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Dharma-Burger: Target discounts the Awakened One

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:25:19 -0700

Thanks to reader Ben Hutchison who sent on this pic. He writes:

I found this Buddha statue in the discount section of Target for $2.50 and thought it'd be appropriate.

Yeah it is, Ben.

Yeah. It is.

...Ben also sent another little note, not Target-related, but in a similar spirit:

I thought I'd pass along this little tidbit about my last job. I worked for a company called Karma, Inc. I wasn't even aware that the company was called Karma when I applied, but it turns out that my boss was screwed over by his partner at his last company which resulted in him losing everything. So in a split-second decision he decided to name his company Karma because of the "bad karma" he'd received thus far. He wasn't really interested in any form of buddhism or hinduism or anything like that.

I think he may have regrets about naming the company that now because no one understands the significance.

It was oddly auspicious for me, though!

Thanks for the tidbit, Ben. Stay in touch as the wheel rolls on.

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Dharma-Burger? Yoga-Burger? Either way, it IS "very zen."*

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:52:17 -0700

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Thanks to reader Elizabeth H, who sent on a scan of a new mailing from mega-retailer Target. (Or, as you know you call it, Tarjay.)

She writes:

Target included this in a recent mailing. If shopping from home is what it's all about, I don't guess I'm ready for enlightenment yet. I love reading the Horse.
Bows, or _/|\_

Thanks, Elizabeth, and _/|\_ to you, too.

...Funny thing about this one: when it first came thru via email, the image was so big that we didn't see the little "very zen"* headline -- we just saw the big yoga practitioner. Which led us to ask: Is this a Dharma-Burger? Or is it maybe a Yoga-Burger?

I've wondered for a while whether or not the Horse wanted to get into the business of documenting Yoga-Burgers. Dharma-Burgers may be popping up in the most surprising places, but Yoga-Burgers? They're EVERYWHERE. ...I'd never be able to leave the house!

So I'm not sure if we'll be including them. I want to stay on point, as it were. But if you guys send stuff that's on the line, it'll likely make the cut, just as this one did.

In the meantime, thanks to you all... and don't forget to keep your mind, body, and budget balanced.

(Ecccch.)

* As if the word "Zen" hadn't been co-opted beyond belief already -- notice how it appears in lower-case in this ad? The Horse predicts that we'll all be seeing a lot more of that kind of thing...

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Miriam strikes again

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:05:13 -0700

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Thanks again to Miriam for sending this shot of a Buddha-head, from the shelves of -- you guessed it -- Target.

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And while we're at it...

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:04:16 -0700

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Here's yet another shot from inside a Target superstore.

It's a sort of pseudo-Warholian faux-silkscreen Buddha image.

Sorry for the lousy quality.

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Enjoy these dishes, for they're already broken.

nobody@vox.com(theworsthorse.net) — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:18:28 -0700

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Reader Jaime sends this Dharma-Burger, yet another from Target superstores, who just can't seem to get enough Dharma mojo. Jaime writes:

For a while, Target has sold a line of dishes called "ZaZen." They're actually really nice dishes, but I don't think they'll help you clarify your true nature. Love the site.

Thanks, Jaime!

(You can see more Target Dharma-Burgers? Check the archive.)

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