Starting A New Meme

Look up "meme" in Wikipedia and you'll find:

A meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with "cream") is a postulated unit or element of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, and is transmitted from one mind to another through speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena. (The etymology of the term relates to the Greek word mimema for "something imitated".

From my unique sense of humor and eclectic mix of interests has come something goofy that I would like to turn into a cultural meme. I'm not looking for glory or riches (although I would gladly take either, I guess) but would just like to start something odd and weird for the sake of oddness and weirdness.



Family members will have already been exposed to this rant, although it's not clear that any of them have bought into the concept beyond politely smiling and nodding until I left the room to rant at someone else. (Gotta do something about that...) Anyway, it's now time for you, My Awestruck & Bizarre Readership, to get on the bandwagon!

1. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a player named Andre Ethier (not to be confused with the Canadian rock musician of the same name.) Being a lover of all things punny, I started making jokes about his favorite holiday being Easter, since he was "The Ethier Bunny".
2. The Spanish word for "rabbit" is "canejo", which I know since we live near the Canejo Valley and pop/country singer Eddie Rabbit used to be known as "El Canejo".
3. While not huge Dodger fans (cut us and we bleed Angels' Red, Tommy!!) we do love to listen to Vin Scully announce the Dodgers games. He truly is one of the game's great treasures.
4. Put it all together. (Ready? Here it comes!) When Vin Scully (or whomever your announcer is) says "Andre Ethier", yell "El Canejo!!!" in response. This should be sufficient to startle the dog out of a sound sleep.

Yep, that's it. Nothing grand, nothing glorious, nothing spectacular. Simply odd, goofy, and weird. Start doing it yourself, then when people ask what you're doing and why (and sneaking up behind you with a straight jacket), let them in on the meme secret and get them to do it too. Pretty soon we'll have Barack Obama and Rush Limbaugh sitting together doing it and laughing their asses off when Vladimir Putin asks what they're doing and why.

For extra points, you can make it a drinking game. This might turn out to be a required incentive.