"Canton is known worldwide. You can go anywhere in the world, and people will say, `Canton? Yeah, I know where that is. It's where that big flea market is.'"
-- Andy McCuistion, City Manager of Canton, Texas (pop. 5,100), defending his town after Stephen Colbert jokingly referred to it as an "incorporated outhouse."
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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hilarious.
there's a large, ornate welcome sign in nova scotia for a lame-ass town, bedford, that reads, "Bedford: A Stopping Place".
translation: fill your tank, use the toilet, buy a crueller and get the fuck out.
Oh yeah, CANTON! Wait, the fleas have their own market there?
Seriously, being mentioned by Colbert is probably the biggest thing that's happened to them.
Canton, huh? Where's the mud statue?
How much is that farmer is asking for the poodle?
You kidding? That's dinner. Poodles is good eatin'.
A lot of people do know where Canton is. After all, Canton Ohio houses the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Canton Texas? Sounds like a rustic place to poop when you're taking the inland route between Dallas and New Orleans.
My singular hope is that when the Big One hits and wipes out Los Angeles, somehow Texas goes with it.
It's a dream, sure, but where would man be without his dreams?
Fuck the poodle, how much for the codpiece?
And kudos Chez, for not headlining about CNN's live coverage and multiple story lines on their website about the Bigfoot press conference.
You must be white-knuckling it! :)
I thought Canton was in Ohio, where the football hall of fame is. Now I know it's a fleamarket in Texas I guess Ohio isn't getting my tourist dollars. Just one more great reason to visit Texas!
Anon 5:32 --
Must've missed that. Mercifully.
I actually do my damndest not to watch too much CNN these days.
You know, I'd be really impressed if Colbert manages to find a Canton able to take a joke, or at least one that realizes they were basically picked out of a hat.
As for that Bigfoot thing, it actually managed to lower my opinion of the media - quite a feat. Spoiler: it was fake.
@ celery
Where are you from? I never expected to see my hometown ever mentioned in a place like this.... too weird!
Canton, huh? Where's the mud statue?
I got me a serious hankerin' for some mudders' milk right about now.
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