Archive for November, 2006
Well, this kiboshes our U.K. venture
2 Comments Published by Not Shitashi November 29th, 2006 in "The Media", Meta, WTF, Mate, TechmologyPeals of hyena-style laughter, numerous spit-takes, and effluviated Bronx cheers erupted throughout the FrinkCave when we read this:
Blogs and other internet sites should be covered by a voluntary code of practice similar to that for newspapers in the UK, a conference has been told. …unless there was a voluntary code of conduct there would be […]
King Tut: World’s Longest Grudge-Holder
0 Comments Published by alexander blaisdell November 29th, 2006 in Plague 'n Pestilence, WTF, MateRemember the Curse of King Tut? It’s baaaaaaack. Consider the bone-chilling facts: on their way to examine the boy king’s mummy with a CT machine recently, a University of Cairo research team struck a child with their vehicle…almost. Then…a huge storm hit. Should I go on? Very well…next, one scientist was afflicted with a coughing […]
Public Service Announcement: Don’t Use Condoms
11 Comments Published by alexander blaisdell November 29th, 2006 in Jeezusland, Plague 'n Pestilence, WTF, Mate, Hulk Want to SmashOn November 1 British medical journal The Lancet published a series of papers deconstructing global sexual and reproductive health issues, with an emphasis on the subjugation of developing nations to ideologically implacable American policies such as the president’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Gag Rule. As bleak as the outlook sometimes is, […]
Move Over Google Uggo the Mugwump, Ms. Dewey Is Here To Plant Her High Heeled Boot In the Middle of My Chest
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Published by Mr. Orange November 29th, 2006
in Techmology
It took 100,000 years, but modern humans have finally figured out how to organize information in the sexiest (and least practical) way possible. If you thought the mountain of slash fiction that Gillian Anderson inspired was a crime against more astute eroticism, you ain’t seen nothing yet: meet Microsoft’s answer to the Godaddy girl: […]
Monstrous Hybrid JabberElky Stalks Yellowstone
2 Comments Published by Mr. Orange November 28th, 2006 in GreeneryIn an eerie parallel to the results of the unfortunate Bruce / Demi coupling, it appears that an escaped farm elk may have crossed with a native red deer, resulting in god only knows what.
The product of a mass escape of 160 farmed elk, all of whom are being vigorously shot at by hunters who […]
…Tubgirl, Goatse, and Now Science? I Heart U Internet!
1 Comment Published by alexander blaisdell November 28th, 2006 in "The Media", PopCult, WonkeryAccording to a new poll conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, our nation’s more rationally minded citizens are increasingly going online for their science news. Television remains the preferred source by a small margin, yet it’s unclear whether pollsters factored in the untold thousands who regularly get baked and watch the Discovery […]
This Machine Just Called Me an Asshole!
2 Comments Published by alexander blaisdell November 27th, 2006 in PopCult, Meta, WTF, MateAttention everyone, there is an emergency situation happening in South Florida as you read this. The Sun-Sentinel informs us, in a breezy 3,000 words, that faulty remote car locks are denying countless Floridians vehicular ingress. A harsh and fickle mistress, technology thinks nothing of singeing tallywackers and decimating cities, but now she’s just being petty, […]
Screengrab o’ the Day: Discovery News
0 Comments Published by Mr. Orange November 27th, 2006 in General, "The Media"This one reminds me of Disney’s predilection for depicting jazz musicians as monkeys. (Even when the same film is transplanted to Broadway.)
>> Got Rhythm? Animals Do Too | Discovery News
Frinkbrothers Reveal Their True Identities
0 Comments Published by Mr. Orange November 26th, 2006 in FrinkPrank, MetaHere it is folks, what you’ve all been waiting for - the first-ever image of the Frink clan “out in the wild.”
I believe in this scene we’re being chased by the exploding fireball caused by an errant RPG fired at us by the sectarian militia belonging to an irate ibanker, when he discovered the guardians […]