I Miss Fafblog Comments, Spot!
I remember this one time in Belgium... I drank like 8 pints of Foppingadreef, and shortly thereafter found to my great surprise that I'd signed on as a harpooner/rat catcher on a chocolate laden tramp steamer bound for Fiji. Since I abhor violence of any kind, the rats and I forged an agreement -- they'd keep out of sight, as long as I fed them lots of chocolate. This worked out perfectly, and we soon became fast friends. But about three months into our voyage, we encountered a great squall... which threatened to capsize the vessel and send us all (including the rats) to a watery grave... or so we thought! As it turned out, one of the rats -- name of Guy -- had particularly sharp ears, and he reckoned that instead of 'watery grave', the squall had actually threatened to send us some 'watery gravy'. Necessity being the mother of invention, I quickly found a barrel of corn starch in the hold... after smiting it with my harpoon, I spread corn starch liberally upon the turbulent seas, which caused them to thicken nicely. Soon, the ship stopped tossing about, and began to just sort of undulate mildly as the waves hardened to a jello-like consistency. Sadly, the Captain was none too pleased... and ordered me (and the rats) to walk the plank! We agreed that this was probably a good idea. Luckily, once overboard, the rats and I were able to bounce along on the surface of the gelatinous ocean, and soon reached Greenland without further mishap. Once in Greenland, the rats and I found that we'd developed a powerful thirst... so we ducked into a dockside tavern, and drank a few pitchers of Laperouse, chased down with a fine old bottle of Lumagrove Special Reserve.
Imagine our surprise the next day, when we found that we'd all volunteered to join the Greenland Navy as bombardiers! And, well, everything just got silly after that.
The End.
no fair the above comment is better than the op!
i used to think i despised the greedy little weasels at AIG. but they've really won me over with the crafty names they came up with for their darling little holding companies. now i'm all like, "what do you mean 'parasitic offshore tax havens'?"
parasitic offshore tax havens:
special offshore tax havens for parasitic billionaires?
thanks to puppethead, I now know what they been drinking in Washington DC
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And what happened, he foolishly said, after things got silly? I'm sure Guy didn't have anything at all to do with the missing ice in the Greenland ice sheet.
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Re: offshore tax havens: here's a link to Tax Justice Networks article on "invading the Cayman Islands".
While I'm generally against imperialist attacks on small (island) nations, this is one I might get behind.
http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/2...ers-
island.html
It's spring fersure here in the N. GA. Mtns., and life is better. Hoping Maine gets some warm weather soon..
Hoping Maine gets some warm weather soon..
here here!
Speaking of small islands, how about invading Manhattan? Creating global economic chaos in the name of Quarterly Greed surely counts as religion fueled terrorism, right? If we round up all the lobbyists and billionaire bankers as domestic terrorists, we could seize all their assets to pay off the national debt. And, maybe, in 5 or 10 years, we could let the innocent ones out of solitary and tell them what the charges are.
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should we also invade that Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers duet while we're at it?
Yes. It'll be a cakewalk. And don't forget Gilligan's Isle, the populace will welcome us with open arms.
BTW
Epiphany Dept.
Watching Dollie Parton's stage persona, it occurred to me that she is a female female-impersonator. I suppose many other female performers are too, I'll have to think about that.
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Weekly world news quiz
BBC NEWS
It's the end of another week... Just how much do you remember about the headlines from the past seven days?
Test your knowledge of world news events in our quiz.
Question 1 What was described as a "way to hell" this week?
A: President Obama's overture to Iran
B: America's proposed border defence
C: America's economic recovery plans
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Question 3 A number of MEPs are trying to stop far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen from chairing a European Parliament session in July. Why is he in line to chair parliament's inaugural session after June's European elections?
A: He is the longest-serving MEP
B: He is the oldest MEP
C: He won a competition
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Question 6 President Barack Obama has been answering questions submitted to the White House website by members of the public. What did he say was one of the most popular questions?
A: What the First Family are going to name the White House dog
B: His views on the legalisation of marijuana
C: Which team he thought would win the National Basketball Association league championship
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Story from BBC NEWS
Stupid Publish button. Anyway, I got 4 out of 7, probly pretty good for a 'Merican.
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