{"id":5,"date":"1998-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-12-01T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=5"},"modified":"1998-12-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1998-12-01T03:00:00","slug":"a-tribute-to-cartoon-redheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/a-tribute-to-cartoon-redheads\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Cartoon Redheads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/trb_red.gif\" width=\"427\" height=\"143\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/daimage.gif\" width=\"123\" height=\"276\" align=\"left\">Hey, what can I say&#8230;unless someone out there has the guts to admit the same problem&#8230;I must have been the most perverted kid out there. I don&#8217;t know if it can be attributed to being a sheltered, only-child, and not having the normal relationships with my peers, but yes&#8230;I was crazy about cartoon redheads as a kid&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230;. I still do. <\/p>\n<p>They say you never forget your first love&#8230;mine was <b>Daphne Blake<\/b> from <b>Scooby Doo.<\/b> Come on look at her!!! Always wearing miniskirts, more money than God, and always being <u>tied up<\/u> by the bad guy&#8230;(I&#8217;ll refrain from telling you what <b>that<\/b> did for me&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/smileb1.gif\" width=\"201\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" \/>Then there&#8217;s <b>Ariel<\/b>&#8230;another toon babe!<br \/>\nSure she&#8217;s only 16&#8230;<br \/>\nbut then again <b>Hans Christian Andersen<\/b> made her that age, what, a couple of hundred years ago&#8230;? <\/p>\n<p>So does that make me some kind of pedophile? <b>I think not.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The way I see it&#8230;she&#8217;s <b>always<\/b> going to have that hourglass figure, and barely covering herself with those purple seashells long after my ungrateful kids ship me off to a nursing home&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><center>Besides she has a thing for guys named <b>Eric<\/b>&#8230;..<\/center><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"400\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" bordercolor=\"#000000\" bordercolordark=\"#000000\" bordercolorlight=\"#000000\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFF00\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/jane.gif\" width=\"49\" height=\"108\"><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFF00\"><b>Just think about how fast George would<br \/>\nhave made vice president if he had<br \/>\noffered <\/b><b><u>this<\/u><\/b> <b>to Mr. Spacely&#8230;<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#FF0000\" bordercolor=\"#FF0000\" bordercolordark=\"#C10000\" bordercolorlight=\"#FF5B5B\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr bgcolor=\"#000000\">\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"><b>Exceptions to the rule:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>Betty Rubble did it more for me than Wilma.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Melody was my favorite Pussycat over Josie.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/jrabbit.gif\" width=\"150\" height=\"172\" align=\"left\" \/><b>Jessica Rabbit<\/b>&#8230;the <u>ultimate<\/u> celluloid dreamgirl! <\/p>\n<p>I searched all over the web for Jessica Rabbit clip art for this story&#8230;both of the pictures used were from porno sites&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/jess_x.gif\" width=\"99\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/>In fact, with the four search engines I used, only two sites found weren&#8217;t pornographic&#8230;.so maybe my weakness is a little more common than I thought&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>In conclusion<\/u>:<\/b> I just have to share with you, my people&#8230; (who seem to love and care for me&#8230;no matter how bizarre I get!)&#8230;<br \/>\nWe rented <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Title?0166792\" target=\"offsite\">Scooby Doo on Zombie Island<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see Daphne again. 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