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Tuesday November 27, 2007
Category: CultureXmas gift for the one you hate
Honestly, I think if someone gave me this, I'd have to kill myself (Daniel, don't even think about bidding). Direct from eBay, Wavy Gravy will come plant his fat old hippie tuchus on your couch and bore you silly, if...Filed Under: party, Wavy Gravy
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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.
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Wow. I was born in 1985 and even I find the idea of a burned-out hippie coming to my house, sitting on my couch, creepy. I cna't imagine how long it would take to get the patchouli and marijuana scents out of the fabric.
Posted by: Zach | November 27, 2007 5:17 PM
Hippies scare me.
Posted by: Daniel | November 27, 2007 5:20 PM
"and bless the space in a way only Wavy Gravy can" ... the mind reels
Posted by: Alice's Restaurant | November 27, 2007 5:51 PM
Can you refuse the penalty, or at least bar him form using your bathroon? Figure he hasn't bathed in some time.
Posted by: Bugg | November 27, 2007 5:53 PM
I was an actual hippie in the actual 1960s and it's entirely possible that my horror at this idea is greater than y'all's.
Woodstock set the paradigm for a culture of infantilized consumers nurtured as a sort of livestock for hard-eyed businessmen.
Posted by: Maclin Horton | November 27, 2007 6:30 PM
I always wondered about the nature of Wavy Gravy's claim to fame. Yes, the pictures make him look like something of a burn-out, and he'd probably be hard to dislodge once he made himself at home on someone's couch. Plus, he probably wears Patchoulli oil or something similar that stinks to high heaven.
Rod, I think this is your chance for a really interesting interview (tongue firmly in cheek)!
Posted by: Alicia | November 27, 2007 6:54 PM
Oh, he'd probably just bring Cheech and Chong DVD's, and break down the True Meanings of them for you and the family.
No, wait -- he IS a Cheech and Chong film come to life.
WOW - HOWWW, MAAANN...
Posted by: Anonymous Also | November 27, 2007 7:45 PM
Folks, there are liberals out there who hate Woodstock. (This one, for instance.)
They just tend to be younger than 40 or so.
Posted by: Larry Parker | November 27, 2007 11:38 PM
Another hippie-hating liberal here (though I do love '60s music.) And I live in the Midwest's hippie haven--Madison, WI! I grew up in an era of hippie revival, what with Phish and Dave Matthews and (shudder) the String Cheese Incident. I have a Cartman-like distaste for them. Cut off your fake dreadlocks and get a job, kid!
Posted by: Insane Kitten | November 28, 2007 10:21 AM
I say we start a collection plate, and give this to Rod for Christmas.
Posted by: Chris | November 28, 2007 1:14 PM
Did some checking last night, and came to find out Owsley, The Acid King of Haight Ashbury back in the day, is still with us. (Whether that's good or bad is entirely your decision ;)).
So, maybe for an extra twenty bucks or so, Mr. Gravy (as I actually read him referred to) will throw in Owsley as a Special Guest in this Magical Mystery Tour.
Can wait to find out.
(PS: Did anyone know Gravy's original last name was Romney? I wonder if he's Mitt's burnout uncle or something like that).
Posted by: Anonymous Also | November 28, 2007 2:06 PM
On the bright side, the Ben and Jerry's ice cream named after him is yummy!
Posted by: Larry Parker | November 28, 2007 10:49 PM
You know, one good thing that Wavy Gravy did is to co-found the Seva Foundation, which provides sight to the blind, midwifery and prenatal care, clean water, help with education, and assistance to Native American youth. There are 45 million blind people in the world--most of them blind due to cataracts that could be corrected with a fifteen-minute operation that costs fifty dollars. I'd bid on Wavy Gravy and let him sit on my couch, too, if it meant a blind woman could see again. Go to seva.org and you can check it out for yourself.
Posted by: sigaliris | November 29, 2007 9:57 AM
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