It Came From the Internet

[Rob]

Melki wrote: "A friend sent me this. It's being attributed to John Cleese, but who knows...it could be like Vonnegut's "famous" commencement address that he NEVER made...

ALERTS TO THREATS
IN 2013 EUROPE"

He forgot Greece: "Anyone wanna buy a couple of tanks?"

[Rebecca]

I saw where it has been debunked as not by John Cleese, and actually has been around for about 10 years, morphing to match current events. I kind of like that--the original author has been lost, but the text has a life of its own.

[Melki]

Kind of like urban folklore of the internet.

[Rebecca]

I'm pretty sure all urban folklore is on the internet now.

[Mathew]

[Mathew]

[[deleted user]]

Really had to share this...

[Mathew]

That reminds me of a shirt I wanted my daughter to wear...you know, for 'back to school'.



I thought it was cool. She didn't. Instead she went with a 'fashion scarf'...guess I'm clueless as to what is hip with eight year olds nowadays?

[[deleted user]]

'Hip' probably isn't hip with them, for a start.

[Melki]

My 15-year-old says the new word for "hip" is "snazzy," but he could just be messin' with me.

[[deleted user]]

If you're over 20, there's not a lot of point in trying to be hip cool with-it snazzy wicked soditwhogivesafuck, and certainly not when you're 61 and have a grey/white beard.

[Melki]

But 61 is the new 43, or something like that, so you might as well at least try to stay hip snazzy!

[[deleted user]]

But then I'd have to shave, and I hate shaving. Especially the face.

[Mathew]

I still think the shirt is super snazzy. I believe if I wore such a shirt I would gain some 'street cred'.

[Jeb]

Street cred as a chemist?

[Juli Pennock]

Melki wrote: "Ever wonder what it would look like if men were forced to assume those coy, pin-up girl poses in a series of photos? You probably haven't, but take a look anyway:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cli..."

That's all KINDS of awesome!

[Juli Pennock]

Hazel wrote: "http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1gQb24/..."

That is hilarious!

[Melki]

Okay, I DID NOT need to know this:

http://boingboing.net/2013/10/02/snif...

[Rob]

Melki wrote: "Okay, I DID NOT need to know this:

http://boingboing.net/2013/10/02/snif..."

Right, that's vanilla ice cream off my list of favourite foods now. Thanks very much.

[[deleted user]]

Beavers smell good, butts don't. End of story.

[Melki]

I was wondering WHO would make that comment.

[Rebecca]

Rob wrote: "Melki wrote: "Okay, I DID NOT need to know this:

http://boingboing.net/2013/10/02/snif..."

Right, that's vanilla ice cream off my list of favourite foods now. Thanks very..."

As long as you stick with REAL vanilla, not "vanilla flavored" you'll be fine!

[Rob]

Rebecca wrote: "As long as you stick with REAL vanilla, not "vanilla flavored" you'll be fine! "

Thanks for clarifying. In future, I'll also be checking labels for anything that says "Made with real beaver poo."

[[deleted user]]

Melki wrote: I was wondering WHO would make that comment.

All the books about writing say, "Write about what you know." I always do as I'm told.

[[deleted user]]

I spotted this at the bottom of the screen when I was on Amazon:

Castration
www.saledoo.co.uk/ - Find Castration here online and save lots of money!
Castration for less
www.xxl-sale.co.uk/Castration - Now or never: Castration Huge selection sale on!

I expect there'll be a big rush for this one.

[[deleted user]]

[Melki]

That reminds me of THE BEST line from Annie Hall, and probably something NO MAN ever wants to hear:

"Sex with you is really a Kafkaesque experience.”

[[deleted user]]

Be afraid, ladies. Be very afraid.

[Melki]

I know Halloween costumes for women are supposed to be trampy, but I think this one goes a bit too far:



I would only wear it in the privacy of my bedroom, and probably not even then, because do I seriously WANT my husband entertaining sexual fantasies about Scooby Doo?

Go ahead, commence with the "doggy-style" jokes!

[Guy]

Halloween is far too cold here in the UK to wear such a thing, besides it is not very Halloweeny. However I will have no complaints if I run into any females vaguely resembling the above model wearing such an outfit on Halloween night.

[Rebecca]

Hmm. Worse, I alway thought Scooby Doo was male??

[Melki]

He's probably neutered. Does that still count as male?

[Jeff]

Melki wrote: "He's probably neutered. Does that still count as male?"

Possibly.

[Melki]

Maybe he's got NEUTICLES!

[Jeff]

Good grief. Wasn't this also a theme on a very special episode of "Belvedere"?

[Melki]

Since we've been talking so much about testicles...how about a church shaped like a penis?

http://boingboing.net/2013/10/29/chur...

[Jeff]

Holy mother of God! How did they get a permit to erect that thing?

[Rebecca]

With their obsessions with spires and towers, I thought all churches were shaped like penises?

[Joel]

Well, they do call the people who belong to congregations members.

[Rebecca]

Joel wrote: "Well, they do call the people who belong to congregations members."

ROFL!

[Mathew]

If you haven't heard already, the mayor of our country's biggest city has been caught up in a scandal about smoking crack...apparently, it was an attempt to bring interest to Canadian politics. It didn't seem to work, http://www.theonion.com/articles/nati...

[Melki]

Canadian politics haven't been interesting since Pierre Trudeau's wife used to party with the Rolling Stones at Studio 54.

[Melki]

[Melki]

[Rob]

I didn't even know Poirot was married.

[Melki]

It's good I don't live in Manitoba:

http://boingboing.net/2013/11/18/moth...

I'd be broke by now.

[Rebecca]

Given the nutritional profile of Ritz crackers, if I were the mom I'd file a com plaint about them feeding my kid junk food.

And people say California is a nanny state! We can still send whatever we want in the lunchbox.

[Melki]

You mean the peanut allergy/gluten-free police haven't taken over the cafeteria yet?

[Rebecca]

Well, at some schools where there is a child with a significant peanut allergy they restrict that. And we attempt to discourage parents from sending cake and candy in lunches. But otherwise the only insanity is with the school lunches, and the Feds are responsible for that insanity.

[Melki]

At least we can all agree that ketchup IS a vegetable.