ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers were asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3 . Abdicate…
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Oahu Police Seeking Fat Albert and His Gang
I’m not making this up…this is the police sketch from the Star Bulletin. Apparently no one got a good look at Mush Mouth because he had his hat pulled over his face. Rudy allegedly told the kidnappers that they were like “School on Saturday, No Class” and then ran off to do some shoplifting. “The…
Fukin Tofu
Had Chinese dinner in Kaimuki with my friend Lena the other night….When she pointed this out on the menu, I absolutely had to order it. It was actually pretty fukn good. Here is what the actual meal looked like. Damn if I can remember the name of the place…but everything there was heavy on MSG…
Rubber Johnny
Rubber Johnny documents a 16-year-old, inbred mutant’s solitary existence, locked in a pitch-black basement by his ashamed parents. They are TV addict rednecks who occasionally feed Johnny and yell at him for making noise. Johnny’s only company in the basement is his little dog. His dog’s I.Q. far outstrips Johnny’s, who is a completely insane,…
Pee Goal : Gizmodo
Pee Goal : Gizmodo Pee Goal TAGS: Household, Toilets peegoal.gifThe Pee Goal includes a nice pitch, a goal, and a ball on a string. You use your penis to push the ball into the goal, apparently. Oh wait. Just re-read it. You use your URINE STREAM to push the ball into the goal. It’s about…
General Zhu is not Chicken
Chinese General Threatens Use of A-Bombs if U.S. Intrudes – New York Times BEIJING, Friday, July 15 – China should use nuclear weapons against the United States if the American military intervenes in any conflict over Taiwan, a senior Chinese military official said Thursday. “If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition on to…
Puppets Speak for White Band in Pakistan
OneWorld South Asia Home / News / News:Today’s Headlines – Puppets Speak for White Band in Pakistan Puppets Speak for White Band in Pakistan New Delhi Though the scheduled launch of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty’s (G-CAP) White Band campaign was delayed in Pakistan due to torrential rains and thunderstorms, the campaigners more…
Real Women Seek Dates, Must Love Technology – New York Times
Real Women Seek Dates, Must Love Technology – New York Times The women here – these daters – look familiar. You know the type. Trim, breezy, frank, supremely at ease making confessions to cameras. They’re recognizable anywhere now: reality-show Jens and Amys, spirited representatives of that plucky work force that dutifully fills the girls’ slots…
Ghosts, poverty dim glow of Malawi president
Ghosts, poverty dim glow of Malawi president – Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Ghosts, poverty dim glow of Malawi president CHILOBWA, Malawi (Reuters) – A year into his presidency and Malawi’s Bingu wa Mutharika is confronted by ghosts, poverty and possible impeachment. Ghosts were reported to have temporarily ousted him from his $100 million (56.8…