I was reminded the other day of Fist of Fun – this was a quirky funny UK show – I know Nige was a bit of fan too – and so went looking for YouTubes. Here they are!

• Simon Quinlank – this self-proclaimed King of Hobbies had a regular feature where each week he would talk about one of his hobbies – this YT vid is my favourite where he describes “Train Ignoring” (link)
• Rod Hull (“I am him!”) – For those that don’t know Rod Hull, it’s probably better to read this and see this. Now watch this.

Trying out the new Prologue theme which is Twtter’esque. See how it goes.

10 yr old girl brings steak knife to school to cut her food and gets arrested and sent to a juvenile centre…. what in the world are we coming to? What next? Boy arrested for wearing safety pin to school because his zipper broke; school says this was unauthorized use of an unapproved fastening device. Boy is taken to “The Island”

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This is how ridiculous the US is becoming… A couple was marking a trail for other club members to follow when they heard of a problem at IKEA. They told officers that it was harmless flour they had sprinkled to mark the trail (which they had done in several other parts of the country too, without problem) yet were arrested.

Yes folks – it’s true. We all know we’re under the threat but REALLY? Go to Canada, UK or the EU and you’d never get this treatment…

Mayoral spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga said the city plans to seek restitution from the Salchows, who are due in court Sept. 14.

“You see powder connected by arrows and chalk, you never know,” she said. “It could be a terrorist, it could be something more serious. We’re thankful it wasn’t, but there were a lot of resources that went into figuring that out.”

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“This video is a great example of how a sincere sales pitch can do wonders. Background: 1969, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB) was in danger of getting their funding cut in half by Nixon because of war costs. Watch the effect he has on John O. Pastore, notoriously gruff and impatient.”

I was only briefly aware of this show as it never made it over to the UK, but this was a very moving piece of film – there’s also a PBS tribute video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlTjWUziZhg . What a legacy one person can have.

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Title speaks for itself. The BBC is after all known for its factual reporting.

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Jhannet Sejas, a 19 year old girl was immediately arrested by the police after she recorded a 20 second clip from the movie “Transformers” that she wanted to show to her little brother. She now faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

BASTARDS.

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A new phenomenon in New Zealand is taking the idea of you are what you eat to the extreme. Vegansexuals are people who do not eat any meat or animal products, and who choose not to be sexually intimate with non-vegan partners whose bodies, they say, are made up of dead animals.

INSERT PUN HERE —>

Suggestions include “I bet he’s glad she wont eat his meat” – “Say no to beef curtains – and ugly chicks” etc

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The city of New Orleans ground elevations, map.

Answer = no. Unless I was the man from Atlantis.

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