It's a little known fact that everyone has their own secret twin. I have discovered several cloned personalities trying to conceal their secret identity here in Imperial County. For example:
Law and border congressman Bob Filner and…
...Law and Order thespian Jerry Orbach.
Acting director of the Imperial Irrigation District Mike Abatti and…
...actor and director Robert DeNiro
The genial director of the I.I.D. John Pierre Menvielle and...
...the genocidal dictator of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina, Radovan Karadzic.
...the genocidal dictator of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina, Radovan Karadzic.
El Centro Behavioral Health Services director Michael Horn and...
...misbehaving prime minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
Financier of the new Calexico port Jon Ballard and...
...fashionista Mister Blackwell.
The pleasant president of Imperial Valley College Ed Gould and...
The Harley-Davidson worshiping “Pinches Cucarachas" and...
The pleasant president of Imperial Valley College Ed Gould and...
...Pleasantville actor J.T. Walsh.
The Harley-Davidson worshiping “Pinches Cucarachas" and...
...Hindu devotees worshiping Lord Shiva in India.
Have you spotted any secret twins lurking around the Valley recently? Or maybe you have a secret twin of your own. Perhaps you mistook Cathy Kennerson for Florence Henderson. If you see a doppelgänger, send photos to: tkrainin@ivpressonline.com for immediate publication and ridicule.
ha! this is funny. I too have a secret twin, it's Brad Pitt.
Posted by: soulman | October 27, 2008 at 08:36 AM
That Menvielle one is too funny.
Posted by: jbrad | October 28, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Dammit! Todd! Eric, you and I have been talking about doing this story for YEARS!
But I have to say your compilation is far better than the ones we came up with. Like that movie theater ticket guy who looked like someone you guys mentioned.
This is hilarious. I, like Brad, can appreciate the Menvielle one. But do they have the same oratory skills?
Posted by: Brianna | October 30, 2008 at 08:42 AM
Looks like those ‘funny lessons’ you recommended for me sure have paid off, Brad! And Brianna: you and Eric had your ideas for who looked like who – and I have mine. Calexico city manager Ruben Duran and Fred Flintstone? I don’t think so. Representative Bonnie Garcia and a boll weevil? Come on! And enough with the ‘years’ talk already. I haven’t yet been here for two of ‘em, which is what you implied by using the plural, dontcha know? Unless you suppose that we’ve been dreaming up this 'secret twin' idea together since we first met sixteen years ago, while standing on line at the Whataburger in Falfurrias.
Posted by: Todd Krainin | October 30, 2008 at 10:11 PM
You just better mention me in your Nobel Prize speech for 'funny but totally useless camera tricks except when breaking up the monotony that comes with Imperial Valley on occasion.'
Posted by: Brianna | October 31, 2008 at 05:50 PM
El Centro city manager, not Calexico.
Posted by: Eric | November 03, 2008 at 04:18 PM
Hysterically funny visuals and commentary, as well as being brilliantly assembled and produced! A great regional addendum to the classic pictorial SEPARATED AT BIRTH.
Posted by: Julian | November 08, 2008 at 02:09 PM
Well Todd... You might think this is funny, but really you are the joke. No one ever said that Pinches Cucarachas is an MC. If you had done your job correctly you would have gathered the right information and saved the IV Press some ink.
Sincerely
Andy & the Roaches
Posted by: Andrea | November 11, 2008 at 02:42 AM
Wait, they're NOT a motorcycle club? That's great, next thing you're going to tell me is that they're NOT cucarachas!
Posted by: Eric | November 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM
I don't know who Eric is, or why he thinks he knows anything about the Pinches Cucarachas. If anyone would know it would be me, since I am the one that made the shirts in the first place. I know EVERY single person that has a shirt, and Eric isn’t one of them. So that means he doesn’t know what he is talking about. Like I said, if Todd had done his job correctly he would know exactly what the name and t-shirts stand for.
Posted by: andrea | November 15, 2008 at 08:28 PM
After seeing what I saw, All I have to say is...Fuck all of the editors,journalists and anyone else who is affiliated with the imperial valley press. I found nothing humorous about the stupid ass fucking article they posted online, some one should beat the living fuck out of the asshole who thought it would be funny to publish this article. Oh and by the way, fuck the little prick ("erik")who decided to put his two cents in, I hope he develops some kind of incurable and dies a slow painful death.
Posted by: ENRIQUE | November 16, 2008 at 10:05 PM
After seeing what I saw, All I have to say is...Fuck all of the editors,journalists and anyone else who is affiliated with the imperial valley press. I found nothing humorous about the stupid ass fucking article they posted online, some one should beat the living fuck out of the asshole who thought it would be funny to publish this article. Oh and by the way, fuck the little prick ("erik")who decided to put his two cents in, I hope he develops some kind of incurable disease and dies a slow painful death.
Posted by: ENRIQUE | November 16, 2008 at 10:06 PM
That is the funniest thing I've ever read on these blogs. Goodness, Kiki, tell us what you really think.
Posted by: Rodrigo | November 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Leave it up to some dork to finally get the balls to go to a bike show and decide who is and who isn't in a bike club. It's nice to see journalist's making up stories and still be able to keep their job. Let's see what happens to Eric when he runs his mouth about a real bike club
Posted by: Mario V | November 17, 2008 at 07:53 PM
Cursing and threats will not be tolerated here. Threats will be handled by local police and offending posters will be contacted. - Brad Jennings, editor.
Posted by: jbrad | November 18, 2008 at 09:04 AM
How dare you insult the Hindu people by comparing us to a motorcycle club that says it is not a motorcycle club. This is against our religion. And we do not worship cockroaches in India. No we do not!!! We Hindus are a peace-loving people. We believe in hurting no one, not even our enemy. But for you, Todd, we will make an exception. May Goddess Durga stick your head in a tandoori oven until your nose turns the color of mango chutney. Down with Brad Jennings! Down with IV Press!
Posted by: Manoosh the Angry Hindu | November 18, 2008 at 11:53 AM