It’s nice to have friends who really know just how far over the line is the right amount.
We considered the decision to run a spoof very carefully before we did it, but we believe it is justified,’’ Mr Moylan said. ‘‘We think it is a bit like the Chaser getting into APEC, or the Yes Men announcing that Union Carbide had shut down.
[In my mind, while reading this, I thought of all the different people who would have a case to sue Mr Moylan over. Any lawyers want to spend their time ruining a stupid hippie’s life?—Ed.]
Air passengers in China have developed a reputation for going to extreme measures to vent their anger over delayed and cancelled flights. Cabin crew have (sic) been assaulted, passengers have run out on to the tarmac and even opened emergency exits to get off planes.
[I can’t wait to be in amongst this. So much culture!—Ed.]
Scientific studies have consistently found that places with more guns have more violent deaths, both homicides and suicides. Women and children are more likely to die if there’s a gun in the house. The more guns in an area, the higher the local suicide rates. “Generally, if you live in a civilized society, more guns mean more death,” said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. “There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at all.
Jesse Sheidlower, the editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary, agrees. “The existence of a six-yard variant shows pretty clearly that this is not about yards of anything,” he said. “It’s just a random number.
[Sometimes the thing you find is nothing. -Ed.]
‘The Whole Nine Yards’ - Seeking a Phrase’s Origin - NYTimes.com
The No.1 Active Fan Community for KajaGooGoo and all Band Members
Hand up who knew this was actually a thing?
“My answer to this third question has been progressively lower. I used to give a 10 for likelihood of recommendation. In the past few months, however, my overall experience as a customer has been foundering. Lack of accurately bringing up my account information at the start of a call, poor response from third party providers and expectations being given but outcomes not being delivered are now my standard experiences with iiNet.”
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But it’s Octavius who wins out and Parker is, at least for now, gone for good, but not before one more act of heroism.
This sentence is terrible in so many ways.
Learn to be a better salesperson by speaking like a robot and wearing sandles to work.
(from MrArland15)
Under the laws of the Jewish faith, a Jewish mother would qualify a baby to be deemed a member of the Jewish religion. This would be added incentive for Mr. Gallo to sell his sperm to a Jew mother, his reasoning being with the slim chance that his child moved into the profession of motion picture acting or became a musical performer, this connection to the Jewish faith would guarantee his offspring a better chance at good reviews and maybe even a prize at the Sundance Film Festival or an Oscar
Last day of this advent calendar. It’s the Hanover. A tight nucleus of a knot.
The Christensen is a lost knot (no historical record of how to tie it) but has been narrowed to one of two possible knots.
The Windsor knot gives a much wider top to the triangle.
as if anyone could change what happened, as if the same fucking bullshit isn’t going to keep happening again and again and fucking again before people finally decide it’s time to change the way we live, so what’s the point? What the hell is the goddamned point?
The Onion manages to bring meaning back to journalism and teach us that reporting does not always require stoicism.
Fuck Everything, Nation Reports | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
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[In other words: Hey writers, you aren’t the only ones not being paid. Mammamia doesn’t pay a whole bunch of people who are desperate enough for the attention. Using the words “equitable” and “intern” automatically discounts any possibility of exploitation. —Ed.] A word about Mamamia and our contributors. Mamamia
