Slog - Comments on Lay It Down, Clown http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown David Sedaris on the undecideds. To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?” To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked. I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?... Copyright 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:11:31 -0800 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:56:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cdc So is Sedaris saying that McCain the platter of shit and Palin the broken glass, or is it the other way around? I demand a clarification.

]]> cdc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179676 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:17:54 -0800 Comment by Carollani Perfect. Absolutely spot-on.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179688 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179688 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:26:54 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo "But what do we really know about the chicken?"

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179690 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:27:58 -0800 Comment by N But I hear the chicken used to shit. Can we really trust a chicken that used to pall around with shit?

]]> N http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179712 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:40:34 -0800 Comment by sam bit maybe those shards could be useful? for something? maybe?

]]> sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179723 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:47:50 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I don't know if I can completely trust the chicken.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179726 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:49:48 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity I'm afraid the chicken may have anti-American sentiments. I think the media should look into this.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179742 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:57:50 -0800 Comment by sepiolida I'm sure Obama would pick the shit so he could use the broken glass to hijack the plane and crash it into something.

]]> sepiolida http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179764 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:07:57 -0800 Comment by ingulpedAndInflames Do I feel safe with this chicken? Maybe we should take another poll?

]]> ingulpedAndInflames http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179787 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179787 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:23:12 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba Am I wrong, or does Sedaris gets off a sly one by choosing this metaphor? He presents a slam dunk that it's nicer to eat airplane chicken than airplane pooglass; however, making that obvious choice still gets us served a meal of airline chicken. Perhaps he's suggesting we might do well to lower our expectations of an Obama presidency from "delicious" to "at least palatable."

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179793 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:29:59 -0800 Comment by ellarosa looks like people really are choosing the chicken, though. bachmann has quite possibly ruined herself with the voters this year. check this out:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/10/bachmann_goes_boom.html?nav=rss_blog

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179794 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:30:01 -0800 Comment by Evergreen Student The shit and broken glass would be environmentally friendly. Factory raised chicken is a tragedy on a scale unparalleled in human history. When presented with these choices, I would go hungry. Why isn't there a third option?

]]> Evergreen Student http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179797 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:31:31 -0800 Comment by Bob #10, I'm not sure Sedaris is capable of that level of metaphor. Probably accidentally deep like that.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179798 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:32:36 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie Chickens don't say the pledge of allegiance! Never seen a chicken with a flag pin! Muslims eat chicken! I'm voting poo glass!

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179801 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179801 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:33:45 -0800 Comment by mackro mackro Maybe Sedaris is subtely saying that the whole "undecideds" thing is just a big chimera now.

It's just a matter of which side the formerly undecideds have taken.

Did they vote with their health or vote with their beliefs at the expense of their health?

]]> mackro mackro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179824 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:47:48 -0800 Comment by DENVEROPOLIS We will re-defeat Obama in November! Poop/Glass-Shard '08!! Glass-Shard/Clinton '12!!!

]]> DENVEROPOLIS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179828 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179828 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:49:04 -0800 Comment by HRH Sedaris is from the south, he should know exactly why people choose shitglass over chicken. Shitglass has been imbued all of its life with the idea that chicken is shiftless, lazy, and inferior to himself. Chicken has a crazy sounding name that Shitglass finds distinctly "other". It goes on and on. I would, however, move to refer to McCain from now on as "Shitglass." Can I get a second?

]]> HRH http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179833 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:52:12 -0800 Comment by inkweary Undecideds are either attention seekers, morons, completely uninformed, or a combination of all three. That means they will probably choose the shit-glass since only someone stupid who didn't know how bad it would be for them or wanted the world to watch them shit and vomit blood would make that choice.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179834 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:53:16 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @18,

Don't undecideds usually break for whoever is ahead? So, in the end, they're just looking to blindly follow. Figures.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179866 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179866 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:06:07 -0800 Comment by Seajay Not so fast. Is it free-range, fairly-traded, organic shit versus farmed chicken?

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179880 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:15:03 -0800 Comment by The Replacements Got a big switchblade, drop drop bill a tease
There's a deal goin' down, it don't go down around me

Rumors keep on spreadin' all over town
Lay it down clown, lay it down
Lay it down clown, lay it down

Spirit is willing and you think you got what it takes
The only exercise you ever get is the shakes

Rumors keep on spreadin' all over town
Lay it down clown, lay it down
Lay it down clown, lay it down

Get back to the hills, get back to back where you belong
Finally found out which way the wind blows

The rumors keep on spreadin' all over town
Lay it down clown, lay it down
Lay it down clown, lay it down
Lay it down clown, lay it down
Lay it down clown, lay it down

]]> The Replacements http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179886 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:16:27 -0800 Comment by I'll have the Peanuts It is very obvious that McCain is the shit and Palin is the broken glass.

]]> I'll have the Peanuts http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179907 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:25:18 -0800 Comment by amy! Damn all you people choosing chicken! All they had was poo glass by the time they got to me in the back of the plane.

]]> amy! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179909 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:25:44 -0800 Comment by Geni Um...cake, please?

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179955 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:55:35 -0800 Comment by PoopglassArmy @16, You almost had me, then I saw you used "Obama" instead of "NObama". Better luck next time.

]]> PoopglassArmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179956 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179956 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:56:04 -0800 Comment by inkweary @23 Funny! You should've ordered a special meal.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179964 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179964 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:04:51 -0800 Comment by Kaypro Dang, someone here has already used the "spot-on" cliche. I call first dibs on "hit it out of the ballpark."

]]> Kaypro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179970 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:12:03 -0800 Comment by Greg Tiger petters.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1179985 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:25:42 -0800 Comment by 4f...sake Please post David Sedaris talking about his brother "Rooster" with the "fuckit bucket"

]]> 4f...sake http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1180238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/lay_it_down_clown#c1180238 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:56:28 -0800