I have a friend who is rabid in his disdain for Walmart, Monsanto and Big Business and Banking – strangely enough he’s not a fucking hippie or an unenlightened twat – so it was satisfying to catch him and wifey in the line up at Walmart with a cart full of stuff.
I love catching hypocrites out. —Bashir Assadenheim
This article appears in Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2013.
And OP was in Walmart as well, so yeah…
*sigh* op is not saying it’s bad to go to walmart. Op is saying it’s bad to be a fairweather boycotter.
Fuck this buy local crap, my money, or lack thereof, dictates where I shop.
Sounds like wifey wears the pants in the household.
Although I will say that being against big box or the likes of Monsanto doesn’t make you “an unenlightened twat”. Asking people to do as you say not as you do does though.
and now for something completely different –
ALERTS TO THREATS
IN 2013 EUROPE From JOHN CLEESE
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to “A Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.
The Scots have raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards.” They don’t have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide.” The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France ‘s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.
Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout Loudly and Excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.”
The Germans have increased their alert state from “Disdainful Arrogance” to “Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs.” They also have two higher levels: “Invade a Neighbour” and “Lose.”
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels ..
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be right, Mate.” Two more escalation levels remain: “Crikey! I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!” and “The barbie is cancelled.” So far no situation has ever warranted use of the last final escalation level.
Regards,
John Cleese
British writer, actor, and tall person
And as a final thought – Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC.
Loved the Australian terror levels.
I like the glass bottomed armada-viewers
and of course, the scots’ ‘lets get the bastarrrrrrrrds’
Put another shrimp on the barbie, Reg.
I think that was William Wallace thoughts GDM…Get them bastaarrdds
gad, thanks reg, now all I can think of is ‘on the beach’. why do my thoughts always turn to nuclear disaster?
klyde, I favour the irish reform movement led by Charles Stuart P. we sinned them into submission. well, tried to anyway.
I understand GDM, I admire William Wallace for his beliefs and convictions that Scots should have their own country against English tyranny at the hands of LongShanks.
soddy poms!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVGTuw4EpU
and I counter ye wit this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ35SOU9HTM
and from me irish side….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Aar_Mapjyw
You two are killing me with laughter, both good, lol
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3092/2689169…
LOL – Loved ’em both GDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVGTuw4EpU
D’ye nae ken wha there’s only ain Scot on yon Star Trek picture show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khrpy4V0-U4
On account of ye could’nae fookin’ unnerstand it, Sooth o’ the Tay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xd_zkMEgkI
lol, Ian, I canna understand a bluidy word!
Och, yon Commodore Sixty-twa’s gobshite, the noo, an’ nae worth the 4 poond an six I spent on it in 1984.
Yon’s the link a’ meant tae post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-acmGu9QeA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9oKdUFCoVo
All this talk about Scotland is making me want to go there and experience the highlands and breathe the air. For now I guess, Cape Breton Highlands will have to do, as long as smell from Sydney steel plants doesn’t come wafting across the bay
that’s one of the reason i liked skyfall so much, the scenes of scotland. my ancestors came from the isle of skye
we have ‘new’ Scotland here, cape Breton is so jaw droppingly gorgeous I was agog for 2 weeks. kyle! I was in cape dauphin last fall. drove everywhere from there. meat cove is gorgeous. bras d’or everywhere is gorgeous. don’t get bit by a moose though.
the lighthouse down the coast from Louisburg is a must see for wild and rocky with devils hole water. I kept the dogs in the car. inverness beach. oh my. and the black sand moon-scape beach south of cheticamp. what a wonderful place.
I remember the first time I saw this, I felt an almost physical pain at having to leave the theatre when it was over. It’s not so much that I wanted to go to Scotland; I wanted to spend the rest of my life in the Scotland of the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98nllsnasek
Dr. Who fans might want to check out one of Peter Capaldi’s first roles.
We stay at Ingonish (Broad Cove) next to water, sleep like a baby. Do day trips to Meat Cove, Cape Smokey, etc. It’s a riot on motorcycle, Stop at Timmy’s in Cheticamp and give my hand at broken French, lol.
Speaking of Timmy’s, look out Kingswood, your best customer is on his way.
20 years ago, this week, SOBova & I were honeymooning in CB. Mark Knopfler’s Local Hero soundtrack on the cassette player of our rental. Baddeck, the Margaree, the Trail and Louisbourg. Awesome. The 50ft tall corkscrew waterslide at the Delta Sydney made me scream like a little girl.
what was this bitch about?
We English land owners took one disdainful look at the rain sodden Jockanese, fitted out in an ill fitting dress, and then turned our gaze to the meat producing, wool producing, sometime sexual partner of the bedraggled highlander, and thought – one of these fuckers has to go so I can continue to exploit the dumb fucks and, more importantly, shoot grouse. In the end, it was nae competition, and that dear readers is how the work shy, drink sodden, welfare mooching, oxy cotin Cape Bretoners came from. Or, in Latin – Lazius Arseholus.
This is said and meant to be satirical, I love Scotland and Cape Breton.
too right