Carnivals first:
And if that wasn’t enough. Here is a video of naked Japanese men getting flung out of buildings. Seriously. (Actually, it’s hilarious.)
You’ll find more at One Man’s Blog and other humorous people (in a variety of modes of clothing) can be found here.
All you long-haired hippy with greasy locks are a step ahead of the well-coifed when it comes to ozone pollution.
According to a new study by Lakshmi Pandrangi and Glenn Morrison from the University of Missouri in Rolla, on average, unwashed hair absorbed seven times the amount of ozone that washed hair did. Ground-level ozone causes breathing problems that can even affect your lifespan. The scientists say there is something about the hair oil that reacts with the ozone.
Of course, the researchers suggest a better solution is to reduce the amount of ozone pollution — especially indoors. What I want to know is what happens if you leave your bald pate unblemished by the wash cloth.
No word yet on what complicating effect doobie-smoke may have on the protective abilities of disgusting dreads.
Details about this barbershop biology are at The New Scientist, and other, more suspect experiments are taking place here.
It may be the length of the winter speaking, but I for one welcome our new alien overlords. Klaatu barada nikto! Welcome also, to this week’s interstellar Carnival of Satire:
Daniel Brenton has an exclusive statement from John Hordure, the director of the newly-formed League for Unified Non-cooperation with Exopolitical Enterprises (LUNEE), who reveals once and for all Why the Aliens Really Don’t Land. Bob Saget, pay attention.
What’s more baffling than UFO sightings? sweetpea has the answer: David Caruso’s “acting” ability.
Madeleine Begun Kane suggests to Dear Ralph: Go Away!. (Psst. Ralph is an alien.)
Offersave is also a poet, and this gem perfectly explains a religious crisis we’ve experienced too: I’d Like To Be A Buddhist .
It’s a well-known fact that aliens call us “monkeys”. Mind Scalpel has some interesting simian research to share, and then Amidst The Post-Valentine’s Day Rubble, Issues A Call To All Men.
Greg Merrick produces the miraculous news of an Ancient Race of Christian Man Discovered — Evolution Debunked?
Sammy Benoit says that MSNBC’s Obama/Osama Screw-up Was an Easy Mistake to Make.
If only they’d had PS3 before Iraq. Matt Howard learns that Bush and Advisors Play Team Fortress 2, Iraq War Called Off.
Speaking of Bush, O’rene Ashley has advice on How to Get Into An Ivy League School, yet did not mention anything about being born into the right family.
Chris Carter reprints a Times article Mourning A Tragic Loss.
Finally, Daniel Brenton has a sad obituary about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster.
And that’s it for this extra-terrestrial edition! If you have some satire to share, please consider submitting next time. To the kind-hearted stranger who sent us even more soft-core Japanese porn videos, thank you, we would only share them if they’re satirical. (See “It’s all about the subtext, baby” below). What is satire? Someone wrote something about it once, we think. Thanks to these fine folks for helping us with webby-stuff: the Blog Carnival for their form; and the listings at the Ubercarnival, and at the Blog Carnival too. There are more aliens here.
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Before we can examine its intricate subtext, I’m afraid you’ll have to go watch this video:
Aside from the horn-dog insanity of this method of English instruction, it sends very mixed messages. At first, it seems as though one might be learning proper etiquette for business meetings held on the golf course:
Though when you learn the next phrase, you think, hmm, maybe not:
Then you discover the real story, when you figure out how to say:
Ah-ha!
This is confirmed when the dance for:
is danced in all its suggestive majesty.
Only to be dashed by the frenetic, furtive:
Yep, those Dancing Sirens of Engrish are not so easy. Even if they are in distress:
If YOU are now in distress you may want to call for some humor help. HT to OMB for these vids.
A couple of carnivals we participated in this past weekend:
The always wacky Carnival of the Insanities and the forever furry Friday Ark.
Anaxagoras of Ionia presents “Hot metal, man” (circa 450 BC) –>slide 6More about the History of Atheism here [wiki] and more ungodly humor here. The disembodied floating head of Epicurus (who rocked) is based on a photo by dithie.