Pity the Mayor of Whoville

We took the baby to see Horton Hears a Who yesterday afternoon while I was enjoying my St. Patrick’s Day away from the job I’m getting ready to quit. The baby did pretty good for the most part. We found out that he can gnaw of Twizzlers and watch about half of a movie before completely twitching out.

The movie was pretty good as far as animation and sound goes. The part where all of Whoville has to get together and generate lots of noises to prove they exist was the most awesome moment in the movie. For a kid’s movie, it sure was loud. Look for this to be the newest Demo clip for Best Buy’s surround sound test room.

I was puzzled about what exactly the theme of the movie ultimately is. You see, Horton believes life exists on a tiny speck and the rest of the community is determined to silence his heretical views. Is it a statement about evolution versus creationism? Science versus the church? Or is it the simple truth that retarded elephants that have auditory hallucinations are sometimes right?

Anyways, the guy who holds the World’s Record for the longest ear hair looks just like the mayor of Whoville. Yuk.

From Cracked here:

Radhakant Bajpai of Naya Ganj, Uttar Pradesh, India, was “blessed” with extraordinarily long hair sprouting from the center of his outer ears. The record actually specifies the hair originates from the “middle of the pinna”, meaning that GBR has had to maintain separate records for the longest hairs from multiple regions of the ear. Radhakant’s ear hair/tendrils measure an incredible 13.2 cm (about 5.25 inches) at its longest point, though it is slightly shorter when pulled back into pigtails.