Dunkin’ Donuts has pulled an add after some on the right complained that Rachael Ray’s scarf is way too similar to a keffiyeh, which is what some mean people in the Middle East wear when they want to be jerks about things.
While most people with a brain understand why this is ridiculous, we’d like to ask, what if they are right?
What if Dunkin’ Donuts is with the enemy? What have we done?
In LA you can’t go a block without a small donut shop, but in the rest of the world Dunkin’ Donuts are everywhere. We let them come right in and take over.
What’s worse, because we are slaves to slicker marketing campaigns Winchell’s can’t save us now.
Everyone knows the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Well, some clever programmer has figured out the Six Degrees of Wikipedia: that is, the closest path from any one article to another.
Here’s the thing: we like soccer. Not in the way Mexicans or Europeans like soccer – but it’s a “we- understand- why- this- is- so- huge- in- the- rest- of- the- world” sort of appreciation. In fact, we even attended an LA Galaxy game recently. (True this was actually our wife’s idea, whom we suspect wanted to go only to see
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