Presidential Pudding
February 27, 2008
I was watching the Democratic debate tonight and kept hearing Obama use one phrase over and over: “The proof is in the pudding.” What this exactly means, I’m not entirely sure, but hey I like Obama and I sure as heck like pudding of all varieties, so hey! Here’s a new campaign poster I came up with for Obama:
you’re like one of those Ron Paul supporters. You don’t even understand what he’s proposing to change but latch onto the marketing and continue to build the cult of personality.
My response: I have in fact looked into the issues and strongly support Obama.
@Hucker
Not sure you smelled the sarcasm… He posted his support before the pudding poster… I got a laugh out of it.
I liked the Obama poster but I wondered about the phrase, “The proof is in the pudding.” As a public service and as a perfectionist, I did a little research because I thought the proper phrase is, “The proof is in the putting.” So here’s what one onliner had to say about the phrase: “PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING — “The way to test whether something came out as it was intended is to try it. The pudding may look good when it is put on the table, but the only way to know for certain is to taste it. As you might expect, it is an old proverb. One version of it dates to the 14th century. A translation in 1682 of Boileu’s ‘Le Lutrin’ offered this: ‘The proof of th’ pudding’s seen i’ th’ eating.’” From “The Dictionary of Cliches” by James Rogers (Ballantine Books, New York, 1985).