Stanley Cup Goes For a Swim

Ian — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:13:36 +0000

Lord Stanley’s cup, purchased in London for 10 guineas, is said to be the most difficult trophy in sports to attain.Â Â Â As such, it has been subjected to various indignities over the years.Â It is rumoured to have spent a weekend on Guy Lafleur’s lawn in 1978, unguarded, for all his neighbours to see.Â Countless players have slept with the cup, as if kissing it were not enough, and others have fed various pets from its gleaming silver cornice.Â And in 1991, the Cup was found languishing one summer at the bottom of a young Mario Lemieux’s swimming pool in Pittsburgh.

Well, whaddya know.Â I forward these photos free from judgment… but the Penguins appear to be having a pretty good time with sporting’s most famous trophy at Mario’s palace in Pittsburgh.

A tradition lives on!

Attack Obama

Ian — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:10:23 +0000

Yes, you too can celebrate yesterday’s historic inauguration with your very own “Attack Obama” action figure.Â Thanks to a crack team of Japanese toy designers, the Obama Action figure will soon be available,Â fully-posable and with an array of weaponry including this samurai sword:

Samurai Obama ... straight from Japan

Thankfully the arsenal includes more modern weaponry like a SAW and a Shotgun so that he can fight modern terr’rists a la Bush, and even a real woodcrafted stool and microphone so he can do stand-up comedy a la Carrot-Top.Â Hey, that Obama’s a versatile guy.

Here’s the original page translated into English.Â Hopefully these hit the local K-Mart soon.

2009 | Ian Andrew Bell

Stanley Cup Goes For a Swim

Attack Obama