Slog - Comments on "Why Politicise It?" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it The locally elusive "'Midget' Promotional Liquor Branding Event" has resurfaced in Australia, where partying is the national pastime. At a bar called the Saint in St. Kilda, Melbourne, a shirtless/top-hatted/bar-top dwarf has been decanting Jägermeister directly into bargoers' gaping maws. Photos by the Port Phillip Leader; thanks to Slog tipper Apocalypse Tom Jägermeister, understandably, "has distanced itself from the promotion," according to the Port Phillip Leader; they've promised to investigate. Australian authorities are bent, having only recently caught on to the whole binge-drinking thing. (The government's been planning a 70% tax increase on pre-mixed "alcopops"; meanwhile, young members of Australia's... Copyright 2008 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:49:01 -0800 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:34:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PopTart Thank you for a post about a dwarf because ever since I saw Corteo I was wondering, what is the politically correct term for people of short stature these days and here is the perfect place to ask.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039131 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:57:14 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I think they prefer to call themselves Micromericans.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039141 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:05:20 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me He's kinda hot. For a midget...

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039142 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039142 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:06:09 -0800 Comment by D I've heard "little person" is the preference time and again over dwarf or midget.

]]> D http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039162 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:16:57 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Oh sweet Jesus, is Dems threatening to vote for McCain the new "moving to Canada"?

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039174 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:23:37 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I heard that too, D. But I always remembered it as a Billy Barty line from the movie Foul Play, right before he was tossed in a trash can and rolled into San Francisco Bay, so I've treated it as suspect.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039178 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039178 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:26:16 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways He's a hottie...which leads to the question, where do all the hot, gay little men hang out in Seattle?

We are, after all, the Emerald City...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039187 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:29:57 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Holy fuck.

You just earned your name, MS.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039196 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:33:31 -0800 Comment by meks That midget is ripped

]]> meks http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039198 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:33:41 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Well that settles the question of what happened to Josh Feit.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039213 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:42:39 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways WTF, Napoleon?!?!

Basically, what you're implying, is that little people/midgets/dwarves are freakish monsters and incapable of being sexually attractive beings. Shame on you.

That dude is cute; doesn't matter to me if he's 4 feet tall or 6 feet tall...ripped is ripped.

And you're just asking for a car load of little people to jump you on a street, drag you down an alley and anally rape the shit out of you while chanting, "one of us; one of us"

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039217 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039217 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:44:42 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV No, what I was saying is that most people don't post on SLOG looking for Munchkin Orgies.

That's what Manhunt is for.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039238 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:58:38 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me @11: Gooble gobble, gooble gobble!

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039248 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039248 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:06:31 -0800 Comment by Fnarf That Jell-O story is horrifying. It's ironic that that sort of thing is perfectly cool in the middle of the city's most historic district, while strippers, who I have to say are more dignified than that (almost anything would be), are vilified.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039338 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:43:31 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell I would do that dwarf.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039344 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:47:18 -0800 Comment by Brandon Burt Whether he prefers to be called "dwarf" or a "little person," I'm pretty sure, in this situation, it wouldn't be long before I would address him as, "Thank you, shir, may I have shome more?"


Seriously, he's hot--hot enough even to make me drink Jagermeister.


If JagerCorp's too squeamish to deploy this marketing strategy in the U.S., some other purveyor of hootch really should jump on it.

]]> Brandon Burt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039579 Nightlife Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:46:24 -0800 Comment by robo I'm sorry that small people keep getting exploited for stupid MTV shows, bad movies, and liquor promotions... but, this little dude if a mother fucking hottie!

]]> robo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039584 Nightlife Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:16:35 -0800 Comment by RG The little person is HAWT.

]]> RG http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039654 Nightlife Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:01:25 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways It was a joke, numbnuts...

dwarf=Munchkin=Emerald City=Oz reference

did I really have to spell it out for you?

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039711 Nightlife Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:41:02 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV You owe an apology to all Munchkin-Americans.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/why_politicise_it#c1039785 Nightlife Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:34:09 -0800