So I'm sitting there watching "Sponge Bob Square Pants" with my daughter the other day and originally thinking "How stupid can a cartoon get?" but then I start paying attention to it. Not only is it a stupid cartoon but really funny if you pay attention to the content.
For those of you that aren't familiar with Sponge Bob (I feel that I know him which is why I'm calling him by his first two names :-) he is a sea sponge. He is the shape of an ordinary kitchen sponge and wears pants that are square (of course) because that is his basic shape.
Now Sponge Bob's best friend is a star fish that isn't real bright and a squirrel that for some unexplained reason lives under the ocean in an undersea bubble where she can breathe air. When the squirrel isn't in the bubble she dawns a deep sea diving suit and wanders around in the ocean having adventures with Sponge Bob and his friends.
My two favorite episodes were the one where a plankton was trying to teach Sponge Bob to be assertive and the other was Sponge Bob's first encounter with the squirrel. Sponge Bob wanted to impress the squirrel with etiquette and boasted of not needing to be in the water to breathe. Etiquette was taught to sponge Bob by his starfish friend that told him "When in doubt pinkies out." in other words extend your pinky when you do something that you think requires etiquette. To make a long story short ole Sponge Bob starts to dry up and has to admit that he wasn't what he portrayed himself to be. But he is forgiven and they all stay best friends.
So why am I bringing this up? I have no idea, but I'm bored and it makes for really strange conversation doesn't it? :-) I would have to relate it to the national anthem thingy in a very round about way. Here's what I mean; I use to watch Ren and Stimpy (great cartoon) My favorite episode was where cousin Sven comes to visit and he and Stimpy play a game called "Don't Wiz On The Electric Fence". Well anyway, there was another episode called "The Royal Canadian Mounted Yaksmen" and they would sing the Canadian national anthem. It went a little something like this although I can't remember the whole thing. (Sung to the tune of "My Country Tis of Thee") "Our country smells of trees. Our Yaks are really big and they smell of decaying beef carcasses." That's all I remember.
I guess we will need some verification on this though. Shwing...? Maybe you could shed some light on this subject? :-)
It's great having kids because you can watch this stuff and blame it all on them :-)
Take care and I hope I can find something else to occupy my time with ;-)
Darris "Who can forget 'Billy The Beef Tallow Boy' and 'Log'?" Chambless :-)
PS. "Ventura Highway" is on the radio and I'm feelin' a little mellow :-) and No I'm not on drugs.
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