Star Wars bunnies

Star Wars in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies.

Star Wars Bunnies

[Courtesy of Louwrens]

Public servants displaying commendable entrepreneurial spirit

'It was a bomb we were dealing with, for god's sake. They should deal with that first before asking for money'

- Indonesian office building manager, after police demanded a bribe before they would respond to a bomb threat (Jakarta Post, quoted in Van Zorge Report, 13 December 2005)

Mr. T! As a duck!

Yes, it's really called a 'celebriduck'. Quite an elaborate biography on this site, considering they're only flogging a weirdo plastic bath toy.

Mr. T Celebriduck

Just a handy hint from a mate

'It is not a criticism, rather a suggestion that he do some exercises and go on a diet, don't you think? I'm doing this for the gentleman's health'

- Fidel Castro, on describing Florida Governor Jeb Bush as the US President's "fat little brother"

[Courtesy of Louwrens]

Perhaps the couples were doing it all wrong

Policewomen slap dating couples

Two policewomen have been suspended in the northern Indian city of Meerut for slapping and punching couples who were dating in a public park.
Police were carrying out "Operation Romeo", which they said was to target the sexual harassment of women.

Anti-police protests erupted after TV pictures showed officers punching and pulling the hair of young women. Police chief Rajiv Ranjan said the drive was to tackle obscenity but the officers had "clearly gone overboard".

BBC News, 21 December 2005

O the humanity...

A broad selection of some truly awful baby names. Here's a quote from a prospective mum:

'These are the ones I've seen here that I love:

- Avrielle, Olivianna, Sophelia, Allorah, Fairith, Sabriel, Katrien...

Also I love word names, tell me all the word names you can think of! I like:

- Patience, Sailor, Meadow, Journey, Lyric, Ever, Rose, Samaya, Grey, Chance, True, Journey

And one more thing, I love place names, nice sounding ones:

- India, Ireland, Asia, Dallas, London'


Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing

[Courtesy of Jolisa's blog]

The winner of the annual gobbledegook championship

"The only thing which isn't up for grabs is no change and I think it's fair to say it's all to play for, except for no change."

- Rhodri Morgan, Welsh First Minister, lays down the law

[For eight other fab contenders, see the BBC's article. Includes a definition of 'hot food']

Vintage Winston

Gerry Brownlee: What negotiating stance will New Zealand be taking in relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity with regard to trade in genetic resources, and how does that stance relate to the development of New Zealand's domestic law in that area?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: That issue is at a putative stage and is in the hands of one of my colleagues, the name of whom the member should know if he is going to be a foreign affairs spokesperson.

Gerry Brownlee: Why does it appear that the Minister is not aware that the briefing to the incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs states specifically on page 49 that officials still require decisions on New Zealand's position in respect of those negotiations, and raises concerns that international negotiations may get ahead of New Zealand's domestic policy; is he unaware because he has not actually read the ministerial briefing papers, or can he answer the question?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: I think I answered the question by saying that this issue was at its putative stages, and, of course, one has to understand what the word "putative" means, and that is where I lost the member - all of which characteristics are in the emails I have regarding the National Party's internal workings.

[...]

Gerry Brownlee: Why does the Minister think this particular [NZ Herald] journalist has it in for him?

Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS: The answer to that question is to be found in 3 years of emails of the National Party's internal workings, where the New Zealand Herald is concerned. [Interruption] Oh, I know what those members are thinking: they are wondering whether I have one telephone book full of those emails, or 10. Well, I have to tell those members that, in all this excitement, I myself clean forgot to count them. But given that this is the most damaging information seen in the Western World, and could blow their political heads clean off, they have to ask themselves whether they feel lucky. Well, do they - punks?

- Hansard, 13 December 2005

Elvish translator

Type your text into the box, and it'll render it in willowy Elvish writing. Although it does look like it's written with a felt pen rather than a silver-edged eagle quill.

Elvish translator

[Courtesy of Deeknow's website]

The Tigger Movie: on a par with Waiting For Godot

"I remember being reduced to a wreck by The Tigger Movie. It's certainly no masterpiece; more a cash-in on Winnie The Pooh. Yet it's utterly devastating when Tigger realises that there are no other tiggers in the Hundred Acre Wood, and that he is essentially alone in the world. Beneath the comic pathos, there's a recognition of primal human pain here that's as bleak as anything in Beckett"

- S.F. SAID, Daily Telegraph