April 9, 2008
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The Franksabunch™ World News in Review 2
Sorry, I didn’t have time to finish my intended post on the “L” word, so here’s a brief review of recent events in the news, with apologies to SNL and Jay Leno…
Hillary Clinton’s story about a pregnant woman dying after being turned away from a hospital was refuted by the hospital in question and was proven to be untrue. In response, the Clinton camp says that the way the pregnant lady really died was because she came under fire from a Bosnian Sniper, and that Barack Obama was the sperm donor.
In northern India a rural village made international headlines when a child with 2 faces was born there. Hours later, Indian authorities blocked Barack Obama’s attempt to adopt the child and rename her, “Hillary Clinton.” [Get it? Two-faced? Nevermind...]
Facebook has just unveiled its new instant messaging option, Facebook Chat. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg admitted that he did this because he was tired of reading status updates from people who “just saw corn in my doo-doo!!!”
The celebrity world was abuzz about the rumored wedding between Jay-Z and Beyonce. Beyonce’s mother denies that part of the prenuptial agreement is that their children would not inherit Jay-Z’s nose.
Soju was poured like rain all around South Korea this week as the first Korean astronaut, Yi So-Yeon, lifted into space aboard a Russian rocket. Celebrations were cut short when the cosmonauts turned the rocket back around when they discovered that Yi smuggled a jar of kim chi on board, causing the co-pilot to faint from the pungent fumes.
Go Kaba Modern! I love you Ummah and Appah and Tag Yuri-aaaaaaaahhhhh!
Battlestar Galactica made a triumphant return to cable TV for its 4th and final season last Friday. In a related story, World of Warcraft reported a significant decrease in online receipts because 30% of its players spent Friday night arguing whether the Battlestar Galactica could beat the Star Trek Enterprise in a head-to-head battle. [Any guess on who the 12th cylon is? Check my facebook! And why is it that the only 2 Asian characters are Cyons?!]
A Shaolin Temple in China recently spent $430,000 (US) to upgrade its bathroom facilities, with a diaper changing station, uniformed attendants and LCD televisions. In order to acclimate Chinese monks used to squat toilets, the Shaolin have added a trifecta to their teachings – Buddhism, Kung Fu and…wait for it, wait for it...DUNG FU!
Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor was posthumously awarded the congressional medal of honor for sacrificing himself to save the life of his fellow comrades. Well done, good and faithful son. Well done. Rest in peace.
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"L" word post next week! (I hope!). And the winner of the Franksabunch Xanga Final Four Pool is.....ME! Woop! I guess ibizajb owes me a pinch of his left buttock. Haha!
Have a great rest of the week! Eat your vegetables!
Comments (30)
"part of the prenuptial agreement is that their children would not inherit Jay-Z’s nose." Hey, that's not a joke. I have that same requirement in my prenup too!
I laughed at the kim chi part... XD
As for Hillary Clinton... *sigh* talk about losing credibility... in a big big way. I have to admit I admired her belief that universal healthcare is something we should really look into... but now I just feel cheated. LOL
what a great anchor man. ;]
Ahn yong ha sai yo! (sp)
Kim Chi is worth smuggling. I think I was probably part Korean in another life.
And if you didn't see my reply comment, I'm pretty close. East bay, near Berkeley-ish. Yay me.
"...whether the Battlestar Galactica could beat the Star Trek Enterprise in a head-to-head battle."
Well, it all depends on which Enterprise you're referring to. *snort* Man, I need help...
"Hours later, Indian authorities blocked Barack Obama’s attempt to adopt the child and rename her, “Hillary Clinton.” " ouch! ahahah
good post man, good post.
Ugh! There is a freaking baby crying and creating chaos. I can't concentrate.
dude that was hilarius. the comment on thew two faced baby/hillary took me a few though....long dya
such an interesting news source you are!
I wonder how many Korean men are secretly, or outwardly, hating on her... Kudos to Korea for their accomplishment!
MMM...kimchi.
LOL.
i just hope yi so-yeon didn't forge and cheat her way through astronout training... and then have the russian government rescind her accomplishments!
those sneaky koreans.
You're funny.
Jay-Z is friggin' ugly. So if he has a baby with Beyonce, is it going to be just "average"?
ryc: your wisdom is to be preserved privately with my wine and macbook
though the news clips are entertaining, the L word post is much look forward to
ryc: I've been dealing with it all day. Finally in a last ditch emergency move I called the parents. They will try to spot me until I get this whole mess cleaned up. It just depends on if the bank will let them.
hmm, I'm always up for something new, I might try this kim chi stuff haha
I'm REALLY curious about how a baby would look like w/ Beyonce and Jay-Z, seriously.
lol jay-z is fugly as hell.
i agree that there needs to be more asian cylons (that's hot like grace park).
Facebook instant messaging, y'say??? *gets crazy excited* Now I have even more reasons to waste precious life on Facebook, can't wait till that comes out!
And I hadn't heard about the Jay-Z/Beyonce wedding, either...t'will be very interesting to see what their kids look like, methinks that with Beyonce's amazing beauty and and Jay-Z's oogliness, their kid will probably be....
...normal-looking. It's the only logical explanation! Lol
F that! that game was rigged!!!!
go kaba.. HA!
Nice play on words! (final four, final bore) I dig it! I recently had a good one as well, I called Limewire "lamewire" cause it wasn't finding the song I wanted. =D
OMG! Did Shaolin really spend that sum of money! LOL. It's incredulous! LOL.
Hmm I kinda disagree with your point on how 'parents with poor education have kids who do not want to pursue higher levels of education.' My parents are both uneducated and this is probably the reason why they did everything they can to give us the best upbringing and push us for the best education. For two people who have never been educated, they've accomplished so much more than many others. Among my friends, I have some with highly educated parents that can afford to give them a rich lifestyle. They hardly give a care for their education because they know that if they can't make it in Singapore, their parents can always send them to Australia and 'buy' a degree back. For me and my brothers, we know that we don't have backups and we try to do the best we can. For them, they know they have so many backups that it sure doesn't really matter.
Then again, I do know what you are saying is true in some cases, but especially in the US
I love the caption on the photo. But you forgot the kimchi
I hate the new page too!
wow, did that chick need a custom space helmet made to accomodate that massive cranium?
I'd quite happily be a big nosed child for the Jay-Z/Beyonce inheritance sum.
the child with two faces thing totally tripped me out!! ;(
You haven't updated in nearly a month and all you got for us is a video?!
Franksabunch... you best bring them entries back..
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