Spoof signs
Some funny fake signs mentioned at the BBC News website.
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Last words of executed prisoners
A harrowing site for a Friday evening, this is a Texas state government site, listing the offences and last statements of executed prisoners.
Reading through them, two things occurred to me. First, while most last statements are thanks, a few statements are strong declarations of a perceived injustice, as pithy
Scarry's revised Best Word Book Ever
Kokogiak, a user on Flickr, has posted a few photos of Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever.
The photos (here) show the differences between Kokogiak’s own 1963 edition, and the 1991 reissue he bought for his kids. Firemen are no longer brave heroes. Pretty stewardesses are just flight
Bikes in the USA
Slate reports on one American’s attempt to swap a car for a bicycle.
Watching Transportwatch
Dodgy stats merchants TransportWatch (previously discussed here) have been pulled up by the Advertising Standards Authority. In an adjudication on the adverts they placed in the Economist, the New Statesman and Private Eye the other week, the ASA says:
The Authority noted the claims in the advertisement were based on
Meyer to Prescott: I will continue to be impartial, you stupid fat oaf
Sir Christopher Meyer continues to try and have his cake and eat it. In response to a letter from John Prescott calling for his resignation, (reported here), Meyer responds:
I am confident I can continue to do this job independently and impartially and effectively.
Well, that’s not quite the
Triumph of the Will, real soon now
A disagreeable debate has flared up at the normally excellent Obsidian Wings. A contributor, Charles, sparked it off by blasting a Congressman who called for US withdrawal from Iraq, a ‘loser’ and a ‘defeatist’, and – essentially – blaming anyone on the left of the political spectrum for not having the balls
More on teh
I’m still intrigued by the internet slang word teh. Not being a gamer, it’s hard to see how it’s used more generally, but in the places I go, it’s turning from a typo via a joke into quite a useful word.
Wikipedia’s entry is not
Israeli elections in February or March
Elections on the horizon in Israel. The Washington Post gives a rundown of recent events and what happens next.
Truth or Consequences (NM)
Truth or Consequences, a town in New Mexico named after a gameshow, was the first, but not the last. ABC reports on towns that brand themselves for cash, or TV.