Cosmic Chronicle
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News you won't find anywhere else | Vol 3, Issue 8 -- 05.01.2010 |
Tempers
flare over supercollider
European correspondent
“No sooner had they turned on that infernal machine than Eyjafjallajokull began grumbling and ejecting ash and random consonants,” charges Now, the Icelanders fear that continued use of the supercollider -- officially called the Large Hadron Collider -- could cause the much larger but more sensibly named volcano, Katla, to also erupt.
“Unfortunately, there is no other option but war!” Even though Iceland has no armed forces except for a Coast Guard with three patrol boats, four aircraft and a dozen trained sperm whales, one expert points out that the country’s threats shouldn’t be taken lightly. “Don’t underestimate the Icelanders’ resolve,” warns Liex du Kris, director of the
“This is no different than Iraq, except there really is a weapon of mass destruction,” says Sigurðardóttir, whose name in Icelandic means “Old Battleaxe.” But, so far, reception has been cool. “No one wants to attack Meanwhile, the Swiss say the Icelanders need to take responsibility for their own geological faults. “The supercollider has nothing to do with the eruption of their stupid volcano,” says Swiss minister of defense Hans Jungfrau. “If you ask me, they just overloaded it with too many letters. I mean, who wouldn’t blow up over the name Eyjafjallajokull!” |
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Celebrates
‘Unelection Day’
Mad
Hatter joins the Tea Party!
By
Charles
BandersnatchPolitical nonsense correspondent WONDERLAND -- Declaring that “there’s no such thing as a bad tea party,” the Mad Hatter has joined the grassroots/Fox News Tea Party political movement that’s been sweeping
“It certainly seems to be a fair and balanced movement to me,” says the notoriously unbalanced Hatter. “Though I do find it very taxing to be so un-taxing!” The Hatter, who claims no party affiliation, expresses views from both sides of the political aisle. “I’ll liberal when it comes to blueberry tarts but conservative when it comes to Brussels sprouts,” he says. The famed literary character was introduced to the Tea Party by his china-tossing pal, the March Hare. The zany hare joined up after noting that the Tea Partiers seemed “madder than me” during health care and veterinary reform protests at town hall meetings. The March Hare has since worked his way into the movement’s innermost circles. Declares the Hatter: “Now those Tea Partiers really do have a wild ‘hare’ up their you-know-whats!” Along with the organization’s “fun parades,” the Hatter says he’s looking forward to adding another celebration to his 364 “unbirthday” parties every year. “Now we can have Unelection Day parties, too!” he exclaims. “In fact, even Election Day will be an Unelection Day for a lot of legislators if the Tea Partiers
But the Hatter, who shot to fame in Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel “The biggest problem so far is that the Tea Partiers don’t actually have any tea parties, which seems to be the whole point to me,” he explains. “And their champion, Sarah Palin, reminds me too much of that frightful Red Queen -- big head, small mind. “I really don’t think she has the foggiest notion of how to throw a real tea party -- or why a raven is like a writing-desk.” |
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