Monday, March 3, 2008

Vita Brevis, Obama Longa?

Does anyone understand this? If so, please illuminate me.

Sorry the photo is so blurry - it was shot while we drove under the bridge where the posters are. I had my camera with me, so I snapped quick as we passed by.

The other pillars have normal Obama '08 posters.

However, this one pillar has Obama covered over with some odd parody I just don't get.

I haven't examined it up close, but from a drive-by it looks to me like a penguin in a shriner's fez, also wearing a ruff.

It says "Vita" which is Latin or Italian for "Life".

The metaphor escapes me. I've been pondering it for a while, and just can't make heads or tails of it.

"Life is a like a shriner penguin with a 16th century collar posing like a presidential candidate" just lacks the clarity of "Life is like a box of chocolates".

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