I love the Chaser, again another story via the SMH:

ABC TV’s Chaser boys have struck again…The pranksters pulled off a stunt at Sydney Airport on Wednesday which saw Virgin Blue staff make a “final boarding call” announcement for five late passengers, including one which sounded suspiciously like Mr Al Qaeda and another which sounded like Mr Terrorist…The satirical show’s executive producer, Julian Morrow, said two tickets were booked online under the names “Mr Al Kyder” and “Mr Terry Wrist” for an 8.30am Virgin Blue flight from Sydney to Melbourne.

He picked up the boarding passes using the airline’s self-serve computers, which do not require proof of photo identification.

Then, after deliberately failing to board the plane, an announcement was made over the airport’s loud speaker system.

“Good morning ladies and gentleman,” the announcement said. “This is the final boarding call for [name withheld], [name withheld], Al Kyder, [name withheld], and Terry Wrist, all travelling to Melbourne today on Virgin Blue flight 822.”

Of course in the States they would have been gaoled for this… 🙂

From the SMH:

Maori living in a number of New Zealand towns have – not to put too fine a point on it – been living in Shit Street for years.

Their road name signs actually read Kaka Street and, having been erected by predominantly English-speaking local councils, are supposed to be the name of a native parrot.

But Maoris say kaka in their language means excrement, while the parrot that councils are trying to honour is either spelled “Kaakaa” or should have two macrons to indicate the vowels are long.

Whilst I’m still waiting on my latest attempt to convert Thunderbird files to something I can use elsewhere (it’s been an hour running now!), two quick smiles both from Fark:

On this story about a hit and run at a McDonalds outlet, the Fark headline: “Disgruntled McDonald’s customer runs into two other customers with her car after dispute over who was next in line. Victims reportedly not loving it”

In response to this story on 7 people dying in a toilet accident, the first comment: “Well, that’s a shiatty way to die.”.

This is incredible…Andrew Sullivan reports on some Shiite Islamists in Iraq killing shepherds because they have not put modesty diapers (nappies) on their goats! The goats are apparently too tempting for Muslim men…..that is one seriously f*cked up country.

Despite the recent song getting airplay, I’m happy I didn’t live in the 60’s..check this out…(two parts..via Boing Boing):

Tags: Mel Gibson

Something very, very wrong with this, but I’ll leave it at that, don’t want to be accused of being anti-semetic…

From ynetnews.com:

The Yesha Rabbinical Council announced in response to an IDF attack in Kfar Qanna that “according to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such term as ‘innocents’ of the enemy.”

All of the discussions on Christian morality are weakening the spirit of the army and the nation and are costing us in the blood of our soldiers and civilians,” the statement said. (Efrat Weiss)

hmmm….bomb the sh*t out of innocent people and that’s ok…sounds a lot like Islam doesn’t it?

Tags: Middle East

WTF? from ZDNet:

Web sites like Amazon.com and MySpace.com may soon be inaccessible for many people using public terminals at American schools and libraries, thanks to the U.S. House of Representatives.

By a 410-15 vote on Thursday, politicians approved a bill that would effectively require that “chat rooms” and “social networking sites” be rendered inaccessible to minors, an age group that includes some of the Internet’s most ardent users. Adults can ask for permission to access the sites. …

Even though politicians apparently meant to restrict access to MySpace, the definition of off-limits Web sites is so broad the bill would probably sweep in thousands of commercial Web sites that allow people to post profiles, include personal information and allow “communication among users.” Details will be left up to the Federal Communications Commission.

The list could include Slashdot, which permits public profiles; Amazon, which allows author profiles and personal lists; and blogs like RedState.com that show public profiles. In addition, many media companies, such as News.com publisher CNET Networks, permit users to create profiles of favorite games and music.

Great, even the one country in the world that we all once championed as the great bastion of free speech is now going to ban Amazon from public libraries….of course I could make some statement about tossing the incumbents out of power, but look at the vote: seems like the Democrats support this tripe as well. Big Brother is here and now, and taking over the Western World. Orwell was just 30-40 years out with his year.

I just can’t stop laughing….(via The Courier Mail)

A HORROR comedy about killer sheep made in New Zealand and distributed by an Australian company will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.

“When a reckless genetic engineering experiment goes horribly wrong, a flock of innocent sheep accidentally transforms into a pack of blood-thirsty killers,” festival notes say.

Special effects in the film, Black Sheep, were created by the Weta Workshop of Kiwi filmmaker Peter Jackson, who started out making low-budget horror comedies.

Funding was from the NZ Film Commission and South Korea’s Daesung Group.

Hewe appropriate 🙂

Bizarre, from News.com.au:

A MAN was bruised but alive after a Saint Bernard dog thrown out a two-storey window landed on him as he was walking down the street in the southern-Polish city of Sosnowiec.
The 50kg dog was pushed out of the window by its drunken owner on Monday, police said.

“The dog had a soft landing because it fell on a man,” said police spokesman Grzegorz Wierzbicki.

“The dog escaped with just a few scratches.”

“The man was also more in a psychological state of shock than physically hurt.”