Why does this make me think of bacon strips?
PETA has asked the T for permission to hang snakes from subway grab bars as a way to convince people not to buy snakeskin purses or something, but says it'll hang snakes even if the T says no. Ball's in your court, MBTA: Will you charge PETA $650 per snake?
UPDATE: The MBTA's Joe Pesaturo says:
This morning, we referred PETA to the T's advertising contractor, Titan 360, to get rates for their ad campaign. But the MBTA has notified PETA that one proposed element of their campaign will not be approved. In the interest of customers' safety and comfort, the MBTA does not permit advertisers to hang objects from the ceilings and handrails of subway cars.
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Yeah, this will build support
By Peter
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:28am
Yeah, this will build support for PETA. Great idea....
Plenty of space!
By Udonymous
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:23am
All the phobics will avoid this car, so I'm going to look for it!
Got That Right
By Suldog
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:09am
My Dad was terrified of snakes. He would have walked into that car and dropped dead immediately from a heart attack.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
OMG.
By Craiggles
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:47am
I hope they hang enough to fix the T's budget problems.
Ironic
By Cutriss
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:23am
Ironic...considering that the T's budget problems were caused by snakes (in the legislature)...
$231 million snakes!
By HenryAlan
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:36am
And we are home free on the budget gap!
I'm not one to credit PETA with a sense of humor
By limeduck
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:29am
but wasn't that item posted yesterday, April 1?
Maybe
By Nonymouse
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:25am
But they're fake snakes, which makes this about 700% less insane than other stunts PETA has pulled. The only result of this is that a lot of people will have new fake snakes to play/freak out their roommates with.
This makes want to buy a
By RhoninFire
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:43am
This makes want to buy a snake skin bag. Can they do anything that actually win sympathy and support? With *(&*(*(*( like this and then the even more fundamental issue that they euthanize more pets than anyone else, how are they still alive?
Go ahead. Buy a snake skin
By anon
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:49am
Go ahead. Buy a snake skin bag. Wear animal fur. Eat veal. Do it because you want to though, not because of a knee jerk reaction against an organization. Don't be a lemming.
Lemming. Yum.
By riggs not logged in
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 3:12pm
Lemming. Yum.
Lemmings do NOT commit mass suicide...
By anon
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 6:54pm
It is an urband legend. Started by Disney, unsurprisingly.
www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.asp
met·a·phor [ méttə fàwr
By NotWhitey
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 8:50pm
met·a·phor
[ méttə fàwr ]
met·a·phors Plural
NOUN
1.
implicit comparison: the use to describe somebody or something of a word or phrase that is not meant literally but by means of a vivid comparison expresses something about him, her, or it, e.g. saying that somebody is a snake
2.
figurative language: all language that involves figures of speech or symbolism and does not literally represent real things
3.
symbol: one thing used or considered to represent another
[ 15th century. Via French or Latin < Greek metaphora < metapher
Not quite...
By anon
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:20pm
Comparing people who blindly follow trends to lemmings, who are thought to blindly commit mass suicide, is the metaphor.
What is incorrect is the assumption that lemmings actually perform such an act. They do not.
Do they get eaten by snakes?
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:07pm
Do they get eaten by snakes?
I just woke up
By Denise
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:50am
-- and my eyes are still blurry. I said to myself why is there a picture of a T car with pieces of bacon hanging all over the place?
Mmmm Bacon
By anon
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:11am
I'd support bacon hanging from the ceiling
Maybe bacon wrapped snake
By HenryAlan
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:52am
I'm sure it's some kind of hip ethnic delicacy just waiting to happen. As long as we eat the snake, it's okay to use the skin for boots, right?
Unreal
By anon
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 11:35am
...I thought the same exact thing. Delicious thoughts ensued.
Even if we cant all agree on the ethical treatment of animals, we can certainly all agree on bacon.
That would creep me out if I
By Mea
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 10:28am
That would creep me out if I hopped on a train with those hanging from the ceiling. Although, if it fixes the budget, I'll just duck really low so they can't touch me ;) (I know they aren't real but would still give me the chills) -Mea www.hertrainstories.blogspot.com
Those snakes
By Kaz
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 4:53pm
Rubber snakes as part of an ad?
They'd last all of about 20 minutes on the first day of school.
Hoax bomb law?
By Ophidiophobe
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 7:12pm
I know it's not a hoax *bomb*, but shouldn't this qualify under the hoax terrorism shenanigans? I'd certainly be terrorized walking onto a car like that.
No.
By eeka
Tue, 04/03/2012 - 6:05pm
Phobias are unreasonable by definition. So there wouldn't be any threat to a reasonable person.