The Pentagon Row Harris Teeter, the one across I-395 from the Pentagon has a 1280-pound sculpture celebrating the Wounded Warrior Program.
In cheese.
I saw it today. All unsuspecting, I went into the store to pick up a few things for dinner. The doors whooshed open, My first thought was: What is that odor? It smells like Greg left something out of the refrigerator too long. Then I realized there were an awful lot of balloons in the display area to my left. Slowly, I turned… Yes, I do know that old Burles-Que routine, and no, the trigger has nothing to do with falls.
It's all about the cheese.
Orange. Glassy. Ripe. Carved into a replica of a famous statue embellished with a big shield proclaiming, "Harris Teeter Salutes the Wounded Warrior Project."
In cheese.
According to this article, the sculpture's been around since at least Veterans Day. Based on personal observation, it's starting to separate in places. (See it while you can!) Store management tells me it's going to be taken away to the local homeless shelter any day now.
Words fail. My mouth opens. It closes. Somebody, somewhere thought it was a really cool idea to honor our veterans' service and sacrifice by memorializing it–
In cheese.
A half ton of cheese, people. With little packages of Harris Teeter cheddar, the artist's chosen medium, artistically displayed around the base of the sculpture to let customers know that they, too, can buy a piece of (say it with me!)…
CHEESE!
I apologize in advance, but somebody's got to say it: This gives a whole new meaning to the word "cheesy".
And people wonder where I get my ideas. No way, NO FRACKING WAY could I make this stuff up. *headdesk*headdesk*headdesk*
Say, “Cheese”
I have absolutely no idea what to say.
I mean….cheese? Really? This seemed like a good idea to more than one person and got balloons and everything?
*Headshake*
I just…no.
~X
They’re sending it to the local homeless shelter? After it gets bad? Really?
And well…nothing else to say.
It’s mind-boggling on so many counts, X, my head spins.
According the manager I spoke to, Cheryel, they really do plan to send it to one of the local shelters. i don’t know what’s worse, the prospect of them sending cheese gone bad or the prospect that HT cheddar has so many preservatives it can stand in the open, outside the refigerator, for several weeks and still be considered edible.