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Giuliani supports Obama

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

“There’s one vote that Rudy Giuliani definitely can’t count on in his 2008 presidential bid: his own daughter’s. According to the 17-year-old Caroline Giuliani’s Facebook profile, she’s supporting Barack Obama.”
It’s public knowledge that Giuliani’s children from his second marriage don’t have a good relationship with their father. However, supporting his potential opponent from the other [...]

Wikipedian protester

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

From the brilliant xkcd, here.

Internet oestrogen

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

From bLaugh, here.

Human Tetris

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

From YouTube, here. Found via Break.com, here, and Innocent, here.

Piglet pole vault

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Death Piglet reproduced by permission of Johan. Original here.

Sharp snack

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Reproduced by kind permission of Chris from the Book of Biff, here.

Duck flotilla

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

“A flotilla of plastic ducks is heading for Britain’s beaches, according to an American oceanographer.”
The times reports on 10,000 plastic ducks washed overboard in a 1992 storm. From the Pacific, the Friendly Floatees circled Japan, moved up towards Alaska, sailed through the Bering Strait and are now on course for Britain Times article here. [...]

Think it through

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

If only I’d thought about this before blogging! From bLaugh, here.

I fly Misery class

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

“I was now seated in Misery Lite, which was twice - twice - the cost of mere Misery, despite the only difference being a slight spatial increase.”
Charlie Brooker gives a very funny account of the differences between Economy, Premium and Business class flights - or, as he labels them, Misery, Misery Lite and Slightly Comfortable. [...]

Reality lolcats

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

From xkcd, here.

Fraud and income

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

From Indexed, here. Reproduced by permission of Jessica.

Package tracking

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

So true! From xkcd, here.

Dangers of GM

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Reproduced by kind permission of Chris from the Book of Biff, here.

£3.10 is a Western value

Monday, June 25th, 2007

I came across these on Jyte, a “mini-Digg” site where users vote on whether they agree or disagree with each other’s claims. Jyte is here. First (bottom) claim by Le Très Révérend Zebediah Love, here. Second claim by nic, here.

Line widths

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Another hilarious comic from xkcd, here

Death banana

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Death Piglet reproduced by kind permission of Johan. Original here.

Darth Vader phonecall

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

From YouTube, here.

Cheam sex

Monday, June 18th, 2007

“Last week, I was talking to my sister about sex on drugs - no, not asking her for it, but talking about listings on gay sites where men say they’re looking for ‘Chem Sex Now’ and other glorious things. My sister was pleasantly surprised that it’s short for Chemicals rather than that they’re all looking [...]

Monkey blogging

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

From bLaugh, here.

Lolpiglet

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Death Piglet reproduced by kind permission of Johan. Original here.