One for the road...

some more good (& v funny) reasons not to judge...

unless you want to be judged in similar circumstances ;)

There can be only one trilogy...

So all the thoughtful blog posts on the film "The Golden Compass" and Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy (e.g. and e.g.) have reminded me that there is only one true trilogy, this one or is it this one.

To help make up your mind, here is by far the funniest scene from Clerks II comparing the 2 trilogies, i warn you now it is also extremely rude so not for the easy offended...

Dark church...

Just when you thought it was safe to pop into the parish...

HT to Jonathan

Blinding!

Ok it's friday, my broadband is still down (boo!) and i'm feeling flippantly honest. So I thought i'd share with you the joke than made me laugh the most this week....

How can you spot a blind man on a nudist beach?

Its not hard!

What's been making you laugh (or cry) this week?

The lighter side of legalism...

Some of the word's silliest laws..?

25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses. For funerals and vet trips you're best off catching the tube...

24. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. No doubt cos they can't send you home in cab!

23. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down. But not if you put the stamp the right way up and just write upside down instead (heh it got me off!)

22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon. Animal Farm is a more subversive book than I first thought!

21. Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing. I am going to have a lot to confess this year!!!

20. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle. I guess you'll have to be trusted to close your eyes and not peak then...

19. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk. But thankfully not to drink like one.

18. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London. I'm in the wrong government job...

17. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet. And you thought those helmets were just for protection!

16. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark. What about it's bite???

15. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station. Painful too!

14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation. Glad my mother never found out about this law, it was bad enough knowing i was going blind!

13. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day. I know some people who swear they still honour this tradition with 2 hrs a day of strongbow practice!

12. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside. Altho not if you are driving those geese in a chelsea tractor!

11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad. It's nice to have the choice...

10. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle. That's why it's worth practicing your aim with alternative hands!

9. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed. Because clearly they should be doing something less mad like dropping into church to find a man????

8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long. What are you going to conceal your spear under anyway?

7. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset. What makes daylight so special?

6. In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow. Scots beware if you get invited to that compulsory longbow practice session!

5. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders”. Which in the case of cats is recognising an already known fact!

4. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth. I presume in their mouth rather than say as a neclace?

3. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague. No wonder i can never get a cab, why take the risk!

2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror. Because clearly they look completely different in a mirror!

1. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset. Who says the monarchy are a stiff unbending institution???

Darth Vader plays the blues...

Well ok the harmonica. Father and son reconcilation has never been this much fun...

Some light (saber) fun...

Faith: bought to you by Christian PC man and Christ follower Mac man...

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

HT to Brodie

The problem with changing sexual society mores...

HT: Asbo Jesus

That sinking feeling: Titantic 2

What ever did we do before youtube???