This blog will attempt to highlight the humourous aspects of actual news stories and events from around the world. The contents can be funny,stupid,bizzare and sometimes downright disturbing. Hopefully, it will be more interesting than anything you are likely to read in THE HINDU editorial column.

Surely You Gotto be Kidding Me !

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

7th December, Thursday : Top Ten List # 6

Back with a post after a few days. It’s been a while since we had a post with a Top 10 list. And with the Sanjay Dutt trial making a lot of headlines, I thought why not make that the topic this time around.

Sanjay Dutt was convicted of illegally possessing weapons but cleared of conspiracy charges in connection with a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 257 people in 1993. "During the reasoning, I have not found him to be a terrorist or a destructor," Judge Pramod Kode told a crowded anti-terrorism court. Which is just ridiculous. And everyone knows that. We have all sorts of reasons and proof that clearly show that Sanju was a criminal and an aide of the terrorists.

So here goes.
The list is written in reverse order starting with Number 10 and finishing with the Number 1....

The Top 10 reasons why I think Sanju Dada is a terrorist and an aide of the mafia-

10. Claiming that the ten AK-47 rifles and 2 dozen grenades were just Birthday gifts from his uncle in Peshawar.

9. Azhar defending Dutt saying he was innocent and blameless.

8. His next movie is titled - 'Lagey Raho Dawoodbhai'

7. His favourite family vacation spot is Kashmir.

6. The Defense Attorney was none other than Barath Shah.

5. Dean Jones called him a terrorist in his newpaper column.

4. His daughter is in Afghanistan for her Higher Studies.

3. He kept addressing the Judge as 'Godfather'.

2. He is soon coming out with a book titled -' Lets say, hypothetically, that I did it'.

1. He actually said - 'I am a Patriot'.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Headlines : 3rd December, Sunday

Weekend news update.

Navjot Singh Sidhu has been found guilty of culpable homicide in the 1998 road rage case where he killed a man in a street fight. I say put him in jail with a few of those rioting Dalits who are causing trouble lately. They should take care of each other I think.

Have some bad news. Seema Antil, the national record holder in Discus Throw, has tested positive in dope tests conducted before the Asian Games. It’s a serious issue. This does give the Indian Olympic Association - pardon the PJ -something to discuss in real earnest with its athletes.

Manmohan watch. The PM is in Manipur right now to assure the people of state that the centre had not forgotten its existence. He agreed that they were entitled to the same privileges and protection of laws enjoyed by other citizens. Which is why the govt. had taken no initiatives there till now, he explained.

Scotching speculation that he will re-enter politics, Amitabh Bachchan has confirmed that he has no such plans since he is "totally inadequate" for the job. Well......going by that line of reasoning, how come he didn’t stop Abhishek from entering the movie business??

It seems Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had recently advised President Bush that the administration's strategy in Iraq was not working. Rumsfeld said he could observe several indications to that effect. And the clearest one must have been the fact that he got fired, methinks :-)

Meanwhile, George Bush promised Americans that his administration has a solid plan in place to improve the situation in Iraq. Oh well....his party losing the mid-term election is a good first step if you ask me.

Hugo Chavez is seeking a new six-year term to complete his socialist revolution in the presidential elections coming up. His main challenger, Manuel Rosales, wants to keep a market-based system. The voting population is apparently divided into two factions - the ones who disapprove of Hugo Chavez and on the other side, his family.

Ex-Seinfeld actor Michael Richards has pledged to apologize in person to four black audience members he targeted in a recent racist outburst. Well, that might seem like a big deal. But only until you realize that he did insult them in person, in the first place.

Paris Hilton has canceled her appearance at next week's Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like the jokes written for her. The producers of the show were disappointed. 'The jokes weren't THAT bad. It wasn't as if we had John Kerry write them, you know' - they said when speaking to the press.

This is weird. A Chinese teenager tried to kill himself after running up a massive bill calling phone sex numbers. It seems the longest call ran for more than 4 hours!!! But that’s not the creepy part. On the other end of the phone - Mark Foley.

Sad news. A snake charmer who made a name for himself as Malaysia's Snake King has died after being bitten by a king cobra. A pity.......but hey! If it can happen to Steve Irwin........

A new study provides the first-ever scientific proof that if you eat slowly, you will eat less. Wow......what a breakthrough!! The scientists who worked on this "study" are also excited about their next two projects - verifying if people who sleep a lot really have more dreams and whether men who drive their cars to office get less exercise.