You couldn’t make it up – apparently giant man-eating badgers are terrorising Basra.
Rumour goes that giant “man-eating badgers” were released into the area by British troops.
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Will the iPhone blend?
I’ve been getting sick of hearing about the iPhone lately, it seems to be the only thing a lot of bloggers and tech news sites are writing about. Sure it’s a pretty nice-looking gadget, but you’d think it was a f**king cure for cancer by the amount of exposure.
This is one link that amused me though: Will an iPhone blend?
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George Bush’s parrot
Laura Bush bought George a parrot for his birthday. She told Dick Cheney, “The bird is so smart! George has already taught him to mispronounce over 200 words!”
“Wow, that’s pretty impressive,” Cheney said. “But you realize that he just says the words. He doesn’t understand what they mean”.
“That’s okay,” Laura replied. “Neither does the parrot”…
(Taken from a post on Visordown)
Installing spell checker…
A delightlyfully ironic screenshot from a post on Worse Than Failure (the new, slightly lame name for The Daily WTF):
A groaner
An Englishman, Scotsman & Irishman are in hospital recovering from serious surgery.
For conversation’s sake the Englishman says:
“What do you think is the best thing ever invented?” ” I think it’s the Pacemaker, because if it wasn’t for the Pacemaker it’d be curtains for me”.
Scotsman says: “Aye, The Pacemaker, ‘cos I had heart disease and if it wasn’t for the Pacemaker, it’d be curtains for me , too”.
The Irishman says: “Venetian blinds”.
Puzzled consternation from the Englishman & Scotsman. “Why???”
“Because if it wasn’t for them it’d be curtains for everyone”.
Pay peanuts and get monkeys…
Okay, they say if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys – well, why not hire Primate Programmers?
Primate Programming Inc. is dedicated to the advancement and gainful employment of non-human great apes within the United States information technology sector.
[….]
A skilled primate from our firm can handle code maintenance and report writing for as little as 45 cents per hour. The entire staff receives ongoing .NET training and JSP training in addition to training in XML, Java and related technologies.
Ikea’s new range: Hedfuk
Ikea has just released their new product range Hedfuk, designed for easy self-assembly:
Fancy a cheap Faberge egg?
Fancy a nice bargain on a Faberge egg?
Not a bad little saving there, think I’ll buy ten :)
Live link (at least until they pull it down)
Even better is the customer review for it:
Looks fantastic, but not so tasty, May 31, 2007
By Benjamin Hallert (Springfield, OR)
While the wrapper is artfully done, I was disappointed with the filling. I don’t know if the one I got was a factory defect or not, but once I had removed the elaborate wrapper, I found it was empty, without even the smell of chocolate. After this, I’ll stick with Cadbury eggs, but my experience may not be representative of the normal presentation. I’ve given the product 4 stars because of the wrapper, though, while difficult to tear off, it was certainly stunning.
(Found via a post on The Daily WTF)
Cutty Sark suspect identified
Police have released a photo of the main suspect of the Cutty Sark arson.
Anyone who has an idea of who and where this individual is, please call CRIMESTOPPERS on 0800 555 555.
Please do not approach him as he is to be armed with a very long sword, and under the influence of unidentified substances, possibly rum.
Who do they think they are?
Okay, I came across this site the other day: http://www.netauthority.org/
They describe themselves as:
The Net Authority is an organization dedicated to the removal of offensive material from the Internet. The online world is teeming with pornography, depravity, blasphemy, and all kinds of hate propaganda. It is our mission to define a set of guidelines to which all information posted on the Internet must adhere, and to hold responsible those who would knowingly break those guidelines.
Erm, who the fuck do they think they are? “To hold responsible those who would knowingly break those guidelines? What the hell do you think you’re going to do about it? You’ve made up your own set of arbitrary guidelines, and want to threaten to somehow punish people who don’t abide by them?
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