English As She Is Spammed

I’m not sure what “fractured pidgin language” this is written in, but I think I might know where they learned it. From: akstctheworkwearstoremnsdgs@theworkwearstore.com Subject: Search of competitors Date: March 12, 2008 4:13:40 PM GMT+01:00 Good time of day. You are disturbed by the charitable company Redd Cross of Slovenia. We have the business offer for …

Stop The Bus

I really need to stop being surprised every time the people entrusted with the job of running the world manage tobungle the simplest of tasks. The Municipal Railway will not use buses from its new hybrid fleet on one line that runs through the public housing projects in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood until officials …

If This Ain’t The Deal Of The Century, I’ve Officially Lost Touch

Right now on eBay, somebody is selling a Tim Hortons Roll Up The Rim cup that hasn’t yet been rolled. What’s that? Yes, of course I’mserious.I’d never lie to you, you know that. High bid at this moment is 99 cents. Yes, somebody actually bid on the thing. People never cease to amaze me, they …

Let Me Tell Ya ‘Bout The Birds And The Bees…Cuz It’s My Job Now

Quebec education reforms cutting back sex ed Sweeping Quebec education reform is eliminating class time for sex ed and asking teachers to talk about the birds and bees in all classes, from math to gym. Math to gym? Well ok, Gym I can kind of understand because hey, sex is exercise, but math? What’s that …

And Not A Moment Too Soon

Poverty-Stricken Africans Receive Desperately Needed Bibles An exuberant Clarkson said the Bible drop was the culmination of one of the largest and most aggressive grassroots fundraising drives ever undertaken by the organization, which was able to fund the mission largely through local charitable events, such as bake-offs, barbecues, and pie-eating contests. “We absolutely would not …