I love this town (of gorillas, torches, and twilight zone-esque product placement)

I re-iterate: I love this town.

Today, the Olympic torch came through downtown Columbia. 30+ minutes late, but what the hell. But the reason for this electronic badinage, would be the events preceeding this moment of national.. something.

I go down to the sidewalk here in front of the station and some poor dinks are travelling along on an Offical Coke Truck, passing out cheesy plastic flags saying "I saw the flame" "Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Torch Relay"... that sort of thing.

Now, affixed to the bottom of this item supposed, I'm assuming, to stir nationalist USA pride was a small sticker. It read:

Made In China.

Paging Mr. Serling?

Now, amongst all this procession was regular city traffic, for some odd reason. Mrr?

Anyway, one of the more enterprising businesses in town - a singing telegram and costume shop place named Gotcha! - inserted their own entry into all this pagentry.

To wit, a transvestite gorilla with a buckskin vest, Christmas ornaments all around his(her?) neck, and a fake tiara.

I love this town.