September 15 2008
Bad Hair Decade and Other Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 10:33 am
Worst Hair-dos for men.
New media atrocities: Twitter used for grief porn by daily newspaper and political propaganda by Pro Life radicals.
Comic Geek: Due to hilarious printing error, latest Batman comic includes f-words, c-words.
Mailbag: “It seems The Listener is not quite immune to a good hoax. Recently their worthy letter pages have been hosting some discussion about whether Jack Lovelock might have broken the four-minute mile in a secret training session. He didn’t. But the latest letter, from an “Arthur Bromley” of Sandringham claims instead that the first four minute mile was broken by a little-known New Zealander, Tommy Morehu, who beat Lovelock into fourth place in a London race in 1935. Only trouble is, Morehu is the central character in a play called The Man that Lovelock Couldn’t Beat, by Dean Parker. Parker is well-known for his historical pranks, and Morehu is a completely fictional character. Bromley, it seems, is a similar Parker invention — good publicity for the play, but…” (Hat tip: David)
What’s next big thing in plastic surgery? The back-fat procedure.
Video link: Remember, hands are sensitive: The best ad for domestic rubber gloves I have ever seen…
Nice innovation: The future of the student fridge.
Politics for pets: Following the Winston Peters squeaky dog toy, Masterpet now have Clark and Key version.
Video: Flight of the Conchords‘ Jemaine Clement, as Dr. Ronald Chevalier, who explains The Art of Relaxating.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Pro-life people are so freaky.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:38 am
So are men with bad hair-dos, dodgy comic printers, letter writers, bra makers, rubber glove advertisers, fridge and dog toy makers. Thank goodness for the ‘chords.