While Quatchi may be more my size, I must confess that my favourite Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot is Vancouver Island marmot, Mukmuk.
Technically, Mukmuk is a mascot “sidekick” – all the other mascots are depicted participating in a variety of Olympic and Paralympic sports while Mukmuk:
- Cheers them on with his big foam finger; and
- Drives the ice resurfacer.
As an armchair Olympian, I really identify with Mukmuk, as I’m sure many of us do. Also, I feel that Mukmuk doesn’t get the love the other mascots get and that’s cold, wet and wrong.
So you can imagine my delight when I discovered that Mukmuk is tweeting. About what? EVERYTHING.
Gossip about the other mascots. His love of berries. Sexcapades. How cute he is.
A sampling:
Maybe you have to be drinking the Olympic Kool-aid to really feel FakeMukmuk’s tweets, but I find them so fucking hilarious. I might be a little hysterical now that I’m only a few days away from my first 6:15 a.m. shift at the Olympic Family Hotel. I don’t know if they’ll let me bring my personal Mukmuk with me.
I wish that was a metaphor but I actually have my own Mukmuk. Behold!
p.s. I’m not allowed to do finger guns during volunteer shifts. I asked my supervisor. Who didn’t think it was funny.
p.p.s. That rat behind me is totally going for my toque.
p.p.p. s. Did anyone else know about this below??
