Best Cabbie Fare Ever

Purportedly Via New York Hack:

Recognize him? I did immediately, and I don't even have cable. (It's Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, in case you weren't sure.) Much to my own surprise, I was a bit starstruck. So much so that I actually forgot to turn the meter on for about 15 blocks. He was on the phone and remained oblivious to me for the entire ride until finally, as I dropped him at his destination, I worked up the gumption to interrupt his conversation. And you know what? He was cool as hell. So many cabbies have celebrity stories where the person turns out to be a total asshole, but not Jon Stewart.


I sputtered away at him for a minute and finally told him about the blog and asked if I could take his picture. He graciously posed for me and was incredibly modest and nice. And thank goodness, because it would've been depressing if I had to write about one more dick.


Oh yeah, and he tipped well, too.

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Jokes

A current Afghan joke asks the difference between Americans and Russians, and the bitter answer is: “The Americans are better paid.”

from here.

On the Canadian Terrorists

Money Quote from the comments:

real men do not attack Canada

Purportedly Via OxBlog:

I SEE, ITS OUR FAULT: Who is...: "

I SEE, ITS OUR FAULT: Who is to blame for the aborted terrorist attack on Canada?


Open thread: I'll buy a beer (or a sparkling mineral water) for the person who can come up with the most unrigorous, cliche-ridden effort to apportion blame to the Canadians.


Extra drinks if you can work in to your litany the following: 'neo-liberal', 'root cause' and 'demonise.'


UPDATE: The efforts so far have been mighty fine. But there is stiff competition.

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the mosquito ring tones

For those of you enthralled by the story about the mosquito ring tones, here's some shorter samples that can be used.

How do you lose a large flightless bird?

How do you lose a large flightless bird?
Originally uploaded by satmandu.

Picture of the Day: The Cat Who Scared The Bear

Wizard!

Purportedly Via Gothamist:

Picture of the Day: The Cat Who Scared The Bear: "

Photo by AP Photo/Suzanne Giovanetti

Comment

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Bend it like Beckett

(the title was allen's genius)

ESPN & ABC's coverage of the World Cup is abysmal.

The commentators are clueless.

The England game Saturday was filled with references to Posh Spice, and the repeated mistake of saying Beckett in lieu of Beckham.

For the later games, we switched to Univision's coverage.

There's nothing like hearing GOL GOL GOL GOL GOL loudly after a score, and also being able to tell how the game is going from the change in the lilt of the quite excitable commentator's voice during a notable moment.

On ABC, you got the vibe that the commentator was reading from his crib notes.

On Univision, You could clearly hear the ball getting kicked.

Yes. In the ABC coverage, you couldn't hear the ball getting kicked.

Unforgivable.

remix

Imagine the FANTA jingle, except HANTA HANTA, hantavirus...