MEDIA WATCH: Mission Loc@l Attempts To Americanize Mission Icon

Screen shot 2009-10-06 at 11.07.11 AMDid anyone else spot this in Mission Loc@l?  ”Mr. Pickles in a cowboy hat.”  Cowboy hat? This is the most disgusting attempt at assimilating a Mission icon into American culture to date.

Peep this, East Bay journalism students: if you are going to slam our neighborhood’s favorite pickle’s unfettered sense of style, do it right:

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(On a side note, searching for “Mexican Cowboy Hat” in google images is not quite what I expected)

8 Responses to “MEDIA WATCH: Mission Loc@l Attempts To Americanize Mission Icon”

  1. thizz says:

    dude, shut up. are you really that cry on content to write about?

  2. Glenparker says:

    How come the gun shoots twice but only one shell is ejected?

  3. Jeff D. says:

    well maybe i’m just a gringo estupido, but that looks like a sombrero to me.

  4. Edward says:

    Speaking of whitewash, check out the after and before shots on Mission Loc@l right now:

    http://missionlocal.org/2009/10/dress-code-whats-on-top-counts/

    Caught in the act!

  5. Trav says:

    Kinda looks like a sombrero “pointed crown, an extra-wide brim”

  6. meave says:

    BLINGEES FOREVER.

    More blingees please. That is not sarcasm, because of Wonkette.

  7. carl says:

    Too bad they make sandwiches that taste terrible, I want to love that place.

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