Click the picture to see it at full size.Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
The photo’s caption: Fans at a heavy metal concert in Tehran University. The audience have to headbang sitting down because of rules against dancing.
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Sep
30
2007
Iran Maiden!
Sep
28
2007
U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Chief Refers to Marijuana as “Weapon of Mass Effect”
“Of course, Mr. President, you probably already know all this stuff from your ‘Lindsay Lohan’ days…”
It looks as though the U.S. War or Drugs will continue for a bit longer. U.S. Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald Colburn, in answering a question by Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), used hyperbole in the name of job security by [...]
Sep
28
2007
Brokeback Batman
Via the LiveJournal “scans_daily” community, here’s the “slashiest page ever to appear in a children’s storybook that does not star Bert and Ernie”:
Here’s the text:
Without Superman realizing it, Batman stuck a small Bat-transmitter on Superman’s cape. The device sent out a signal, and the Caped Crusader followed it to Clark Kent’s apartment. Superman was just [...]
Sep
27
2007
Jesus vs. “Mean Girls”
An article in today’s Toronto Star covering a the author of Girl Politics: Friends, Cliques and Really Mean Chicks, from the Zonderkidz branch of Christian publisher Zondervan, gave some advice about mean girls, including this gem:
Q: Using the Bible as a guide to deal with really mean chicks, isn’t that a stretch?
A: Not at all. [...]
Sep
26
2007
I Hereby Declare a Caption Contest
The prize is bragging rights, the topic is Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and here’s the photo:
Mitt, mit fudge!
Context, as they say on scans_daily, is for the weak.
Make your caption suggestions in the comments. Have fun!
Mandatory Mitt Romney Joke
How is it, that out of all the viable Republican candidates, it’s the Mormon who’s had only [...]
Sep
26
2007
Dealing with U.S. Customs
Since I married an American and travel to the States fairly often either for business or to see family and in-laws, people often ask me if I have any difficulty with U.S. Customs since I cross the border so often.
The truth is that I usually breeze through customs. Part of it is that my wife [...]
Sep
26
2007
BikeBerrying
[This was cross-posted to Global Nerdy.]
Say hello — and probably goodbye — to my friend, Globe and Mail writer Jeff Gray, with whom I worked at the Queen’s Journal (a.k.a. “The Urinal”), the official student paper of Crazy Go Nuts University. He BikeBerries — that is, uses his BlackBerry while bicycling:
As a columnist who has [...]
Sep
26
2007
“Oh, Right. THAT.”
“Wooooo…I am the Holy Spirit! What you are doing is a SIN!”
“Nonsense — masturbation is healthy and natural.”
“No, I meant strangling hookers.”
“Oh, right. That.”
[Image courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.]
Sep
25
2007
The “Horse’s Head” Scene in “The Godfather”…
Update: Some quick notes…
I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ‘em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see.
You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson.
…gets referenced in a couple of Simpsons episodes…
Sep
25
2007
Movie References in the Simpsons Episode “Kamp Krusty”
Update: Some quick notes…
I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ‘em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see.
You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson.
The stills I have from the Simpsons episode Kamp Krusty refer to Ben Hur, Lord of the Flies and The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
Images [...]
Sep
25
2007
“Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington”
Update: Some quick notes…
I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ‘em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see.
You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson.
Here are some stills from the Simpsons episode Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington, which draws very heavily from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington:
Images [...]
Sep
25
2007
The Simpsons Episode “Saturdays of Thunder”, “Ben Hur” and Two Films I Can’t Identify
Update: Some quick notes…
I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ‘em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see.
You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson.
The Simpsons episode with the soap box derby — Saturdays of Thunder — refers to a number of movies, starting with the title’s [...]
Sep
25
2007
The Simpsons’ Homage to Alex’s Post-Treatment Test in “A Clockwork Orange”
Update: Some quick notes…
I didn’t compile or make these images; I found ‘em, thought they were neat and posted them for everyone to see.
You can find more images like this at Actualidad Simpson.
The Simpsons have paid homage to A Clockwork Orange in a couple of episodes, but here’s the most hilarious time — the “cupcakes” [...]
Sep
25
2007
Furries vs. Klingons: The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of Alternative Nerd Lifestyles
Don’t you hate discovering an interesting party just after you’ve confirmed your plans for the weekend?
Click to see the image on its original page.
This Saturday, the MurrFurr Furries will take on the USS Republic Klingons in their second annual bowling competition at Midtown Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia. Attendees are encouraged to come in their suits, [...]
