27 Replies to “a post that explores what life would be like should we as a country write in — and subsequently elect — nothing but rutabagas”

1. mojo says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:28 am

   “It’s Rutabagas all the way down, they tell me.”

2. Carin says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:34 am

   I always get rutabagas confused with turnips. It’s like a mental block.

3. geoffb says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:36 am

   Rutaba-a-a-ga, rutaba-a-a-ga, rutaba-a-a-ga, rutaba-a-a-ga, rutabaga.

   Would you like a cigarette?

4. McGehee says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:36 am

   Rutabagas? Isn’t that what you get when you take the wheels off a Winnabaga?

5. Ernst Schreiber says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:41 am

   I’d vote for a yellowed cabbage before I’d vote for a rutabaga.

   I staunch like that.

6. Bob Reed says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:42 am

   I didn’t know that one could get high shooting curly bulbs.

7. cranky-d says:

   March 29, 2011 at 11:54 am

   One can certainly get mercury poisoning shooting enough curly bulbs.

   They’re Enviro-Friendly™!

8. eleven says:

   March 29, 2011 at 12:03 pm

   I’m pretty sure rutabagas only exist in old Bugs Bunny cartoons, but that still works for me.

   Please STOP governing me for christ sake.

9. LBascom says:

   March 29, 2011 at 12:48 pm

   In case anyone was curious, the Libya mission has cost US $550M so far. That’s a lot of shooting.

   Of the $550 million in added spending through Monday, about 60 percent was “for munitions, the remaining costs are for higher operating tempo” of U.S. forces and of getting them there, Cmdr. Kathleen Kesler, a Pentagon spokeswoman […]

   “Future costs are highly uncertain,” Kesler said. But officials estimate that they’ll see added costs of about $40 million over the next three weeks as U.S. forces are reduced and NATO assumes more responsibility for the operation started March 19, she said.

   After that, officials expect to spend about $40 million a month, “if U.S. forces stay at the levels currently planned and the operation continues,” Kesler said.

10. Joe says:

    March 29, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    are rutabagas curly? I thought they were round.

    Sometimes parsnips are curly. I like parsnips boiled with potatoes (yukon golds) and mashed.

11. richard mcenroe says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    Damn rutabagas already control the media and banks. Roast’em all, says I!

12. Jeff G. says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    Are you saying the rutabagas are moneygrubbing, richard?

13. LBascom says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    “are rutabagas curly? I thought they were round.”

    Joe, it depends on the latest poll.

14. Pablo says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:12 pm

    Are you saying the rutabagas are moneygrubbing, richard?

    Let’s just say that the bell peppers have legitimate grievances.

15. LBascom says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    You know what’s good is baked butternut squash.

    Split the squash lengthwise, remove the seeds, and place it skin side down in a pan with an inch of water.

    Brush with butter, season (I just use seasoning salt and black ground pepper, but whatever), cover, and bake for 45 minutes @ 350 degrees.

    Uncover (squash should be beginning to soften), sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and bake an additional 10-15 minutes uncovered.

    Butternut squash is shaped like a incandescent light bulb, good stuff.

16. Joe says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    I am not saying rutabagas are moneygrubbing, but they definitely want their pound of flesh, or on this recipe 12 ounce-weight beef, chuck arm pot roast, brsd, 1/8″ trim.

    http://www.foodconnect.com/recipe/497/Beef-and-Rutabaga-Stew

17. mojo says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    Keep an eye on those Radishes, too. Sneaky lookin’ brutes…

18. John Bradley says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:39 pm

    Why not eggplants?

    RACIST!

19. Joe says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h16c5LTviI Melanzana, Moolie, Eggplants! I denounce myself.

20. scooter says:

    March 29, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    Have you seen the price of rutabagas at Whole Foods lately?

21. LBascom says:

    March 29, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    I wish someone could explain why the French olives are exploding. It can’t be about the cooking oil…

22. scooter says:

    March 29, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    It’s probably because they’re too close to middle-eastern olives.

23. Squid says:

    March 29, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    Hey now, ‘Baga Days is huge in western Wisconsin. Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it!

24. serr8d says:

    March 29, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    “Who wants to grab a beer and a cheeseburger …” Not without the horseradish!

25. Blake says:

    March 29, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    No cheese on my medium rare burger smothered in sautéed onions. And make sure those fries are blanched in lard before frying.

26. zino3 says:

    March 29, 2011 at 4:28 pm

    Excuse me?

    Is this site set to omit the word “black”? RutaBlackAss! RutaBlackAss! I am NOT a man to judge on melanin, but, hey? What is going on here? We sit and pull our puds while this little Soro’s patsy destroys our country?

    Rucka Rucka Ali.

    I’m a Korean (youtube). VERY funny to those who know no PC bounds.

    Sorry, Jeff. I must be a racist because there is no question that I would be deleted from HuffPo. When the ANGEL Of GOD produces his birth certificate, I will go back to my clinging ways. I am not very enamored of Trump, but he is right.

    Where the fuck is Obama’s birth certificate? Do you have it?

    And by the way, did you like my interperetation of The ANGEL’S speech? Mine made more sense than HIS did…

27. LBascom says:

    March 29, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    Micheal Richards…is that you?

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