Dog Eat Dog (Among Other Things)
You'll notice a reocurring theme in today's little bit of nowhere: there's not a vegan in sight. Today is entirely dedicated to carnivorous things. I'm not sure if I'd ever be able to make this an official
National Carnivore Day, but it would be interesting to then see how fast other pseudo-holidays like
National Vegetarian Day and
National Cannibal Day get ushered onto the calendar.
Our first entry hails from, ironically of all places, FOX News. I don't ever really think I've seen a case of Continent Vs. Corporation before, but here it is. Actually, it's not an official continent per say, but it's the European Union, so there's a fair bit of Europe to be had. And the victim they wish to dine upon? Microsoft.
Check out the link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114881,00.html
Next up, we have a more reliable news source than FOX: Jon Stewart's Daily Show. In Monday' night's broadcast, Stewart announced that Mel Gibson's movie
The Passion of the Christ was at last toppled from first place at the box office. It's replacement?
Dawn of the Dead. (Or as some people call it, voting day.)
While this is a bit of a paraphrase, Stewarts commented, "You know, this does say a lot. While people like a good story about one man's resurrection, they also think that the more people coming back from the dead, the better!"
Jesus Christ and brain-eating zombies. While some might argue the latter aptly describes the Christian and/or Catholic church these days, I smell a sequel to
Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter coming....
And for our final entry in
Those Wacky Carnivores!, I give you a slight case of death from Germany, where a man was killed and subsequently eaten (well, mostly eaten) by his pets. No, the cuplrits weren't cats. Not dogs eithers. Think higher numbers and smaller bodies. Think of 3-digit numbers, and in some cases near-microscopic bodies.
Think black widow spider. And then think 200 other spiders. And also think of many snakes and reptiles. Oh, and don't forget the gecko lizard named Helmut. Though you may not want to think of the several thousand termites who helped pitch in too.
The news link's here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004092008,00.html
This will make even the hardened individual shudder from a good case of the willies. I personally can't get that image from
Creepshow 2 out of my head now, where we discover that in a battle of man vs. cockroach...the roaches made themselves one hell of a trophy house.
Today's Lesson: there will always two (for lack of a better term) "people groups" that it will always be politically correct to skewer, mock and mercilessly obliterate: Nazis and zombies.
posted by Phillip at 7:51 AM
