Spruce it up, make it errrr...

Jul 14, 2013 19:09

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.

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