Comments on: Mormon Culture Tournament: Round Two – Part One

By: FHL

FHL — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:38:48 +0000

Re #7:

What about the people that specifically want to vote AGAINST you? You’re just making it easier for us, I mean them.

By: Kathleen Petty

Kathleen Petty — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:48:30 +0000

Green jello, and the Mormon practice of food-for-comfort made it into Saveur Magazine, January 2007, page 97. It is, however, the crushed pineapple/whipped cream version, not the grated carrot version. I was sorry to see green jello go down.

By: Ugly Mahana

Ugly Mahana — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:17:55 +0000

Re: #3
Johnny Lingo does not reflect Mormon culture. Johnny Lingo IS Mormon culture, i.e. a flawed attempt to capture and reflect a true principle (that caring for someone changes them) wrapped up in a cultural distortion served with kitsch in the form of great quotes. To some it it symbolizes offense, to others it has served as inspiration, to all it remains iconic.

And it deserves to win…

By: David J

David J — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:56:32 +0000

Mo-Tab is winning because the Mo-Tab is cool, and food storage is losing because it’s a pain in the ass.

By: meems

meems — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:20:39 +0000

What Paula said. Totally.

Potatoes
Lingo
Missions
Choir

I agree, Lisa, Missions v weddings was tough; I wanted both.
Johnny Lingo wins it for me because I’ve seen plenty of Non-Mormons wearing the short sleeved shirt and tie combo when I was in Japan (in the summer, and here in the tropics where I am right now all year long). It’s weird, but it’s not solely identified with the church, whereas Johnny Lingo… BTW, Tahitian Noni Juice? My LDS downstairs neighbor in Japan used to work for Tahitian Noni whatever, and had a Tahitian Noni car. Wow!

By: paula

paula — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:22:10 +0000

Food Storage outlasted Saturdayâ€™s Warrior 67-33 (it helps that it is still relevant).

Saturday’s Warrior is still relevant, in that its doctrines have crept into church culture. However lots of people don’t realize that’s where the ideas come from. If you’d paired Saturday’s Warrior against a loser like “Delivering meals to the sick” it would still retain its rightful place here.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:08:09 +0000

HP (20) Don’t you hate when you laugh and then realize you don’t really get the joke, then you feel dumb for laughing, then you laugh at yourself for feeling dumb for laughing, then…

By: HP/JDC

HP/JDC — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:00:47 +0000

Matt, you anti-tuber activist, it is the difference between a verb and a noun. You have the act and then you have the perfected result of the act. The difference makes you decide if you ally with Kant or Mill.

By: fMhLisa

fMhLisa — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:28:44 +0000

Wow, that was a hard round. I still can’t decide between wedddings and missions. They’re both sooooo Mormon.

By: paula

paula — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:50:53 +0000

Ardis, do you use wifi at home? If so, perhaps a neighbor is piggybacking on it, and had already voted here before you.