I think it’s a combo of the scarf and the background looking like D.C. That’s just bad wardrobe and location decision making. Oh, and RR is annoying anyway, I much prefer the “They Might Be Giants” DD commercials!
Grey Rainbow, is that really TMBG in those commercials? Because I actually think they sound like a completely annoying, less talented, more I-want-to-poke-myself-in-the-eye version of TMBG.
The band contributed fourteen original songs for the 2006 Dunkin’ Donuts ad campaign, “America Runs On Dunkin’”, including “Things I Like To Do”, “Pleather” and “Fritalian”. In the aired advertisement, Flansburgh sings “Fritalian” along with his wife, Robin Goldwasser.
Whatever. Those scarves are right now so trendy. They were popular in the late 80s too. Big, woven hippie-looking scarves with patterns and fringe. Only a crazy person is going to see it as terrorist garb!
That’s so funny because just the other day I was out for a walk with my daughter, who I adopted from Guatemala with my domestic partner (we hyphenated her last name… Engle-Wood…isn’t that great?), and this lady would not stop staring. I thought it was because I’d just spilled some kefir on my keffiyah, but maybe she thought I was a terrorist!
Is that a nice place? As nice as that gayborhood you mentioned the other day? Plainfield, was it? Or at least as nice as my daydream world with kefir and keffiyehs and little Paloma?
Just like freaky designers to steal and put controversal political spin on clothes. I do believe they dressed Rachael in this scarf for the whole shock bonus.. and were more shocked when the public protested.
Don’t forget Cameron Diaz carrying an olive green bag emblazoned with a red star and the words “Serve the People” printed in Chinese, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong’s most famous political slogan.
The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some world capitals, but in Peru the slogan evokes memories of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency that fought the government in the 1980s and early 1990s in a bloody conflict that left nearly 70,000 people dead.
May 29th, 2008 - 09:07
I’d always suspected as much….
May 29th, 2008 - 09:48
That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard this hour.
May 29th, 2008 - 09:52
I think it’s a combo of the scarf and the background looking like D.C. That’s just bad wardrobe and location decision making. Oh, and RR is annoying anyway, I much prefer the “They Might Be Giants” DD commercials!
May 29th, 2008 - 10:12
I can’t believe anyone could focus on the scarf with the amount of makeup RR is wearing in that picture.
May 29th, 2008 - 10:25
Grey Rainbow, is that really TMBG in those commercials? Because I actually think they sound like a completely annoying, less talented, more I-want-to-poke-myself-in-the-eye version of TMBG.
May 29th, 2008 - 10:34
Found on WikiPedia (assuming it’s correct!!!)
The band contributed fourteen original songs for the 2006 Dunkin’ Donuts ad campaign, “America Runs On Dunkin’”, including “Things I Like To Do”, “Pleather” and “Fritalian”. In the aired advertisement, Flansburgh sings “Fritalian” along with his wife, Robin Goldwasser.
May 29th, 2008 - 10:53
TMBG is my all-time favorite band and I’ve had a crush on Linnell forever, and even I think those commercials are annoying!
May 29th, 2008 - 11:14
“Fritalian” regularly enrages the geekboy. “Reluctantly Helping My Friend Move” makes me want to punch a baby.
I am so incredibly disappointed by this news!
May 29th, 2008 - 11:49
Whatever. Those scarves are right now so trendy. They were popular in the late 80s too. Big, woven hippie-looking scarves with patterns and fringe. Only a crazy person is going to see it as terrorist garb!
May 29th, 2008 - 11:54
Exactly. Michelle Malkin.
May 29th, 2008 - 12:09
Ohno, not my hero RR!
(MM is stoopid)
May 29th, 2008 - 12:43
That’s so funny because just the other day I was out for a walk with my daughter, who I adopted from Guatemala with my domestic partner (we hyphenated her last name… Engle-Wood…isn’t that great?), and this lady would not stop staring. I thought it was because I’d just spilled some kefir on my keffiyah, but maybe she thought I was a terrorist!
May 29th, 2008 - 13:23
That’s quite a world you live in there, sweetie.
ENGLEWOOD NEW JERSEY REPRESENT!
May 29th, 2008 - 13:40
Is that a nice place? As nice as that gayborhood you mentioned the other day? Plainfield, was it? Or at least as nice as my daydream world with kefir and keffiyehs and little Paloma?
May 29th, 2008 - 14:07
I don’t know if I’ve ever been to Englewood. I believe I’ve driven through it from time to time.
Gayborhood. Heh.
May 29th, 2008 - 14:21
I always thought EVOO was some kind of terrorist codeword. Extra Virgin Olive Oil my ass! She’s working for the evil doers.
May 29th, 2008 - 14:58
I don’t know if I’ve ever been to Englewood. I believe I’ve driven through it from time to time.
That’s what he said.
Or…..
May 31st, 2008 - 23:11
Just like freaky designers to steal and put controversal political spin on clothes. I do believe they dressed Rachael in this scarf for the whole shock bonus.. and were more shocked when the public protested.
Don’t forget Cameron Diaz carrying an olive green bag emblazoned with a red star and the words “Serve the People” printed in Chinese, perhaps Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong’s most famous political slogan.
The bags are marketed as fashion accessories in some world capitals, but in Peru the slogan evokes memories of the Maoist Shining Path insurgency that fought the government in the 1980s and early 1990s in a bloody conflict that left nearly 70,000 people dead.
June 1st, 2008 - 18:25
Yeah, those “freaky designers” really get a kick out of bloody conflicts. 8-|