Speaking of US-Central American relations as we were, one of our far-flung correspondents sends us the below, from Guatemala. I mean, who needs to be on Mount Rushmore when you can pitch buffalo wings with a side of sexism.
I believe the slogan translates as, “Never have I been so happy.” Not even after the passage of the Social Security Act!
The Edge of the American West 
10 comments
June 4, 2010 at 4:39 am
Levi Stahl
I love how FDR appears to be leering at the Hooters girl–it’s a look worthy of Clinton at his best.
June 4, 2010 at 4:54 am
phoneranger
FDR never had been so happy. Sounds funky right? FDR never had so much fun? Better?
June 4, 2010 at 5:48 am
kid bitzer
notice how the two ‘o’s in “roosevelt” have been made to look like the two ‘o’s in “hooters”.
i think the point is to give us a phonetic guide to the correct pronunciation of “hooters”, which evidently rhymes with “boaters” or “rotors”.
after all, only a rube would say “rue-sevelt”.
June 4, 2010 at 6:26 am
CJColucci
I’m not sure FDR would have had a problem with this.
June 4, 2010 at 7:41 am
kevin
I’m not sure FDR would have had a problem with this.
Definitely not. This is what the Good Neighbor policy to Latin America was all about.
June 4, 2010 at 9:16 am
Gordon
Herbert Hoover’s “A chicken in every pot” campaign isn’t looking so bad after all.
June 4, 2010 at 9:54 am
pdf23ds
“Habi’a” can be first or third person. In this context, it’s probably third.
June 4, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Vance
I like how they used a picture of him with two hands clutching, as if about to cop a feel. The source is this, with the original girl (a bit young for the ad) taken out, and his right hand mirrored to make a left.
June 5, 2010 at 9:11 am
nick
Hey… hey!
When you’re in a wheelchair, all your dances are lap dances.
June 7, 2010 at 4:22 pm
bitchphd
Honest to god, I would rather dine with Larry Flynt any day of the week than walk into a Hooter’s. Frank offense is so much less revolting than fakely “wholesome” leering.