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A little ditty

· Humour

This is hilarious.

April 14th, 2008 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Springtime is here

· Humour

Well, the daffodils are out, even the shrubs in my small garden are starting to grow. The weather has been rather nice of late. So, in this spirit, take it away, Mr Tom Lehrer:

Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
Life is skittles and life is beer.
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.
I do, don’t you? ‘Course you do.
But there’s one thing that makes spring complete for me,
And makes every Sunday a treat for me.

All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
When we’re poisoning pigeons in the park.
Every Sunday you’ll see
My sweetheart and me,
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

When they see us coming, the birdies all try an’ hide,
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
The sun’s shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
When we’re poisoning pigeons in the park.

We’ve gained notoriety,
And caused much anxiety
In the Audubon Society
With our games.
They call it impiety
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names.
But it’s not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

So if Sunday you’re free,
Why don’t you come with me,
And we’ll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we’ll do
In a squirrel* or two,
While we’re poisoning pigeons in the park.

February 25th, 2008 | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

A new Canterbury tale

· Humour

While I’m linking to what is probably common knowledge here at Samizdata, let me throw in a link to Iowahawk’s new Canterbury Tale for Bishop Rowan. In the unlikely event you haven’t seen this already, you really, really owe it to yourself to click through.

Just a little taste:

41 Sayth the libertine, “’tis well and goode

42 But sharia goes now where nae it should;

43 I liketh bigge buttes and I cannot lye,

44 You othere faelows can’t denye,

45 But the council closed my wenching pub,

46 To please the Imams, aye thaere’s the rub.”

February 15th, 2008 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)

Pointless waste of time

· Humour

I had run across some of David Wong’s work in the past and really enjoyed it, so I was delighted to find his home base at Pointless Waste of Time. He is one smart, funny guy. Browse around, but I particularly recommend the classics “Inside the Monkeysphere,” “The Ultimate War Simulation”, and “The God Fuse”.

The first two I had run across before, so they’ve gotten some exposure, but I was glad to find their home, as they are definitely worth re-reading.

February 15th, 2008 | Comments are closed

Black humour in Iraq

· Humour · Middle East & Islamic · Military affairs

If you do not read Michael Totten’s blog regularly (and why the hell don’t you? It is one of the best damn things on the internet!) then you may have missed this treasure.

And this comment is pretty good too:

This video proves that the surge has failed miserably. The Iraqis are running wild with their scissors and refuse to drink milk and wear seat belt. The pitiful American forces can’t even muster the courage to summon insurgents to a shootout themselves. Instead, they have to order random drivers on the road as “human invitation cards”. This is sickening.

Heh indeed.

February 8th, 2008 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

No argument from me!

· Humour
congress
February 6th, 2008 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)

Brilliant satire

· Humour

Peter Briffa is on great form.

February 2nd, 2008 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

iJam Apple style

· Antics & Parties · Humour · Science & Technology

Tomorrow evening we are doing a blogger bash and one of the Samizdatistas, Michael Jennings in a bout of generosity is bringing a whole leg of Serrano ham to share. Another blogging groupie is kindly bringing a ham stand and a knife. So the video below is particularly relevant and wonderfully silly:

via dropsafe

cross-posted from Media Influencer

February 1st, 2008 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

Asking all the hard questions

· Humour

The Daily Telegraph asks:

“Just what do chalet girls get up to?”

I have been skiing several times and judging by the partying I er, saw (honest, guv), quite a good deal. As for the chaps, well…

January 14th, 2008 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Name that demographic

· Humour · North American affairs

Apparently, the reason Senator Hillary Clinton (New York) won the recent New Hampshire Democratic party US presidential primary was as follows:

No, it appears at this early stage of analysis that the pieces were in place for this win all along, and that the “secret weapon” of the Clinton campaign was their field program to significantly boost turnout with their strongest demographic, single women and women with less than a college degree.

I wonder what we should call “single women and women with less than a college degree”? Not “Soccer Moms” obviously. I have a horrible feeling I know what Chris Rock would call them…

BTW, I note there are no Samizdata category sections for “witchcraft” or “elections”. This might be a case for either or both.

January 13th, 2008 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Samizdata quote of the day

· Humour · Slogans & Quotations

“The loss of a leg may generally be regarded as a more real calamity than the loss of a mistress.”

– Adam Smith.

I think I agree, although I guess it depends on the mistress.

December 8th, 2007 | 45 comments - (Comments are closed)

Shopping habits

· How very odd! · Humour

I am feeling rather groggy after a wonderful party yesterday – I also watched the excellent Barbarians-South Africa match in a pub – but this item on a website called Sharp as a Marble is an instant hangover cure. Good heavens – the stuff you can find on the web.

December 2nd, 2007 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
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