And another vile pun that doesn’t so much tickle my funny bone, but makes it roll over and beg for mercy…
Brilliant!
Category: Humour
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Time Trumpet
I’d just like to plug Armando Iannucci’s new series on BBC Two once again.
Time Trumpet is excellent. It is very, very black humour. The usual suspects of the American Right (e.g. Michelle Malkin) certainly didn’t appreciate Iannucci’s treatment of terrorism (I consider that to be a point in its favour – my equivalent of Groucho Marx’s approach to clubs). Probably because Malkin et al failed to appreciate that it was the reaction to terrorism that was being lampooned. It was, if you will, Iannucci’s "The power of laughter" to be set alongside Adam Curtis’ "The Power of Nightmares" – a programme, I note, that has still not been shown on US television.
There’s now an external web site set up for Time Trumpet, and this has some clips from the show. However, my favourite collection seems to have been taken care of by this prime selection on YouTube. It includes another bravura piece of video editing: President Bush singing both "Imagine" and "Walk on the Wild Side" (and you can probably guess who is the coloured girl going "Doo, de-doo, de-doo"…). Oh, and there’s Tesco’s war on Denmark, and lots of other goodies… Go and watch it.
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Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin
The medical profession meets Flanders and Swann. The doctors Kay and Biswas deserve to go far, whether that’s in medicine or treading the boards. Listen, for example, to their catchy little ditty Paracetamoxyfrusebendroneomycin to hear what I mean.(hat tip to Seed magazine – oh and if you want to have a shudder, check out the six horrifying parasites link)) -
The Barmaid Explains
I agree with the barmaid. -
Vent
Vent is a new comedy series being broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It’s about a man called Ben. He’s in a coma – so he doesn’t get out much. Nicely black and ironic, Vent is written by Nigel Smith, who is drawing on his own experiences. Definitely worth a listen. -
Safety First
Rare Exports Inc of Finland has found it necessary to issue its Official Safety Instructions. Warning, not for the faint-hearted or those who do not like their humour to be of the deepest shade of black. -
Bush Pilot
This explains a lot. There’s a theme here. President Clinton also seems to have been a puppet…(hat tip to PZ Myers…) -
Why?
I liked this. Schmaltzty, American humo(u)r – but still… Not bad, and more life affirming than the troll. -
No Limit
For some reason, the local council in our area is very diligent about putting roadsigns everywhere. This can lead to some bizarre results – such as this "no speed limit" imposed on a dirt track…
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Gerald the Gorilla
An oldie, but goldie, from Not The Nine o’Clock News: Gerald the Gorilla. My type of absurdist humour. Good, also, to at last have the translation of "As Aristotle once said…". Apparently, it’s "here is a cucumber, the woman is a bicycle".(hat tip to ScaryDuck) -
Not So Far From The Truth
PooterGeek points out a possible world that is appallingly close to becoming reality. -
Taps
Wearing taps can change your perception of normailty. Nicely done. -
Real or Hoax?
I would like to believe that this is genuine. If it is, then there’s hope for us all. But it’s probably a fake. Still, one can dream…(hat tip to Nicholas over at From the Heart of Europe) -
Not What I was Looking for…
So there I was, looking for a solution for long term storage of our extra bedding (sheets, pillowcases, and so forth). I’d seen a solution that was like a strong plastic bag, into which you stuff the textiles and then suck out the air, leaving a smaller, well protected package impervious to moths and damp. But where to buy such a thing? Then I thought of Wehkamp – the Dutch equivalent to the Sears (US) and Littlewoods (UK) home shopping catalogues. -
Black Lake: The Ballet
Here’s a piece of trivia for you: Sir Sean Connery is reputed to have devised a ballet in the mid-1960s. Perhaps fortunately for posterity, it was never performed. However, Tim Dowling, in today’s Guardian, does a wonderful job of imagining what it might have been like. -
Glen or Glenda?
Lyle Zapato, over at Zapato Productions Intradimensional, suspects that someone in the FBI is a fan of a certain film by Ed Wood Jr. He could be right.
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