Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich contest
Well, it looks like we’ve just entered the Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich era — better known as the post-Debt-Deal Age.
The more entertaining title derives from the instant-classic metaphor concocted earlier today by Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, who described today’s debt compromise as a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich,” by which I assume he meant he planned to vote against it — unless Satan meat is a new food trend I somehow managed to miss.
Anyway, on the infallible principle that there already exists somewhere on the Internet a picture of anything and everything, I did a Google Image Search for “Satan Sandwich” and just as I suspected — yes, Virginia, there is a picture of a Satan sandwich:
But that’s not quite what I had envisioned, to be perfectly frank. I want to see Satan himself in a sandwich, and it’s got to be sugar-coated. I thought about trying to create such an image myself, but alas my Photoshop skills are few and far between, and my artistic skills are non-existent.
So I thought: Let the people speak!
What is your vision of this new sugar-coated Satan sandwich we’re all stuck with? Create your own image, either with Photoshop, a set of felt pens, or even a camera snapping a picture of a real Satan sandwich of your creation, and then submit it to the Tatler. The image can either contain allegorical political references, or just be a straight Satan sandwich with no trimmings.
All* entries will be displayed here.
(* = subject to the whims of my Satanic opinion.)
There’s no way to upload images directly in the comments section, so either post them online yourself somewhere and then post the link in the comments section — or email the link or the full image itself to the address found on this page, and I’ll be sure to get it; either way, I’ll add any new images as updates here.
UPDATE:
And no, a sweet seitan sandwich doesn’t count. Economics is no joking matter.
SUBMISSIONS:
Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich #1 comes from reader Paul Mitchell:
Very tasty-looking! That powdered sugar helps to neutralize the Satan flavor.
Our next sandwich was served up by the “2 Political Junkies” blog:
This is more accurate than you might realize at first: remember that Spam is technically “deviled ham.”
And here’s a new video of Emanuel Cleaver himself, wordsmith extraordinaire, reaffirming his condemnation of the deal as a Satan sandwich:
The People’s Cube has just updated their menu with several “motivational poster”-style pictures of metaphorical “Satan sandwiches” — such as Harry Reid sandwiched between Obama and Pelosi — but also included this picture of Obama enjoying an authentic Satan Sandwich:
Reader Maya L. just whipped up a South Park Satan-and-Saddam sandwich:
I can tell I’m going to enjoy this thread. Thank you, zombie!
That’s based on the assumption that anybody at all bothers to fire up the ol’ Photoshop. It’s Sunday night, the editors are all asleep in their beds, and America may be too weary for satire at this point!
If I get even two entries, I’ll be satisfied. More would be a Miracle Whip.
A lack of skill with photoshop prevents me from helping with that.
So who are the white devils that make up the sandwhich? To whom is mr. black caucus referring to?
He didn’t originally intend to say “satan sandwich” but likely was gonna say “sh*t sandwich” but didn’t want to use the same term the Tea Party used for Obamacare. Damn those racist Tea Partiers, they did that on purpose.
If that’s the case then it’s just a gaffe on Cleaver’s part… potentially a pretty big gaffe.
http://gawker.com/5610433/dennys-new-fried-cheese-sandwich-is-culinary-terrorism
After such knowledge, what forgiveness?
How about a BBQ Seitan Sandwich?
You naughty boy. I gave you an anti-shout-out in the update.
We already have our first submission, with powdered sugar even! (See updated post above.)
A Satan cream puff! I don’t know whether to stomp, cheer and whistle, or cry.
Nice job, Paul Mitchell! You should send it to Rep. Cleaver and tell him “bon appetit”.
‘My bologna has a first name, it’s S-a-t-a-n…’
Hey, we’ve got our second submission! We’re really on a roll* now!
(*Pun intended.)
Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwich aka Pelosi Special
On that first one, I’m not surprised “Satan” is spelled out in mayonnaise. Did you know mayonnaise contains 666 fat grams per serving?
My recipe for “Sugar-Coated Satan Sandwiches”: http://allrecipes.com/personalrecipe/62849353/sugar-coated-satan-sandwich/detail.aspx
“A sugar-coated red devil food cake moon-pie with a chocolate cayenne marshmallow filling.”
Leading the the cry, somewhere later in the evening, “Come on, ice cream!”
This is my sugar coated satan sandwich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdLUOk6ujfs