# Life Imitates South Park

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-south-park/327427>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 22, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-south-park/327427 "2005-10-22T15:29:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-south-park/327427/1 "2005-10-22T15:29:58Z")

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[Mr. Floatie](http://boingboing.net/images/126521-41882%5B1%5D.jpg) tried to [run for political office](http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1020MrFloatie20-ON.html).

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> Mr. Floatie, a community activist who dresses up in a feces costume to decry the pumping of raw sewage into the waters off British Columbia’s capital, has withdrawn his name as a candidate for mayor.
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> The city had planned to challenge Mr. Floatie’s candidacy in court.

All we need is a massacre of PETA folks and we’ll have a trifecta.

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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-south-park/327427/2 "2005-10-22T17:50:25Z")

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> [@Tuckerfan](#):
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> [Mr. Floatie](http://boingboing.net/images/126521-41882%5B1%5D.jpg) tried to [run for political office](http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1020MrFloatie20-ON.html). All we need is a massacre of PETA folks and we’ll have a trifecta.

Oh, I can’t wait!

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-south-park/327427/3 "2005-10-22T18:19:06Z")

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> “Of course I’m not a real person,” Skwarok said earlier this week. “I’m a big piece of poop.”

Sounds like he’s got his eyes on the Premier’s job.