Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Very important cooking link: http://fairy.mahdzan.com/story/189.asp
And very important game link: THIS GAME..... ROCKS!!!!! http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/games/throwrocks.html "Wendy is a girl who thinks she's trendy. She likes shopping and going to the mall. She doesn't like boys because they're smelly. That's why she throws rocks at them.
Hit 10 boys in 60 seconds. You only have 40 rocks to throw, so use them wisely. See if you can make it to the final level."
--Thanks to presurfer
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Death By Giraffe?
Last week two women were on one of those slow drive-through wild life tours in the Kruger National Park (which, by the way is about the size of Belgium), when suddenly they heard a stampede!
Shocked, they turned to see three giraffes being chased by a hungry lioness. They turned on their headlights - I guess to let the giraffes know to divert the stampede around them - and thusly were able to clearly see the 500+ lb giraffe slam head-on into their car. I have read reports that indicate they were severely injured and others that say they are now deceased. Either way, what a way to go!!!!!!!!
This incident is "the talk of the industry" says the owner of the lodge where the women were staying. But only because it was a giraffe that caused the carnage. Apparently there is such a huge market for up-close interaction between tourists and wild animals in South Africa, that people are regularly gored, eaten, trampled, and crushed -- but not by giraffes.
"We are going from eco-tourism to adventure tourism with animals, and this is a very dangerous arena," said Wouter van Hoven of the Centre for Wildlife at the University of Pretoria.
"There are more and more farmers converting from cattle ranching to safari operations and the pressure is on to provide an exciting experience."
Sounds exciting to me!!
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Stupid Names for Babies
A guy from Zhengzhou, Henan province, has been told by the government that no, he cannot name his son @@@@. As unreasonable as this may seem, it appears that there's some kind of crazy Hong Kong law that requires that people be named something that can be translated into Chinese and, perhaps, pronounced.
Good thing the artist known as the artist formerly known as prince wasn't from Zhengzhou during his brief unpronounceable phase.
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Job Openings in Delaware
In a tremendous gaffe of the Powerball lottery system, the incorrect group of employees in Delaware have won the $214.7 million jackpot. It was supposed to be a small group from Wilmington that would win, but instead a huge group of 33 folks downstate at the Sussex Printing Corp won.
I'm planning on filing a class-action lawsuit against the Powerball organizers for the mental anguish they have caused, but figured I'd let any job-hunters out there know of the 33 openings at the Printing Corp. Anyone interested in joining the lawsuit, feel free to let me know.
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Jackson Calls for Ban on Eminem's Video
Michael Jackson is really really mad at that big poopie face Eminem because Eminem is a meanie and is making fun of him in his latest video "Just Lose It".
Parts of the video, where Eminem is all dressed up to look like Mikey, that just seem really unfair are:
* making fun of that time when Mikey's hair caught fire back when he was doing a commercial. And then when he runs to the toilet to put out the fire, his nose falls off
* sitting on a bed with happy little boys and rapping "'Come here little kiddie, on my lap, guess who's back with a brand new rap. And I don't mean rap as in a case of child molestation."
Mikey called up his friends on the telephone to tell them to stop showing the doody-head video. So far only BET (Black Entertainment Television) has pulled the video.
Everyone else is just mean.
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And very important game link: THIS GAME..... ROCKS!!!!! http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/games/throwrocks.html "Wendy is a girl who thinks she's trendy. She likes shopping and going to the mall. She doesn't like boys because they're smelly. That's why she throws rocks at them.
Hit 10 boys in 60 seconds. You only have 40 rocks to throw, so use them wisely. See if you can make it to the final level."
--Thanks to presurfer
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Death By Giraffe?
Last week two women were on one of those slow drive-through wild life tours in the Kruger National Park (which, by the way is about the size of Belgium), when suddenly they heard a stampede!
Shocked, they turned to see three giraffes being chased by a hungry lioness. They turned on their headlights - I guess to let the giraffes know to divert the stampede around them - and thusly were able to clearly see the 500+ lb giraffe slam head-on into their car. I have read reports that indicate they were severely injured and others that say they are now deceased. Either way, what a way to go!!!!!!!!
This incident is "the talk of the industry" says the owner of the lodge where the women were staying. But only because it was a giraffe that caused the carnage. Apparently there is such a huge market for up-close interaction between tourists and wild animals in South Africa, that people are regularly gored, eaten, trampled, and crushed -- but not by giraffes.
"We are going from eco-tourism to adventure tourism with animals, and this is a very dangerous arena," said Wouter van Hoven of the Centre for Wildlife at the University of Pretoria.
"There are more and more farmers converting from cattle ranching to safari operations and the pressure is on to provide an exciting experience."
Sounds exciting to me!!
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Stupid Names for Babies
A guy from Zhengzhou, Henan province, has been told by the government that no, he cannot name his son @@@@. As unreasonable as this may seem, it appears that there's some kind of crazy Hong Kong law that requires that people be named something that can be translated into Chinese and, perhaps, pronounced.
Good thing the artist known as the artist formerly known as prince wasn't from Zhengzhou during his brief unpronounceable phase.
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Job Openings in Delaware
In a tremendous gaffe of the Powerball lottery system, the incorrect group of employees in Delaware have won the $214.7 million jackpot. It was supposed to be a small group from Wilmington that would win, but instead a huge group of 33 folks downstate at the Sussex Printing Corp won.
I'm planning on filing a class-action lawsuit against the Powerball organizers for the mental anguish they have caused, but figured I'd let any job-hunters out there know of the 33 openings at the Printing Corp. Anyone interested in joining the lawsuit, feel free to let me know.
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Jackson Calls for Ban on Eminem's Video
Michael Jackson is really really mad at that big poopie face Eminem because Eminem is a meanie and is making fun of him in his latest video "Just Lose It".
Parts of the video, where Eminem is all dressed up to look like Mikey, that just seem really unfair are:
* making fun of that time when Mikey's hair caught fire back when he was doing a commercial. And then when he runs to the toilet to put out the fire, his nose falls off
* sitting on a bed with happy little boys and rapping "'Come here little kiddie, on my lap, guess who's back with a brand new rap. And I don't mean rap as in a case of child molestation."
Mikey called up his friends on the telephone to tell them to stop showing the doody-head video. So far only BET (Black Entertainment Television) has pulled the video.
Everyone else is just mean.
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Link of the day: Elite designers against IKEA. An idea whose time has come. http://elitedesigners.org/default.asp
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OMG! How did I miss THIS?
If I Only Had a Brain...
Prince Hassan bin Talal shot off a wonderful salvo back on Oct 2nd when speaking at an international geography festival in eastern France.
During the festivities, the Jordanian prince spoke out apparently in hopes that GW was one of the geography hounds in the audience. Hassan said, "We need respect, intellectual tolerance, Mr President of the United States, of a meeting of minds... and if you actually have one, I'd like to see it."
CAT scan & MRI on the way, buddy.
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Oooh Fun!
Let it be known that Johnny Reitz is no longer the record holder for 'most McDonalds Burgers Shoved in Mouth at One Time'. He has been deposed by 19 year old Ezra Nicholas during the Singaporean World Record contest. Folks in Singapore decided that a great way to bring attention to their island nation would be to break 10 world records this weekend. Sadly, they only broke 2 and they are not gaining the attention they wanted.
For the record: 50 year old Jeffery Koh has become the world's fastest eater of dry biscuits. He blasted through the previous record of 3 'cream crackers' in 49.15 seconds with a mindboggling 14.45 second munch.
Words from the burger victor, who shoved 3.25 burgers into his big fat mouth: "I'm on top of the world right now, because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth!"
But can he eat a stick of butter......
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School Board May Censor Books, Hand Out Bibles
An interesting brain storming session was held this month in La Plata, MD, regarding the curriculum at their public schools. Seems the vice chairman of the Charles County Board of Eduction, Margaret Young, doesn't approve of the school system's current reading list.
Declaring that the books on the reading list are "filled with profanity and pornography, fornication and adultery", Maggie and other like-minded boardmembers have recommended banning the books and replacing them with Gideon's Bible. Also recommended is removing science books "biased towards evolution" and teaching sex ed as follows: "No sex is good sex. Abstain. That is all."
I would say they're in a Catch-22, but I don't think Maggie would understand. I feel like such an Outsider. Practically living on an Animal Farm. Then again, as Upton Sinclair said, it's a Jungle out there. Blah blah blah
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Our Very Own David Nemeth contributes the following nugget...
Making the Alamo Something to Remember
Kristine Nissel, 18, and Matthew Hotard, 19, active-duty members of the 232nd Medical Battalion stationed at Fort Sam Houston decided to truly remember the Alamo this weekend by fornicating near a public viewing area at the 'shrine of Texas independence'.
Several tourists witnessed the 5:30pm shenanigans, and at least one got miffed enough to talk to security and have the boffers removed. They have been charged with public lewdness and tossed in the clink, each with bond set at $800.
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Berlin Wall being rebuilt
Alexandra Hildebrandt, curator of the Checkpoint Charlie museum in Berlin, is having a 200-yard section of the Berlin Wall rebuilt so that people will never forget the brutality of the Communist regime.
Alexandra sees it as "a freedom memorial...I don't see the problem."
Others see it just a touch differently - for example Walter Momper, a former Mayor of Berlin: "You cannot make a tourist attraction out of an instrument of murder," he said.
Apparently, you can.
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OMG! How did I miss THIS?
If I Only Had a Brain...
Prince Hassan bin Talal shot off a wonderful salvo back on Oct 2nd when speaking at an international geography festival in eastern France.
During the festivities, the Jordanian prince spoke out apparently in hopes that GW was one of the geography hounds in the audience. Hassan said, "We need respect, intellectual tolerance, Mr President of the United States, of a meeting of minds... and if you actually have one, I'd like to see it."
CAT scan & MRI on the way, buddy.
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Oooh Fun!
Let it be known that Johnny Reitz is no longer the record holder for 'most McDonalds Burgers Shoved in Mouth at One Time'. He has been deposed by 19 year old Ezra Nicholas during the Singaporean World Record contest. Folks in Singapore decided that a great way to bring attention to their island nation would be to break 10 world records this weekend. Sadly, they only broke 2 and they are not gaining the attention they wanted.
For the record: 50 year old Jeffery Koh has become the world's fastest eater of dry biscuits. He blasted through the previous record of 3 'cream crackers' in 49.15 seconds with a mindboggling 14.45 second munch.
Words from the burger victor, who shoved 3.25 burgers into his big fat mouth: "I'm on top of the world right now, because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth!"
But can he eat a stick of butter......
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School Board May Censor Books, Hand Out Bibles
An interesting brain storming session was held this month in La Plata, MD, regarding the curriculum at their public schools. Seems the vice chairman of the Charles County Board of Eduction, Margaret Young, doesn't approve of the school system's current reading list.
Declaring that the books on the reading list are "filled with profanity and pornography, fornication and adultery", Maggie and other like-minded boardmembers have recommended banning the books and replacing them with Gideon's Bible. Also recommended is removing science books "biased towards evolution" and teaching sex ed as follows: "No sex is good sex. Abstain. That is all."
I would say they're in a Catch-22, but I don't think Maggie would understand. I feel like such an Outsider. Practically living on an Animal Farm. Then again, as Upton Sinclair said, it's a Jungle out there. Blah blah blah
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Our Very Own David Nemeth contributes the following nugget...
Making the Alamo Something to Remember
Kristine Nissel, 18, and Matthew Hotard, 19, active-duty members of the 232nd Medical Battalion stationed at Fort Sam Houston decided to truly remember the Alamo this weekend by fornicating near a public viewing area at the 'shrine of Texas independence'.
Several tourists witnessed the 5:30pm shenanigans, and at least one got miffed enough to talk to security and have the boffers removed. They have been charged with public lewdness and tossed in the clink, each with bond set at $800.
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Berlin Wall being rebuilt
Alexandra Hildebrandt, curator of the Checkpoint Charlie museum in Berlin, is having a 200-yard section of the Berlin Wall rebuilt so that people will never forget the brutality of the Communist regime.
Alexandra sees it as "a freedom memorial...I don't see the problem."
Others see it just a touch differently - for example Walter Momper, a former Mayor of Berlin: "You cannot make a tourist attraction out of an instrument of murder," he said.
Apparently, you can.
