Saturday, September 22, 2007

Joke of the day

The new Vicar was up early one Sunday morning, walking around his new parish, after leaving his wife in bed with the Sunday papers, her cup of tea, and a pack of cigarettes.

One of the old villagers came up to him and said. "Good morning, Vicar, how be you and the wife?"

The Vicar said, "Good morning my man, I am fine, the wife is fine also. I left her in bed smoking."

The villager said, "Arr, Vicar, that's the way to fuck 'em!"

Bush kills Mandela


Oh dear George W is at it again with his verbal rubbish. Bush took his head out of his arse long enough to utter: ''I heard somebody say, ‘Where's Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.''

Needless to say Mandela’s spokesperson has placated South Africa and the rest of the world by confirming that the old boy is still going strong.

Bush’s press secretary, however, confirmed that Bush is still a wanker.

Editorial cartoon of the day


Aha so the Chinese were in on it all along...well according to Cameron Cardow of the Ottawa Citizen anyway

Is it that time of the year already?


Munich Mayor Christian Ude opened the biggest piss-up of the year when he ordered the tapping of the first beer barrel, the ritual kick-off for the 174th edition of the Oktoberfest.

So does that mean all the denizens of Bahrain will be heading to the Sherlock Holmes for the usual fare of barely-passable beer and even worse women?

Anyway here’s some Oktoberfest trivia for you to mull while you keep checking the clock to see if you can piss-off from work without anyone knowing.

  • Since its beginnings the Oktoberfest has thus been canceled 24 times due to war, disease and other emergencies.
  • Since 1950, there has been a traditional festival opening: A twelve gun salute and the tapping of the first keg of Oktoberfest beer at noon by the Mayor of Munich with the cry "O'zapft is!" ("It's tapped!" in the Austro-Bavarian dialect) opens the Oktoberfest.
  • A pipe bomb was set off in a trash can at the showers at the main entrance on September 26, 1980 at 10.19pm. The bomb consisted of an empty fire extinguisher filled with 1.39 kilograms of TNT and mortar shells. Thirteen people were killed, over 200 were injured, 68 seriously.
  • 12,000 people are employed at the Oktoberfest. Of these, 1600 are waitresses

  • There is seating available for 100,000 people.

  • Nearly 1,000 tons of garbage result annually from the Oktoberfest.

  • In 2007, the price of a Maß will cost between €7.30 and €7.90.

The Top 5 List

Top five intelligent sites to check out when you’re done surfing porn

www.guardian.co.uk

www.independent.co.uk

www.slate.com

www.newyorker.com

www.nyt.com

Cycle of life

As if there weren’t enough bikes on the road Suzuki Motorcycles India has announced that it will come up with a new 150cc motorbike variant in February next year, according to PTI.

According to the report a spokesperson from Suzuki Motorcycles said that models like Heat (125cc) and Zeus (125cc) were targeted to provide Indian customers a refreshing new feel in the 125cc commuter segment.

While Heat was targeted towards excessive bike users, Zeus was more for young college students and executives the spokesperson said.

What on earth is an “excessive bike user”? Is it someone who goes to bed with his bike, or occasionally taps the exhaust (hey it’s been known to happen). Be that as it may, no more stupid kids with a wish to end their meager and miserable lives can obtain the tool to do so.

I think we should ban all bikes under 500cc, then at least if you kill yourself you can look good while you do it.

Clooney in bike crash


Hollywood star George Clooney suffered a cracked rib and road rash after a motorcycle accident in New Jersey, his publicist said late yesterday night.

The 46-year-old Oscar-winning actor was travelling with his girlfriend Sarah Larson (seen in picture with Clooney) at the time of the crash in Palisades. Larson, 28, suffered a broken foot in the accident, Clooney's spokesman Stan Rosenfield said.

The couple was treated at the Palisades Medical Center and later released the statement added.