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Saturday, September 28, 2002

This blog has now ceased to exist. Feel free to still look around. New entries are not to be expected.

.: posted by Cara 10:33 AM


Friday, September 27, 2002

Shaver, huh?

Today, in CNN Europe Headline News, a funny item:

HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) -- A buzzing ladyshaver in the luggage of the Finnish prime minister's wife set off a bomb alert near the European Union-Asian summit in Copenhagen earlier this week, Finnish media reported on Thursday.
The article goes on:
Security was extra tight in Copenhagen for the meeting of representatives from 25 European and Asian countries, including many leaders.
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen said police overreacted.
"Over-zealous policemen checked our bags with bomb sniffing dogs. Instead of using their sense they used something else," Paavo Lipponen told Ilta-Sanomat.
Wait, a buzzing ladyshaver? Could it be that the Prime Minister was so upset because in fact it was another tool they found buzzing in his wife's bag?
If so, nice cover-up. And if so, I'm sure the security people had the chuckle of the century. Note also how a Prime Minister uses the words "over-zealous policemen". In this day and age.



.: posted by Cara 5:01 AM


Wednesday, September 18, 2002

no pictures no thoughts
no need for tags
go elsewhere for your joys
surely around you
you must find
go elsewhere to find scraps
crappy scraps fine scraps
but in the end scraps
when the era has come
of turning recycling
into an art
don't forget alice
and john
and phil
and pieter
go say hi
be a good politician
u need your votes don't you know
don't mind me
sour mood maybe
ground hog day fretting
away at the brain
wake me up
for meals
shite


.: posted by Cara 2:18 PM
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