Guess who just voted, B****es!?

by Meg on November 4, 2008

Wow, they’re handing out big buttons at that polling place.

Wassup_2

This ermine stoat guy was previously posted ;)

{ 72 comments }

1 wibbler 11.04.08 at 6:01 pm

BLEEN BABY BLEEN

2 Martha in Washington 11.04.08 at 6:03 pm

Yay! I voted like a stoat on Saturday. We have an all mail-in election here in Washington. I kinda miss going to the polls and getting that “I Voted” sticker.

3 brinnann 11.04.08 at 6:04 pm

*gaspity gasp!* Naughty Wibbler! Teho’s gonna get you! O_O

LOL!

4 brinnann 11.04.08 at 6:05 pm

And I see this time we have enough asterisks to spell a word. :D

5 taj 11.04.08 at 6:09 pm

I voted, got my free Starbux coffee, plan on getting my free Ben & Jerry’s scoop, and maybe this evening I’ll go for my free tequila shot at Pink Taco. What a great country this is!

6 Hon Glad 11.04.08 at 6:11 pm

Get voting or I’ll stick my teefs in you.

7 Kris 11.04.08 at 6:16 pm

Perhaps I will get my free ChickFilA tonight for dinner!

8 AuntieMame 11.04.08 at 6:18 pm

I got a sticker Friday when I dropped my ballot off at the early voting location. But I forgot to put it on today. Oh well…

I can’t wait for this @#&%$ election to be over. We had another political call this morning, for crying out loud. Yes, we KNOW it’s election day today. You have been calling us every day for the last freakin’ month to tell us that!!!

9 CP 11.04.08 at 6:21 pm

This looks ’shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels, and from having seen a few ’shops in my day.

10 punkinberry 11.04.08 at 6:22 pm

I voted in Florida, and there wasn’t a chad to be seen. Hooray!

11 alex 11.04.08 at 6:25 pm

PROUDLY wearing my I Voted sticker.

:D

12 Donna 11.04.08 at 6:27 pm

I vaguely remember when I didn’t know what a stoat was. (horror) Thanks Meg.

13 Annie 11.04.08 at 6:28 pm

IS a nice Shop or Chop job(I am assuming there is a difference between those two terms either way it looks good)… and I have yet to vote like a stoat…I am going right after work. I love to pull the lever!!! I go every year and vote.

14 firefinch 11.04.08 at 6:29 pm

Free donuts at Krispy Kreme, too (at “participating stores”). But my polling place didn’t have any stickers. No stoats either.

15 fish eye no miko 11.04.08 at 6:32 pm

AuntieMame said: “I can’t wait for this @#&%$ election to be over. We had another political call this morning, for crying out loud. Yes, we KNOW it’s election day today. You have been calling us every day for the last freakin’ month to tell us that!!!”

Amen… ARGH. I get calls specifically from one party. I swear if they call again (and I wouldn’t be too surprised), I’m gonna tell ‘em I’m gonna vote for the other party out of spite.

I can’t vote till this afternoon. I hope I can keep the stoats at bay for that long…

16 pyrit 11.04.08 at 6:32 pm

Frosty the stoatman, cast a jolly happy vote

He got a free coffee and a button nose

But he wanted a rootbeer float.

Frosty the stoatman has a hairy tail they say

And the children say they too will vote one day

Just the same as you and me.

Stumpetty stump stump

Stumpetty stump stump

17 harlemgrrl 11.04.08 at 6:34 pm

i voted… so, um, where do i pick up my stoat?

18 Von Zeppelin 11.04.08 at 6:38 pm

Are you sure an ermine is the same thing as a stoat? **narrows eyes suspiciously** I suspect stoater registration fraud!

19 Tori 11.04.08 at 6:40 pm

I voted absentee like a … uh… baby bee?

20 Erebella 11.04.08 at 6:41 pm

You know, on that previous post about trivia, I saw the title first and I was expecting some kind of furry atomic wedgie or something, which would have been pretty funny. Darn.

21 Stef 11.04.08 at 6:45 pm

That stoat has Hershey Kiss eyes.

I voted last week. I can’t wait to see what happens!!

22 Natalie 11.04.08 at 6:51 pm

I voted this morning. Took only 3 hours.
I wanted to thank whoever posted the link to Maru’s blog back on the boxhab kitteh… I checked it out today and I noticed there are now (hilarious) English translations on the most recent posts. :)

23 susan 11.04.08 at 6:54 pm

I saw the earliep post and wondered why this little fellow was not in it. I think the toast probably tasted better then the button, but the aftertaste will be sweet!

24 Kari 11.04.08 at 6:58 pm

*blush* Some place in Seattle and New York is also offering free um, “adult toys” to voters. Now there’s a reason to go vote!!! :-o

25 Kris 11.04.08 at 7:05 pm

Pyrit – that was awesome!!!

26 David 11.04.08 at 7:09 pm

Went to polling place at 7:15, waited 2 hours.

After I made the selection for presidential candidates, I stared at it like an idiot for half a minute before I hit the “vote” button. Sort of like after you dropped a letter in the mailbox, you tilt back the tray just to make sure the letter didn’t somehow stick to the tray.

Of course afterwords I realize I did not put down my choices for senate and house (I blame it on antiquated, non-user friendly machine).

27 ThreeCatNight 11.04.08 at 7:10 pm

Little stoat, little stoat,
that button of red and white,
Looks so good against thy pristine coat.
Do implore and urge us on to vote.
Or any change may be remote.

28 fyi 11.04.08 at 7:25 pm

For peeps who haven’t voted yet:

Call 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) if you encounter ANYONE trying to prevent you from voting. Do NOT listen to lies about different parties voting on different days. Protect your rights!

http://www.866ourvote.org/

29 momof2kitties 11.04.08 at 7:25 pm

I voted!

No coffee, no stickers, no stoats, no Krispy Kremes, no nuthin’. Just a paper ballot and a dumb ol’ black ballpoint pen. And a lady at the seat next to me with a horrendous case of the snotty, runny, sniffles. I warned the next guy that sat down to wash his hands VERY WELL after handling that pen. Ulk.

But, still…I VOTED!!! w00t!!!! Winston/Maru ‘08!!! A mouse in every pot!

30 Space Cowgirl 11.04.08 at 7:39 pm

I remember the original pic. I made it into a forum avatar. Tempted to do the same with this after I get back from voting/Thai food tonight!

31 T.U.M. 11.04.08 at 7:45 pm

White face + black nose-n-whiskers = instant terminal cuteness meltdown

And then the teef! The TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEF!

32 Kris 11.04.08 at 7:57 pm

Oooh, this is now my Facebook picture. Hope no one minds!!!

33 Theo 11.04.08 at 8:01 pm

You know, I don’t mind the “stumpity stump stump” earworm one bit.

34 sas 11.04.08 at 8:03 pm

@momof2kitties “Winston/Maru ‘08!!! A mouse in every pot!”

Okay, someone needs to make these t-shirts!!

35 Lins 11.04.08 at 8:06 pm

His eyes look like chocolate chips! Yum!

36 Yitzysmommie 11.04.08 at 8:13 pm

Oh YAY!!! I’ve been wanting my stoat since I early voted last week. I KNEW CO would come through for me.
Get out there peeps, and VOTE!!! Vote like your life depends on it (it does!!). Vote like it’s the most important thing you’ll do all year (it IS!!).
And finally , in the inmmortal words of I don’t rmember who, but he was a funny guy: VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN!

37 Theresa 11.04.08 at 8:14 pm

Scientific name of stoat=
Mustela erminea.

38 Lyann 11.04.08 at 8:49 pm

yay! you voted! :]

39 Decca 11.04.08 at 8:54 pm

Is anyone else too nervous to concentrate today?

40 Theo 11.04.08 at 8:58 pm

Sorry, were you talking to me?

41 yankeebird 11.04.08 at 9:03 pm

@ Kris:

Ha, I was just coming here to say I did the same thing. Yay for Facebook.

42 Annie 11.04.08 at 9:04 pm

Stands up And Claps for PYRIT… this could be the most productive ear worm… catchy and handles the voting issue.

Prepares the reader for winter soon to appear.

Stumpity stump stump
Stumpity Stump Stump
Look at **Insert Candidate of your Choice here** go
Stumpity stump stump Stumpity stump stump. Off to the voter boths we go!

43 Theo 11.04.08 at 9:07 pm

Meter, Annie! *tsk* …”polls” instead of “voter booths”?
(you’re on your own for the candidate names)

44 jen 11.04.08 at 9:09 pm

Decca – yes! I’m thinking of calling in quits and going home early to glue myself to the TV, ’cause I haven’t got one darn thing done today. :)

45 Kar 11.04.08 at 9:12 pm

All I know if I see one “____ 2012″ banner, I’m going to lose it. Stoats beware!

46 Not That Mike The Other Mike 11.04.08 at 9:13 pm

@Decca: I’m much too distracted by reading all the awesome trivia contest entries to allow the election to distract me from work. :-)

47 Seven Paws 11.04.08 at 9:15 pm

Glad to see I’m not the only one who can’t concentrate today…this is going to be a nerve-wracking evening. Looking forward to curling up on the couch with a cat and a glass of pinot. No stoats here!

48 kestrien 11.04.08 at 9:15 pm

I put this on the last stoat posting – but all the free stuff offered on election day is, by law, available to everyone. With or without your sticker! So go to Starbucks and get good and caffeinated!

49 anner 11.04.08 at 9:56 pm

CP — i don’t think the fact that it’s ’shopped is supposed to be a secret.

50 BeckyMonster 11.04.08 at 10:02 pm

**MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITY ALERT**

Little McStoatersons on a T-shirt. I don’t want one, I NEED ONE!!!!!!!

and/or

Winston/Maru ‘08 T-shirts, mugs, fuzzy slippers, tea cozies

51 BeckyMonster 11.04.08 at 10:04 pm

Seven Paws – Amen to that!!! I don’t know if I can even have the TV on while doing the house cleaning. Don’t want to accidentally vacuum up one of the kittehs!

52 pyrit 11.04.08 at 10:20 pm

Theo – I already messed up the meter (“too” – ergh), so Annie’s free to be a meter messer.
Nice work, Annie!

53 Pheas 11.04.08 at 10:43 pm

Meanwhile, at my house, the fur-kids are voting along party lines. The kittehs, all staunch Democats, voted for Purrack, while the dogs, true to their Repuplican roots, voted for McCanine.

54 Pheas 11.04.08 at 10:52 pm

Heading to the backyard, we find the local skinks and anoles have voted Lizartarian, while the frogs voted Green, although as one put it, “it isn’t easy.”

55 Theo 11.04.08 at 10:59 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Pheas is *BACK*. [applause]

Now I really must be going; I have a backlog of pun groans to discharge.

56 Theo 11.04.08 at 11:01 pm

(oh and Annie, drop me a mocha & I’ll let it slide)

57 AuntieMame 11.04.08 at 11:02 pm

LOL at Pheas!

58 berthaservant 11.04.08 at 11:14 pm

EVERYONE is voting and stoating! Yay America!

59 jmuhj 11.04.08 at 11:27 pm

AS IF we didn’t all have enough reasons to vote, this little guy would get me to the polling places just so I could smile and say, “AWWWWWWWWW!”

60 Annie 11.04.08 at 11:40 pm

LOL Teho And Pyrit.

I Plead posting in stealth mode at the fromt desk.
as to my METER Messing.

BTW I just came back from Voting..

Where is my STOAT?

61 Chew's mom 11.05.08 at 12:02 am
62 Tony James 11.05.08 at 12:54 am

I was considering voting – really I was. Civic duty and all that jazz. Two things prevented me from doing so (quite aside from an overwhelming sense of ennui resulting from campaigns that appear to have gone on longer than the 100 Years War):
1. Not one (not a single one!) polling station had stoats, weasels, ermines, polecats, or ferrets to snorgle, in flagrant violation of the Stoater Voter constitutional amendment passed after the 2004 elections. I did call the local Electoral Commission and they pretended not to know anything about it. This is clearly an attempt by the Anti-Fuffy Party to steal the election. Someone should be told.
2. The small matter of citizenship. I told the people at the polling station that because of the international importance of making sure that the right person became the president, the fact that I’m not a US citizen should make no difference. Also that neither of the candidates on offer could be trusted to make sensible decisions on the issues of the day (global warming, an alarming lack of snorgles at the polling stations, the middle-east peace process) and therefore if behooved me, as a citizen of the world and someone who realises the importance of things like habitats for Knut and his brethren, to run as the 3rd candidate (Ralph Nader having met with an unfortunate accident only this morning, when he cut off all his limbs with an electric carving knife while pouring milk on his Cocoa Pebbles). They were unable to see the logic. What’s wrong with these people?!

63 AuntieMame 11.05.08 at 1:26 am

Well, you know, Tony. Bureaucrats…

64 Theo 11.05.08 at 1:41 am

I’m just having fun imagining Tony J. *behooved*.

clipclop clipclop clipclop

(OK yes, I’m banging two coconut shells together, what of it?)

65 Gail (the first one) 11.05.08 at 1:43 am

@TonyJ: The “Anti-Fuffy Party”—LOL, I think I can imagine *which* party that is!

66 Gail (the first one) 11.05.08 at 1:46 am

BTW, here’s some fun accessories courtesy of Bill Maher for any of you peeps having election parties:

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/downloads/

67 Minya 11.05.08 at 1:49 am

First, BEST TITLE EVAR !

I would have liked a sticker that said “Guess Who Voted B****es?!” instead of something that just said “I Voted!”.

Secondly, I couldn’t concentrate and also I felt a little sick with nerves.

Lastly, yes, here in Seattle Babeland is giving away, em, toys on Election Day. We like to vote with style in the Jet City.

68 Theo 11.05.08 at 1:54 am

Minya — it’s the Space Needle. The local collective unconscious can’t help but be a bit phallic. Paris, DC and Toronto have the same problem. Oh, and London, but to a lesser degree.

69 Joy 11.05.08 at 1:59 am

Having voted by absentee ballot during the first 7 years of my voting life, it was a shock to go to the polls to vote. This year, I didn’t want to face the overwhelming crowd, horrific traffic backups, overeager supporters waving their placards, I opted to vote by absentee ballot, in the peace of the local town clerk’s office. I do vote faithfully, but not necessarily in person. This stoat, I would have gladly carried him in.

70 Minya 11.05.08 at 3:29 am

The local collective unconscious can’t help but be a bit phallic.

Theo-tell me about it!! :)

[Well, y'see, it's like this... http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#DreamOffice - Ed.]

71 Theresa 11.05.08 at 4:19 am

It’s over. Hallelujah.

72 Raemie L. 11.05.08 at 6:30 am

Hehe, I really like this stoat. [replaces small "I Voted" sticker with this stoat + button] Actually, I’ll just take the stoat–ifyoudontmind. *runs off*

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