The Ultimate Picture of American Awesomeness
A while back Frank asked people to describe a “visual representation of American awesomeness“.
I think this comes pretty close:
Burning red meat, 2 cars in the driveway, wifebeater, sunglasses, cigarette, and American flag.
Not sure where his beer is. I’m guessing he just finished it, and his wife is inside fetching him another one.
The image gets spoiled a little by the blue recycle bin in the background, but I’ll just tell myself that it’s been sitting in that exact same spot since the city issued it to him 10 years ago, and is now so full of cobwebs that if you dropped a bowling ball into it, it’d get stuck halfway down.
[Via Winning at Everything]
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May 7th, 2012 at 10:21 am
wheres the shotgn?
May 7th, 2012 at 10:28 am
Shaitana – obviously on the front porch, laying across grandpa’s lap, as you can see there are no kids on the lawn.
May 7th, 2012 at 10:42 am
“Winning at Vacation”? Isn’t that Obama’s slogan?
May 7th, 2012 at 10:47 am
Salt and pepper? That’s it?
Oh, Harvey, this guy needs a lesson from Jimmy.
May 7th, 2012 at 11:01 am
Is that a recycling bin or one if those big plastic wheeled garbage cans?
May 7th, 2012 at 11:27 am
Swap out he cig for a Havana, add barefoot pregnant wife and 13 year old son mowing the lawn.
May 7th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Rayfan87 – I’m pretty sure the blue thing is for recycling, since that’s how most cities color-code their bins. Also, if you look closely at the larger picture on the Winning at Everything site (follow the link at the bottom of the post), you can see the top of the slightly larger, dark-green trash bin directly behind the blue bin.
May 7th, 2012 at 11:50 am
The blue recycle bin is full of ice and beer.
May 7th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
The fireworks are in the garage ready for musically-choreographed, electronic deployment.*
(*This year’s will be bigger than ever.)
May 7th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Smells like meat and freedom! Needs some hippy face-punching in the background to truly be Americawesome, though… Maybe that’s not something you enjoy on your vacations?
May 7th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Swap out that beige POS car next to the SUV for either a ’69 Chevelle with a 454 or a stock ’56 Nomad, Ted Nugent, with his amps out on the lawn, tapping his booted toe as he riffs on “Stranglehold”, and an Air Force flyover and you’re damn near the perfect image of USAwesomeness.
May 7th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
That blue thing looks exactly like my (city-issued) garbage can.
May 7th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Two problems with the photo. 1. how do you know he’s a wife beater? He’s just a man doin his grillin. 2. Where’s the gun?
May 7th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Oh, Fishlaw…I believe he means the Tshirt….it’s called a “wife beater” in some circles…
Gun is around somewhere….FOR SURE!!
May 7th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Fishlaw – Charlotte’s right, I was referring to the shirt:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeveless_shirt#A-shirt
May 7th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
He’s missing his Army/Navy/USMC tattoo.
Do airmen get tattoos? I mean other than a teddy bear on their hieny.
May 7th, 2012 at 5:02 pm
You guys missed the no plates on the turd next to the awesome SUV! I’m sure they are safe with the local PD after the 4th or 5th DWI. Hey, a real American’s gotta have some fun drivin’ after drinkin’, right? F those pussies at NOW or HAG or MUD or MAD or whatever! Whooooooo Hooooooooo! Takes a swig, fires gun in the air, slaps wife and scratches nads!!!
May 7th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
A) The Recycle Bin is for his used brass, which he will reload later.
B) The proud look on his face is probably because he is watching the kids firing his guns to get more “burgers” for the grill.
C) The beer is in the plastic cup on the side of the grill…”This here’s a party, dammit man ya’ gotta’ class it up” !
D) The beer cooler was way too big to fit in the picture.
E) Billy Bob got another thing right: Burn the meat, not The Flag !!!!
(I’m just guessing..I’ll bet this guy pronounces it: o-BAM-a)
May 7th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
I have been in this position many times in the past. The only real differences would be more beer, fireworks and a Ruger Blackhawk in the hip pocket. Winning indeed!