Lately, the bear guys have come up in conversation. Confusingly so. Firstly, there is the bear suit guy. He’s not dead; he’s been broke, but still alive. Then, there is the grizzly man. You know, the one who tried to be Dian Fossey’s ursine equivalent. He’s dead. Being dead, money matters to him a bit… Continue reading A point of conversational clarification
Category: awful
things that are so awful they have to laugh
They like many of the results of technology…
For example, they found some fantastic quicktime panoramas that were taken on the moon.
They are disappointed with you.
The statistics they read here are abysmal. Money quote: 1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college. 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year. 70 percent of U.S. adults have… Continue reading They are disappointed with you.
Change is good.
So, what, the concept of wind-chill is outdated? Good. They are glad that it wasn’t originally written on stone tablets, or anything.
Remember that story about the dog that said “I love you?”
Well, there is another one just like it. Almost. So, we’re watching Leno — and holy merde, do we miss Johnny — and there is a kid who has many vacumn cleaners. Not only that, but he’s overly excited about them. Also, he knows too much about them. My comment? I shudder to think of… Continue reading Remember that story about the dog that said “I love you?”
But it’s still the religion of peace, right?
Guess who is vying for father of the year! Christians, don’t get too smug just yet. More and more, they are convinced that Sam Harris has the right idea.
Eww.
Really. Eww.
The last thing they want to hear right now…
Is the phrase This is my body…
OK this is very sad.
Why couldn’t it have happened to somebody doing 15 under in the left-hand lane?
It’s funny when you realize it’s formal!
In french: Poulet-vous couchet avec moi? In english: May I diddle your chicken? It goes without saying that this is one thing they don’t say.