Comments on: It’s Not My Fault!

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:41:14 +0000

oh great. now they’re going to widen their data-mining efforts to include ll bean and laura ashley and pottery barn customer databases.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:05:58 +0000

Hell, they probably order from the same catalogs. Bin Laden is a multi-millionaire, so, you know he isn’t eating ramen.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:50:41 +0000

i loved my wire mesh colander, but the wire finally pulled away from the rim in enough places that i was no longer able use it without drawing blood. i wish i’d known back then, when i replaced that one with a plastic one, that i was eventually going to need to upgrade my armor.

robin leech might actually find bin laden.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:01:50 +0000

The tinfoil hat/colander market has faced major setbacks since these people came to power.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:25:04 +0000

“… but he’s apparently got complete hospital facilities, a media recording studio, ,,,” – Bryan

It sounds a bit like Moriarty’s hideout in the old Rathbone movies of Sherlock Holmes, a veritable home-away-from-home for the brilliant scoundrel. Holmes eventually shoved Moriarty over Reichenbach Falls (along with himself, or not, depending on which version of the story you choose to believe). I’ll bet bin Laden is luckier than that.

It’s not your fault, Bryan. But neither is it bin Laden’s. That man has much to answer for, but the Bush administration’s resemblance to, and exceeding of, even the most carefully crafted satire is not bin Laden’s fault. All of us must hide our faces in shame at Bush’s folly.

(I’ve really fallen behind in my reading of Pratchett. I’m afraid Interesting Times is about a dozen Discworld books down the road.)

(Aside to Anya: today I broke my ancient plastic colander; after 25+ years, the plastic became too brittle and fragile to withstand normal use. I’m thinking of shelling out the bucks for a stainless steel replacement, because unlike the plastic one, it can do double duty in the manner of the one your avatar wears. And goodness knows we all need something more than a tinfoil hat…)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:03:04 +0000

What I don’t understand is that bin Laden is supposed to be living in a cave, but he’s apparently got complete hospital facilities, a media recording studio, and broadband Internet. This cave sounds like it has more conveniences than Snoopy’s dog house.

Is Robin Leech going to stop by for a tour?

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:11:34 +0000

wicked tengu faulted.

of course it’s your fault, dude. everybody knows terrorists are communicating their evil plans in code via the internet.