Category Archives: Weird

No More Hoi Polloi

The fearless leader of the Senate, Harry Reid won’t have to smell the tourists any more.

I think that a pair of nose plugs would have been cheaper. I hear you can get a good deal when you combine them with a ball gag.

[Evening update]

Ed Driscoll says that Harry is just channeling Mel Brooks’ version of Louis XVI:

Count de Monet: It is said that the people are revolting.
King Louis XVI: You said it! They stink on ice!

Plus, he has other links, and video.

Household Safety Tip

Don’t hang curtains while nude, with an upright potato sitting on the kitchen table:

The vicar had to undergo a delicate operation to extract the vegetable, one of a range of odd items medics in Sheffield have had to remove from people’s backsides or genitals.

Others include a can of deodorant, a cucumber, a Russian doll – and a carnation.

I really hate it when you accidentally fall bare-assed on a carnation.

[Update a while later]

This raised my eyebrows:

A hospital trust spokeswoman in Sheffield said: “Like all busy hospitals we do see some unusual accidents.

“But our staff deal with them in a discreet, professional and kind way.”

Yes, because there’s nothing more discreet than talking to a reporter for the Telegraph, and making it national (and on the web, therefore international) news.