Barack Obama Folded You And Origami Crane
BARACK Obama gives you Barack Obama is your New Bicycle.
What you see on the screen, in all capital letters, is nothing but a fortune cookie-like message that tells you something good (though purely invented) that Barack Obama has done for you:
“Barack Obama took off when he heard you weren’t coming,” for instance.
Click on the words and a new good deed pops up: “Barack Obama carries a picture of you in his wallet,” for instance, or “Barack Obama held your hand when you were frightened.”
The site opened just last week and the domain name is registered to Mathew Honan, 35, San Francisco-based contributing editor to Wired magazine. He explained how it came about in response to a query I sent via e-mail:
I came up with the idea for the site last week, on [Wednesday, Feb.]13, while riding the bus up Market Street on my way home for the day. My wife is an avid cyclist, and loves to talk about bikes and cycling. Recently, she’s gotten really active in the Obama campaign, and I had been kidding her that “Barack Obama is your new bicycle.” There seem to be a lot of people who feel that way.
I told one of my friends about it, and it made him laugh too. And then the idea just sort of fell into place. I got home, registered the domain, and had everything up just as it is now four hours or so after I thought of the idea. Needless to say, I’m pretty surprised at how it took off.
I thought it was something my wife and friends would get a kick out of, but I had no clue it would be all over the blogs and news sites. There are even sites in Italy, the Netherlands, and France linking to it.
Gordon Brown…
Posted: 27th, February 2008 | In: Politicians Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
