I so love the British

You'd never see this on American television.

I am beginning to appreciate Canadian humour more fully

My first introduction to Canadian humour really was the sketch series 'The Kids in the Hall' that aired on Comedy Central years ago. It was funny, odd, and surreal at times. Now YKWIA and I have been watching a comedic horror series called 'Todd and the Book of Pure Evil', which is somewhat like the American show 'Reaper' but just so wrong. Todd is a stoner who encounters a book that makes people's desires come horribly true. His sidekick is Curtis, a guy with a prosthetic arm who seems to have a thinly-veiled crush on Todd. Together with Jenny (who oozes attitude) and Hannah (the brains), they fight evil with mixed results. The whole town (Crowley) is full of Satanists who want the book, and there is a prophecy out there about the Pure Evil One, who might be Todd, or might be someone else. A cabal of Satanists direct the guidance counselor to get the book, and the counselor is convinced he is the Pure Evil One. Almost every person who uses the book dies horribly, consumed by their own desire. A fat girl might wish to be thin and then her shed fat engorges other girls. A gay guy wants the whole school to understand what it's like, and when all the guys turn gay, he winds up the straight one, still the outsider and bullied. An ueber-eco-queen squelches technology and the students revert to cavemen, with her turning into a giant tree goddess, until she is stopped. There are two seasons. It is being streamed on Netflix, and I think it's also being shown on Fearnet here in the States. You might want to check it out. It's not what I'd call absolutely brilliant, but it is pretty damn funny.

I found this on Facebook through someone I know who sings Celtic music in bars

It's from the British comedy series, 'Burnistoun'.


:)

This came up in conversation today

It's been 26 years, but YKWIA and I could remember it almost verbatim--and I have an awful memory otherwise.

Stiff-upper-lip journalism, sans a certain alien saviour in a blue box

'Where's Doctor Who when you need him? In fiction, I imagine!'

Damn the bad luck when you have giant alien killer crabs to deal with. :)

Hahahahahahahah!

Via Bill. I do believe the bald guy says something quite rude at one point (well, I'm not sure...it could be 'cow' and not what I thought I heard, but even so, it's fast, and in a Scottish accent, so it's likely to go by quite quickly without offence.) :)

I love Scottish accents, and I have a knack for understanding them (as long as they aren't super fast). But...I remember reading somewhere that there all these call centres in Scotland (kind of like ours are in India) because even though the English couldn't fathom what they were saying, a Scottish brogue made them calmer about whatever problem they called about.

Funny dames

A bit of fun I'm sure is aimed at Irish carrier Ryanair, among others, as it gets 20% of its income from 'ancillary revenue':



Thanks to Bill for the link.

I havent' been on a plane since 1993, thank God. I hate flying. Well, once you're up in the air above the clouds, it's not bad. It's the going up and coming down (hopefully in one piece) that I mind. I can't imagine going overseas on one. I even looked at going to Britain via the Queen Elizabeth II or a similar Cunard ship, one time, but I just don't have thousands of dollars and extra vacation time just to get across the pond. I'd probably get seasick, too. :( Maybe carrier pigeon?

'Course, Rowan Atkinson (an odd little man) is pretty darn funny, too

Here is his story of Jesus and the water turned to wine:

Eight notes on the cello = a life of mad but extremely funny rants

I have to admit. I'm not a fan of Pachelbel's Canon in D because it's so repetitive. Turns out I was listening to my favourite instrument, the cello.

I feel for this man. I never learned to play an instrument. But I understand his pain anyway. I too was a gazelle on the Serengeti, in my own special way.

Thanks to @garycorby for the link.

Hilarious

YKWIA showed me this over the weekend. It's from the Catherine Tate show on the BBC:

Thanks!

I must have been exhausted

I got home last night through the graces of a police officer who gave me a ride in a rainstorm. I'd hung around the store for an hour waiting for it to abate with little luck until then. I've never ridden in a police car. The back was cramped and the floor slippery. Once I got home I spent a few minutes in the comfy chair with a sleeveless fleece blanket I won at the book fair at the hospital (it also came with a book light), but my feet were really bothering me so I decided to stretch out in bed to relieve the pressure on them. That was 12 hours ago. My. So much for doing laundry this morning.

A couple of hours ago I got a phone call but accidentally let my phone close back shut when I was trying to open it. It wasn't a number I recongised. They left voice mail, but it was all in Spanish. I haven't had Spanish since 9th grade. The only thing I could make out (she was speaking quickly, of course) was 'español' and 'gracias'. I'm going to treat it as a wrong number.

Did you hear about the emu that had to be tasered and handcuffed in Mississipi to get it off of Interstate-20>? According to reports there were two birds on the loose, so one may still be out there. How about the 19-lb baby born in Indonesia? There's your odd news for the day. :)

Also of interest (at least to me) in my news reader today:

Peak renamed after Welsh princess

When the last (true) prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, was killed on the battlefield defending Wales from England's Edward I in 1282, his infant daughter, now orphaned, was taken and placed in an abbey in Lincolnshire, where she lived out her life. Now members of the Princess Gwenllian Society have negotiated with Britain's Ordinance Survey to rename the mountain Carnedd Uchaf Carnedd Gwenllian instead. In doing so, her name joins those of mountains named after her father, her mother, and her uncle.


Cambodians in U.S. recall Khmer Rouge terror

The Khmer Rouge is implicated in wiping out an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians, nearly a quarter of the population, during their rule from 1975-79 under Pol Pot. People died from disease, overwork, starvation and execution in the notorious 'killing fields.'

Now an international tribunal is giving those who were refugees from the regime a chance to tell their stories, to list camps, relatives, and experiences of this horrible era that wrecked their lives, to be used legally against those who committed the atrocities but also to be archived so the full story of Cambodia may be told. As one woman said, 'I'm here to teach history to the next generation, so this horrific crime will never happen again.'


Four-Winged Fossil Bridges Bird-Dinosaur Gap

It had two bird-like wings and then wings on its hind legs that look a little like the ones sported by images of Mercury. It was also covered by a soft 'dino-down' on its body.

Fanged frog, 162 other new species found: Environmental group announces findings from Mekong River region

The frog eats birds, by the way. The fangs are for fighting other male frogs.

I also came across this on Jane's A Wandering Eyre blog. It's comedian Louis CK's take on the difference between girls and women. Warning: lot's of the 'F' word but it's right on.

This is great and very funny

especially if you're a Doctor Who fan. It's a skit from Comic Relief 2007 with Catherine Tate (who plays Donna Noble) and David Tennant (who plays Doctor Who). It's from the BBC. You can donate to the cause at Red Nose Day's website. Thanks to YKWIA for finding it.

I didn't get to see the actual debate because I was at work

but this is probably funnier...

Want a new iPhone G3? Watch this first. :)

I want to iSmite!

Thanks to YKWIA for this one.

Another Stephen Lynch fun song

--thanks to YKWIA finding it for me (do you get the idea that he finds the most odd and random things, and maybe spends way too much time on YouTube?)

'Peanuts'--Warning, as always, with Stephen Lynch--if you can't handle profanity, don't listen (especially if you have trouble with profanity in juxtaposition with beloved cartoon characters).


'Life's not always a bowl of candy...sometimes you just get a bag of rocks...'

Hey, I'm home early for a change

So I thought I'd watch some funny videos.

How not to read in a library:

How Peter got his library card suspended...


Which brought me to this (hey, I was in a 'Family Guy' mood):

How a toilet works...


and then there's Stephen Lynch, who a friend discovered on YouTube. He's terribly unpolitically correct, so you may not want to watch the videos if you're easily offended. 'Priest' is hilarious--if you're not Catholic. But this one's tame--and so fun for those who have encountered gaming geeks, especially of the hack and slash variety.



Hope you have enjoyed this comic interlude...(which was also the name of a comic store I once worked in--comic geeks are very similar to gaming geeks, incidentally).