Comments on: Unfortunate Last Names

By: Sean P

Sean P — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:54:22 +0000

Its a good thing Rape isn’t Mayor of Philladelphia or her slogan would be: “The City of Brotherly Love needs Rape.”

By: Joe Huffman

Joe Huffman — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:24:26 +0000

Most people probably didn't get the reference to Canola. Back on the farm I frequently hesitated when asked by our city cousins what crops we raised. This was because one of them was rapeseed. Yup, that really pretty field of bright yellow flowers is a Rape field. We have a lot of that around here. Do you want to get a closer look? And now for the rest of the story... It turns out there are two main varieties of Rape. The seeds of both are made into valuable oils. But one has a high (40%->60%) erucic acid content and the other does not (less than 2%). The high erucic acid variety is used for industrial purposes. The low erucic acid variety is used for food. Erucic acid is a health hazard when consumed but an essential component for high grade lubricants and other industrial uses. It also turns out that the low erucic acid Rape seed oil is one of the most healthy food grade oils. But the growers and distributors of Rape seed had a "name problem". It just doesn't sound quite right when you get a message from your spouse to "Please pick up some Rape oil at the store on your way home tonight." It was pair of plant breeders in Canada that created the first low erucic acid oil so they called it "Canola" for Canadian oil, low acid. And now you know... the rest of the story.

By: damnum absque injuria » Anti-Gunners for Rape

damnum absque injuria » Anti-Gunners for Rape — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:14:03 +0000

[...] not kidding. Comments [...]

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:00:12 +0000

Bloomberg’s list, eh? Shouldn’t that be Gun Control Advocates for Rape?

By: Snowflakes in Hell » Blog Archive » Setting Political Sights on Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Mayors, Part IV

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:49:57 +0000

[...] to mention, some of these mayors have their eye on higher offices (hopefully not Mayor Rape). Consider Mayor John Callahan of Bethlehem (population 71,329) who is challenging Congressman [...]

By: workinwifdakids

workinwifdakids — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:38:29 +0000

Dateline PA: Former Pres. Clinton Vacations in Harmony, Manages to Avoid Rape

By: Oakenheart

Oakenheart — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:23:06 +0000

I’ll legally change my name to Pillage – for one billion dollars! muahahahaha

;)

By: Bitter

Bitter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:05:05 +0000

And B Smith might have just won the internet with that suggestion.

By: B Smith

B Smith — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:58:59 +0000

Hmm…she needs to find a running-mate named ‘Pillage’. Any takers?

By: Bitter

Bitter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:41:55 +0000

We thought about that, Matt. However, the signs would still say Rape just like you would expect to read it. That’s when we really started laughing about the terrible slogans and campaign signs.

And Jennifer, it may well be a bit of symbolic truth in advertising. Unfortunately, we don’t know anyone there to know if she’s a good or bad mayor.