A Few Notes about the Mimosas Witnesses

In discussing our religion, the Mimosas Witnesses, an acquaintance was shocked the other day when I mentioned there was an original New Yorker cartoon. Yes, our entire faith can be traced, not to some science fiction novel, but to a cartoon by Danny Shanahan published in the January 9th, 2006, issue of The New Yorker, which I realize is copyrighted by cartoonbank.com. This image can also be purchased on an ugly white t-shirt or a "Delux Framed Print" for $350. As the Archpope of Transubstantiation & legal seagull for the Mimosas Witnesses, I assure you that we are not in violation of Shanahan's copyright, as (with the minor exception of tithing the incomes of our proselytes) we have never made a cent off of our missionary work. I love Shanahan's detail of the pamphlet titled "Wake up!" It was the inpiration for the Shepard Fairey knock-off to the right. Shepard Fairey, of course, has had his own copyright issues with his Obama poster; & I expect to hear shortly from Witness "Big Mama" Raleigh's lawyers for the use of her photograph in the Faireyization of Mr Mary for my Mimosas Witness posters. Ah, copyrighting, the just protector of art & artists!

Also, in regards to the spelling of Mimosas Witnesses, I have recently been spelling it without the apostrophe. I was told that the Jehovahs Witnesses sometimes go by simply Jehovah Witnesses, but in my attempt to research that, I can't find any evidence that this is the case. They appear to be always "Jehovah's Witnesses" with an apostrophe. Anyone have any idea where I might have gotten that? However, aestetically, I like spelling it simply Mimosas Witnesses, in tribute to James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, which is often referenced with an incorrect apostrophe in the title. The Witnesses & the Wake share many a kindred interconnection.