Literally — a different breed. Police in Nigeria have a goat in custody that witnesses claimed was involved in an attempted robbery.
I don’t think I can say anything else about this one.
More on the family later this week…
Humor: January 2009 Archives
This made the news back in December, but I missed it. (Not surprising, given the hectic nature of the month and the broken hand slowing me down.) I was listening to a Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me podcast last week, and they had a bit about this — remaking familiar Christmas carols into odes to clean coal technology.
Yes, it is real.
The video for Frosty the Coalman has been saved for posterity. After all, who doesn’t want to sing the following?
Frosty the Coalman, is a jolly happy soul,
He’s abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll.
Frosty the Coalman’s getting cleaner every day
He’s affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay.
There is no real news in this posting. Rather, it’s just a simple attempt to provide some humor heading into the weekend. And the postings at Fail Blog, which show real-life situations gone wrong, usually amuse. These two recent postings just jumped out at me.
First, the folks in the Washington, DC area will be pleased to know that their local TV broadcasters are of the highest quality.
Then, there is the unfortunate placement of a price sticker (quite possible staged, but still funny).
That’s right, you don’t need to hold it. Just know that Rice should be the national champion in football. Check it out for yourself. The BCS nominated Oklahoma and Florida for the chance. But based on actual results this year, Rice beat Western Michigan, who beat Illinois, who beat Iowa, who beat South Carolina, who beat Mississippi, who beat Florida. And Rice beat Western Michigan, who beat Illinois, who beat Iowa, who beat South Carolina, who beat Mississippi, who beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat Oklahoma. What could be more logical than that?
Actually, by these standards, it’s Utah that should be the national champion. Nobody has a route to beating them, and I’m pretty sure every 1-A team has a route to losing to them. And really, based on the results I saw in the Sugar Bowl, who am I to argue? That was a thorough domination by the Utes.
So if they award the championship to someone other than Rice (or Utah), know that the game and process was fixed to benefit the haves (once again).
