Collect them all!

January 31, 2007 10:41 AM

Terrorism finger puppets! Uncanny crocheted likenesses of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il, Ahmadinejad and George W. Bush.
posted by R. Mutt (21 comments total)

Kim Jong Il is positively adorable.
posted by chrismear at 10:48 AM on January 31, 2007

G.W, um, not so much
Just like real life!!!!
posted by Elim at 10:59 AM on January 31, 2007

What would one do with them?
posted by jeffamaphone at 11:12 AM on January 31, 2007

You'd make them talk and fight each other and have adventures, of course.
posted by chrismear at 11:18 AM on January 31, 2007

You could place the GW one on your wang as a reverse-cure for impotence.
posted by Peter H at 11:24 AM on January 31, 2007

Stuffed germs... adorable - Toy terrorists... not so much.
posted by dindin at 11:29 AM on January 31, 2007

You could have a little peace summit with them. They could all ride in on unicorns and sit down for a nice Dodo bird dinner, just like if it actually happenend in First Life.
posted by The Straightener at 11:31 AM on January 31, 2007

They're frighteningly adorable.
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 11:34 AM on January 31, 2007

I just noticed that OBL is the only one not holding a flag .... he has a machine gun.
posted by R. Mutt at 11:40 AM on January 31, 2007

I'm loving the tags.
posted by Richard Daly at 11:42 AM on January 31, 2007

So GW is a terrorist is no longer even a shocking commentary?
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 11:52 AM on January 31, 2007

Hahaha, I think my boss is going to buy like 12 of these, she's currently screaming her head off about how awesome they are.
posted by The Straightener at 11:54 AM on January 31, 2007

So GW is a terrorist is no longer even a shocking commentary?

Nope. You look at those puppets and say, "Yeah, those are the influential world leaders who are scaring people and making my life difficult."
posted by Faint of Butt at 12:04 PM on January 31, 2007

Did somebody say UNICORN?
posted by bitter-girl.com at 12:06 PM on January 31, 2007

Fifty-five bucks?? I'm in the wrong business. Also, I think these are a bit canny.
posted by Mister_A at 12:06 PM on January 31, 2007

I like how the George Bush one looks so much not like him that the maker had to put a big American flag on him.
posted by interrobang at 12:07 PM on January 31, 2007

Does Saddam come with a hangman's noose, or is that sold as a separate accessory?
posted by briank at 12:13 PM on January 31, 2007

Does Saddam come with a hangman's noose, or is that sold as a separate accessory?

The noose goes with the GW puppet. Oh, wait, Saddam was GW's puppet! (headspin...)

refining the joke: the saddam one should be a tiny hand puppet for the GW hand puppet
posted by Peter H at 12:17 PM on January 31, 2007

the saddam one should be a tiny hand puppet for the GW hand puppet

And the GW puppet should be a tiny hand puppet for the Dick Cheney hand puppet. Conspicuiously missing from the collection and I smell a RAT....
posted by Skygazer at 12:28 PM on January 31, 2007

What a coincidence! A friend of mine is doing a psychology experiment and needs to find a puppet of Oscar the Grouch or Spongebob or some other character that children would identify as mischievous. She spent the whole morning driving around looking for one but no luck.

Who's more mischievous than lil' Kim Jong Il? Problem solved!
posted by painquale at 1:45 PM on January 31, 2007

Awesome.

I want to show these to one of my friends who crochets all the time, perhaps she could devise a pattern...

Not that I can follow patterns, but I'd love to make myself a dictator finger puppet.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:45 PM on January 31, 2007