I promised you scary pictures

and here they are, the scariest pictures I can show you. These may be the scariest pictures you have ever seen, so I want you to steal yourself for the shock. I took these photos just this afternoon at a fabric and quilting store here in town. Take a look at the pictures, don't forget to click the thumbnails to see the full size pics, then scroll down for some further thoughts. Move you drinks away from your monitor and keyboard!

"Ah jes cain't quilt you!"

"Mom, Dad,there's something I've got to tell you..."

Can you imagine any mom putting these barechested cowboys on her little boy's bed and the little cowpoke not turning out gay later in life? Have you ever seen more queer fabric for a quilt? Really, how could anybody fall asleep every night snuggling those buff chested, leather chapped studs and not find their way to Brokeback Mountain?

That quilt is just really creepy! Can you imagine the thought processes that must have gone into the fabric design? Didn't it occur to anyone that maybe this was just too stereotypical? It must have been some nice, clueless Mormon woman that made this quilt for display, was she so clueless not see the cowboy queer connection?

So, what to you think, creepy, or not?

BTW, I wandered past Misha's place tonight and found that he had described the problems with Brokeback Mountain far more eloquently than I ever could. For those of you that don't frequent the Anti-Idiotarian's blog- he writes really well. He's rude, to be sure, but he's good.

UPDATE: Terry came up with the very best title for this post, so I just had to plagerize it and add it in. Thanks Terry!