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| Mingpod#6 Hello, And welcome to Mingpod#6, the ezine that has been making people exclaim "I DEMAND MING!" (*1) and gives you the detail on the sites that have bin hairing my rasta, cool gossip, jokes and things stollen from other websites. If you want to be taken off this list or want someone to be added, then email: [email protected] Warning: May contain ideas and phrases that cause irritation. >> Music << *"Liamme at him, I wanna scrap him", Scrappy Doo was not reported to say. Swaggering Oasis singer Liam Gallagher is hated more than Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, according to a popularity poll by waxworks museum Madame Tussaud's. He was placed just behind Adolf Hitler and former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic on its most-hated personality list. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, dogged by a recent slide in popularity at home, finished fifth behind Hussein. Britain's Princess Diana, killed in a 1997 Paris car crash, retained her title as the favourite figure category, but lost to actress Catherine Zeta Jones in the most beautiful person category. * You Botox your armpits Ricky Martin reputedly puts panty-liners under his arms to combat sweat stains. He should get over to New York, where rich hags are paying $1500 to have all the sweat glands in their armpits paralysed by botulism toxin. * "I've always said God is my boyfriend because he fills that void" - Jessica Simpson Was she thinking of: http://www.divine-interventions.com >> Films << *"My Shite Movie Sense it Tingling", Spider-Man was not reported to say. Boy gets bit (OUCH!) by spider. Boy starts acting like spider (HUH?), though he looks exactly like Hollywood heartthrob Tobey Maguire (WHOOPEE!). Boy becomes super-hero, falls in love with redheaded Kirsten Dunst (WOO-HOO!). "I'm playing the love of Spider-Man's life," she said, "How cool is that?" (WAY COOL!) But Willem Dafoe wants boy dead (YIKES!), because Willem Dafoe is crazy mad and has bad green skin (ARGHHHH!). "Spider-Man," begins filming next week and intends to wrap before a possible actor's strike in June (OOF!)."Spider-Man," the movie, coming to a theater near you in about a year and a half after they actually make it. Filmmakers and Sony Pictures would like you to start getting excited now, so that by the time the movie comes out in May of 2002 and stand in line for hours. Maybe see it twice (KA-CHING!). *There's a lot of decent films about at the moment: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Unbreakable Meet The Parents The Way of the Gun Traffic Almost Famous (and so little time...) >> On The Net << For a truly moving piece of music (and a dancing monkey), go to: http://www.monkeehub.com/ Win a date with Jesus: http://www.jesus.com/ The 15 worst films ever made BBC goes all tvgohome http://www.bbc.co.uk/choice/microtv/fifteen/15films_index.shtml Find more links at: http://www.markseddon.com/morelinks.html or try http://www.randysweb.com/weird/drawer.htm >> In the News << *Lying Turks Washing your hair, working late, flooded kitchen -- all these excuses may be a thing of the past if a lie-detecting telephone on sale in Turkey takes off. "This is a phone that enables you to tell if someone is telling the truth or not on the other end of the line," said Tulay Ispirli, manager of a shop called Vakkorama in the western city of Izmir which is selling the phones for $159 each. The phone has an electronic device which notes changes in frequency that the ear cannot discern. A red flight flashes if the person is lying, a yellow light means you should take their words with a pinch or salt, and a green light means you can believe what you hear. *She had to get 2 Zip Codes too A fat woman who was told to buy an extra plane seat has had her harassment case thrown out by a Los Angeles court. Cynthia Luther, who according to court papers weighs more than 300 pounds (136 kg, 21 stone), had sued low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines after being asked to buy a second seat on a flight from Reno, Nevada to Burbank, California last May "so as not to inconvenience other passengers seated next to her." Luther claimed discrimination and harassment by the airline because of her size. But Los Angeles Superior Court judge Marilyn Hoffman on Wednesday agreed with lawyers for Southwest that its policy on overweight passengers and others who may require an extra seat was neither illegal nor discriminatory. *Nudist gets courtroom exposure A British campaigner was due to stand trial in London on Thursday, charged with causing a public nuisance by refusing to wear clothes, court officials said. Vincent Bethell, from Coventry in central England, is an ardent supporter of the "Freedom to be Yourself Campaign" aimed at legalising non-sexual public nudity in Britain. As the law currently stands, anyone appearing naked in public can be prosecuted under the Public Order Act of 1986. In August 2000 he pledged not to get dressed again until nudity was legalised and has been held ever since in a cell in Brixton prison, forbidden from mingling with other prisoners because of his nakedness. Since beginning his campaign, Bethell, who views himself as a freedom fighter, has clocked up a catalogue of fines, spells in police cells and court appearances. Last November his notoriety increased when he stood in a Southwark courtroom with nothing on. Outlining his beliefs on his website, he writes: "I have lots of faults and I am ugly (I am very unhappy). My realisation of this is so profound that I cannot restrain myself in trying to become truer to myself, truer to humanity-love-beauty: life." * Ginger buys a Ferrari for Billie On the off chance of getting sex with someone who looks a bit mucky, you fork out $160,000 to buy her a sports car. Failing to notice that she can't drive. And yet she still bags her. http://www.megastar.co.uk/site/search/index.html >> CLAIRE SWIRE SPECIAL REPORT << Claire Swire, a young British woman whose salacious e-mail to her boyfriend has been read by millions of people (possibly including yourself) around the world has gone into hiding. Bradley Chait, a lawyer with London firm Norton Rose, received an e-mail from his girlfriend graphically describing her enjoyment of oral sex. He found it too flattering to keep to himself. Chait forwarded it to six friends, adding the message "now that's a nice compliment from a lass, isn't it". It then spread to computer screens across the globe as amused recipients forwarded it to friends and colleagues. The offenders at Norton Rose faced disciplinary proceedings. Up to 10 million people are now believed to have read the offending e-mail. They expressed either amusement, sympathy or a desire to track her down. A website - http://www.drink.to/yum -- has even been set up in her honour. The 26-year-old public relations executive has been offered a job hosting TV porn shows on satellite station Playboy TV, according to reports in tabloid newspaper News of the World. Meanwhile the official regulator of London's City, the Financial Services Authority, said on Thursday it had identified a "handful" of staff who had breached policy in connection with the Swire e-mail and would be taking "appropriate action". >> Unfortunate Advert of the week << *What's up with the Maybelline slogan: "Maybe she's born with it, or maybe it's Maybeline". Are they just rephrasing the following slogan: "Maybe she's pretty naturally, or maybe she's a bit of a dog and needs Maybelline beauty products to make herself look presentable". (update) >> Unfortunate Advert of the week << *Last Mingpod, I asked "What's up with the Maybelline slogan": "Maybe she's born with it, or maybe it's Maybeline". Are they just rephrasing the following slogan: "Maybe she's pretty naturally, or maybe she's a bit of a dog and needs Maybelline beauty products to make herself look presentable". Tom D came back with the following thoughts: I too have wondered about this whole "maybe she's born with it..." thang. Now, shurely they aren't suggesting that some women *are* born looking like they've got make-up on. Because that would just be sick. A baby, emerging from her mothers womb with a polite smattering of rouge and Luscious Lashes�. Euuurgh. Its enough to make you want to become a eunuch. >> Things 2 Say & Do << To Say: "There must be some kind of mis-communication: I'm talking in English, and you're obviously listening in bollock-brain!" >> REVIEW OF THE YEAR, 2000 << It was shit. Give us another one. (stolen from NTK) **************************************************** Mingpod #6 Jan 2001 To subscribe/ unsubscribe/ contribute/ comment: [email protected] Past issues of The Mingpod are avaliable at: http://www.mingpod.com (*1) Ok, person. |