August 20 2010
Flipping the Bird and Other Choice Links
posted by Ana Samways at 11:07 am
Good ol’ MySky: the Police Association’s Greg O’Connor accidentally flips the bird at Closeup’s Mark Sainsbury
Celebrity news: Warner Brothers is suing a Swiss condom maker for a brand of sexual sheathing called Harry Popper. The condom illustration on the packaging wears Harry Potter’s trademark round glasses along with brandishing a wand and a devilish look. Who would buy a condom with the name ‘popper’ anyway? Read more here.
Picture this: Nesting dolls – everything from Golden Girls to The Beatles.
New favourite blog for literature buffs: Better Book Titles – ‘cutting thru the cryptic crap, and give you the meat of the story in one condensed image’…
Rugby World Cup Hype: Good to see Jordan Luck making a bit more cash out of Air NZ with their new World Cup-ready in-flight safety video (Warning: a barrage of tiresome, unsubtle rugby/All Black references throughout and a surprise streaker at the end)
Words, don’t come easy: Jazz is the hardest word to guess in hangman, apparently.
Amazon Review of the Day: What did Einstein actually do?
Video: So you think you are stoic and can control your emotions eh?
August 22nd, 2010 at 8:51 am
Oh jeez that video sucks. It made me teary at work. And I don’t even have my period.
August 23rd, 2010 at 8:53 am
OK – there should be a bit more of a warning on that damned video! I’m at work dammit! NSFW will do. ohhh crap, the boys are coming!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:05 am
Jeez- Would you like extra cheese with that video?!
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 am
Wee bit teary, but an up lifting way to start the day.
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:44 am
It’s all very affecting.
I can’t help observing that a lot of grief both in Iraq and in the us would have been avoided if those soldiers had never gone away and never had to have those homecomings, Don’t forget those thousand or so who came home in bodybags
August 23rd, 2010 at 10:21 am
Jeez Katydid… there’s always someone who has to rain on the parade.
While you’re at it, why don’t you think about all the people who die of cancer, or are murdered, or abused, or didn’t get french fries with their combo.
Damn, I’d never smile again if I had to address every wrong doing which contributed to my happiness.
Lighten up cuz.
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:22 am
Was that meant to elicit an emotional response……..I think not.
August 23rd, 2010 at 11:35 am
This is a great video, made me really teary at work. Katydid you’re right there are many who did not have a chance to have a happy reunion but they gave their lives to help others. Jake take it easy we all know life isn’t all roses but those who gave their lives need to be respected and remembered.
August 23rd, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Meh – what is all the fuzz about? I get a reception like that every day when I come home from the office (;o)
August 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Definitely a capital O for Oarsum. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the soldiers being there, it’s so great to see the reactions from their families. Obviously means a huge amount to have them home.
August 23rd, 2010 at 5:14 pm
good to use in a drought
August 23rd, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Thanks for the video. It has proved what I have known all long…I am a stoic. Bored after a few minutes.
August 23rd, 2010 at 8:07 pm
why were there cameras following the reuniting of families anyway? talk about trespassing on personal moments
August 24th, 2010 at 12:31 am
@Anna – taking the embedded journalist to the next level. Just be thankful it was only the reunion with the kids, and not the wives, which have taken the phrase emBEDded to a level too far…
August 24th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
DAMMIT! This video is dangerous to my manliness….
August 24th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
You ruined my make-up, damn you!
September 3rd, 2010 at 7:09 pm
win….cried ALL the way through…thanks!