Well, I Never Liked Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Anyway…

July 21st, 2004

Somebody apparently has too much time on his hands.


The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream is on the road, towing a 3.7-metre-tall effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush (news – web sites) with fake flames shooting out of the pants. Ben Cohen says it’s an acceptable way to point out what he calls the president’s lies. “In a polite society, you don’t go up to a person and look at them in the face and say, ‘You’re a liar,”‘ Cohen said in a telephone interview before arriving in Spokane, the next stop on the Pants on Fire Tour.

“We think it’s a lot more dignified and there’s a lot more decorum to say, ‘Excuse me sir, your pants are getting a little warm, don’t you think?”‘ Cohen said.

The “PantsOnFire-Mobile” is a trailer pulled behind a car. The Bush character wears a flight suit with the words “Mission Accomplished” emblazoned on the back, a reference to the president’s declaration aboard the deck of an aircraft carrier that major hostilities had ended in Iraq (news – web sites). An electronic ticker on the front displays what Cohen says are Bush’s lies.

The head is a rotating cylinder with various Bush facial expressions.

Cohen is entitled to his opinions, and I’m entitled to never allow one scoop of Ben & Jerry’s in my house. Only Breyers, Dreyer’s or Blue Bunny will be the ice cream of choice that inhabits my freezer.

(link via Ramblings’ Journal)


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5 Responses to “Well, I Never Liked Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Anyway…”

  1. Jim on July 22, 2004 July 22, 2004 - 8:48 am

    MMMMMMMM…. Cherry garcia. Phish food. Yum!

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  3. S-Train on July 22, 2004 July 22, 2004 - 11:06 pm

    The things some people will do to prove their points.

  4. Ami M. Echeverri on July 23, 2004 July 23, 2004 - 3:01 pm

    *sob* But Phish Food, Darmon!

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