Omigod not a Rolex

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Ophelia Benson

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Also, hey now, what’s that fancy thing on your wrist, sir, and why are you not covered in coal dust?

Tan suit tan suit tan suit!

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17 responses to “Omigod not a Rolex”

  1. twiliter Avatar
    twiliter

    No Apple watch? How yesteryear. :P

  2. Sackbut Avatar
    Sackbut

    “Tan suit” indeed.

    Rolex makes good watches. Their claim to fame is based precision, solid engineering, functionality, and sturdiness. They don’t make watches with tons of decorative jewels. Their watches are, of course, ridiculously expensive. I don’t think what watch Biden wears is at all important, but if we’re talking about people being ostentatious, I would think it more ostentatious to wear an expensive piece of jewelry that tells time rather than an expensive high-end functional timepiece. It is ridiculous to insist that people of significant means, like the Bidens, should refrain from using some of the resources they have to buy good-quality clothing, accessories, vehicles, and home items, just because other people can’t afford to buy these things.

  3. Chris Tygesen Avatar
    Chris Tygesen

    There are pictures of Beau Biden with an identical watch on his wrist. Joe may have worn that watch because it belonged to Beau.

  4. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    Yes, I’ve seen a couple of tweets saying it’s becoming clearer that that was Beau Biden’s watch and the Times is going to have to eat crow.

  5. Holms Avatar
    Holms

    I don’t want to alarm you guys, but I heard Obama likes mustard… dijon mustard. As opposed to american mustard!!!!

  6. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    Call me when the Bidens buy a gold plated toilet.

  7. iknklast Avatar
    iknklast

    Oh, no! Dijon mustard? How dare he prefer a high quality, good tasting mustard to the cheap bright yellow stuff most Americans think is mustard? How dare he!

  8. Sackbut Avatar
    Sackbut

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2009/05/grey_poupon_wants_obama_to_par.html

    Real mustard growers may be fairly indifferent to the semi-controversy surrounding President Obama’s preference for Dijon mustard, but Grey Poupon is trying to take advantage of this rare marketing opportunity, when an infinitesimal slither of America’s attention is marginally focused on the topic of mustard. Over the weekend the company’s public-relations team sent over a statement calling on President Obama to “pardon” lovers of Dijon mustard — a riff off the classic “pardon me” commercials that made their product seem so snooty in the first place. “The right to choose condiments freely is quintessentially American and embodies the spirit of our democracy,” reads the release’s tongue-in-cheek interpretation of our national ideals. Heh. Isn’t this so much more fun than not making an issue of how Obama eats his burger?

  9. Graham Douglas Avatar
    Graham Douglas

    …an infinitesimal slither…

    Sliver. The word is sliver. Snakes slither, thin slices are slivers.

    Another one of those back-corrections for “low-class pronunciation” that wasn’t wrong in the first place.

  10. Graham Douglas Avatar
    Graham Douglas

    (Sorry, previous post in response to Sackbut’s quote at #8)

  11. Graham Douglas Avatar
    Graham Douglas

    (Sorry, responding to the quote in Sackbut’s post at #8)

  12. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    Over the weekend the company’s public-relations team sent over a statement calling on President Obama to “pardon” lovers of Dijon mustard — a riff off the classic “pardon me” commercials that made their product seem so snooty in the first place. “The right to choose condiments freely is quintessentially American and embodies the spirit of our democracy,” reads the release’s tongue-in-cheek interpretation of our national ideals. Heh. Isn’t this so much more fun than not making an issue of how Obama eats his burger?

    Obama probably had a laugh and forgot all about it. On the other hand, with Goya beans…

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trumps-social-media-posts-goya-beans-provoke/story?id=71795732

    Of course Obama probably knew and understood the Hatch Act. Trump couldn’t give a shit.

  13. Acolyte of Sagan Avatar
    Acolyte of Sagan

    Of course, the only real mustard is English mustard; the rest are just yellow pastes with varying strengths of a vaguely vinegary flavour.

  14. What a Maroon Avatar
    What a Maroon

    If you’re ever in Madison, WI, you should take a side trip to Middleton to visit the National Mustard Museum (but if you’re flying keep in mind that mustard counts as a liquid and can’t go in your carry-on bag).

  15. Karen the chemist Avatar
    Karen the chemist

    What a Maroon:

    If you’re ever in Madison, WI, you should take a side trip to Middleton to visit the National Mustard Museum (but if you’re flying keep in mind that mustard counts as a liquid and can’t go in your carry-on bag).

    If you like pie, I recommend a stop at the Hubbard Avenue Diner next door to the museum.

  16. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    It does mustard pie?

  17. Karen the chemist Avatar
    Karen the chemist

    It does mustard pie?

    The diner, no. The museum, I don’t know. :-)

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