Kumquat Mania

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 2, 2005). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

‘Kumquat’ has long been one of my favorite words. It’s rather silly, fun to say, and sounds like it might be something slightly perverse, but it’s nothing more than a little orange fruit.

I just stumbled across this Fark Photoshop competition:

Theme: Replace a word in a song or movie title with the word “kumquat” and photoshop the result

I generally skip most of Fark’s photoshop threads, as they’re generally only of fair-to-middling quality, and the level of humor is often lower than I generally get a kick out of. This one I had to check out though…and I’m glad I did.

As it turned out, there were lots of good gags. As images posted to Fark tend to be transitory, I’ve snagged the best of them here. One to start with, then the rest behind the cut (it’ll be a bit image-heavy, modem users beware)…

Dark Side of the Kumquat

The Year We Make Kumquat

Kumquatsi

Kumquat

American Kumquat

Clockwork Kumquat

Finding Kumquat

James and the Giant Kumquat

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Kumquat

Houses of the Kumquat

Kumquats are Forever

The Passion of the Kumquat

Kumquat Pie

Attack of the Killer Kumquats

Kumquat May

Pulp Kumquat

The Velvet Underground and Nico

The War of the Kumquats

The Kumquats of Wrath

iTunesBasket Case” by Eon A from the album Aural Ecstasy: The Best of Techno (1992, 5:43).