From the arctic waters off a Lappland shore:
Yup, Finland. Pickled herrings. Reindeer. Aurora borealis. Cold place. Not Russia. That's about all I know. Oh yeah, and Helsinki claims to be the capital. Nice parks:
Alright, so I added the Stooges to spice things up a bit. Doesn't look like Scandinavia, though, does it? This might be better:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
(Robert Frost as morbid as ever.)
So who can bring up Finland without mocking its politics? I mean, how does a self-deprecating Mc from Boston decide its presidential election? We're talking about Conan O'Brien here. Turns out that he and incumbent candidate Taja Halonen are kuin kaksi marjaa. Behold the madness that is pasty skin and russet mops.
Conan started running endorsements on his show, which then got air time on Finnish TV. Halonen reaped the benefit and won. Now CO'B is on his way to Scandanavia to tape his shown. His plan is to cut a swath through the Baltic on his way to ruling the Ukraine.
Conan's connection to Finland actually transcends the presidential election. A while back, he ran a series called "Conan Hates My Homeland" and predictably bashed the country. Conan subsequently recieved hundreds of postcards from the Finns and was moved to retract his put-downs. Finland, jewel of the Arctic, I humbly beg your pardon. Conan then went after Sweden.
Gotta love Conan. Mom's godfather (grand-godfather?) was the props guy on the show for a number of years. Talk about a good connection to have for bringing a date out in the city. Works like a charm.
So what else has recently caught the Stitch's eye? Turns out there may be a 10th planet out there. Bigger than Pluto. Word.
And what did they name this new planet? Xena. (They in this case probably means "astrologers by day, UPN fans by night. Trekkies by weekend and/or vacation.")
Mars--god of war. Venus--goddess of love. Neptune--god of the sea. Xena--syndicated cult legend. Ridiculous.
This guy should be getting paid by Fox. Skills to pay da bills, y'all.
Robot does what? (the first kid's a small fry; so's the second. The third and final kid goes slow-mo and steals the show.)
Is this one funny? Well, does the proverbial fat baby fart? Powder keg.
Urban ninjas. everywhere. Here. Here. And here.
Not to be confused with actual ninjas.
Or skinny ninjas.
Or Legos ninjas.
Or kitty ninjas.
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At first I wondered what you meant by poison - how could you mention your babysitter administering toxins so casually? Or maybe you had a slight case of ergotism from the ink? I'm slow today. Then it sunk in, Hair Bands and one-armed drummers. Nice.
Xena - absurd choice (even the astrologers I know hate it, and some are fans of the show). I heard they were considering it. Of all the names they could have pulled out of the pantheon, this is the best they can do? How about Diana, Minerva, Juno, Bona Dea - I love a girl who's from around the way
As to your reprovals, make them all soft reproaches. "Works like a charm."
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