On Czechoslovakia and satirical cartoons

For someone who claims an advantage over his rival on foregin policy and ‘how the world works’, John McCain sure lets slip a few embarassing gaffes. For the second time in two days, he referred to the country of ‘Czechoslovakia’, which as the reader might recall, does not exist any more. 
In view of the above, the Seattle [...]

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“Punch you in the dick”

Irritable customer meets pompous barista. Hilarity ensues.
I just love the fact that everybody  has  blogs  these  days!

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The evolution of Panglish

How English is turning into a language native speakers will soon not understand.

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The tree-dwelling protesters of Berkeley

CNN has an interesting article about the UC Berkeley protesters angry about campus expansion plans, who have been living in the branches of a threatened oak grove for the last eighteen months.
The best bit comes at the end:
Protesters howled, flung excrement and shook tree branches as campus-hired arborists cut supply lines and removed gear.
But by late [...]

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Indian English

Quirky Indian has a hilarious post about the way we Indians misuse the English language. To his many well-chosen examples, I’d add one more — when asking a question, Indians often put the pronoun before the verb, as in, “what you are saying”.
To those curious to find more such examples, here’s a simple instruction that’s guaranteed [...]

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Aishwarya Rai replies to a comment on a blog

The Times of India loves to publish frivolous news that make you go “WTF?” but this one is truly exceptional, even by their standards.

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Wanking off kills kittens

Also, read this amusing article.
(Link via email from Sudeep Kamath)

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Anything that is impossible is (likely) unlikely

In an interview with NDTV Karunanidhi was quizzed if his government was going to offer items like rice, cooking gas at a subsidised rate? He responded that it was unlikely since it was impossible.
Surely this requires skill. Would you ever think of saying something like that?
Here’s the link to the original article.
(Link via email from [...]

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Obama masala video

Bollywood-ishtyle.

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Twisting words

Aamir Khan writes in his blog that the caretaker of his Panchgani house has a dog named Shahrukh. He emphasises that he had nothing to do with the naming of the dog.
I’m sitting under a tree, on the edge of a valley, approximately 5000 feet above sea level. The river Krishna flows far below us snaking its [...]

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Seal attempts to rape penguin

From the Telegraph report:
Dr de Bruyn and a colleague witnessed the seal, a young adult male in good physical condition and weighing around 100kg (220lb), subdue the 15kg (33lb) penguin by lying on it.
The penguin, of unknown sex, attempted to escape by flapping and trying to stand, but was unable to as the marine predator [...]

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Criticize the prof, get sued!

This case is so absurd that it is difficult to take it seriously. Priya Venkatesan, who taught writing this year at Dartmouth College, is threatening to sue former students under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for criticizing her in course feedbacks. This report has the details along with snippets of Ms Venkatesan’s own [...]

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Beyonce Knowles has four arms

A rather amusing blog that chronicles Photoshop edits that went wrong.
(Link via Boing Boing)

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Target buys SWPL

Read this first.
I, for one, almost fell for it - that is to say I read on, horrified, till I came to the sentence that cured my dismay and showed me the light :)
The brand new product line promises to deliver top quality organic vegetables, fruit, meat, organic cereal, chocolate, bread, and pasta to every Target store [...]

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3 am funniness

A very funny animated video parodying the Clinton 3 am ad.
(Link via Andrew Sullivan)

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