Pygmy Mammoths and such

kvetchlandia:
Dr Hunter S Thompson
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

‘‘Does Column 8 have a contest for the most confusing headlines?’’ asks Nev Sheather, of Canberra.
‘‘If not, maybe you should consider it, and this headline, from the ABC website posted yesterday, may be a good contender: ‘Cucumber truck hits buffalo near jumping crocs.’’’
Data pour in on woolly mammoths (Column 8, yesterday). David Wallace, of Fresno, California, tells us that ‘‘On the Channel islands off Southern California they have excavated ‘pygmy mammoths’. My absolute favourite oxymoron.’’ And on Monday? All you ever wanted to know about steam calliopes. Oh, no, it never ends …
billyjane:
and last gonzo of the day- unresistable,as always;]
“There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death? If making love might be fatal and if a cool spring breeze on any summer afternoon can turn a crystal blue lake into a puddle of black poison right in front of your eyes, there is not much left except TV and relentless masturbation. It’s a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.”—Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80s, 1988
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