Look out. It’s time for our annual Weeper Awards, which recognize extraordinary achievement in the area of public fiascoes, flops and foolishness. This year’s honors include the “Bum Steer†Award to Wild West World owner Thomas Etheredge (in photo), the “With Governors Like These†Award to Kathleen Sebelius for her promotion of Kansas wines and the “Illustrated Man†Award to Paul Morrison for his “L.C.†tattoo.
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For real? Does Paul really have an “L.C.” tattoo? Ok. Where is it? Do I really want to know?
House Speaker Melvin “Neufeld, R-Ingalls, who dismissed coal-fired plants’ contribution to global warming by saying: “They tell us that if you jog two miles you emit more carbon dioxide than if you drive two miles.”"
I’d hate to imagine the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses leaking out the dome of the State Capitol building during legislative sessions.
The governor told the truth about Kansas wines. They taste like diesel fuel.
thinkfirst – that is what I wonder too. How does he explain THAT to his wife?
DK,”The governor told the truth about Kansas wines. They taste like diesel fuel.”
Personally, I prefer the diesel fuel- it’s a bit drier.
I’m told that the elderberry wine (Wyldwood) is quite good.
I’m told that the elderberry wine (Wyldwood) is quite good.
Ben,If you like to drink Karo syrup, you’ll love Wyldwood wines.
Elderberry wine is to wine what Nyquil is to whisky.
And believe me, that’s being kind.
The 2007 Weepers (Movie Division)
The “Daparted” Award– To the U.S. Bowling Congress.(Honorable Mention to George Kolb)
The “No Country for Old Men” Award– To the Sumner County casino(What happens in Mulvane, stays in Mulvane)
The “Zodiac” Award– To Dennis Rader(Zodiac went to the movies and all I got was this lousy jump suit)
The “No End in Sight” Award– To Paul Morrison’s tattoo(Thank goodness!)
The “Other People’s Lives” Award– To Phill Kline’s continuing voyurism into Kansans’ medical records(The second “L” is for looking at you.
The “I Am Legion” Award– To “Kansas,” “Kahn,” “Pat Herron,” “JM,” “3dog,” et al…(”Where am I now that I need me?!”)
The “Children of Men” Award– To “parkay”(I can’t believe it’s not, but her?)
The “Michael Clayton” Award– To “GMC70″(The truth can be adjusted.)
The “300″ Award– To the new Wichita arena(In honor of its average attendance.)
I’d like to nominate the reporter who did the story about the 13 yr old girl who ended up in SRS custody because her father gave her a “spanking”…what he did was beat her with a belt so hard it left bruises on her legs…and the story made HIM out to be a victim of the system, because the poor guy had to attend anger management classes and jump through other hoops to get her back..and now HE’S suing SRS!! It takes a real lame brain reporter to use the term “spanking” in order to minimize this sort of abuse to a 13 yr old girl.
Wyldwood wines are terrible, in a blind taste test it would run neck and neck with the stuff made in a prison toilet. I give the governor props for being truthful about the swill these places call wine. Buy some Maddog or Thunderbird, draw a sunflower on the label with a crayon and you will be much happier.
Mary – as a grandpa I am particularly sensitive to stories like that. I can see giving a kid a swat but nothing that leaves welts. In fact, what my boys get from me is nothing compared to our normal rough-housing. (I’m the one who ends up suffering from that! ;>)) The thing that gets them to bawling is “I am so disappointed …” followed by sitting alone to think about it.
We tried three Wyldwood wines at Christmas dinner. They are really bad! Guess that makes me dumber than dumb — bought THREE bottles of that sickeningly sweet stuff. They will be the last bottles I buy tho.
While various wines and other products of the state of Kansas may not be especially superior,our governor, you would think, would exercise some tact in criticising those products when kibbutzing with folks from states that she considers to be more sophisticated than us bumpkins here is Ks…. It is easy to agree with her assesment of the wineries unless you are a winemaker here, trying to be a success and paying taxes… perhaps folks in town would have been a little more upset if she had said,” if you see an aircraft made in Kansas, don’t get on it”… I for one do not doubt that Ks. wines are likely not the equal of other more established wineries, but if they have some support they will likely approve, I remember when Gallo wines were the bottom of the barrel, so to speak, and are respected now. Mostly we should expect our governor to be a Kansas business ambassador, no matter what business is involved.
i rather like the spiced wine from Wyldwood, i prefer it slightly warmed as a sleep aide, which it does well at just an 8 ounce glass.
Not,Suppose, on our governor’s recommendation one of the people she was “kibbutzing”(?) with went and actually bought some of that swill. How much credibility would she and the state have then?
My dad makes good wine, and he lives in Kansas.
Happy New Year everyone, and I am outta here.
Excellent post, Mary! That story was baloney.
“”"The 2007 Weepers (Movie Division)
The “Daparted” Award– To the U.S. Bowling Congress.(Honorable Mention to George Kolb)
The “No Country for Old Men” Award– To the Sumner County casino(What happens in Mulvane, stays in Mulvane)
The “Zodiac” Award– To Dennis Rader(Zodiac went to the movies and all I got was this lousy jump suit)
The “No End in Sight” Award– To Paul Morrison’s tattoo(Thank goodness!)
The “Other People’s Lives” Award– To Phill Kline’s continuing voyurism into Kansans’ medical records(The second “L” is for looking at you.
The “I Am Legion” Award– To “Kansas,” “Kahn,” “Pat Herron,” “JM,” “3dog,” et al…(”Where am I now that I need me?!”)
The “Children of Men” Award– To “parkay”(I can’t believe it’s not, but her?)
The “Michael Clayton” Award– To “GMC70″(The truth can be adjusted.)
The “300″ Award– To the new Wichita arena(In honor of its average attendance.)”"”
No award for me? I feel left out! My high school class (East HS) gave me “Most Likely to Do Life Without Parole”! Only because Kansas did not have the death penalty back then.
Jed:Tastes vary; some folks like a sweeter wine, some a tart wine, some no wine at all. Sebelious is no more a final word on wine than is the drunk in the street (hopefully they are not the same person) and to express an opinion detrimental to an industry that pays taxes is not what I would expect from a Governor that I beleive should do what she can to promote Knasas products. she could have commented on the unique flavor or the distinctive bouquet of the wine, rather than to infer that Kansas’ poor wine quality is an obvious fact… Ms. Sebelius has incredible talent at promoting certain inferior people to public office; I would think she could use some of the same tact to promote legitimate kansas made products.
Sorry for the omission, “Kev” –
But I haven’t seen “The Bucket List” yet. It promises to be a sappy movie that’ll make a lot of money simply because everyone will go see Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson chew the scenery.
Had it been relased wide before the end of the year, I’d've added:
The “Bucket List” Award– To “Kev”(For being adventuresome when there’s not a lot at stake… as are all internet posts, including this one.)
Sorry if this offends. Blame Hollywood.