That just isn't cricket

A team of eunuchs won a cricket match against a team of "normal" men in Pakistan last week. It was believed to be the first cricket match their team has ever played in the country. It just goes to show that you don't need balls to play cricket.

In the News

There is so much insane stuff in the news, that this blog can longer remain silent. You may have heard or read about some of these things elsewhere, but in case you haven't, enjoy:

1. The new Disney movie Earth is out (it's a live-action documentary, not a cartoon), and reviews contain the following warning: "Contains brief frontal animal nudity." What? Animal nudity? In a live-action documentary about wild animals? Outrageous!

By the way, from what perspective is animal nudity considered to be "frontal"?

2. Appearing on Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck program last week, actor Craig T. Nelson, bemoaned the government policy of granting bailouts.

Nelson said, "They should be allowed to go bankrupt! What happened — we are a capitalistic society. OK, I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out."

Then, he added, "I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No."

Congratulations, Mr. Nelson, on finding a way to obtain food stamps and welfare without receiving any government assistance. If you can share this secret, we may have found the key to financial recovery.

3. And, finally, the Tony Awards were last night. I didn't watch them, but the winner in the category of Best Direction should have been "West".

Runner up, "Southeast."

Wishbook

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I♥TOFU

This story came from UPI:

The Colorado Department of Revenue rejected a woman's request for a license plate professing her love of tofu. Kelley Coffman-Lee requested a personalized plate with the phrase "ILVTOFU."

Coffman-Lee said she has been a vegetarian for 13 years and a vegan for the past four. "I love tofu; it doesn't mean anything bad," Coffman-Lee said of her license plate request. "I'm very expressive, I'm anti-fur, anti-rodeo, anti-circus when they come to Denver and I thought here's a chance to be positive and say I love something."

"Tofu is a word, I haven't said anything bad. I think it's crazy they denied it," she said. "It's not a dirty, evil food. It's very wholesome."

Mark Couch, spokesman for Colorado Department of Motor Vehicles, defended the decision to reject the plate. "We have nothing bad to say about (Coffman-Lee's) love of tofu," he said. "We're concerned about others who may misread the plate."

How could a wife put up with this?

A woman has divorced her husband because she was fed up with him cleaning all the time. The couple had been married 15 years, but the wife finally get fed up with her husband's penchant for doing household chores, tidying up and rearranging the furniture.

I'm sure my wife would feel the same way if I cleaned up around our house. Honey, for the sake of our marriage, I'm going to stay a slob. It's sacrifices like this that have kept our marriage so blissful these many years. You don't have to thank me. The looks you give me when I leave my dirty laundry on the bedroom floor say it all.

Charging by induction

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomed five new members this weekend. Jeff Beck, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Metallica, Run-D.M.C. and Bobby Womack were inducted Saturday night. None of them were seriously injured.

Where's my hat?

Uh-oh!