disney coloring fun III: the heretic!

[phosfate]

Oh dear. This is one of those pictures with a backstory that won't really make it any funnier but is at least some sort of explanation. I was playing on eBay, looking at Disney pins and lanyards (since most of the characters I like weren't in the current mix on offer in the park). There was a cast member* Atlantis lanyard on offer featuring Milo and Kida. Except instead of her big-ass gaffing hook, Kida brandished an oar. In place of the Shepherd's Journal, Milo had a great big pink doughnut. With chocolate jimmies on it.

Apparently they have annual canoe races at Disneyland, (Aug 30 EDIT: http://www.mouseplanet.com/kevin/ky060200.htm has some info on the canoe races) and this was the pin commemorating this year's event. That would explain the oar. It doesn't help with the pink doughnut with jimmies on it, but you can't have everything.

Anyway, the whole thing tickled me beyond reason, so the similar design in the coloring sheet pack was remade in a matching design. Er, apart from the Communist insurgency slogan, obviously.

This piece has quite possibly the worst lettering job I've ever done. Please enjoy its illegibility.

*Disney park and store employees are referred to as 'cast members.' I have no interest in knowing why.

Comments

Doughnut!

[moondog.livejournal.com]

LMAO. A pink doughnut with sprinkles. Hmmm.... The term "jimmies" always makes me laugh, seeing as nobody up here uses that. Doesn't that sound like you're trying to get drugs, if you don't know any better? "Yeah, and I'd like some *jimmies* please" XD Nevermind...

Re: Doughnut!

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

We don't use it here, either. I heard it on a very old SNL (which meant at the time it could've originated in NYC, Chicago, or Canada) and adopted it. The weird thing is, people always know what it means even if they've never heard it before.

Donut Explanation

[(Anonymous)]

Hi there,

Happened to be surfing and saw your icon. As a long-time participant in the Disneyland Canoe Races, I felt it my obligation to explain the pink donut with the "Jimmies".

The color and sprinkles aren't that significant. Any donut would have sufficed, but the pink color probably showed up better on the artwork. The Canoe Race Officials who time the races, load the boats, and disqualify those boats who would steer into a dock or rock, have a tradition of ending each race morning with the traditional "Donut Toss" across the Rivers of America. An official on the mainland dock throws one of the leftover donuts across to one of the timers on Fort Dock on Tom Sawyer Island. A catch is celebrated and eaten. A drop or an underthrow is jeered and left for the ducks. So now you know.