blessed are the greek

The craptackular video posted yesterday of the View's Sherri Shepard giving credit to Jesus for, um, human history, got me thinkin bout western civilization and the Greeks and stuff and was reminded of this funny bit from Monty Python's The Life of Brian:

MAN #2:

You hear that? Blessed are the Greek.

GREGORY:

The Greek?

MAN #2:

Mmm. Well, apparently, he's going to inherit the earth.

GREGORY:

Did anyone catch his name?

MRS. BIG NOSE:

You're not going to thump anybody.

MR. BIG NOSE:

I'll thump him if he calls me 'Big Nose' again.

MR. CHEEKY:

Oh, shut up, Big Nose.

MR. BIG NOSE:

Ah! All right. I warned you. I really will slug you so hard--

MRS. BIG NOSE:

Oh, it's the meek! Blessed are the meek! Oh, that's nice, isn't it? I'm glad they're getting something, 'cause they have a hell of a time.

Indeed.

jesus begat the romans who begat the greeks... um, ok?

Please Whoopi, whoop some stupid across the room!!

Isn't it ironic, dontcha think?

Late Update/Sass from a Jezebel commenter channeling Linda Richman :

BY LFW1031 AT 01:28 PM

Linda to Sherri:

"Sher, hon, come sit next to me [pats seat]. I'm gonna tell you a secret: The Jews were here first.

BC, honey. BC.

Now, why don't I make you plate of brisket or maybe you like a knishe? Come! Sit! Eat! What? Sher, you're practically wasting away!"

BC, honey. BC!

jiminy crickets: its fucking freezing!

Snopes:

The notion that counting the chirps of crickets can serve as an informal way of working out the temperature is not new — in 1897, physicist Amos Dolbear proposed the reverse of that idea, stating outdoor temperature determined the number of cricket calls one would hear. Over the years, his way of looking at this relationship was turned on its head — people now count the chirps to get the temp rather than consult the thermometer to figure out how many cricket calls they will hear.

We've encountered a variety of "cricket chirp thermometer formulas" over the years. One specifies counting the chirps over a 40-second interval, then adding 38 to that number to achieve the current temperature. Another say it's chirps over 14 seconds then add 38. Yet a third says it's number of chirps heard in 15 seconds then add 48.

The formula endorsed by The Old Farmer's Almanac seems the most reliable. Says that esteemed tome:

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit, count number of chirps in 14 seconds then add 40 to get temperature.

Example: 30 chirps + 40 = 70° F

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius, count number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get temperature.

Example: 48 chirps ÷ 3 + 4 = 20° C

i want a hippopotamus for christmas

Best. Christmas. Song. Ever.

anderson's "fuck yeah" face

Damn...now I wish I had watched the stupid debate last night.

meh

"you wanna come round mine?"
"meh"
"whats that mean"
"so which one? yes or no?"
"meh"
"that a yes?"
"meh"
"a no??"
"meh"
"a maybe???"
"meh?"
"maybe???"
"meh"
"look please tell me"
"meh"......

tis the season, oscar season that is

...More Meryl Streep...Johnny Depp doing something weird...

Classic.

low grade explosion

LG phone kills a guy...Naomi Campbell not involved.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- An exploding mobile phone battery apparently killed a South Korean man in the first such known case in this gadget-obsessed country, police say.

The man, identified only by his family name Suh, was found dead at his workplace in a quarry Wednesday morning and his mobile phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket, a police official in Cheongwon, 135 kilometers (85 miles) south of Seoul, told The Associated Press.

"We presume that the cell phone battery exploded," the police official said on condition of anonymity.

The official said the phone was made by South Korea's LG Electronics, the world's fifth-biggest handset maker.

LG Electronics confirmed its product was involved in the accident but said such a battery explosion and death was virtually impossible.

Implausible, but clearly possible.

sexy bits?

Maxim's deep thoughts on maternity:

Angelina Jolie
Baby daddy: Brad Pitt

You could put Angelina through a wood chipper and the bits that come out the other side would probably still be sexy as hell...

Um... WHAT?!?

the worst pies in london

Merry Christmas! Bwah ha ha!!!

Update: IESB.net (which stands for something I'm sure) has posted some "first look" video clips, including a little "A Little Priest".