May
20th, 2006
We're posting
early this week so Jamie can spend the long weekend at his cottage.
Amazing as it must seem to outsiders, Canadians set a special
day aside to celebrate Queen
Victoria — 105 years in the grave and by all accounts
the most joyless human to ever walk the earth. Fireworks seem
an odd memorial for a woman who never had a single orgasm, so
I'll be marking the occasion with morose and begrudging intercourse
instead.
Incidentally,
I apologize for the vulgarity of the comic's title, but how
often do you get the chance to make a Medusa-themed double entendre?
Speaking
of Mediterranean women, I was amused to discover that the female
night elf dance in World of Warcraft was the result some
horny programmer's obsession with Corsican singer Alizée.
Beyond that, the only thing I know about her is that she doesn't
judge people by their looks, because she married this
guy.
Finally,
if you enjoyed today's punchline, you'll love this.
-Graham
P.S. We
wanted to give the latecomers a chance to vote, so look for
the new words vs. pictures this Tuesday.
UPDATE:
Wrath of the Victorian Historian!
One of the
great freedoms of writing a blog is the carte blanche one is
given to vomit forth prejudices and misconceptions in the guise
of hard fact. Since everyone knows bloggers are opinionated
and uninformed in equal measure, nobody holds us to trivial
academic standards such as accuracy.
Yeah, Deva71
and Mouse didn't buy it either. In my defence, does this
look like the kind of website a Victorian scholar would
visit? And does
this woman look like a sex machine? Amazingly enough, the
answer is yes
on both counts.
Speaking
of opinionated ignorance, the new words
vs. pictures is now available for your fact-checking
pleasure.
-Graham
