Random Email Forwards: June 2008

Monday, June 30, 2008

Mean Mums

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mum told me: I loved you enough . . . to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your room, a job that should have taken 15 minutes.

I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children must learn that their parents aren't perfect.

I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your actions even when the penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough . . . to say NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all.

I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too. And someday when your children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them.

Was your Mum mean? I know mine was. We had the meanest mother in the whole world!

While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.

When others had a Pepsi and a pie for lunch, we had to eat sandwiches.

And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was different from what other kids had, too.

Mum insisted on knowing where we were at all times. You'd think we were convicts in a prison. She had to know who our friends were, and what we were doing with them. She insisted that if we said we would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making us work. We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think she would lie awake at night thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By the time we were teenagers, she could read our minds and had eyes in the back of her head. Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk the horn when they drove up. They had to come up to the door so she could meet them. While everyone else could date when they were 12 or 13, we had to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother we missedout on lots of things other kids experienced. None of us have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's property or ever arrested for any crime. It was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults. We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mum was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today. It just doesn't have enough mean mums!

Friday, June 27, 2008

VIDEO: Bring Your Own Bullets

3 mts 58 secs

VIDEO: Dot of Evil and Oily Magic Wand

5 mts 19 secs

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

VIDEO: Change You Can Believe In

4 mts 45 secs

VIDEO: White Man for the Job

4 mts 32 secs

Monday, June 23, 2008

Happy Birthday!

Garfield

Friday, June 20, 2008

VIDEO: The Greatest Country

2 mts 57 secs

Thursday, June 19, 2008

VIDEO: Hinduism Primer

5 mts 57 secs

VIDEO: Lexicon Artist

4 mts 42 secs

VIDEO: Popping popcorn with cellphones

0 mts 45 secs

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This video has been a barnburner on the internet. It has scared many people into thinking that radiation from cellphones is so strong that it might be enough to pop corn kernels in just a few seconds, with the implication that it is really bad for human health. While I don't know whether or not cellphone radiation can be harmful for humans, it certainly can't pop corn. (On the other hand, the heat generated by some models of cellphones and laptop computers probably can).

CNN Report

Snopes Debunking

VIDEO: Crazy Romanian Chicks

Indiggo, Singers, 24
5 mts 22 secs

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Twin sisters. Sounds like their names are Mihaela and Gabriela Mundocea.

Their voices are not completely terrible, but they certainly don't seem to have anything special to offer. The reason for posting the video here is just their unbelievable attitude. Unlike Valentina Hasan (of Ken Lee fame), whose spunk I admired, these two seem to be packed with attitude and arrogance. Yes, they are wild and fiesty, but not quite in a good way. Apparently they do know how to play the crowd, though. Also, while one could admire their "confidence" and persistence, another one could say that that's like a toddler peeing on a king's lap - they haven't a clue what they are doing.