What's with Nader and the mushrooms?

[Tindalos]

Help out a lowly Canuck here, please. I've heard of Nader and... um... that's about it.

His name is everywhere this morning, always accompanied by a picture of mushrooms. Why? What am I missing? :shrug:

[FloridaJudy]

1. Google is your friend

When it comes to Ralph Nader.

As to the mushrooms: I'm clueless. Unless it's the old saying "I must be a mushroom - they feed me shit, and I'm always in the dark".

[Tindalos]

2. Okay

It was the mushrooms that confused me.

[havocmom]

7. Then, there is the mushroom's tendency to just pop up every cycle

Mushrooms are the visable, reproductive expression of an organism that is basically not seen at any other time.

Ralph pops up to get off every four years.

[Connonym]

3. Or "if he thinks he's going to get elected he must be on shrooms"

I'm practicing extensive self-control in not going on a rant filled with foul language.

[Tindalos]

4. Well, that makes sense too.

And, don't hold back on my account.

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. They both thrive on shit.

:shrug:

[Tindalos]

6. I wondered if there was an inside joke I was missing

Maybe it's a make-up-your-own-punchline joke. :shrug:

[Adsos Letter]

8. ...?...