'At least my talent stays right where I put it.' by Kara
Friday, November 10, 2006 at 8:37 AM

So, I was gonna eventually do an omake on the whole cucumber fiasco at Nekocon ... but the silliness about it has gotten so out of hand that I don't want to encourage it. It was funny during the first part of the con, but now that it's over and people are still talking about it, I'm getting a Bad Vibe. I don't wanna go to AMA this summer and see people waving them around or chanting 'CUCUMBER!!!' or some crap.

So ... from what I understand, the story is that some company sent them around, and they were going to have stickers on them indicating what show/product/whatever they were advertising. But apparently, the stickers never came in. So yes. You all had cucumbers in your swag bags. Innuendo flew. The 21-cucumber salute at Karaoke Battle Royale was pretty funny.

Now it's time to lay the cucumber to rest. See this week's poll for my feelings on recurring convention memes.

Speaking of polls!

Who will rule the world in 500 years?

First: Space otters - 15%
Second: A large semi-coherent wad of chewing gum - 13%
Third: Carlos freakin' Santana - 9%

Space Germans: 6%
Atheists: 0%

Points

* 'The Gelfs': +30, Doctor Who

* 'Humans! Because you humans are just *amazing*! You go out there, and you explore all the places other races wouldn't think of exploring, and why? Because you *can*! *dances around all happy-like, and licks something*': +30, more Doctor Who

* 'the detached head of Richard III': +10, dusty old kings

* 'The dolphins': +20, H2G2

* 'with any luck my hord of mecha-ninja-samurai-bears will have aken over and I will rule and all shall bow to me and i will make everyone dress up as sailor moon in cosplay MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *cough*': -50 ... I mean, come on.

* 'Blizzard. More people play WoW everyday. Over the years Blizzard has been manipulating it's customers. They become violently angry if they are cheated out of a minor upgrade and this will spread into peoples real lives. They will fall deeper into WoW as they become further isolated, until the only people they can communicate with have to be 8 ft tall minotaurs or pointy-eared elves. Eventually social interaction as we know it will cease and society will break down, leaving Blizzard with control over everyone's lives.': -100 ... shut UP.

* 'Keith Richards': -7, being -1 for each cockroach you failed to note would be accompanying him.

* 'Immortal college students: tl;dr

Correct Answer: 'A Border Collie named Sid who excels at the Border Collie trait of rounding up large, unruly groups and moving them just where they need to go.' ... Border Collies are freakin' awesome.

If you have been, you shoulda told me.