Posted by
syl, around July 2006:
Mel makes an ass of himself
Posted by
WarHead, around July 2006:
He was, perhaps, unwise. And they are making too much out of it because he's a celeb.
Posted by
Sul, around July 2006:
I agree with WH. Totally jumped on as an opportunity to further a cause.
His apology was "unremorseful and insufficient", campaigners have said.
The guy could apologise personally to every Jew in the world and it wouldn't be enough. They've seen it as an opportunity to further their cause. Cool, campaign for toleration, I'm all for it. How about some compassion for the guy who's relapsed after a pretty good stint though? You know, if we're talking about toleration...
Posted by
Sul, around July 2006:
Hmm - I've just realised that 'toleration' has a slight 'putting up with' context. I mean it more in a 'harmonious' way.
Posted by
Sul, around July 2006:
To make a point:
Guy 1: Mel Gibson was arrested drink driving the other day and made some anti-semitic comments.
Guy 2: Wow. How has the Jewish community taken it?
Guy 1: Don't know, they're still too busy counting their money.
So that's a pretty stereotypical and very poor joke. But it's very public and could be deemed offensive. I'm not going to have anyone breathing down my neck though am I? The guy made a mistake and has apologised. Ok so we don't know what he's said yet (though I've yet to look on The Smoking Gun) but it really seems to me that he's being scapegoated. The guy supports the biggest Jew of them all, and he's at best semi-fictitious.
It's news because it's Gibson.
Posted by
syl, around July 2006:
Yeah. He said something along the lines of
"Fucking Jews! The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world!" and then asked the arresting officer :
"Are you a Jew?"
But the head of Disney, (which is releasing his new movie Apocalypto), has said he is willing to forgive and forget and continue production.
The trouble is a lot of very powerful executives in Hollywood are Jewish. He might find it hard to get himself another producer.
Posted by
ellipse, around July 2006:
if you replaced the word jew with nigger, would there be more of an outcry?
Posted by
syl, around July 2006:
I think the outcry would have been the same, but the consequences for Mel would not have been as bad.
Posted by
Sul, around July 2006:
Well I'd certainly be bemused that he thought the "niggers" were responsible for all the wars in the world.
Posted by
syl, around July 2006:
I think he might have an alterior motive. If he does indeed harbour these feelings, he must surely have done so for a long time. Why does he all of a sudden lose control of himself?
Posted by
Sul, around July 2006:
It's the age old story, alcoholic has relapse and insults Jews.
Posted by
ellipse, around July 2006:
see i think the consquences for mel right now are squat,
Posted by
Grim..., around August 2006:
Well I'd certainly be bemused that he thought the "niggers" were responsible for all the wars in the world.
Yah - Jews we can understand, however =]
Posted by
Sul, around August 2006:
Not that it's my opinion but I find it easier to believe there's some twisted logic there. What that is I'm not too sure.
Posted by
bumdog, around August 2006:
My yiddish ears are burning...
Posted by
Sul, around August 2006:
I'd like to see you take on Gibson, bumdog. I'll even pay for the flights.
Posted by
bumdog, around August 2006:
"...and this one's for What Women Want..."
*THWACK*
etc.
Posted by
syl, around August 2006:
see i think the consquences for mel right now are squat,
nope
Posted by
syl, around August 2006:
I'm putting $100 on bumdog...chew his ass, bumdog.
is dogbum kosher?
su, thought you might like this:
www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/...
and Rubber Ducky:
Posted by
syl, around August 2006:
That looks like lots of snakes
Posted by
Sul, around August 2006:
That knitted wig is awesome!
Posted by
Grim..., around August 2006:
"...and this one's for What Women Want..."
*THWACK*
etc.
He'd be hitting you, right?
Posted by
ellipse, around August 2006:
i made one of those wigs for a friend last year.
Posted by
WarHead, around August 2006:
I think the fundamental question is, "how pissed was he when he was stopped?" If he was very pissed, anything he said could be construed as being the drink talking. We all talk tripe when we're sloshed, do we not (even those of us who normally talk sense, I mean).
If that is the case, the public ridicule should be enough. Sheesh, everyone makes the odd mistake. If he'd actually gone out and tried to beat the crap out of some particular ethnic type person, it'd be a different matter.
can someone please explain this to me?
www.netnebulo.hu/loituma_cl...
...curiously addictive "song" with it, too...
Posted by
WarHead, around August 2006:
No, nobody can explain it to you.
Or
this Wednesday game.
Posted by
Sul, around 4th August 2006:
For starters, what a shitty miracle anyway! Secondly, hahahaha gutted.
Posted by
syl, around 4th August 2006:
hahahaha! "say, uncle baz, you know that holy water i poured on your sores last weeek?"
Posted by
WarHead, around 4th August 2006:
It's is said by some (balm pots) that if you drink from
Merlin's Well at Alderley Edge, he will appear.
And there's certainly not a council installed pipe up there.
Posted by
Miki, around 4th August 2006:
I know Im late with this but
never mind what he said
I can't stand people driving drunk
Posted by
ellipse, around 4th August 2006:
personalised Samuel (snakes on a mother fucking plane) L. Jackcon
snakesonaplane.varitalk.com
Posted by
WarHead, around 4th August 2006:
Good point, miki. Specially celebrities. It's asking for trouble, innit.
But hang on a minute. Isn't Mel Gibson the one who made that big anti-semitic Jesus film? Of course he's going to rant on about them when he's drunk. It's like Paul Mc Cartney ranting on about what a bastard Mark Chapman is.
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
Well, I didn't see it because people told me it was horribly violent and I wasn't in a good frame of mind to start with. (As it is, I was going around telling people I was God, can you imagine if I'd seen that film?)But I was told it was more anti-Roman than anti-semitic? Although I do remember Jewish people being upset by it.
jesus's crucifixion was just another jew-on-jew crime. it's surprising it even made the papers.
Posted by
WarHead, around 5th August 2006:
Must have been a slow news day, or the silly season.
Posted by
Miki, around 5th August 2006:
I have seen it and I wish I hadn't
I don't usually have problems with violence or gore in films but this is one of the most sadistical and horrible films I've seen and I recommend not watching it.
I have no strong opinions of the content of the film, but the way it was filmed.
example: yes according to the bible jesus was flogged, yes we all know what that word means, there are several ways to show this on film and the one they chose is to stick the camera right on top of the action of a man getting strips of skin ripped off over and over and over and over etc again in addition to showing the people doing it enjoying the whole process immensly
sickening
just as bad is the fact that you have to have really strong bible knowledge to even get half of the story as it only covers the very last days of jesus and explains nothing of the backstory or history, so it doesn't serve any sort of purpose in my opinion.
Posted by
Miki, around 5th August 2006:
that doesn't mean I boycot mel gibson films (as an actor) but Im wary of the one he makes/directs.
that all has nothing to do with getting into a car drunk where you could potentionally kill other people.
again, he was arrested for drunk driving and speeding and I find that's worse then making stupid remarks or even making bad films.
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
I agree. I guess I will give TPotC a miss.
He does seem to be very sorry for what he did and has got himself into rehab. I feel badly for him as a person, that he's allowed it to happen. I hope he manages to straighten himself out.
Drink Driving is pretty stupid. I have absolutely no sympathy for someone who's going to drink drive.
Being exposed as a drunk and going into rehab, for some reason, doesn't really affect your Hollywood career as bad as making offensive remarks.
He doesn't sound like a very nice person. But if he made good films, I don't think it would matter. Take T.S. Eliot for example, jew-hater who wrote some darn good poems nevertheless...
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
it's hard to see a person's work in isolation from their personalities, though. you ask yourself : what can this bigot possibly teach/give me?
i know we are all bigoted to some extent, one can't help it, it's human nature. you've got to try, though, not to let those filters cloud your vision.
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
haha. Atleast he's trying to be funny (while promoting his own work) ;)
It will all blow over eventually. "OY! Have ye nevah shouted Fucking Goyim*?" HAHAHAHA!
*
said in a Flushing, Queens accent
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
i'd like one that says NO FAT CHICKS
er that one's a little bit NSFW (the banner at the top)
Posted by
bumdog, around 5th August 2006:
I want to manufacture a Jewish-themed Ian Curtis tribute band, comprised entirely of gentiles, and call it 'Goy Division'.
If that doesn't work, I'll re-jig their gimmick so that they all start sniffing Germany-derived kid-friendly glue as part of their repetoire. They will then be known as 'Gloy Division'.
/coat
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
Pfffft!
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
Hm. Fame at last. I am working with Andrew Strauss's cousin. (England cricket captain)
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
That name dropped with quite a clang, didn't it? Albeit a large echo as well. *SIGH*
Posted by
Alfie, around 5th August 2006:
Who?
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
Oops. Andrew Strauss.
^%$$#@&;^*&56
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
He's HOT too! *lecherous grin*
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
Posted by
Alfie, around 5th August 2006:
right
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
You don't think so? ;)
can i just say i have nothing to add?
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
sure you can...um...have you forgiven me yet? at least partially? ;)
Posted by
syl, around 5th August 2006:
I am going to
Greensleeves on Saturday night for my friends 40th birthday party
Good Grief! Charlie 3000 --> outstanding Peanuts/Outkast mashup
Posted by
cal, around 5th August 2006:
song without the video:
www.jonathancoulton.com/lyr...
Posted by
WarHead, around 5th August 2006:
Did I ever tell you about my connection with Ian Curtis?
Posted by
Grim..., around 5th August 2006:
Go on...
Posted by
WarHead, around August 2006:
He used to be an admin officer in our regional accounts office just before JD really began to take off. He left a couple of months before I got promoted to accounts supervisor on the section he worked on. So, not much of a connection really. At least, not as good as the John Squire/Ian Brown connections.
John lived next door to me for a couple of years when the Roses were gaining popularity. We used to cat-sit each others' pets if either of us was away and I used to go in and close his curtains and put his lights on at night when he was on tour, to make it look like the place wasn't uninhabited. He once cleaned our kitchen because plaster dust from renovations of
his kitchen managed to get through a hole in the wall and covered everything in ours. Oh, and I had to jump start his Merc once when he'd been away for a while and his battery was dead. After he moved out he always sent us any new releases, either from the Roses (not that there were many of those) or the Sea Horses, and his latest design T-shirts.
Perhaps the best thing we got was tickets for the very last Roses gig at the Manchester Apollo, and passes for the after-show party, although we also got tickets to the first Sea Horses gig in Manchester too.
And I once lent a shot-gun to the drummer from Herman's Hermits, but that's another story.
Posted by
Emma, around August 2006:
Jonathon Coulton is a legend.
How he publishes a song a week is beyond me.
You should subscribe to his podcast if you haven't already Salty.
Posted by
Emma, around August 2006:
All these are posted by Alfie but logged in as Emma. damn.
Posted by
Emma, around August 2006:
The sooner I get my own PC again the better
Posted by
Brock, around August 2006:
Heaven forbid you could just run a different browser on her machine and log in as yourself...
That'd be too easy. Just whine, I say.
speaking of whining:
best Event Title EVAH
upcoming.org/event/73802
(and click thru to the band site -- quite good music too)
Posted by
Sul, around August 2006:
Yeah. DCFC are pretty good.
On a side note, wasnt friday building a site like upcoming?
FINALLY, something useful on the internet for studs like me
How to undress in 2 seconds
Posted by
Grim..., around August 2006:
Or 7.
lol
dooshdoosh, de la la la; dooshdoosh, de la la la
Posted by
Sul, around 13th August 2006:
Amusing in a "I wonder how many people think this is fact" way -
normally short stuff but the levitating screw caused alot of people on fark to go 'ooooooh ,if only I had a lime'.
Posted by
Saltation, around 13th August 2006:
heh. rather suspect "FACT"s throughout the rest of it too. still, good trick w/the screw
Posted by
Saltation, around 13th August 2006:
one for the coders (gotta love teh TitleBar)
Posted by
Saltation, around 13th August 2006:
myknobs.com
Posted by
Saltation, around 14th August 2006:
awesome hack
Posted by
Sul, around 14th August 2006:
Batgirl discovers the Batcave - Batman puts her to sleep and talks about his manhood. Forget most of the start, the last couple of seconds of this are fantastic.
Posted by
Saltation, around 14th August 2006:
awww come on -- batman IS teh R0X0RRR!!!
also: yeah
in other news:
Baby's First Goatse
Posted by
Saltation, around 14th August 2006:
ewetube.com
Posted by
Sul, around 14th August 2006:
On the goatse theme:
www.extraneo.it/goatse/goat... (SFW)
Posted by
Saltation, around 14th August 2006:
where's the "N"? we want "N"!!
we need a new anthem for the modern generation. go go gadget dire straits:
"i want my...
i want my...
i want my nsfw-wwwwwww"
Posted by
Saltation, around 14th August 2006:
did you guys already see this?
Cooking with Mr McCook: Marinatin' Baaaaayyyyybeeeez
Posted by
Saltation, around 16th August 2006:
a bit of a technical feat for you webbies out there:
Interactive 3D Maze Game written using only CSS
(how)
Posted by
Saltation, around 16th August 2006:
Firefox Crop Circle:
Posted by
syl, around 16th August 2006:
"A mighty kauri has fallen" :(
Posted by
Saltation, around 18th August 2006:
Avoid picking up ugly people with this handy new shirt:
Posted by
frankie, around 18th August 2006:
for a second i thought that was a picture of bumdog when he showed up outside my flat on saturday after having slept rough the night before.
it's uncanny.
Posted by
Sul, around 18th August 2006:
Could I look like Karen O enough?
Posted by
WarHead, around 18th August 2006:
From the Guarniad. 17 Aug 2006. Might be an urban myth, but it still made me titter.
Joel Douglas, the less famous son of the actor Kirk, was performing at the Comedy Store and getting increasingly frustrated by the audience reaction. He started shouting: "You can't do this to me, I'm Kirk Douglas's son!" At which point some wag stood up and said: "No, I'm Kirk Douglas's son." Then someone else stood up, and so on.
Posted by
Saltation, around 20th August 2006:
Filipino 'mystic dwarf' judge loses appeal
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/a...
A Philippines judge who said he consulted imaginary mystic dwarves has failed to convince the Supreme Court to allow him to keep his job.
Florentino Floro was appealing against a three-year inquiry which led to his removal due to incompetence and bias.
He told investigators three mystic dwarves - Armand, Luis and Angel - had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.
…
"They should not have dismissed me for what I believed," Mr Floro told reporters after filing his appeal in May.
The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time.
Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday "to recharge his psychic powers".
In a letter to the court he said: "From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal."
not bad, but i think it needs more robot rabbits
Posted by
Saltation, around 22nd August 2006:
teeth-curling -- guy can turn his feet round backwards and then walk. surreal image of him standing facing one way and his feet the other...
www.metacafe.com/watch/1677...
Posted by
Saltation, around 23rd August 2006:
Geoffrey Chaucer reviews:
Serpentes on a Shippe!
(spoylerez)
Posted by
Saltation, around 23rd August 2006:
bash.org/?41803
[Fozie] XIRWW.
[Fozie] XJEE.
* harm reports foz to dept of anti american activities
* Fozie reports harm to the zoo, ourangutang enclosure
[harm] i got owned yet again :(
[harm] ok this is it its razorblade time for me
* harm has quit IRC
* harm has joined #Proghouse
[harm] wtf goddamn mach3 protective bars
[Fozie] haha you suck at the suicide
Posted by
Miki, around 23rd August 2006:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/enterta...
snakes on a plane in the cinema
Posted by
Grim..., around 23rd August 2006:
The mach3 doesn't have protective bars, that's the Wilkinson Sword.
HE LIES!
Posted by
Saltation, around 23rd August 2006:
HomeStarRunner is 10 years old!!
homestarrunner.com/10years....
so THAT'S why The Cheat's called The Cheat!!
Posted by
Sul, around 23rd August 2006:
Ive never really been a strongbad fan in the "it entertains me" way but I did chuckle at the "I hear there's a pretty big line" line, that was good. The best I've seen so far.
Posted by
bumdog, around 24th August 2006:
*shakes fist at frankie*
cheers tho, la.
Posted by
Saltation, around 24th August 2006:
cu.nniling.us
Posted by
syl, around 24th August 2006:
Sal, is that SFW?
Maths genius declines prize:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science...
Posted by
Grim..., around 24th August 2006:
Yes, it's a stick-comic.
Posted by
Saltation, around 24th August 2006:
Mother Very Easily Made Jelly Sandwiches Under No...
Posted by
Saltation, around 24th August 2006:
modularly verified endogenous meta-analyses jump swiftly up noses
Posted by
Alfie, around 24th August 2006:
Never Eat Squiggley Worms.
no, wait, damn.
cockfucker!!
Posted by
Emma, around August 2006:
Quagmire compilation
Posted by
Emma, around August 2006:
I just lost 40 minutes of my life to metacafe :(
hmph. the ad stays fixed over the video, so all i get is sound.
but i bloody love Family Guy, so that was still good. did you ever see the original preliminary video done for it, when thingy was at uni?
in other news, try
Base Jumping Accident
