Well, we are half way through our 100 Ideas for the Oklahoma Ideas Initiative. Remember to email us at TheLostOgle at gmail if you have any ideas that you would like to see on our list.
60. Name the BC Clark Christmas Jingle as the state’s official song of Christmas.
We should also make all schools sing the jingle at their Christmas assemblies.
59. To help boost the sagging local fashion industry, change Sooner Mall back to Sooner Fashion Mall.
Admit it. The fashion industry is totally dead in Oklahoma. Maybe this will help bring it back.
58. Create a “3 magnet rule”, in which no car shall have more than three ribbon magnets on at one time.
First of all, I stole this picture from our cool volunteering friends at OKGwidget. Second of all, we should probably push to make this a federal law. We should also ban most bumper stickers.
57. Have the water taxis in the Bricktown canal reenact famous naval battles.
There is really no good justification for this idea. We just think it would be cool.
56. Jail the guy that purchases 40 bags of ice melt from Lowe’s the day before it snows 2-inches.
If this law is adopted, all Oklahomans would have the opportunity to clear their driveways of ice and snow after the inevitable winter storm, instead of just the old guy with nothing to do the day before the snow or ice “storm” hits. One drawback to this is that the local news channels will have one less story to cover during Winter Weather Watch 2008.
55. Do something about the OETA Movie Club.
A month or two ago, a reader reminded us that the OETA Movie Club is still alive and still going strong on Friday nights. He then reminded us that he doesn’t think the set has changed in 20 years. I asked if the show still plays the Gremlins theme as its theme song. He confirmed. At that point, we both felt kind of odd and ended our email discussion about the OETA Movie Club.
54. Officially change the name of Will Rogers Park to “That Gay Park.”
And not that there is anything wrong with that park!
53.Ban all forms of hunting unless the state’s hunters agree to attack prey by hand or with crudely made slingshots.
We think hunting is kind of stupid. We think this because it is boring, pointless and insanely unfair. Hopefully, this rule will at least help level the playing field a tiny bit and help save the lives of innocent animals.
52. Make Arbuckle Wilderness a state park.
I only added this one to the list so I could sing “The Animals are waiting for Yoooooou. Dah Dah Daaaaah.”
51. Reopen the cookie factory outlet store in Marietta.
But this time, make sure they manufacture and sell good cookies.
Animals are not innocent, and the movie Bambi was fiction.
#53a
Ban all forms of negative press or comments about hunting. Hunting is the reason you get to enjoy the “innocent animals”. If it wasn’t for the revenue generated by hunting and fishing a lot of Wildlife Management Areas and habitats would not be around. Last thing..I know exactly what I am eating, how’s your Wal-Mart blend burger?
In retrospect, I guess it’s not a good idea to anger people who own shotguns.
Or pistols or rifles.
Ha… ‘that gay park.’ Genius.
I support the “ultimate” hunt, where you hunt an armed survivalist, and shoot to kill, the head mount would be impressive, hanging over the fireplace.
I think the OETA movie club guy actually died back in the 80’s and now they just used computer generated voice technology to dub the movie of the week announcement. ya that explains it.
Require people traveling in the far left lane while southbound on Broadway Extension to turn into the concrete barriers if they pass Britton Road while still in the far left lane.
I went to OBU in Shawnee, and every year during our Christmas chapel, do you think we sang Christian hymns about the birth of Jesus? Sure we did. But not until after we’d done a round of BC Clark with full orchestral accompaniment.
i don’t think there are any gays at will rogers anymore, no? just a bunch of stoners playing that boring-ass disk golf game…
Really ban hunting… why so we dont kill animals… yes it much better for them to starve to do over population. There is a reason for hunting. As we are now civilized and hunt for food in stores what is to keep the population of rabbits at bay? The contracetpive program the wildlife depart funs for bunny lovers…
Please animals are made to be eaten by the king of all … MAN
Disk-golf (frolf per George Costanza) is only fun when you’re stoned.
We don’t want to ban hunting. We just want to make it more fun.
Exactly, you can use slingshots, or actually prove you’re the king of all animals and wrestle the deer to death.
OETA Movie Club - Now there’s a guy who likes his popcorn
In addition the the $3.50 per show he receives from OETA, it appears B.J. Wexler makes his living through outdoor advertising:
http://www.scaptura.com/radio/gathering/brucenelsonwexler.html
My initiative…
OETA Fight Club
Almost perfect….except for the HUNTING one. That’s a tough crowd my friend. It’s all Disney’s fault, they made people think that bambi is real.
If you aint eatin’ it dont shoot it! Simple as that…
PS.
U know what? We should encourage people to hunt instead of going to McDonalds….at least you’ll get real meat.
i’ve never stopped calling sooner fashion mall sooner fashion mall. that’s just the kind of norman girl i am.
Can we also change “Shepherd Mall” to “Shepherd Fashion Mall” although it stopped being a mall many many years ago? In fact, I’m not sure it ever did have stores in it.
Bout time that my movie club bit made it on here.
If you ban hunting, how will I ever get my husband out of the house?