Barack and Bicycles

In what is perhaps the oddest Internet craze yet, we have bicycle sites. Political undertones, whimsical phrases. These are the basis of these so-called bicycle sites. It goes like this: (Candidate name or other well-known persons name) + (odd phrase) in large purple Helvetica font. It's a link and each time you click it, it generates a new odd sentence. Some examples from barakobamaisyournewbicycle: "Barack Obama parsed your error," "Barack Obama carried your bookbag," and "Barack Obama folded you an origami crane."

Barack's bicycle site is the original, created by writer Mathew Honan, who calls himself a "weird dude". I think I'll agree. Here's a list from BuzzFeed of every bicycle site they've found. Even though it seems strange and idiotic, I'm kind of addicted to it. The more you click, the sillier it all gets.

Thanks Ben for linking on your blog.