I wasn’t even a fan. I always thought he was pretentious, even before he got big as a house and started selling cheap-ass wine at exactly the right time.
But then he croaked, and I was sad, and didn’t even know why. I guess it’s just because he’d always been there.
Now this.
I don’t even like Twinkies. Ding-Dongs, yes – when I was chooming (an expression I never heard before the last prez campaign) I was a big fan of Ding-Dongs. But that was a long time ago. Twinkies, meh. Snowballs, never. It’s like eating foam rubber with lots of confectioner’s sugar.
My point – to the extent that I have a point – is that somehow I’m sad about this anyway, even though it really doesn’t matter to me at all. The world moves on, I guess. And it looks like it’s going to have to do it without Twinkies to kick around.
Awesomeness. Digging the alt-text thing.
Kel
When I first saw “Hostess Shrugged” yesterday, I wept with joy at its perfect beauty and with sorrow because I hadn’t thought of it first. 😀
Too perfect! Stolen and posted. With linkage, of course!
Well, hopefully some company will see the demand and start churning them out again.
Underground, BTW, not able to post comments on your blog.
Tam — That was exactly my reaction to the “Hostess Shrugged” meme. Would love to know who came up with it. It’s brilliant and makes me bang my head with regret that I didn’t think of it first.
A world without Twinkies, though? Nah, I don’t think that’ll go on for long. Somebody else will buy that brand and next thing you know we’ll not only have Twinkies, but probably everything from mini-Twinkettes to Twinkie Barbie dolls to Twinkie-flavored vodka.
Hostess wasn’t very good at marketing …
Regarding the picture: It’s marked with iowntheworld.com, so I assumed that guy made it.
Claire, to be fair, they were trying to market an injection-molded sponge cake filled with whipped sweetened lard/vegetable shortening. But for all that is sweet, they’re Twinkies. As American as Mom and Apple Pie! The butt of jokes for generations! I haven’t had a Twinkie for years, but it’s like Pepsi or Coke going out of business. I have to admit, though, I will miss those saturated-fat-laden Hostess fruit pies even more.
From the facebooks: “parasites kill hostess”