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This isn't a propos of anything politically meaningful... at least I don't think it is, though I'm sure there are some who might argue... I just found it kind of entertaining though some might believe that it's actually a PSA of some kind... I was watching the news this morning and there was a piece on one of the many 'Awareness Campaigns' that have cropped up in the last few years... It seems sometimes that there are so many awareness campaigns (and different coloured ribbons to go with them) that they almost lose their meaning because we're so overwhelmed by them, but I thought some of you might be interested in this particular campaign. At first, when I went online to find information about it, it seemed contradictory because there's an entire month devoted to awareness of this 'issue' and it's August, but then there's a day devoted to it - September 29th... yesterday - and I couldn't figure out why the disparity... or bad organization, because this is actually a world-wide awareness campaign... both the month and the day, and then I realized that yesterday's 'event' is considered a sort of adjunct to Breast Cancer Awareness, and the Run for the Cure events that are being held across North America this weekend, and the Run today (the 30th)...

In any case, you might be happy to know that August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and yesterday was Breastfeeding Awareness Day... and so at 11:00 a.m. on the 29th of September, mothers across North America gathered in restaurants that had agreed to host this event, and simultaneously began to breastfeed their babies...

I'm only sorry that I had no idea this was happening beforehand, or I would have let you all know on Friday - September 28th... I hope none of you are too chestfal.. I mean crestfallen that you missed celebrating such an important day of awareness for women and babies everywhere (and men too!... to borrow an idea from that great mind, Sally Field, perhaps if breastfeeding mothers ruled the world, there'd be no war! Crap!... I guess it is sort of a political issue if you choose to make it one)... I know I was terribly disappointed the first time I heard about Talk Like a Pirate Day the day after and had to wait an entire year for it to roll around again...

Yar!
SMO

I think breast feeding is a good idea, and it's better than bottle feeding and that people need to be aware that breast feeding is better for children, but I also think that standing around in a restaurant breastfeeding is kind of dumb. It just seems like another publicity stunt to get people to notice them. You can raise awareness perfectly well without having big breast feeding orgies in a local restaurant.

It is a good idea, and healthier and cheaper than formula unless otherwise necessary... But the restaurants involved weren't open to the public for this... they allowed the women to gather and to do this, again, as part of breastfeeding awareness AND because this weekend IS the Breast Cancer Foundation's Run for the Cure event...

Was it a publicity stunt... of course it was... they're raising money for charity... would hardly be productive or meaningful without publicity, and no one was running amok with their tatas hanging out in an unseemly fashion. They were seated and demurely covered. So... yeah... you can raise awareness (though I think orgy is a... pointed.... word to use in this situation), but they succeeded in getting more attention than they would have otherwise, and in getting media attention, they do get more attention... and for charity, money...

That's the thing about media events... they are, by nature, publicity stunts... it's a question of what kind of publicity, and in this instance, I don't think it was so bad... Besides... most were held at Applebeas... if they'd been held at Hooters, I think it would have been a different story.

Still, I think publicity stunts are dumb... but then again, it's just my opinion.

We need to raise awareness about awareness. Let's declare today the awareness awareness day.

I wonder if waiters and busboys were involved in breastfeeding activities at the restaurant, and what exactly they had to do and how the tips were calculated - 10-20 per cent of what?

Also if I wanted to participate and they wouldn't let me in, could I sue the restaurant for discriminating against me based on sex, age, and boob size?

We missed the BOOBS NOT BOTTLES day this year, but we must make a notch in our collective calendar not to miss it next year. I've always thought the Cube needed a calendar of events but never had time to set it up.

Hey, it's really important now not to miss the Global Orgasm For Peace Day on Dec. 22 which is Winter Solstice. https://www.globalorgasm.org.

Got HBO?

I think U.N Day is coming up soon... we better keep our eyes peeled for that holiest of holy holidays.

If we have an Awareness Awareness day we have to have those plastic wrist bands to go along with it so that people remember it is Awareness Awareness day all day long. Maybe wrist bands that look like those plastic tie down things that cops use for handcuffs? Maybe wristbands that look like handcuffs? I think every day should be Awareness Awareness day. That way donations for Awareness could pour in all the time. I wonder if a 527 (is it 527? 521?, whatever...) non-profit could be based on an Awareness Awareness foundation. If it were an actual non-profit it would even qualify to be part of the Federal Government worker campaign contribution program. That's the big bucks.

Perhaps we could even have an Global Awareness Awareness Day concert? We will no doubt wish to employ Algore in this project. Maybe start some awareness groups such as Rock the Awareness? Maybe a symbol of a folded ribbon with a folded ribbon on it? Personally I believe if we can get 100 million people to become aware at the same time, we can make the entire planet shudder as it becomes at least partially aware of itself!

This has got me thinking... or aware that I'm thinking... a concert is a good idea, but are we assuming it will be a 'rock' concert?... That would make us 'unaware' of all the people who prefer other types of music... or unaware of the other types of music other people might like... so it should really be an Awareness of All Types of Music Concert...

And, really... to be completely Aware, we must be aware of unawareness... Should we therefore have an official Awareness day FOR Unawareness?... The motto could be, "I Did Not Know That!"...

Geez... I just wanted to wind you guys up about boobs a little... or a lot... this has all caught me unawares... But as usual, I think it's a grand idea...

We need a calendar... and a bracelet... I like the Zip Tie/Plastic Handcuff idea, though we'd have to be careful not to be mistaken as trying to impersonate police officers or rapists (as those are the two main carriers of Zip Ties, statistically speaking... )... so, if we were going to carry Official Awareness Zip Ties around to raise money, we should probably not have garbage bags, duct tape, box cutters, pepper spray, rubber gloves, cleaning solution, or walkie talkies with us.... or diapers, in case we were mistaken for crazy stalking NASA flight crew... so I'd have to leave my "Canadarm" at home as well... damn... I love my Canadarm... and we'd need an Official Awareness Day Logo to put on the Zip Ties (which come in all different colours!!! So we wouldn't have to commit or have a problem with existing campaigns...)... It could be a little brain... or an eye - like a third eye, though that's a bit fluffy... maybe a little brain charm or logo... something we could snap on to the Zip Tie cheaply... or actual brains (we could ask the proles to donate, though that would, by the by, impinge on their own individual awareness to some degree... we could tell them it's For The Children... and they do owe the Kollective for raising their awareness...)... We'd have to put warning labels on them and make sure none of the parts or brains came from China... Make parents aware not to let their small children suck on them for too long, in case all the brains wore off, or we'd inadvertantly used the brains of someone with some type of spongiform encephalitis or scrapie or Jakov-Schmirnoff Disease or whatever it's called... yeah.. definitely not brains from China... or the UK... Canada is okay though... honest... we became aware that it's not such a hot idea to feed the rendered remains of any type of animal TO ITSELF in a sort of endless Oroboros of Feedlot Tailbiting... though apparently, there are parts of Papua New Guinea where they still think this is a good idea and eat each other's brains... but enough about brains....

Last, but not least, Commissar Pupovich's statement to the effect that we could make the entire planet (((shudder))) as it becomes at least partially aware of itself scares the shit out of me, and I've become aware, in the process, that while Awareness DAY might be a really good idea, actual Awareness on any level by most of the populace is probably one serious scary-assed proposition... I believe, therefore, that we must proceed with caution.... at least, as far as the ACTUAL Awareness is concerned... Making them Aware of the existence of Awareness Day itself, and the existence of something they can purchase to commemorate it and feel a part of it all might be a good starting place... but let's hold off on any kind of real awakening for a bit, if you don't mind... we may be playing with fire here, and I checked and as of today, there is no Playing With Fire For Dummies... Or Awareness For Dummies, for that matter... Again... I urge caution... Caution, and a calendar... Because, now that I've been made aware of the absence of a calendar, I am aware that I want one... need one, actually...

Y'see... Breastfeeding really is important!!!
Thank you Red Square... Thank you for making us all that much more Aware.
SMO

If people are going to be aware of Awareness for a full 24 hours, we better start thinking of a way - or dare I say a law/government regulation - that will keep them up and aware for the full 24 hours. Maybe we could sell hats with little metal instruments that keep eyes pried open? Or... maybe... we can have some sort of Zip-tie with a shock collar like attachment to it which would send 10,000 volts of awareness to those who are not being aware enough of Awareness Awareness Day? The sky is the limit on this... let's just make sure we do it right so no one misses out on all the awareness. Because... after all... it is for the Children. We do it all for them.

SMO, that was brilliant! Simply brilliant and I renounce myself for not being considerate of the awareness challenged citizens. "I Did Not Know That" is the perfect motto for Unawareness Awareness Day.

Awareness Awarness day needs a special Hat of Awareness. I know tinfoil is very "in" but really a pyramid hat would be most moonbat trendy:


Pyramid Hats

We could sell 'em. Might be a big draw. The pyramid hat will act as a mystical thingamabob that magically channels the energy of the universe to the minds of moonbats thus raising their awareness without any thought or effort on their part and channelling their dollars into our pockets, where it will be far more productive.

Believe it or not, if we actually sold some of these things there would be people that claimed that the pyramid hat raised their awareness.


"I did not know that."

"I know."

Does it matter which compass point it is oriented toward... the guy in the picture on the site... the one that looks like a bit like Kenny Logins (and may well be) has his on crooked... if it is not on right, will it fry certain areas of his brain and undercook others?... Certainly, avoiding tinfoil will make the wearer microwave safe.

Also, I had a vision (yes... a vision... of our blessed Algore aloft above the Church of Climatology... though it could have been the trip to Taco Bell and the seven side orders of jalapenos stuffed into two regular tacos)... In my vision, Algore was floating, the tips of his toes barely visible as they peaked out from under his robe, but clearly freshly annointed with 10W30 by Tipper's Hair (you could see a bleached blonde one hanging from where it had caught on the toenail of his second toe, non-CFC shallac hair spray glinting in the sun), his arms outstretched as if to try to hold the masses to his fleshy bosom... and he was wearing a pyramid hat of a particularly spectactular design... you see... the bottom, or base, which sat on his holy head, was painted... but on point above that... literally balanced point-to-point, was another pyramid hat - or another part of his mitre... AN INVERTED TINFOIL PYRAMID!... That's right!... and it's shininess and directionality, straight upward, like an angular parabolic dish of some sort (well... not parabolic, but dishlike and aimed upward) reflecting the sun's rays upward toward the sky so that a beam of pure light shot staight out and up from his head and away from the earth, thus reflecting the overheating light of the sun's rays away from earth and allowing it to cool to it's normal temperature! I believe it was a vision of a 'cure' for global warming... and then my point of view changed and I was seeing earth from high high above the atmosphere, and I could see hundreds upon hundreds upon thousands rays of the sun's reflected light, shining like stars, but from earth... cooling it...

... and then I puked up a bunch of jalapenos and Pepsi... but it was a really kewl vision and I liked the hat...

I'm going to get more tacos and jalapenos... I wonder what it would be like with Orange Crush?

How about a special People's Cube Hat of Awareness. It blocks out all external stimuli thus heightening your awareness of awareness.

This item should go for from five dollars to five thousand dollars, depending. Great for marching down those busy downtown streets and while marching for awareness on freeways during rush hour.

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I love this pyramid scheme you guys are cooking up (get it... pyramid scheme... har! har! har! I'm here all night, folks!). Oh... and this inverted pyramid hat can also cook food since it gets so super heated! Yes! No longer will we have to use Earth harming energy sources to cook our meals! PROGRESS! But... we could also attach solar panels to these inverted pyramid hats to power our Seg-Ways (since we all know walking contributes to Global Warming. Oh, and these Seg-Ways will also be rationed out by the government). I mean, just imagine the cost of these hats if we add solar panels to them... also think of the cost when we create a federal program to pay for these hats (not to mention the Seg-Ways). Ugh, I think I just shat myself thinking about all the money we can make off of this.... and... people... will... BUY IT! As if they have a choice in the first place. Voting Democrat and taxes!

I look forward to the day when all the rank and file are wearing the People's Cube Hat of Awareness. This hat is actually sort of a metaphor for the purpose of the Party. Once everyone is wearing this hat, so to speak, mankind will be ready to march to victory - led by the vanguard of revolution!

$.$. Halliburton wrote:How about a special People's Cube Hat of Awareness. It blocks out all external stimuli thus heightening your awareness of awareness.

This item should go for from five dollars to five thousand dollars, depending. Great for marching down those busy downtown streets and while marching for awareness on freeways during rush hour.

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It's like The Cube's version of Bloomingdale's Little Brown Bag... I feel the need to go and buy shoes.... and more tacos.... why does Taco Bell close at 10:00 but McD's stay open all night?... it's just not right... not right at all...

All you need to do is put on a People's Cube Hat of Awareness and think tacos. Paste pictures of tacos inside your hat, that will help.

Hmmm. Your thoughts are on breast feeding... tacos and orange crush in the middle of the night...

Do dolphins have pods or families?

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Our pods are our families... we live in extended family groups as well as accepting lone members from other pods... we are pro-diversity, though we stay with our own subspecies, family-wise... We would not accept a Spinner into our bottlenose pod, but we can all get along mostly. Spinners are excellent dancers - very beautiful acrobatics and their males are most excellent bow-runners... very protective.

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An explanation is in order. The Awareness Awareness idea came from our friends at Dick List - https://dicklist.blogspot.com/ but it's been a while and I can't find it in their archives.

Loved all the ideas, comrades. I think something wonderful is going to happen.


But...

We're going to need a bigger spaceship.

Can we make it clear that Sister is not with calf please?... at least, not that I am aware of, and they don't make a 'home pregnancy' test that allows a dolphin to pee on a stick yet... I just had a bad craving for tacos and a whack of jalapenos... honest...