January 2010
20 posts
The Interrogation
errorgorilla:
A letter to Harold Pinter:
“I would be obliged if you would kindly explain to me the meaning of your play. These are the points which I do not understand: 1. Who are the two men? 2. Where did Stanley come from? 3. Were they all supposed to be normal? You will appreciate that without the answers to my questions, I cannot fully understand your play.”
His response:
“Dear Madam:...
Arrest Blair →
errorgorilla:
George Monbiot cordially invites you to get your head stoved in trying to arrest Tony Blair for crimes against humanity.
Composing a menu
errorgorilla:
I want a new girlfriend. Here’s the criteria:
French
Smokes
Loves Depeche Mode
Looks a bit like Charlotte Gainsbourg
Wears old school Adidas
Doesn’t expect much in the trouser department
I’m sorry Michelvis, that quiche lunch and salad just wasn’t good enough. I’m afraid I’m going to have to let you go.
Yep, let’s face it, blessed are the quiche makers for they shall...
Are we going to have to have the attitude...
My boss: Looking at the dress policy (of the standards code and the reason for our meeting) and it's hard to clarify exactly what is permitted and what isn't... erm, it looks a bit woolly.
Me: You mean like jumpers and cardigans?
Three stories
errorgorilla:
Each sinew of my knackered frame hopes these stories aren’t apocryphal, most especially the first. At the Scottish leg of the Live 8 concerts in 2005, Bono - sans Larry et ses amis - bored another audience with yet another of his po-faced lectures, as is his wont:
<click!> <click!> Every toime <click!> <click!> I click me fingers <click!>...
How the Daily Mail works (#1 in a series if my...
errorgorilla:
According to the Mail, the mini ice age starts here. Quoting research from the NSIDC, David Rose writes:
According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this.
Although, if one enters to Google the phrase...
“If they’d given him an enema they could have buried him in a shoebox.”
– Christopher Hitchens on the late Jerry Falwell. (via errorgorilla)
“Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the...”
– Robert Hintze - let’s all tie him down and force-feed him pies and lard.
“Is it fat, bald, and Jewish in here or is it just me?”
– Alexei Sayle (via errorgorilla)
