The Sunday newspaper yesterday provided me with some laugh-out-loud moments. I'm not sure that was their intent, but you know what they say......truth is stranger than fiction. And hilarious!Edwards may admit fathering mistress's daughter: "According to people familiar with the grand jury investigation, prosecutors are considering a complicated and novel legal issue: whether payments to a candidate's mistress to ensure her silence (and thus maintain the candidate's viability) should be considered campaign donations and thus whether they should be reported...........two of his wealthy patrons, through a once-trusted Edwards aide, quietly provided Hunter (the mistress) with large financial benefits, including a new BMW and lodging, that were used to keep her out of public view."
It's nice of the politicians to keep their lawyers in business, isn't it? And people wonder why I don't support any political party?
Authorities target Las Vegas clubs gone wild: (Article basically saying that the cops are going to start cracking down on the topless clubs and prostitution.) "The quarrel is not, 'You guys are offering entertainment that's going to offend Middle America.' We all want to keep Middle America coming to us to have fun. But we have rules," said Randall Sayre of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. And this....."It seemed our position that body paint was nudity was not completely understood," said Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin.
Well, you know what they say..........'What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas!" Thank God. As much as I enjoy visiting, it is a god forsaken place and I'm always ready to leave after 3 days!
(Caption under photo of a bunch of birds in trees): A colony of cormorants, the ugliest birds on Lake Erie. When startled, they vomit and defecate. Their guano is toxic. The islands they inhabit look nuked. "They do a lot of strange things," notes Linda Wires, research fellow at the University of Minnesota. "They incorporate dead bodies in their nests, but they're really excellent parents."
?? Okay, I'm just speechless. Glad to know there are still good parents out there!
Good, good stuff here, Cocotte. . .
ReplyDeleteSeriously?? Somebody wants to claim hush-money to the candidate's f**k-buddy as a campaign contribution? I like it. . . You're absolutely correct - that's an absolute LOL howler. Only politicians could say something like that with a straight face. . .
Body paint is nudity? Well, dang it - now they tell us! I actually had to scold a buddy of mine a few years back, who sent me a photo of a woman, in honor of Independence Day, whom (he claimed) he thought was wearing a flag-themed tight top. Perhaps my computer had a higher-resolution screen than his, but she was flag-themed body-painted, so when I clicked on the photo, I had an instant, "Holy Shit!" moment as I scrambled to close the NSFW window. . .
And, "when startled, they vomit and defecate". . . Heck, I've known people like that. . .
Des - Glad you enjoyed them too! Sometimes I think maybe I just have a weird sense of humor. But to call it a "complicated and novel legal issue" is comical.
ReplyDeleteThe body paint thing is actually creepy looking to me!
Eww to the cormorants - had noidea they were so disgusting. And pody paint is, of course, nudity. It's no different than a tattoo. Goombahs.
ReplyDeleteThe bird-thing is funny, actually, because I keep my dead bodies in my kids' bedroom, too.
ReplyDeleteThe Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has had a "body paint" section for the last couple of years. I'm always amazed at the level of artistry. I'm quite an art aficionado for that type of thing. :-)
All I can say is, if your childhood was spent in a house with dead bodies incorporated into the walls and furniture... you might loose your Stuff when startled, too.
ReplyDeletedon't all the best parents include corpses in their nests? i mean really. i just told the limelets i needed to freshen the bodies in their rooms, the old ones had darn near rotted away to skeletons.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Thanks, I shall never visit Lake Eerie now. LOL!
ReplyDelete... I happen to be a BIG fan of bodypainting, so I'll keep my paints to myself. lol ;)
politics schmolitics. ;)