damn is being used as an adjective here. as in ‘very pedantic’ or ‘completely wrong’ , the ‘damn’ is giving additional info about the nature of the ‘funny’ .
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically liberates others.” – Nelson Mandela
Truer words were never spoken by anybody who smelled half as good.
And what are you going to do about it? If that was me on the air freshner, I’d actually find it funny. I seriously doubt Mandela would be offended by it.
How exactly is this offending anyone? If there was some sort of racist message I could see it, but there’s no subtext in this. It’s a complete non-sequitur. It’s just Nelson Mandela on an air freshener. Lighten up.
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haha, damn funny
“damn funny”
…since when?
This is probably the lamest post on failblog.
Thats kind of nasty again :s
Impossible. I saw your mom on failblog.
Aaaaaaand there goes the lamest comeback on failblog.
Your mom is a lame comeback…
well the jerk store phone they are all out of you
Hey, that’s mine!
erm, i’d like to point you at the shitty t-rex ‘fail’ although that seemed to make half you lot go nuts.
No.
dude, if anyone was going to check out your blog, it might help if you had a link to it, and you’re obviously some loser who doesn’t have any friends
Punctuation fail.
and look at the people who cannot count, who also are not first
Uhmn, first!
Not necessarily. If ‘damn’ is being used as an adjective, the grammar rests, though it changes the meaning a bit.
In this case, “damn” is being used as an interjection. There should be some punctuation after it, though–a period, comma, or exclamation point.
damn is being used as an adjective here. as in ‘very pedantic’ or ‘completely wrong’ , the ‘damn’ is giving additional info about the nature of the ‘funny’ .
first
oh wow.. fail
First!
“first” fail…
Correction : second “‘first’ fail.”
and you’re the second “first fail” fail.
oh wait, third?
Smells like roadkill… Oh wait.
Nothing says novelty automobile accessories like years of racist imprisonment. If you pull back, you’d also see the Malcolm X fuzzy dice.
All gotten during the Martin Luther King Day Half off sale at Wheelz Auto Parts!
I got my Louis Farrakhanister of Freon at Wheelz Auto Parts.
This is something I’d expect to see on regretsy. Yikes.
That is too awesome for words…
Looks old, and not fresh
Mandela Win !
Heh heh… yeah. I can already see where this is headed. I’m going back to the old fail.
Does it smell like prison or fresh air?
Depends on what he had for breakfast.
It’s the smell of freedom!
Sorry Barney, I didn’t read your comment before posting mine
woooow why do i have a feeling that the air freshener smells like aftershave and hi-karate
Wouldn’t some Afro sheen do the same thing?
smells like FREEDOM
Exactly what I was gonna say. Win.
Wins like these are so refreshing.
best
As opposed to Gandhi or Mother Teresa?
Never mind… Mandela is heaven scent.
Whomp, whomp, whooooooooomp. Lame.
You smell like oppression.
I do hope these are free …
They are as free as South Africa
Zing……
S.A. is free you Doos!
Nelson Mandela brand air fresheners – at least it doesn’t smell like Winnie erm… or Jacob Zuma… er… or Thabo Mbeki… or that other guy!
He smells like chocolate rain. Somehow needs a video to go with this.
Oh, great, now I’ve got that song in my head for the rest of the day!
I don’t know who posted this or how they got it, but this is actually my car and evidently Nelson Mandella is oatmeal raisin cookie scented.
* snork *
Okay, then where the heck did you get the Nelson Mandella air freshener? I kinda want one.
But, what does Nelson Mandela smell like? That’s the important thing.
By the picture, I’m willing to bet English Leather.
I have this too. And damn, he does smell good!
WTF? I spelled my name wrong : (
freedom smells of aqua velva and fine linen.
Coming soon: Dikembe Mutumbo Air Freshners! Smell so good, they sex you up!
Sensitivity FAIL
For the win?
I want one!
Last! I win yay!
We still miss you Nelson [`]
Free, Free Nelson Mandela!
With every twenty-five gallons…
People actually went to the voting pages and picked this?
It’s not his scent on that freshener. He was unavailable. So they hired Morgan Freeman and used his body scent instead.
Smells like fried chicken.
They should do a Winne Mandela one as well: tyres and petrol perhaps.
I honestly thought that the fail was that the dude was Morgan Freeman… *facepalm*
Smells like KFC
I want one…
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically liberates others.” – Nelson Mandela
Truer words were never spoken by anybody who smelled half as good.
TL;DR
Wrongly attributed to NM. Marianne Williams actually penned this masterpiece.
insulting.
inappropriate & not funny fail
And what are you going to do about it? If that was me on the air freshner, I’d actually find it funny. I seriously doubt Mandela would be offended by it.
How exactly is this offending anyone? If there was some sort of racist message I could see it, but there’s no subtext in this. It’s a complete non-sequitur. It’s just Nelson Mandela on an air freshener. Lighten up.
What makes it a win is that his former cellmate is the one driving the car.
guys, its a funny air freshener not an arguement
*chuckles uncontrollably*
Damn Sarah Palin, you smell so good!
Sarah Palin Brand Car Air Freshener.
Yep, still funny no matter which well-known public figure is on there.
Being a famous black man does not make you immune to humor. This air freshener is not racist.
According to the website, it smells like cookies.
Oh Mandela, you’re so fine… You’re so fine, you blow my mind. Hey Mandela! Hey Mandela!
I think he looks more like Morgan Freeman actually.
I’d rather have the P.W. Botha air freshener – it separates the bad smells from the good ones and keeps them apart.
i have the same one in my car.It smells like vanilla
I actually just took the time and read all those comments….
BTW This is funny. not racist….. I have a south african right next to me
Who wants their car to smell like ‘Old Negro’???
It was extremely interesting for me to read this blog. Thanx for it. I like such themes and everything connected to this matter. I definitely want to read a bit more on that blog soon.
Truly yours