made that, you know; no biggie, though."
Amish Woman Knew She Had Quilt Sale the Moment She Laid Eyes on Chicago Couple
LANCASTER, PA - Repeatedly referring to them as "easy money," Amish quilt shop proprietor Mary Stolzfus, 43, said Monday that as soon as she noticed Tom and Helen Foreman's matching Chicago Cubs baseball hats, she knew she'd be able to move three, possibly four quilts. "One look and it was 'Choo choo! Here comes the money train, right on schedule," said Stolzfus, adding that she ordered her daughters to "put on a little dog and pony show" for the easy marks by having them sing the traditional Amish song, "In Der Stillen Einsamkeit." "These rubes are all the same: give 'em a little 'no electricity' this, and some 'butter churn' that, and cha-ching, you've got enough barn-raising money to last you a month."
Originally published by The Onion
Header image: I Love Lucille Ball, fabric by Loom Showroom.
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