February 05, 2005
Forked tongue
'Little Eichmanns' aside, as someone who has a little Comanche blood in her veins, I find this guy's imposture as an aborigine incredibly distasteful. I can't believe it has taken so long for him to get his comeuppance.
But then, forked tongue disease is rampant, almost epidemic, so many go untreated for quite a while. (Healthcare in the USA sucks, as you all know.) Miz Glossolalia is becoming anti-abortion would you believe it. And JoKe's brain is still sizzling with the memory of his dealings with, uh, the, uh, Khmer. Some idiot at CNN (What? He's one of the bosses? You're kidding, right?) thinks it's OK to accuse US soldiers of, well, anything that comes to mind and then deny that that what was he meant to say. (You see, I told you he couldn't be a boss at CNN. That's a place where people do that journalism thing.) (OK, so Teddy's no longer at CNN, but you get my point.) (Geez, these parenthetical remarks are getting way out of hand...)
Sort of makes you understand why some forked-tongued moonbats are slobbering at the fangs to bring in Howlin' Howard Dean to lead them up the garden path next time around. He's the only one they'd be able to hear when all assembled in the same room.
Image: Here, via a link at LGF
Posted by Valerie at February 5, 2005 02:14 AMOK, sorry if this is off subject, but since your subject seems to be various articles in the press lately, I gotta add this one that was in the Washington paper (WP Express).
A Slovakian man trapped in his car by an avalanche urinated his way to freedom after drinking 60 16-ounce bottles of beer…
Richard Kral was vacationing in the mountains when the snow swallowed his Audi. Luckily, in planning for this trip, Kral stocked up on alcohol, and so he got to drinking. His slow escape was made by scooping snow above him and then urinating on it to melt it.
….rescuers found him stumbling drunk on a mountain pass four days later.
Upon coming home from the store with 60 of my own, I informed my wife that one can not be too prepared. After all, on Super Bowl Sunday we may get hit with several feet of snow, and the beer would come in handy going out to get the newpapers the next morning.
So, Andy, you're expecting lots of snow this weekend???
Posted by: Valerie at February 5, 2005 11:47 AMI don't know what Andy is expecting, but I'm hoping for lots of snow - it justifies all my beer. I'm not a drunk, I'm just prepared for disaster!
Posted by: Jay at February 5, 2005 01:45 PMAndy,Jay -
I know your thoughts are in the right place, but I hardly think a breakfast beverage is adequate preparation for a disaster.
I guess the only up side to being a Bills fan is never having to justify a stock pile of beer to your wife.
Have a good superbowl!
And to bring this topic back home:
The report on the Slovak man who urinated his way out of an avalanche with the aid of 60 half-litre bottles of beer has been debunked by the ever-vigilant snopes.com.
The story about a Slovak man who was buried inside his car by an avalanche, and supposedly freed himself by drinking beer and urinating on the snow to melt it, was carried by a number of western news services in January 2005. The story has so far proved difficult to verify because its attributions have been vague (e.g., "correspondents in Bratislava"), and it evidently originated in a part of the world (the Slovak Republic) where information sources are more difficult to track down (particularly because the language is unfamiliar to most westerners).
However, a correspondent who works for a Slovak news agency informed us that not only has the avalanche story (or any news story about an avalanche) not appeared in the news media there, but the very same tale (of Czech origin, told about an unnamed man caught in the Austrian Alps) was circulating in that country as an e-mail joke even before the heavy snows described in the article occurred.
This comes as a crushing blow to those of us who were about to use the heroic tale as proof that the safety-concious driver always carries at least 30 litres of beer, and allows him or herself the occasional sip as part of the latest, scientifically-proven cancer-busting programme. Distraught readers can rest assured that we will provide proof that beer increases male potency and eliminates world hunger just as soon we have consoled ourselves with a few pints. ®
Email hoax speaks with forked tongue
Posted by: papertiger at February 6, 2005 11:38 AMPaper,
You've burst Andy's bubble. Now, he'll have to take all that beer back to the store...
;(
Posted by: Valerie at February 6, 2005 12:00 PMIt's a food item, I'm willing to assume my stock is non-returnable.
Please don't correct me.
Posted by: Jay at February 6, 2005 06:00 PMSouthpaw - how can you be a fan of the team that broke my heart? I haven't been able to watch football since the 90's.
You've burst Andy's bubble. Now, he'll have to take all that beer back to the store
We always have to take it back to the store - you have to get your deposit back on the empties.
Posted by: Doug at February 6, 2005 07:36 PMSorry if I blew your cover Andy. But look on the bright side, maybe the missus doesn't read Snopes.
Posted by: papertiger at February 7, 2005 03:23 AMDoug-
"It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have lost at all".
-Bills fans, everywhere
DRATS!
The best part is I get to send a letter to the Washington Post and ask just who verified the story for them. Perhaps Dan Rather is behind this!
Posted by: andy at February 7, 2005 05:31 PMLove how all your comments pertained to me POST, guys.
Ugh. ;(
All of you, a 1000-word essay on the evils of alcohol abuse by next Monday.
Posted by: Valerie at February 9, 2005 01:34 PM
