News Roundup

The above is actually a personal endorsement.  I had lunch there on one pf my road trips a while ago, and the food was outstanding.  Can’t remember where it was, though:  just outside one of those redneck speedways in the South (Bristol? Martinsville? Darlington? whatever).


...next:  suing cutlery makers for making knives so easy to stab with.


...so that’s why they’re not going to build any more nuke power stations, then?


...sounds presidential.  As opposed to:


...seems like the hurricane hit the wrong part of Florida.


...in which we play the “Guess The Race” game once again.

From the Department of Education:


...keyword:  Canada.

In the battle of Global Warming Climate Cooling Change©:


...keyword:  again, Canada.


...keyword:  Australia (lol you thought I was going to say “Canada” again, dint ya?)


...it didn’t really matter who had deckchair rearrangement duty on the Titanic, either.


...even more shocking:  she wasn’t their schoolteacher.


...if only he hadn’t picked the farmer’s favorite.

And talking about cow-shaggers and dead-horse floggers:



...for three days a year.


...I’m just amazed they had the staff left over to do some actual policing, what with all the parent harassment, Internet snooping and crazed gunman avoidance.

And in (guaranteed link-free) INSIGNIFICA:

dunno why she was worried:  she’s always had far better tits than the skinny and bulemic Lady Di.

No Accounting

It’s interesting how different nations will take the same ingredients, eat them a certain way, and strange looks (or sometimes, gagging noises) will ensue from others who can’t see it being eaten that way.

Take for example Britishland’s favorite, the prawn sandwich:

Most Murkins, at this point, are going “Say what?”  while the Frogs are going “Quoi?”  (with added lip curl).

Of course, New Englanders eat lobster on bread rolls, so we’re not that far apart — but Old Englanders would look askance at that because for them, lobster is strictly a main course, e.g. the Thermidor:

Back onto the prawn thing, though:  even I, a committed Anglophile, have to admit to a little puzzlement at prawn sarnies, accustomed as I am — as are most other Murkins — to seeing shrimp (or prawns, for that matter), in a cocktail or as an appetizer:

All that said, I could see myself eating shrimp on, say, a croissant:

…because a croissant is more like pastry than a prosaic slice of Wonderbread.

Okay, is anyone else starting to feel hungry?  For a chip butty (UK’s #2), maybe?

(a.k.a. carbs squared)

Two nations, divided by a common food. [sigh]

It’s enough to put a man off his breakfast gin.  (Or is that just my favorite?)

Oh Boo Hoo

Once again, we have handwringing when some young asshole, as the saying goes, “fucks around and gets found out”.  In this particular case, we’re supposed to get upset when a drunken college kid gets shot because he thought he was trying to get into his own home at 2am, but it wasn’t;  and the actual homeowner shot and killed him.

That’s how the media paints it, of course, but that’s not actually how it panned out:

Nicholas Anthony Donofrio, 20, died early Saturday after knocking, banging, and kicking on the front door of the man who shot him when he broke the glass window and tried to manipulate the doorknob.

Frankly, I’d have done precisely the same thing under the circumstances — and I bet there are more than a few of my Readers nodding in agreement.

Anyway, sanity has prevailed:

A police news release added that the investigation determined the shooter – who legally owned the firearm – was covered by South Carolina’s so-called ‘Stand Your Ground’ law and no charges will be filed.

I don’t know what this “legally owned the firearm” business is, unless that’s some South Carolina thing I’m unaware of.

Whatever, it’s a tragedy;  but when you’re an underage drunk trying to bust into a house, there might well be a shooting.  The kid thought he was trying to get into his own house, but that’s not how it appeared to the actual homeowner.

And if the kid’s family wants to sue someone, they should start with the booze company (just kidding, they shouldn’t be thinking of suing anybody).

Gratuitous Gun Pic: CZ 452 (.22 LR)

Also at Steve Barnett:

Over the years, CZ has upgraded their .22 bolties (I think they’re now up to Mod 457), but I have to say that other than some technical (and cosmetic) stuff, I’m not sure that oldies like this one aren’t just as good as the newer ones, certainly in terms of accuracy.

And even with the Barnett Price Premium, it’s still very good value.


Would this be a bad time to bring back Kim’s BANG (Buy A New Gun) Fund from the old blog?  Probably.  Dammit.

Monday Funnies

Some deep thoughts for the day:

Ah, never mind;  let’s just go with outright defiance:

Is it too soon for Hawaii Fire jokes?

Nah, fukkem.  They always vote Democrat, anyway, the hippie assholes.

And speaking of island paradises and suntans:

Here’s one which describes my condition:

So… let’s head off to work:

…with or without a tan.