The TV Dinner is younger than John McCain.
Here we go again - another staple of my diet that is actually younger than John McCain.
First it was Chocolate Chip Cookies, then the Cobb Salad and Cheerios, and now the beloved TV Dinner.
What next?
Nachos? (Uh-oh… 1943)
Famous Amos Cookies (Crap… 1936)
Krispy Kreme Donuts (This is getting ridiculous… 1937)
Kraft Mac & Cheese, Good & Plenty, and Nescafe coffee (Wow… 1937)
Jesus, is there any food this guy ISN’T older than?
Beer and honey, at least, are older than McCain.
As far as actual agriculture goes… it’s a tossup. The fields in Mesopotamia may have been flooded the first time when John McC was just a wee bairn playing with the play stone tools he got for his birthday, including “little flinty” and My First Hammer, Chisel, and Saw tools (which all, of course, look like igneous softballs). In fact, I think it may have been McCain’s father (Taiwath, perhaps) that actually invented stone for his fourth birthday. So, perhaps McCain is older than most of the landmasses and the entire field of geology.
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Comment by td — May 14, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
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Pingback by John McCain » The TV Dinner. — May 14, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
Manna, as in the biblical stuff used to feed the wandering, disgruntled Israelites following Moses.
Some fruitcakes, due in large measure to all the alcohol, can date back to the 19th century.
Turkey legs, of the variety reportedly consumed with gusto by HenryVIII, would be older than Senator Straighttalk.
Oatmeal, older than McCain;
Comment by lostnacfgop — May 14, 2008 @ 10:37 pm
“disgruntled israelites” - i love that.
thanks for writing.
Comment by admin — May 14, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
Actually, Good&Plenty, the oldest branded candy in the United States, was first produced in 1893, making it, unbelievably, older than John McCain. Unlike, for instance, dirt.
Comment by fleisch — May 14, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
I read somewhere about loafs and fishes… that’s probably older but double check just in case.
Comment by David — May 15, 2008 @ 12:05 am
Someone on balloon-juice.com suggested the following:
Buddy Holly was born a week after John McCain. So not only was John McCain there the day the music died, he was there before the music was even born. The music is younger than John McCain!
Comment by Calouste — May 15, 2008 @ 2:03 am
McCain narrowly misses being younger than the Spanish Civil War. He is younger than Life Magazine, though. Also, in terms of snack food, popcorn has apparently been around for thousands of years. John McCain is also younger than automatic transmission, by the way! That one’s pretty okay.
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Comment by leostanley — May 15, 2008 @ 3:34 am
The ever-trusty Wikipedia tells me that commercially licensed television stations didn’t start broadcasting until 1941, so little Johnny wouldn’t even know what to do with all those food choices. At least mechanical television is older than him though. Maybe that would make for a good campaign slogan? “Vote McCain, the man who remembers mechanical TV”.
Comment by tiny emperor — May 15, 2008 @ 3:59 am
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Comment by Cynthia — May 15, 2008 @ 10:59 am
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Comment by Pandionna — May 15, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
Since we’re on the subject of TV dinners, aren’t TVs younger than John McCain too? Or at least the mass production of TVs. Love the blog!
Comment by Big Tex — May 15, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
Things that are younger than John McCain…
There are a lot of them, apparently. Like TV dinners, shopping carts, nylon, the Golden Gate Bridge……
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Comment by Daniel — May 15, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
OMG I haven’t read all the way through this blog but I’m in love with you already. Aside from his age, I’m REALLY wating for someone to address the fact that he appears to be hiding a softball in his right cheek? Or is that the turkey timer screaming “HE’S DONE, HE’S DONE”.?
Comment by Zoom — May 15, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Twinkies are just a little older than John McCain. There may even be an ACTUAL Twinkie that is older than John McCain, but that would be totally gross.
Comment by K.T. — May 15, 2008 @ 10:03 pm
yeah - i saw that about twinkies. wanted it to work in the worst way….
thanks for writing and for visiting the blog!
Comment by admin — May 15, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
Potato salad is older, fruit cake, and chewing gum are older than John McCain.
Comment by Elizabeth K. Mahon — May 16, 2008 @ 9:12 am
Isn’t Time itself younger than McCain? (I eat time all the time)
Comment by Jesus the lizard — May 16, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
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Pingback by Drasties - Nou breekt me de klomp. — May 17, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Though it does no harm to your thesis, Famous Amos isn’t as old as you think. He started the cookie biz in 1975.
Comment by Susan — May 19, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
I was startled to find out that preperation H is older then John McCain,…by one year.
Comment by Elaine B — May 23, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo
Oreos are older than Mccain!! They started in 1912.
I had to look it up, you were talking about cookies and they’re my favorite store-bought cookie. Mm.
Comment by Casey M — July 2, 2008 @ 10:51 pm