If by “healing” you mean severe diarrhea, crampy intestinal inflammation, colitis . . . and perhaps C. difficile and death by crapping.
Oh, right, there might be side effects too, including taste perversion, genital moniliasis and frequent stools. And no, that last doesn’t mean the kind you sit on at your favourite bar, and I don’t think the first means that you’re suddenly going to start wearing plaid suits.
Today is the traditional day to look back 60 days and say what was good then. This is called the Best of Me Symphony, which you’ll find at The Owner’s Manual. Also, today there is a storyblogging carnival.
Plot points to explore (slide 1)Inspired by:
Hundreds of novels and stories written by Philip K. Dick, born Dec. 16, 1928.
Over at the Banterist, the revelation that Playboy was once available in braille, proving that it is true that some men “only read it for the articles.” And at Novelhead, there was a post I meant to link to a few weeks ago, about a new game called “Dealbreaker“. Fun.
If you enjoy history (and good writing) then you may want to have a look at this edition of the History Carnival, hosted by Frog In A Well. You’ll find more funny stuff at The Conservative Cat here. Also, we missed the Carnival of Crazy yesterday.
Welcome to the Carnival of Satire here at The Skwib. Okay, something has happened. Something important. Since we’ve started posting the “artwork” of the Last Dadaist, Toulouse Le Grandfig, people have become more absurd. Don’t believe us? Just read for yourself…
a4g [Ed. note: What kind of name is a4g? Is that some kind of artificial intelligence? A monkey-loving robot?] Anyway, a “staff writer” purporting to be a4g at Point Five breaks this important story wide open: Iraqi Police Seize New York Times Tanker Headed For Iraq
Tommy at Striving For Average gets us on the silly train by letting us know about the Rampaging Deer.
On a related note, the citizens of Narnia had better watch their cows closely, as Betsy of Narnia Reveals the Ugly Truth.
Buckley F. Williams at The Nose On Your Face shows us how anything can sound like a fundraising report in Zawahiri Gives Upbeat “State Of The Jihad” Address
200motels [Ed. sorry, ranted out.] at Let’s Get Something Straight Between Us! sends along The Third Eye of The Needle – An Original Novella By 200motels (Synopsis). We will let you, gentle reader, decide if this book should be actually written or not. Dr. Tundra has already put in his order.
Dean Abbott at Inspired By A True Story continues the absurdity with Lost. Continue Reading →
You’re a mean one, Ambassador.
You really are a heel.
You’re as cuddly as a cactus,
You’re as charming as an eel.
Ambassador.
You’re a bad banana
With a greasy black peel.
You’re a lackey, Ambassador.
Your heart’s an empty hole.
Your brain is full of spiders,
You’ve got garlic in your soul.
Ambassador.
You are sadly mistaken if you think
we’d listen to you, you stooge …
you’re Mr. Bush’s troll!
–With apologies to Dr. Seuss (and all my US friends who didn’t have anything to do with the ambassador’s intrusion)
Inspired by:
US Ambassador rips Martin over Kyoto