Archive for the 'humour' Category

blog, humour, life, personal, shanghai

An evening with Wikipedia and Answers.com: The road from Rome to the size-acceptance movement

It all began with HBO’s Rome and a further interest in two of the main characters, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus.  The series is historical, but what about these two characters?  That’s all I wanted to know.  A quick 2 minute detour from media player onto the internet.
Sure, no problem. Turns out both Titus and [...]

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china, entertainment, humour

The Onion has been bought out by State Controlled Media!

America’s Finest News Source is now owned by Yu Wan Mei: Amalgamated Fisheries Salvage and Polymer Injection Corp…
NEW YORK—According to all sources, the People’s Republic of China is strong. The nation is united, the military unmatched, the economy vibrant, and the people ever joyful.
Brilliant! Read it all :-)
I don’t remember the Onion ever [...]

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canada, humour, politics

The Ottawa Zoo

I don’t have internet or television in my flat, but I do have CBC radio which has the nasty habit of broadcasting news updates every half-hour.  So, for the past several days I’ve been receiving great chunks of comedy every thirty minutes in the form of sound bites from Question Period at the Canadian Parliment.
I [...]

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china, grad school, humour

Some websites

A colleague walks into my office yesterday and introduces me to tiny little site called Stuff White People Like – with the proviso that he isn’t going to be responsible for any procrastination or large amounts of time lost as a result of this introduction.
I haven’t laughed that consistently since Tropic Thunder.  Probably my favorite [...]

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entertainment, humour

Procrastination Animation

From cominganarchy.com – Try watching this for a few moments and become hopelessly lost and strangely amused.

Technorati Tags: japan

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china, humour, personal, travel

How to get a Russian visa in Shanghai

If you have been wasting time on the is site you are probably aware that I’ve been whining about the perils of obtaining visas from the Russian consulate in Shanghai.
I’ve decided to fuse my story with some information so anyone who happens to stumble to this post via some clever search words will have some [...]

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environment, humour

Rising petrol prices and the consumer response

I pulled this off the Planetizen blog (Click to enlarge). So where are you? One gallon is approximately 2.78 liters.

My bike is really cool.
…actually, I don’t have a bike…but I would say that if I did.

Technorati Tags: environment, gas prices

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humour

Hoth

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china, humour

Lowly Worm

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