Tag Archives: humour
links for 2010-04-17: David Cameron anecdote generator
Who has David Cameron been talking to? "Last week, I met an imaginary Iraq veteran, who told me that dubstep killed Diana." (tags: humour david-cameron politics election)
links for 2010-01-08: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski The Big Lebowski retold in Shakespearean English, beautifully done. (tags: Shakespeare Lebowski humour film literature)
Great White Hunter
As usual with FFFF, I have no idea who is responsible for this. At larger resolution (for which you should click through from the page linked here) it appears this image is advertising clothing of some sort. I think it’s … more…
Ken Campbell 1941-2008
The day I came closest to meeting Ken Campbell was sometime in early 1977. A friend and I had gone along to the Liverpool School of Language, Music, Dream and Pun, to see what I believe was the final performance … more…
half past july already
Terribly, terribly New Yorker-ish, but it speaks to me. I’m loving the pipe. Apologies, once again, for the silence. I’ve been having another slump. Will try harder. (via FFFF)
mystery white boy, resolved
It’s taken almost twenty years, but I finally identified a mysterious and rather wonderful recording which iirc I posted here a couple of years ago. Ah, yes. Described at that time as a flower of exuberance, blossoming in most unlikely … more…
bunny attack
This is one of the very few things that’s made me laugh this week. I have a faint recollection of seeing it before, years ago, but here it is coming around again. The FFFFinder FFFFound it on a music blog … more…
test your vest
Testing a bulletproof vest, September 1923 I expect we can think of all sorts of ways this quality control procedure might be improved. (original image via Shorpy)
garfield minus garfield
So, it turns out that Garfield comics are enormously improved by the simple expedient of removing Garfield from them. A valuable discovery, and a very nexistepas kind of joint altogether.