In honor of the independence of the US of A, Cheez-It decided to throw a little promotion today. A 6'8" sculpture of Abraham Lincoln made out of a 1,000lb block of cheddar was placed near the Lincoln Memorial. Here is an article about the sculptor if you are interested.
So Michael and I decide we should honor Lincoln, cheese, and all things American, by going to witness such an amazing example of American ingenuity (aka marketing ploy.) When we got there, we waited in line to get our picture with the cheeseman.
The nice Cheez-it lady takes our picture with the cheddar Lincoln. As beautifully captured in the image below.
About 10 seconds after this photo is taken, Michael and I have moved about 2 steps away from Lincoln. And all of the sudden, FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, Lincoln's shoulders, face, and top hat come crashing to the ground. There is no one else nearby and the Cheez-It people and the sculptor gasp at the sight of Lincoln's hat and face lying smashed on the ground. Clearly they think we knocked it over, neither of us touched it or bumped it (that we know of, although Michael has a pretty incriminating foot placed behind the sign in the photo above.)
To make matters worse, CNN was there, about to film Lincoln and his sculptor. They just missed getting the dive bomb recorded on camera, otherwise we would have made youtube history as the Cheese Lincoln Killers. If anything, I would say it was involuntary manslaughter.
Here is a picture of the sculptor trying to resuscitate Abe. You can see the pieces of cheese on the ground and if you look closely at the top hat in his hand you can see it is smashed in. Abe was sent off to the van to do emergency reconstructive surgery and we were sent away without any free Cheez-Its. (jerks.)
Shortly after, we sent in our spies the Scotts to scope out the scene, because we weren't about to go back there. (We were hiding in the bushes a half a block away trying to watch what was happening.) Lincoln's head was back on and re-sculpted, but the iconic top hat was no longer. They must have used the hat cheese to re-carve the face.
Our apologizes to the honor of Lincoln. I say we we just in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I don't think that it would hold up in a court of law. A hilarious way to start the holiday weekend.
THIS JUST IN!!!
Here is CNN's live coverage of the event. Notice a very guilty looking Michael around 10 seconds in.
And here is another article on the killing of the Cheese Lincoln: Lincoln cheese statue unveiled, head falls off
8 comments:
Quote from the sculptor in the article: "It's a lot of research," he said. "I really enjoyed this carving so far — nothing's fallen off or broken."
Oh, hilarious. You guys and your shenanigans!
So good to see you yesterday. =)
this is so classic michael and amy. there is no doubt in my mind that michael was behind this in some way. he can add that to the list of things he has broken: http://fromwherethingsgountiltime.blogspot.com/2007/11/some-things-ive-broken.html
just leave a few monuments intact until we get there, ok?
You've now confirmed our suspicions that Michael is a decendant of John Wilkes Booth and we now understand why you had to move to Washington...to prepare for this day.
Further, this explains why I've long had such a strong desire to call him Michael Whitfield Sawyer ... everybody knows about the connection between three-namers and assassinations of Chezidents.
Amy, were you the woman who "shrieked in horror when the head collapsed at her feet?"
Too funny.
This is awesome. Who else would wait in line to see a cheese statue of Abe and then get on CNN because it broke... awesome.
While I did gasp at the sight of Lincoln falling at my feet, the woman who "shrieked in horror" was the Cheez-it lady who was holding my camera from the picture she had just taken of us.
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