Llama Marketing Research

Over the weekend, the Missus informed me that she had somewhere or other discovered the existence of Cafe Press and that she thought it would be an excellent vehicle by which we Llamas could market t-shirts, coffee mugs and the like. Never one to let the grass grow under her feet, I understand she also talked to Steve-O about this while I was out snoozing in the hammock.

So I'll ask you lot: If we were to offer a range of Llama tchotskes and apparel, would you actually buy it? Show of hands, please.

UPDATE: Our pal Lintenfiniel Jen mentions collecting blog mugs. This got me thinking how much future hilarity could ensue as some poor archeology doctoral candidate pours over a heap of dug up crockery, trying to figure out why on earth early 21st Century drinking vessels were decorated with such a bizarre assortment of images. Mwahahahaaa!

Think this couldn't happen? Robert Graves (of I, Claudius fame) was of the opinion that many of the creatures and stories that have come down to us from Classical Greek mythology - the minotaur, centaurs and so on - were the result of the Greeks of the Classical Age misinterpreting the images left by the pre-Myceneans, who lived some 1000 years or so previously. Graves believed that these images - of bull-headed men, half-men/half-horses and so on - were actually totemic in origin and denoted membership in various fraternal orders. He also thought the various stories portrayed on the walls of, say, Knossos, were allegorical in meaning, likening them to modern political cartoons. I must say, his explanation seems at least plausible to me. If you want a really good adventure story that, at the same time, explains some of this, I highly recommend Hercules, My Shipmate.

In the meantime, buy lots of bloggger junk and bury it in your back yard. Then stand by for some fun!

UPDATE DEUX: Speaking of the future, here's mine.