Funny/Strange News Stories

[prisonermonkeys]

It's a directorial issue, nothing to do with the text.

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it as being purely directorial. A lot of Shakespeare's plays are inherently political - The Tempest was a pretty pointed message to James I - and there's a reason why they continue to resonate with audiences. Did you ever wonder why he stopped writing the histories? It wasn't because he ran out of kings to write about. It was because they revealed those rulers to be human and subject to the same faults as the general population, and often in a subtle, underhanded way. Even when he was destroying Richard III's reputation - on the one hand, Richard is a tyrant who nearly brings England to its knees because of his vanity and his ambition and his resentment of his brothers; on the other, he's the smartest man in England because he knows that the War of the Roses isn't over just because the Yorks want it to be, but an unfair system means that he would be powerless to do anything about it.

So while this production of Julius Caesar might make the Trump elements obvious, it's really only elevating things that have always been there. I would not be surprised if I am teaching it - or any of the other political plays - twenty years from now simply because of Trump.

 

[TenEightyOne]

So while this production of Julius Caesar might make the Trump elements obvious, it's really only elevating things that have always been there. I would not be surprised if I am teaching it - or any of the other political plays - twenty years from now simply because of Trump.

I don't disagree... but none of that distracts from the fact that the "shock horror" of this particular treatment is the Trump-a-like in the role of lead stab-ee.

 

[polysmut]

As a parallel to things I said about holding a model of a severed President's head.

If some companies want to withdraw their funding of some art based on the content, they're entitled to do so.

If the play was to go ahead & any anger or concern was created around the likeness, I would find that ridiculous in a country that values its freedoms. Assuming it wasn't an actual, real threat of violence against anybody & was just a show.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Meanwhile, the Democrats have decided to try and pass a bill banning the President from deleting Tweets. They call it the COVFEFE Act.

 

[Chrunch Houston]

Meanwhile, the Democrats have decided to try and pass a bill banning the President from deleting Tweets. They call it the COVFEFE Act.

I 100% agree, all of his tweets should be preserved. And if he deletes them, they should still be preserved and marked as such.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

I can only assume an aircraft carrier will be parked off the coast of Sydney soon.

 

[Liquid]

No. No, that's not quite how it works.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

That's Sky news for you. What they lack in content, they make up for with production values.

 

[Liquid]

Not only do they think Sinn Fein is a person but they think he works for the DUP.

You just couldn't get more polar opposite.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

You just couldn't get more polar opposite.

Again, all I can say is that it's Sky News.

 

[Liquid]

I thought this was really good, to be honest.

 

[JKgo]

...Hmm. Why do I find this headline so ironically funny?

"Dried lizard penis being sold online as India tantric root" : BBC.

Apparently, the said root can bring in good luck and happiness to the punter who forked out some $$.

 

[Lizard]

...Hmm. Why do I find this headline so ironically funny?

"Dried lizard penis being sold online as India tantric root" : BBC.

Apparently, the said root can bring in good luck and happiness to the punter who forked out some $$.

I only wanted a family.

 

[Famine]

I only wanted a family.

You may want a considerably moister penis then.

 

[Obelisk]

You may want a considerably moister penis then.

Quit being a dick, then.

/pun

 

[JKgo]

I only wanted a family.

...So, uh, you cut off your junior and sold it online?!
....
.....
....Good luck with that. 👍

 

[Lizard]

...So, uh, you cut off your junior and sold it online?!
....
.....
....Good luck with that. 👍

I didn't cut it off. Poachers did.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Major earthquake alarm raised by USGS software for California.

 

[daan]

Major earthquake alarm raised by USGS software for California.

I'm sure the guy on the right will be perfectly fine. That piece of paper will deflect any masonry that comes his way.

Also, it looks like his main motive is to spoon that other guy.

 

[BobK]

Reminds me of how we were taught in grade school to hide under the desks if they started dropping atomic bombs on us

 

[TenEightyOne]

Reminds me of how we were taught in grade school to hide under the desks if they started dropping atomic bombs on us

Or, if you're at home, prop doors against the walls, whitewash the windows and make a single stockpile of food and drink. What happened in the remainder of the four minutes was never clear.

 

[eran0004]

Trump found in Russian yoghurt.

http://mobil.kuriren.nu/nyheter/elsa-hittade-trump-i-ryska-yoghurten-nm4579353.aspx

Google translation: https://translate.googleusercontent...3.aspx&usg=ALkJrhgdi6UpsGfhnL7W7eZgcLBmGaj2zg

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Trump found in Russian yoghurt.

I'm sure there's a double entendre in there, but I'm too tired to find it right now.

 

[TenEightyOne]

America finally gives the world what it's been waiting for and invents the sausage roll.

 

[Northstar]

America finally gives the world what it's been waiting for and invents the sausage roll.

Considering how full of themselves Trader Joe's are, I can't say I'm surprised they would claim such a thing.

 

[ryzno]

We call those, pigs in a blanket.

 

[JKgo]

....Hmm, I distinctly remember consuming at least a couple of sausage rolls per week for the last 15+ years as my quick go-to lunch item at work, so, uh.... Hmm.

What was the old saying again? That there's nothing new left to invent under the sun?

 

[UKMikey]

We call those, pigs in a blanket.

Pretty nuch, but sausage rolls are larger in size and are covered in flaky puff pastry.

 

[TenEightyOne]

We call those, pigs in a blanket.

That's in the article - as you can see PROPER* pigs-in-blankets are wrapped in bacon

*Proper meaning British

 

[JKgo]

...Boy, now I'm hungry after all that sausage talk. Right, I should....

Oh hang on, it's a Saturday and I'm not at work anymore.

....

......It's Saturday and I'm home, typing this. Damn, I need to go out more.

To compensate for my misery, here are two stories that were mildly amusing. To me, at least.

"World Taekwondo Federation changes name over negative connotations" BBC.

"Swiss seaplane pilots gather: pictures." Also BBC.