If You Don’t Buy That Handmade Scarf, the Terrorists Will Have Won
Business Review’s profile of 16 Hands Gallery provides what we can only describe as a uniquely Ann Arbor perspective on September 11th. “While Sept. 11 saw a drop in business, it has had a second effect… ‘People now are more drawn toward having a personal connection with what they buy. They don’t want something manufactured. They want something handmade.’” “Let’s Roll” bumper stickers notwithstanding…
Sheesh, talk about non sequiters…how does 9/11 have anything at all to do with not wanting “something manufactured”? Plus the purchased object that people have a personal connection with most is often a car.
posted by Michael McC. on October 27th, 2005 at 3:24 pmhaha
posted by Spirit of 711 on October 27th, 2005 at 7:16 pmI’d like to start a new campaign: DWM! Down with whimsy! Or what about MAW, Mothers against whimsy!
16 Hands is a perfect place to start. Maybe we can even take all of Main Street!
Did you know that every year at least one person injures him/herself by slicing a finger on a rough-edged metal sculpture of a fish with giant, swirly eyeballs?
And I can venture a guess that at least one marital fight has ended up with a dragonfly-on-a-stick garden decoration poked in someone’s eye, or strangulation by swirly-painted silk scarf.
Let’s stop this before the Disease of Whimsy spreads any further!
posted by Jordan on October 28th, 2005 at 12:41 pmJordan, there is already a bubbling “Fuck Whimsy” movement in Ann Arbor. Join the ranks.
posted by Brandon on October 28th, 2005 at 7:26 pmMovement? That’s a fucking revolution!
posted by Dale on October 29th, 2005 at 2:57 amA store in ann arbor that caters to middle-to-upper income citizens over the age of 30? This is big news, folks! But honestly, the bird’s eye maple coffee table with walnut inserts sounds absolutely delightful. I am sure every asshole with grey pubes in ann arbor has one now.
posted by Real Big on October 30th, 2005 at 12:45 pmnot to be to persnickety, Real Big, but assholes don’t have pubes, they have butthairs.
posted by Buzz on November 1st, 2005 at 12:49 pmDon’t trust anyone over 30, especially with your home decor.
posted by Dave on November 1st, 2005 at 1:34 pmwhat’s wrong with grey pubes? Think about it, it is inevitable!
posted by Anonymous on March 12th, 2006 at 9:34 amWhat if an asshole is so big that it spans city boundaries? What if only the pubes in Ann Arbor are gray? What if the pubes in Pittsfield and Ypsi were still auburn, red, or blonde?
posted by A Different Jon on March 12th, 2006 at 10:43 am