In any Train Smash Women competition, the race is only for second place if Strine women are included, and this year’s Melbourne Cup was no exception:
As the inimitable Mr. Free Market once put it: “Dear God. No wonder Australian men drink so much.”
No man should. But some do:
Too many vowels, too many strange pronunciation rules, too… just too fucking Irish:
I think they just have these names to fuck with ordinary English-speaking people, so that they can mock us for not knowing how to pronounce them. They’re almost as bad as the French.
Wankers.
“…hand me mah smellin’ salts!” From KrautPres / Reichkanzler Olaf Scholz comes this little bombshell:
“We must finally deport on a large scale those who have no right to stay in Germany.“
I’ll believe it when I see it, but you have to admit, it’s a first from any post-Mutti Merkel politician.
And in the same article, from Swissland:
Switzerland moved rightwards in an election on Sunday, giving the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) more seats in parliament as concerns about rising immigration outweighed those about the environment, final results showed on Monday.
Wait… the Green Nude Eel is starting to lose favor with, of all people, the Swiss? And “concerns about immigration”? Anyone would think that Swiss cities like Zurich have seen a massive increase in violent crime, mostly committed by “immigrants” of the Afro-Arab persuasion.
Oh, wait… they have.
…in Strylia? Why, it looks as though even the Perpetually Supine (Covid Class) seem to have taken offense at the latest attempt to turn them (i.e. non-Aboriginals) into second-class citizens in their own country — to the dismay of their Betters:
Australia has overwhelmingly rejected Labor’s proposal for an ‘Indigenous Voice to Parliament’. Had the referendum been successful, it would have given the government a mandate to amend the constitution and create a body exclusively for Aboriginal Australians to advise parliament. After a long and divisive campaign, 60 per cent of Australians voted No to the initiative.
And you have to follow the link to see the response from The Usual Suspects (Down Under Division).
Sixty percent? At last, some sanity.
Now all they have to do is stop cheating at cricket, and they might even become normal people.
Apparently, dogs attacking people is becoming a thing in Britishland.
Here’s one to make you wonder:
Fighting off an XL bully is nearly “impossible,” according to a martial arts expert. Self-defense tycoon Matt Fiddes, 44, has called for a ban on the beasts and said that if anyone finds themselves confronted by one then do your best to run away.
Run away from a dog? Yeah, that’ll work. The exercise will just make him hungrier.
Of course, Over Here we don’t have to listen to bullshit like this because we have recourse to fine tools like this one:
…loaded with your choice of .410 goodness (I’m kinda torn between #2 and #5, but I can be persuaded, in Comments):
Of course, the Brits could use pepper spray — no wait: “Carry and use of pepper spray by common citizens is banned under Section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968”.
What about tasers or stun guns? “Stun guns are considered firearms, and as such are also controlled under the Firearms Act 1968”.
Looks like they’re stuck with:
…although they’re probably also banned under the “Dangerous Club Act 1968”, or something.
Sure must be nice to live in such a state of fear — hooligans, thugs, dangerous dogs etc. — all because of stupid laws.
I prefer living in the state of Texas, thank you.
I like the way this guy works:
Ben Reid, from England, recently spent a few weeks on holiday around Italy and learned that many locals were quite specific about their food.
The English man was constantly chastised for making ‘adjustments’ to his meals – such as dipping his croissant in coffee, and pouring water into his espresso.
Ben eventually started ‘trolling’ strangers with bizarre acts.
However, the act that evoked the most condemnation was cutting spaghetti with scissors.
Two waiters actually went up to Ben and told him he ‘wasn’t allowed’ to consume his food like that.
‘You have to roll the pasta with your fork, you cannot cut it with scissors. People will think you’re an idiot,’ the waiter said, and then confiscated the scissors.
Brilliant. I’m just surprised he wasn’t scolded for not having a glass of wine with his dinner.
I do the same kind of thing in Chinese restaurants by using a fork instead of chopsticks. Let ’em sneer or roll their eyes, I don’t care.