jackassworld

Back in the olden days, when I was the editor of Blunt snowboard magazine and Natas Kaupas was the art director, we were featuring quite a bit of scatological prank articles. One day, Natas grew tired of this smelly nonsense and said to me sarcastically, “Hey Dave, why don’t you just cover yourself in shit and give people hugs?” I laughed his comment off, but secretly filed the idea away for later use. Well, Blunt went belly up and soon jackass was born. I pulled out Natas’ poo hug concept and presented it to the powers that be. The notion of embracing members of the public utilizing real feces was rejected in a blink of a blinking butthole by MTV. In the end, the idea was severely compromised and refried beans and stink bombs were substituted for good old poo-poo. I still looked and smelt fairly nasty, and somehow quite a few people said “fuck it” and cashed in on the free hug offer. However, I was nearly denounced by many of my fellow cast members, namely BAM, for being such a pussy covered in beans. And now, thanks to this, um, brilliant website, the “(Not Really) Poo Hug” is back to haunt me yet once again…great. —Dave England