[amor de cosmos]

i like onion rings too :P

Onion ring batters PM in online popularity
Canwest News Service
February 5, 2010

OTTAWA — A single onion ring — the crispy, golden-brown snack — has quickly overtaken Prime Minister Stephen Harper in online popularity.

A bizarre Facebook page started on Tuesday pitted an onion ring against the PM in a political showdown, asking the hard-hitting question: "Can this Onion Ring get more fans than Stephen Harper?"

With hundreds of members joining each minute, the group surpassed the prime minister's fan count in just two days, garnering more than 63,000 fans by Friday afternoon — which is more than double Harper's 30,074 fans.

Of course, its rising-star status on social networking websites is not a valid measuring stick for the prime minister's political popularity.

The ringleader of the group could not be reached for comment.

Meanwhile, a counter-group aimed at the Liberal leader called, "Can this inanimate carbon rod get more fans than Michael Ignatieff?" also sprang up on the site. It had more than 1,500 fans by Friday afternoon, while Ignatieff had nearly 30,000.
http://www.canada.com/technology/Onion+ring+batters+online+popularity/2527219/story.html

[Ayreonaut]

I think many people that are Facebook fans of politicians don't necessarily support them. Like I was saying the other day, an, um, acquaintance of mine is a fan of Harper, Trudeau, Mulroney, Obama, Palin, Reagan...the list goes on really.

I haven't been able to figure that kid out.

[shreddog]

ha ha, this is funny, I ended up "faning" the rings 4 times ... must mean it's a good thing right??

[MTLskyline]

This thread was a waste of time... :rolleyes:

[The Jabroni]

There's a similar group, but instead of Stephen Harper, it's Justin Biebler (or whatever his name is).

[dsim249]

There's a similar group, but instead of Stephen Harper, it's Justin Biebler (or whatever his name is).

I know you have JB's CD...

There's also 'Can this pickle get more fans than Nickleback' I believe...

[Blue 24]

i am a fan of dion, but never voted fo him, poor guy.

[softee]

The Justin Bieber group was the original one, all of the other one's are copycats.

[manny_santos]

In rod we trust.

[vid]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Justin_Bieber.jpg/220px-Justin_Bieber.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_Bieber.jpg)
"Bieber in September 2009 at the Nintendo World Store."

:ack:

[Ayreonaut]

So who is this kid?

[vid]

Usher's new boy toy, according to Wikipedia. He is from Youtubia.

[Ayreonaut]

Usher? He sings, right?

[vid]

Yes. You might remember him from "five years ago".

[Ayreonaut]

I can actually picture him, just wasn't sure what it was exactly that he did.

[vid]

I remember his songs were really stupid and he was usually mostly naked in them. I remember the mostly naked part quite well actually.

[Dmajackson]

All I know about Bieber is he has an unnaturally high voice, sings irritating love songs about 13yo girls, he's from some one horse town in Ontario, and has Ludacriss in one of his songs.

[vid]

He is from Stratford. They might have only one horse, but it is more well versed in Shakespeare than your horse will ever be.

[softee]

It weirds me out that hundreds of thousands of good looking girls, many of whom are in their late teens and look old enough for me to date, have the screaming, lust-filled hots for a kid who hasn't even hit puberty yet.