Chia Obama

Sep 29, 2009

It’s really difficult to even know how to categorise this one. But an Obama Chia Pet? Really? No matter how you feel about left v. right or crazy v. sane, a Chia Pet?

These have to be the most useless gifts ever. I read about this on a Weird News site, and then googled it, and came upon the official site for the product, chia-obama.com The best part has to be this description of the product:

Chia Obama Determined Pose Handmade Planter

It occurs to me that never in my life will any “pose” I make have a name, no matter how well I make it. Or I wonder if this means they have a whole line of Chia Obamas? Otherwise, why bother to name it? Is there a “Let’s Be Bi-Partisan pose” and a “No no you di-n’t, Joe Wilson pose” maybe a special “Bowling Pose”? My personal favourite would have to be the “Obama Superman Pose“, but I’m not sure it would work well on a Chia Pet.

Just as well, really, because those things are tacky as hell, and when I get my Obama Action Figure, I really don’t think I want Salvia hispanica growing out of it.