Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention war hero?) John McCain

The indoor shopping mall is younger than John McCain.

Depending on who you ask (many cities seek to lay claim to the coveted title of “pioneer in bludgeoning the landscape), the first indoor shopping mall either was or was not the Southdale Center near Minneapolis.

(Thanks to Matt for the tip!)

I seem to be getting a lot of first time visitors to the site lately… and a lot of them hit the wall around page 3. So I thought I’d make it a little easier for people to find the older stuff by putting together a very unscientific list of the top posts (based on page views, number of comments, ones that I think really help make my case, and ones that I just thought were funny)… and here they are:

Assorted Diatribes
Ageism
A day in the life of a middle-class Republican

Books
The Grapes of Wrath

Codes
The Zip Code

Discoveries
Oil in the desert
Penicillin

Foods
The York Peppermint Pattie
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Cheerios

Images
A McCain campaign banner ad I wish we’d see
McCain goes after the youth vote
“Caption this photo” contest

Organizations
Mensa

People
Cindy McCain
Larry Flynt
Keith Richards
Ronald Reagan
My Mother
91% of America

Products
The Slinky
Scrabble
Duct Tape

Videos
McCain loses it on birth control issue
McCain says that his age is an issue

The LP Record is younger than John McCain.

I don’t know if this is true or not but, according to trivia-library.com, the inventor of the LP (an employee of Columbia Records who came up with the LP in 1948 as a way to overcome the interruptions to music made necessary by the constant need to turn over, then change, 78 rpm records) received no royalties for his invention. Instead, he received free copies of every LP produced by Columbia.

As an aside, this could potentially become a whole new offshoot of the site - wildly popular inventions that came and went during McCain’s lifetime… suggestions anyone?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are younger than John McCain.

In 1937, a time when it was apparently OK to refer to little people as “dwarves” (when we all know they much prefer to called… oh, never mind!), this classic film became the first full length animated feature produced by Walt Disney.

Here, thanks to Wikipedia, are some dwarf names that didn’t make the cut:

Awful, Bald, Biggo-Ego, Biggy-Wiggy, Burpy, Busy, Chesty, Cranky, Daffy, Dippy, Dirty, Dizzy, Doleful, Flabby, Gloomy, Graceful, Helpful, Hoppy, Hotsy, Hungrey, Jaunty, Lazy, Neurtsy, Nifty, Puffy, Sappy, Sneezy-Wheezy, Sniffy, Scrappy, Silly, Soulful, Strutty, Stuffy, Sleazy, Tearful, Thrifty, Tipsy, Titsy, Tubby, Weepy, Wistful, and Woeful.

Too bad McCain hasn’t picked a running mate yet - otherwise, we could start banging out the “Sleepy/Sleazy in ‘08″ bumper stickers right away!
(Thanks to Robin, florida, Christina, Mark, Samuel, Claudia, Jane, and Reverend F. for the tip!)

War of the Worlds is younger than John McCain.

Broadcast around Halloween in 1938, the radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic was seen as actual news and led some to believe that a Martian invasion was in progress. According to Wikipedia (so you know it’s true!), some people fled their homes while others simply pee’d their pants (OK, I made up the last part).
Tell me Fox couldn’t pull this off today…
(Thanks Cheyney, Perryn, Andy, Lee, Letitia, Chipsin, Jay, and Luke for the tip!)