Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Because Ibiza is so so done

The Pacific Ocean turns to foam and eats part of the Australian coastline; locals treat it as a giant house party with no thumping beat. "Scientists explain that the foam is created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed." More disgusting than club foam? Discuss. I do love that the Ozzies just kind of shrugged and went about their business, rather than losing their shit and screaming about how this is all the fault of the immoral [fill-in-the-blank]s and oh Lord take me now it's a sign of the end times.

In completely unrelated news, there are free podcasts of British celebrities telling fairy tales. These are not the classic versions of the stories, exactly, so they're probably good for kids who've passed the age of demanding that the tale be told precisely the same way every single time until Mummy and Daddy, driven out of their heads by the calls for textual accuracy, start to wonder whether they could make it to the treeline. I mean, does any other version of Sinbad the Sailor include the term "anorak"? And how can we go about introducing that word into broader American use, because there's clearly a gaping need.

2 comments:

walkinhomefromthethriftstore said...

Eeeeeew. I mean, I'm sure it WAS fun to frolic in, but... eeeeeeew.

3pennyjane said...

Likewise. But since the foam probably didn't have a label on it...still ew.