Originally posted by VargYou know, the other day on the radio we had one of those interesting newsbulletins where they seem to jump from serious to not so serious. First something about a rape the night before, then something about an immigrant family having to pay more in rent than their neighbours and then...
From yesterday's BBC 6 O'Clock News:
Hundreds killed in Mumbai bombings.
Millions starve in Africa.
"Actress" leaves soap opera.
🙄
...the musk ox is again thriving in certain parts of northern Sweden.
Now, that was important news for us. You can't really compare anything with that. Suddenly! Like from nowhere! The musk ox is again thriving as a species on the wild pasture land of northern Sweden. Oooooooo...
I mean good news, of course, but not really urgent to report. They could have begun with that me thinks. Then it hit me. It was a psychologically wise move to end the news report with some good news in one of the countries with the highest suicide rates in the world.
The musk ox is again thriving. And for those of you whom haven't the slightest idea what a musk ox is, it's not an ox and it smells not of musk. It's related to the antelopes. However, it's a magnificant antelope. It looks almost like buffalo. Interesting antelope, eh?
Although wikipedia says that the buffalo and musk ox belong to the same family, this most trustworthy article says otherwise:
http://www.jarvzoo.se/swe/djur_myskoxe.php
And there you have it! Yet another important news bulletin presented to you by none other than Stocken. The musk ox is not an ox and it smell not of musk. Plus it's thriving in Sweden right now. 🙂
Originally posted by VargI forgot to mention that, bizzarely, the "news" was not covered by the other channels, only the BBC!
From yesterday's BBC 6 O'Clock News:
Hundreds killed in Mumbai bombings.
Millions starve in Africa.
"Actress" leaves soap opera.
🙄
Surely the viewers of ITV, Channel's 4 and 5, and SKY would have been interested in this "news" as well.
My favourite headline combination is from over a year ago, and it's in German and can't really be translated, but I'll try. I don't remember the exact words, but it was approximately like this:
Ratzinger wird Papst
Teufel legt sein Amt nieder
Which means:
Ratzinger becomes Pope
Devil resigns
"Teufel" means "devil", but it's also the name of a German politician (ironically a member of the Christian Democratic Union).
My favourite news event was a few years ago on the BBC.
There was a discussion about the dangers of nuclear power and at some point one guy was saying how safe it was and the chances of an accident were about five million to one.
The next news item was about a discovery of the reason a plane had crashed the year before. Some bit of of a turbo blade had flown off and severed a hydrolic line or something and the guy said the chances of that happening were one in five million.
Originally posted by VargA few years back I was watching the Hungarian Grand Prix. The awards at the end were presented by some politicians and their names were subtitled on the screen as they were presented. The third placed driver was presented his award by "A. Chicken"
Fantastic!
You have a politician named Devil?
I like it.
Originally posted by 7ate9I, for one, don't think the departure of Pauline Fowler is an accident. It's been masterminded by planners behind the scenes.
they could just talk to the society around them all about their lives... give a little pie, till they move where needed. and then when they have served their purpose, they could just let them die. i guess they would have to kill them or otherwise the secrets may be exposed. innocent people die all the time... this way has better statistics of innocent deaths.
Originally posted by 7ate9Come and get me, Tony Blair, come and ge
i ain't talking about any specific situation in general, i'm saying i reckon governments like america, england, and australia would be sure to play this type of chess. don't talk about it though, because if you do then the secrets would get exposed losing its magic and you would be expendable.