Month: May 2011

One wedding and a funeral

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s been a busy old week or two on the interwebs, with the royal wedding popping up at every turn to fill in the gaps between the fake “Osama’s dead”…

He’s doing a nu thang, and it’s creepy

God is, apparently, a fan of very bad music. Well, that’s if we are to believe the efforts of this buck-toothed, weirdly dressed (are they purple pyjamas??) wee fella.

Praise the lord and pass the whisky, this kind of music is one of the reasons I drink. Besides, just what is this new thing he’s supposed to be doing? And is it legal?

Osama bin Gone

Bin Laden caricature by DonkeyHotey at https://flickr.com/photos/47422005@N04/51194470288

The jokes are popping up everywhere now that it’s been confirmed Osama bin Laden is dead. Letterman used it for his top 10 list, suggesting bin Laden’s final words may have been something along  the lines of  “I need a…