Every time I see hipster products emblazoned with crows and sparrows I immediately think of
Portlandia's take on this trend. And much like Fred Armisen's own admission, owls and ravens make an appearance in my home.
But with
Stampede just about winding up, I realized that this city has its own method of taking a theme and using it for nefarious purposes. You'll find it everywhere. Cowtown takes a seemingly innocent bar and does this:
they put a board on it.
even more ridonkulous, they will cowboy things up by
putting a boot on it.
how about these cowpokes, you know these gents have seen more action than your average Marlborough man because they
put a buckle on it.
here's one, how about
we put a bison on it?
this is a good example of a double cow whammy
put a bale AND a board on it!
for the crème de la crème of the overdosing of false cowboy images one would have to step on the grounds of the stampede exhibition or go to one of the bars like this lovely place
they put a board on it and boors in it!
but a downtown bank went all out to get into the spirit of this festival that romanticized everything horrible that we did to the First Nations tribes during the course of creating this fine city, and all the animals that
get injured during the bronco busting and bull riding and all the
drunken fist fights and date rapes that occur every night that we "celebrate" the 201st Calgary Stampede.
they put a board, a bale, a barrel, a blanket, a trunk, a wheel, a silhouette, a saddle, a lamp, hoooweee, jist about ever'thin an idiot with a skewed sense of history could ask for.
git along little cowboy.