The National Lottie

Which is scarier?

A hybrid half human/half cloth person or that the person who wrote this still gets to vote?

Via Pundit.

I came across an article today about Vegansexuals.

Definition: – People who do not eat any meat or animal products, and who choose not to be sexually intimate with non-vegan partners. They believe that such a partners body is made up of dead animals.

A report carried out in New Zealand last year on the Perspectives and Experiences of Vegetarians and other Ethical Consumers asked people nationwide about everything from battery chickens to sexual preferences.

Many female respondents described being attracted to people who ate meat, but said they did not want to have sex with meat-eaters because their bodies were made up of animal carcasses.

One respondent said “When you are vegan or vegetarian, you are very aware that when people eat a meaty diet, they are kind of a graveyard for animals,” she said.

So does that make meat eaters some form of bestial necropheliacs?

Alexia has suggested a Rick-n-Roll blogger meet-up in Dakota bar before Rick’s shift at Sound Check this coming Thursday and it appears to have turned into a bit of a Tom Jones knicker-fest with a number of bloggers pledging to whip off their small and delicates in admiration of Mr. Rick.

So I was discussing the logistics of this with Green of Eye and she coined the phrase “The Rick-Knick”.  Well it turns out that one can order their very own Rick-Knick for a modest £12.95 on Dirty Knickers.

They come in all colours and sizes for both the boys and the girls.

Place your orders now folks!

Alternative Title -

“What Happens When You Were Born in the 80’s and Have Too Much Time on Your Hands”

I say “Part 1” because I don’t have my camera cable, it’s appraching Nite Link hour, I have half another blog post written and…..it’s very late. Yawn!

So, tonight we have seen thunder, lightening, cocktails, the tiniest swinging doors in the world, Aidan Bishop, yet another singing comedian, foam float through Temple Bar, suds at Trinity, lewd acts on Suffolk Street, explosions on Grafton Street, a very questionable burger and apparently I smell nice (always good to hear, even if it is coming from a drunken stranger and his mates).

Hic….Nite Link Time…

Laters!

I hear the exchange almost every day of the week.

“Take the Bible (Or Koran) in your right hand and repeat after me – I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”

But in todays society what does this really mean. Everyone is out for themselves and fear of God or lying doesn’t seem to rank very highly on anyones list of agenda. Before I go on I promise, this is not a preachy post.

This topic is on my mind today as I have a crazy bible basher on the phone to me telling me of the evils of lying on the bible and how our client will burn in hell.

I am an agnostic and I have sworn on a bible before for court testimony. While I did tell the truth, it had no bearing on the fact that I had just sworn on a bible to do so. It was just the truth. In the same case another witness “swore to tell the truth” and then only uttered total falacies.

I see people lie on the stand every day and it usually comes down to the Judges own instinct to be able to read body language and signals to distinguish what is really the truth. (Tapping the Bible while swearing is an immediate give away).

My reasons for telling the truth in court are based on my ever glimmering hope that justice should prevail, that lying on the stand constitutes perjury, I would now want to defraud the court or the proceedings and obviously my own interest would play a part.

But the presence or absence of a silly Bible makes no difference to me. It’s just a formality. So why not get rid of this vacant ritual? Why not get someone to sign a document stating that they will tell the truth or face legal consequence if they are found to defraud the proceedings and waste the courts time?

While perjury proceedings are always an option, many see the swearing on the bible as meaning nothing and therefore they lose respect for the concept of honest witness evidence. Attitudes may change if they are faced with a black and white reality of consequences for false testimony.

It just seems to me that swearing on the bible is entirely antiquated in todays society. Thoughts?

Teddybear 3000

Do you have one? That list of freebies you get to enjoy guilt free, should the opportunity ever arise.

This was a topic of intrigue around a high table at 3am in the morning at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs festival. The usuals came up – George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Scarlett Johansen, Jessica Beil. Surprisingly Angelina didn’t get a look in with the boys. Dawn French featured twice – score one for the curvy gal!

The oh-so-important issue was raised today briefly on Today FM and never one to miss an opportunity to blog about absolute pap I thought I’d go with this one.

Mine? It’s pretty much a long established list perhaps with the exception of Hugh Laurie. But after watching 4 series of House over no more than a three week period -how could I not include him?

Josh Duhamel, Will Smith, Ray D’Arcy, David Tennant, Henry Cavil(from The Tudors….Annie……Strings?) Just potting it out there. Josh Hartnett, Sean Connery(I so would) and Mr. Laurie.