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(Please not that this story has been tagged by Mice Media Watch for inaccuracy, inappropriateness, and political bias)Hungry Farfour is waiting for a vegetarian falafel platter at a cafe in Nablus, when Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky notice a giant mouse eating alone, and decide to finally meet their most famous Palestinian fan.
“Hi, you must be Farfour,” Naomi says, trying to break the ice like Julie on the Loveboat.
“Oh my gosh. You guys are both famous writers, aren’t you? Would you like to have lunch and chat a bit?” Farfour does his best to hide his excitement, but he has been out of work for over a year now, his tiny little mouse home has been demolished to make way for a rat colony, and 400 members of his immediate family have been forced to live in an Israeli-funded lab that tests pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
A Mossad spy – Agent Greenwash – notices the bookish celeb duo chatting with Public Cartoon Enemy Number One, and the spy discreetly plunks himself down at the table next to theirs, disguised as a plant.
Farfour looks perplexedly at Noam, and asks: “Has that potted plant been sitting at the next table for a long time?”
Noam, sensing a bit of tension, quickly makes a joke: “It’s probably an Israeli news reporter manufacturing dissent, Farfour. Get it? I said dissent instead of consent. Am I clever or what?”
Farfour decides that it is best not to speak loudly as their safety may be in danger, and the group spend the rest of the working lunch silently passing text to each other on napkins.
After a few hits on their table-side bong, he forgets that he has been using the napkins as manuscripts, and wipes some delicious garlic humus off his mouth with an entire conversation about controlling public opinion through media filters.
Noam and Naomi later drove home together with paparazzi following close behind in a black Volvo SUV – a “We Support the Kiss Army” sticker positioned right above the rear kangaroo bar.
Luckily, the minor kerfuffle with an Israeli spy didn’t stop these two smart kids from North America from posting eye-opening articles for the alternative press about their meeting with this “brave refugee from children’s TV.”
Tags: celebrity culture, colonialism, disciplinary institutions, espionage, farfour, hegemony, media concentration, media control, media watch, mouse, nakba, naomi klein, nepotism, noam chomsky, palestine, positivism, qatzelok, text, the mossad, Western concern
March 26, 2009 at 23:01 |
A giant mouse dinning at a restaurant would be frowned upon by our local Heath Department. Of course, he is a celebrity, so maybe they would look the other way.
March 28, 2009 at 16:06 |
Naomi Klein has an entire book about the absence of mouse public space in Palestine. It’s called “No Mouse Hole.” She cares a lot about mice and stuff.
March 28, 2009 at 23:15 |
One of my standards from the lolz blog days. I hope it serves you well.
March 29, 2009 at 14:23 |
Your other highly succesful expression was “is all I’m saying.”
Your vintage memes are very Foghorn-Leghorn, dee.