Some People Still Take Guinness Records Seriously, I Guess . . .

There was a time that each year's arrival of the latest version of the Guinness Book of World Records meant something (that and the World Almanac), but that moment has long past. But I guess in Spain and France, they still like their records. Here are two incredibly dumb ones.

First up, 'Basque' style standing wood block chop. Evidently 'Basque' is the Spanish word for 'People with an inordinate amount of folks limping around with mangled feet and legs'

Second up, non-dwarf tossing. Tossing little people, offensive, tossing petite, but not little people, comedy gold.

Change I Can Believe In . . .

(via Drudge)

Brilliant move, if it happens. Sure, why not, Sen. Kerry for Veep. Why stop with Kerry, though, former Pres. Carter is still constitutionally eligible, pick him for Veep, while you are at it.

And the change I can believe in should Sen. Kerry be named Sen. Obama's running mate, you ask . . .

That would be my underwear, from pissing myself laughing so hard, of course.

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The Decision-Making Skills of Folks Hired for Entry Level Construction and Maintenance Jobs, Isn't Always What You'd Hope It Would Be . . .

. . . the Cleveland Cavaliers v. LA Lakers game at Staples Center was delayed 12 minutes in the first half while they tried to figure out how to handle dripping water on the inside of the arena. The assumption was that it was a leaky roof causing the problem, but that turned out not to be the whole story.

Given a history of leaks, and the first big week of storms in close to 18 months, Staples Center wisely contracted a roofing company to inspect the roof. The roof doesn't leak, so their inspection (and or repairs) did the job, but the crew they sent up there made one small error.

THEY LEFT THEIR SOPPING WET WORK CLOTHES ON THE CATWALK ABOVE THE COURT!

Not a phi beta kappa move there.

On top of that, the home team lost.

If Pacifist Are So Peaceful, Why Do I Always Want to Punch Them in the Mouth?

Pacifism, as dumb and useless in the cyberworld, as it is in the real one.

(Being peaceful is good, having principles is good, but pacifism is a form of mental masturbation and a cop-out. There are bad people in the world who do bad things, that must be opposed violently)

But When They Drive Around In the ELDERMOBILE, Will They Notice That the Blinker's On . . .

The world's a mess, The Elder Squad to the rescue (so long as somebody keeps them supplied with Metamucil)[plenty of humor from Daniel Drezner at the link].

Sponsorsed by -----, and -----, as well as -----.

Not a lot of intellectual diversity going on in that bunch.

If I were to put together a group of Elder Superfriends to save the world, the list I put together wouldn't include a commie, an almost commie, a might as well be a commie, and an ultra nanny (and sufferer of a psychosomatic illness).

My Ultraspecial Elder Superfriends would include (but not be limited to) the following folks:

Abe Vigoda, cause he's Abe Vigoda, and I'm fairly certain he's still alive.
J.D. Salinger, you can't be a recluse the rest of your life, maybe while he's been brooding, he's come up with some great ideas.
Chuck Yeager, he's Chuck Effin Yeager, you need somebody on the team who can still kick some ass.
Sophia Loren, gotta have some Europeans, and women, so why not her?
Shintaro Tsuji, the evil mastermind behind Hello Kitty. You need a proper evil genius in any ultraspecial cool problem solving taskforce.
Nawal El Saadawi, fierce advocate for women's rights in Egypt. Tough, sensible, passionate, hated by the crazies.
Jerry Brown, he's currently California's A.G., but he could resign and help be an ultraspecial elder superfriend, he may have been Gov. Moonbeam, but he's always been a deep thinker and willing to follow where the people lead (rare traits in politicians).
UPDATE: Thought I'd expand the list a bit . . . .
Thomas Sowell, how'd I forget him? He'd be the brains of the bunch.
Cheech Marin, a little younger than the rest of the elders, but he's lived a hard life, so that counts, I'm sure he feels just as old as some of these other 'elders'.
Kip Thorne, why not bring in a brilliant theoretical physicist to the mix?
Deacon Jones, the 'Secretary of Defense' anybody Chuck couldn't take care of, Deacon would finish them off.
Liza Minelli, you don't want to mess with Liza, she'll go crazy on your ass. You need crazy on a group like this.
Yoko Ono, the token peacenik in the group. She would be the one everyone loves to hate, she's used to it, so she'd be good as the villain.



In the annals of rich people coming up with dumb ideas, this has to be one of the dumbest. Do they really expect sovereign nations to cede decision making authority to these codgers?

If so they're bigger jackasses than I realized.