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At the seminar, which was very interesting, we all got a goodie bag. I couldn’t believe it when I found it contained an Obama doll. It’s a bit wierd and out of proportion but, lets not quibble. It is just fantastic.

And just what I needed.

He’s now in the tortoise cage shouting “Yes we can!” at our laggardly inert tortoise.

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This entry was written by Zoe, posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:40 am, and filed under 1.

24 Comments

  1. Fee
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 7:20 am | Permalink

    First! Oh. I forget where I am.
    I don’t think u can still buy tortoise in the UK, and quite frankly it’s not fair. I want one too!

  2. bb
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8:34 am | Permalink

    An obama toy? Mundo weird. When did Mental go to sleep? Is he/she aware the evil Bush is no longer President?
    You should see the Obama mirror I’m painting – fab.

  3. zed
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8:43 am | Permalink

    Mental actually ate some food again this morning after I woke him up. That Obama doll is pretty good though.

  4. bb
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11:23 am | Permalink

    Zed, is it advisable to keep waking an animal that sleeps through winter to play with him? Dontcha just cover them in shredded paper and put them in a cupboard till spring? That is what they did on Blue Peter.

  5. zed
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11:48 am | Permalink

    No, no. It’s too warm for him to be hibernating.

  6. johng
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 3:44 pm | Permalink

    It’s fucking freezing! Leave the poor thing alone!!

  7. JoeInVegas
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:15 pm | Permalink

    Perhaps Obama can raise the spirit in him and get him out of the wellie. Was that your intent?

  8. Pat
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 6:24 pm | Permalink

    I seem to remember Rosita enjoyed cucumber. How tall is Obama? I hope he doesn’t frighten Mental.

  9. Grumpy Keith
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 7:14 pm | Permalink

    Don’t be too hasty in praising Obama up. Wait a year and see what happens first. Dubya was going to change the world, and he did!
    Remember when Gorgon Brown took over from Tony B Liar in Britland? Everybody said “Brilliant, now there will be a change for the better”. How fucking wrong they were! Life got worse. Much fucking worse, and it’s getting worser (if thats a word!)

  10. zed
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 7:41 pm | Permalink

    John, it’s warm at home – besides, he has a sunbed.
    Joe, that may have been the Twat’s intent – I’d left the house by then.
    Pat, Obama is about 7cms tall. He did meet Tortoise, but nothing much happened.
    Grumps, Obama cannot do everything that is expected of him – he’s only human. I simply hope that he succeeds in doing whatever he does.

  11. Julian Meteor
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 10:30 pm | Permalink

    Barofl Obama!!!!!

  12. Grumpy Keith
    Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11:02 pm | Permalink

    Oh God! You have just had a “meteor strike”.

  13. Darcy
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 6:55 am | Permalink

    LMAO. This is too funny. That doll has enormous ears and incredibly long arms! lol
    Thanks for the laugh Q. :P

  14. Cream
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 9:07 am | Permalink

    Z, “Guantanamo” could be a great name for your…tortures cage.
    But watch out, Obama might close it down.

  15. bb
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    Tony Blair likened himself to Obama today….no fucking joke.
    Beware Zed, a Siberian front is due to hit today. May become too cold for Mental. I thought it was about the seasonal change in circadian rhythms that denoted hibernation, not the cold anyway.
    That is the excuse I’m giving for not leaving the bed.

  16. Anonymous
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 7:16 pm | Permalink

    Hibernating or not, I’d back the tortoise anyday to get to the job center before the Twat. Going to check the odds with Ladbrokes

  17. zed
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 7:40 pm | Permalink

    Anon, let’s go together.

  18. Wendy A
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8:31 pm | Permalink

    When I was little I had a tortoise called Cyril (true) but he escaped from his pen. A neighbour said she saw him in her garden about a week later. By the time she got downstairs and out into the garden he had gone. Obviously he panicked and bolted. I never did find him.

  19. zed
    Posted Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 8:58 pm | Permalink

    Wendy, they can be fast little fuckers when they want to be ;)

  20. Serendipity
    Posted Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 12:12 am | Permalink

    Don’t think I’d want a doll of any politician!

  21. Bob Morris
    Posted Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 8:52 am | Permalink

    My wife rescued a lil bitty turtle once at a client’s. It got big. Like over a foot long.
    They have beaked jaws. It tried to amputate her finger once. That’s what they do. Eat.
    So we named him Malo the Flesh-Eating Turtle from Hell and he lived happily in a little pool in the backyard.

  22. zed
    Posted Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

    Hey Bob!
    Yes, turtles are right little fuckers – they really bite. I’m safe with Herman the Tortoise :)

  23. James Bardolph
    Posted Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 12:24 am | Permalink

    Obama is in the turtle tank? His security team need to pull their weight!

  24. Mrs C
    Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

    Yes I’m laughing!