Archive for March 19th, 2006

Separated at Birth

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, and deceased Hollywood actor Rod Steiger.
 

Someone’s Telling Porky Pies

The Egyptian Foreign Minister has claimed that he spoke repeatedly with his Danish counterpart, advising him on how to avert the “cartoon crisis” – advice he says went unheeded.
 
The Danish Foreign Minister has replied with: Liar liar, pants embassy on fire.

The Danish government ignored several offers from Egypt to help it avoid a full-blown crisis over cartoons [...]

Quote of the Day

“Not one prayer or moment of silence for those who have given their lives. And they complain about (falling box office numbers). Stop spitting in the face of Americans and maybe we will go to the movies.”
Actor, game-show host, conservative humorist, writer and political pundit, Ben Stein

Caning the Toad

Warning: This post is intended to p*ss off PETA. Contains graphic descriptions of toad cruelty.
In Australia, when someone tells you they need to go “flog the toad,” they are not being creepy.*
Residents in Australia’s Northern Territory are staging a day of action to stop marauding cane toads.
They are being encouraged to hunt and destroy [...]

Shark Jumping, Ynet Style

OK, with this story advice column on having a menage a’trois, Ynetnews has now officially jumped the shark, after threatening to for quite a while.
Update: I wonder if the dating site who’s advertisement appears on the bottom left hand side of the advice column will demand their money back from Ynet. After all, someone interested [...]