October 10, 2007

Are You Missing the Cold War?

Do you wake up in the middle of the night, my devoted Cake Eater readers, longing for the days when you could walk over to the tee vee and pretend to smooth down Leonid Brezhnev's eyebrows, thinking he wouldn't be so damn bad if he just gave those hairy caterpillars a trim? Or do you miss the days when Uncle Joe talked about breaking some eggs to make an omelet while he still had crumbs from breakfast in that mustache of his? Or for Khruschev to pound his shoe on the podium at the UN? What about Gorby's birthmark? Have you found yourself missing that as well?

But most of all, are you, perhaps, in a general sort of way, nostalgic for the days when the US and the USSR were bound and determined not to blow each other to smithereens, even though the size of their arsenals said otherwise? Is the ennui of containment missing from your life?

Well, here's your opportunity, my devoted Cake Eater readers, to spend some of your hard earned cash on something that will truly take you back to the heyday of MAD.

Ahem.

You could own your very own Titan I Missile Base.

Where you could play out the opening scenes from WarGames to your heart's content.

Don't say I never did anything for you, my devoted Cake Eater readers.

Posted by Kathy at October 10, 2007 11:10 PM | TrackBack
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The hubby brought this to my attention and suggested that we buy this place instead of adding on to our current home!!!

Don't think so - too much concrete, not enough windows and well the location sucks!!!

Posted by: The Lovely Janis from Winterset at October 14, 2007 09:06 PM

The hubby brought this to my attention and suggested that we buy this place instead of adding on to our current home!!!

Don't think so - too much concrete, not enough windows and well the location sucks!!!

Posted by: The Lovely Janis from Winterset at October 14, 2007 09:08 PM

I'll have to ask the Spousal Unit, but I think that there's one of them right over thar in our necko da woods.

I do know for sure I've heard the firefighters refer to "the old missle site" for a rendezvous point to get water refills.

*cough*

Would you like to play a game? LOLLL

Posted by: Margi at October 15, 2007 12:18 AM

I didn't know there were pictures! Holy crap! I think I know where that is! ROFL! I will fwd linkage to Hubby for confirmation - but dude - if you bought that? I believe we'd be sorta-kinda-neighbors.

Aheh.

Posted by: Margi at October 15, 2007 12:20 AM

We're pretty sure we know exactly where that is.

Too cool.

I wish I had a millyun dollars. :)

Posted by: Margi at October 15, 2007 09:17 PM

There are times when I do miss the Cold War. Those times make me feel dirty and uncomfortable, but I still have them. I miss the parades and the ole geezers standing in the cold on Lenin's tomb. They sure could throw a parade...

Posted by: The Maximum Leader at October 16, 2007 09:00 AM

..... I agree with The Maximum Leader to an extent..... but wow, I sure would love to have me one of those Titan missiles.... and the coordinates of where Steve Spurrier is going to be this weekend....

Posted by: Eric at October 17, 2007 08:12 PM
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