Archive for the 'Weird' Category

Play It Backwards

December 7, 2007

Ever listened to Garth Brooks and wanted to kill yourself? You are not alone.
The results of a multiple regression analysis of 49 metropolitan areas show that the greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white suicide rate. The effect is independent of divorce, southernness, poverty, and gun availability.
I would like to see [...]

No Brain Necessary

July 20, 2007

The headline says it all.

Women Behaving Badly

February 7, 2007

Another everday incidence of drunk trouble-makers being justly thrown out of licensed premises in the name of public safety:
TWO women who kissed each other in a New Zealand bar are claiming discrimination after they were thrown out by a bouncer.
According to a report in the Dominion Post newspaper, Lydia Boyd and Steph Hansen were told [...]

Was The Bible Written By Tarantino?

December 7, 2006

Ten bible verses that rarely get a run on Sunday. Highlight:
Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. And when [...]

Girl Friday

October 20, 2006

Everything old is new again.

How this got through Youtube’s censors I have no fucking idea.

Free Parking In Cronulla (For Whites)

October 17, 2006

Angelfire website worthy of newspaper article.
A MONOPOLY-STYLE board game has been designed to celebrate the race riots of last December in the Sydney suburb of Cronulla.
Called Cronulla 2230 - Win Back Australia, the game has been criticised by NSW Premier Morris Iemma for promoting racial intolerance.
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“The object of the game is to become the wealthiest [...]

Soul Prayed For

October 7, 2006

A friendly message from a fellow Youtuber:
Hi, don’t know how I came upon your video, you know how one, runs into a few others and well, I watched yours. We’re all going to die one day, but I get the idea that you know you are soon. I don’t know why you are sorry to [...]

Coup Update

September 28, 2006

Luckily, tanks don’t have inflatable tyres.
The tanks still dotted around Bangkok after last week’s military putsch against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra are proving a major attraction for Thais and foreign tourists who want their picture taken with the soldiers.
But the army appears determined that the carnival atmosphere following the country’s first coup in 15 years [...]

Sing Along With Colin

July 3, 2004

Some bloggers are so influential that politicians will go to extraordinary lengths to get them onside. Gay blogger Andrew Sullivan recently withdrew his support for Bush in 2004 over his support for a ban on gay marriage. Colin Powell to the rescue:
US Secretary of State Colin Powell donned a hard hat and tucked a hammer [...]

Life Imitates Porn II

July 1, 2004

You can thank Tony for this one:
A teacher in a Zimbabwe elementary school has been suspended for giving unruly pupils a choice between being caned or suckling her breasts.
Apparently, 14 of the teacher’s third-graders chose the latter, the Zimbabwe Herald reported Tuesday.
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One student told his parents he was given the choice between 100 lashes with [...]