Archive for November, 2008

Loving a loser

Friday, November 21st, 2008

The local fishwrappers are apoplectic today over the Oilers’ 4-3 loss to the Red Wings last night. The team lacks heart, no competitive drive, too soft (and this comment coming after a loss to the butter-soft Wings), they’re “slow-learners”, etc. ad nauseum. And they’re not wrong, precisely. The first two periods were an abomination. I [...]

Headlines I wish I had written, part I

Friday, November 21st, 2008

“As Todd is my witness, I thought turkeys wouldn’t die” (Reference here for the unenlightened)

It’s been a while since I last laughed this hard…

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Maybe as far back as Iggy’s joke about Fergie Olver and Crisco. The part that knocked me out starts at about 4:23 The 5 Greatest Background Performances in Viral Videos — powered by Cracked.com

The narcotic analgesics my physician so helpfully prescribed go particularly well with Night Train

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

by Lord Edmund Bryll, inventor of Brylcreem Yes, well, hrm. Hmm… YES! Quite so! An altogether most erudite, not to say spot-on, um, yes, ey wot. Where was I? Right! Immigrants! Fucking fishmongering fuck fishers! I find myshelf agreeing with… um… in agreement with… someone of great intelligences… Right! Hrm, hmm, yes! Altogether spot on! [...]

Signs that I am old

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Had a birthday today. Shut up. I’m definitely getting old, as demonstrated by writing blog posts about how old I’m getting. I also like to ramble in list form: Music these days. It’s not quite what I feared would happen — that I wouldn’t “get” it or I’d feel old because contemporary music trends offended [...]

America, what secrets do you hold for me and my government?

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

by Ingvar Jævel, foreign exchange student from Kongsvinger, Norway Hello again my many friends! Once again it is I, Ingvar! From Norway! Before I leave this lovely country and return to my beautiful home in Kongsvinger, I have decided I must not leave before I see the great United States of America with my own [...]

So I’m thinking of starting a business – UPDATED!!1!

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Every day on my way to work, I pass a little strip mall in a fairly busy part of town. The mall contains the following businesses, in order: A convenience store A payday loans place A sex toys shop Another payday loans place Another sex toys shop A porn shop A convenience/liquor store There’s a [...]

We are here to help, and our thought capture devices are entirely innocent

Monday, November 10th, 2008

by Ingvar Jævel, foreign exchange student from Kongsvinger, Norway Hello my Canadian and American friends! It is I, Ingvar! From Norway! I must tell you how wonderful it is to be here in the land of hockey! I am here now 18 months and now I know most of your secrets and also what it [...]

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Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Faen

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Daniella may want to bone up on her Norwegian profanity.