Now That’s Just Plain Idiotic

Posted by Doug on November 15th, 2005 | 1 Comment

Bryan Williams needs to be smacked upside the head with a lead pipe for proposing Hurricane Katrina as Time’s “Person of the Year”.
I, just, wow, man. I mean, wow. Are we that unclear on the definition of “Person”? Yes, past PotYs have included groups of people, but, you know, they were people.
I [...]

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Puns Are Alive And Well In The Geek Community

Posted by Doug on September 26th, 2005 | 3 Comments

It’s a simple recipe, really: take a story about military-trained dolphins being released by Hurricane Katrina. Add a splash of geek irreverence, start the discussion thread off with this comment:

Sound a little fishy to me.
What could be the porpoise of arming these creatures?
Before we starting carping on the ineptitude of our navy, I [...]

Posted in Humor, Military, Outright Geekage