An American Toast - Really?
I get email (Sorry, PZ, I had to use the line.) and most of the time it's just people trying to boost my website's rankings on Google, or something equally spammy. The other day, I got this email:
1. To the Dream!
2. Valor! [Wasn't he a 90s DC hero?]
3. Huzzah! [What American says this?]
4. To Us All!
5. For the Win!
6. No more pot noodle for us! [WTF?]
7. To Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness [Presumably, happiness as defined by the Tea Party and Chick-Fil-A.]
8. Dude! [This one I like.]
9. To the whites of their eyes! [Probably the most American of the suggestion, but still too wordy.]
10. Hakuna Matata! [Sounds African to me. ;)]
But really, do we need to have an American toast? If we do, why not "America! Fuck, Yeah!"
So far, the choices are kinda lame. My comments are in brackets.Hi Jeff,Have you ever noticed that there is no America-specific toast option - a la Proust, Cheers (British), Slainte, Le Chaim, etc.? The VIA Agency (theviaagency.com) decided to do something about this problem just in time for the summer Olympics, where there will undoubtedly be a lot of times for cheering (U-S-A, U-S-A) and cheers-ing.VIA has come up with 10 options for the new 'Toast of the Nation' (which you can see below) and created a Facebook app to allow people to vote for their favorite, or make a suggestion for another one.
1. To the Dream!
2. Valor! [Wasn't he a 90s DC hero?]
3. Huzzah! [What American says this?]
4. To Us All!
5. For the Win!
6. No more pot noodle for us! [WTF?]
7. To Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness [Presumably, happiness as defined by the Tea Party and Chick-Fil-A.]
8. Dude! [This one I like.]
9. To the whites of their eyes! [Probably the most American of the suggestion, but still too wordy.]
10. Hakuna Matata! [Sounds African to me. ;)]
But really, do we need to have an American toast? If we do, why not "America! Fuck, Yeah!"
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