As I watched one of the new Family Guy episode that aired on November 28th, 2011, an idea struck me. The idea was to set up some challenges for my blog viewers once in a while. Many of you out there may not enjoy the adult cartoon humor, but I however, find it to be hilarious. The new episode had the main character, Peter Griffin's car break down in the Amish country. Everyone hated the life there with no modern day technology for the Griffin family. The Amish treat them as guests until Peter causes some issues within the Amish country. It is then a battle of technology vs. modern times. Eventually, the two make up and become friends in the end.
Of course with the crude humor that makes up Family Guy there were a couple of stereotypical jokes about the Amish. I hope this does not offend anyone. My favorite part of the episode was when Peter was "introducing rock & roll" to the Amish which they were not too pleased with. Below is a picture from the scene:
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Anyways, I was thinking about the Amish and how they can survive with so little technology. I remembered the idea from last year when one of my teachers tried to make us go a week without electronics and then we had to blog about it on our class blog. I failed the challenge within the first 12 hours as I am very dependent on electronics - especially computers. This week, I am challenging my blog viewers to try and go a day - just a day - without the use of technology, just as I did. That means no computers, iPads, iPhones, iPods, electric blenders, coffee machines, washing machines, electric fans, etc. I would like to hear about your experiences and complications that arise during the challenge in the comments!
EDIT: (December 30, 2011)
Try out this Peter Griffin soundboard! Click on one of the phrases for Peter to say it!
EDIT: (December 30, 2011)
Try out this Peter Griffin soundboard! Click on one of the phrases for Peter to say it!
