Posts Tagged ‘nelson award’

One could argue the death of Michael Jackson is an example of natural selection in action, that would be a matter of debate, however I think there is no question that the people in this story illustrate Darwin award winners:

Gary Taylor, president and owner of MJJcommunity.com, said he understood the tragedies had mostly taken place outside of the UK but he believed one may have been British.

“I know there has been an increase, I now believe the figure is 12. I believe there may have been one Briton who has taken their life,” he said.

If this report is true than it is idiocy to the nth degree. It’s bad form to speak ill of the dead but I have a hard time feeling sorry for people whose lives are so empty that they can’t live without Michael Jackson.

This is one of the least Catholic posts I’ve written, I confess I’ve always had a bit of a prejudice against people who kill themselves I really should be more charitable but COME ON this is Nelson award territory.

Sometimes a banana is just a banana

Posted: March 25, 2009 by datechguy in oddities
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You know I don’t think much of this current president but C’MON!

The Anchoress in her wise post (you know I don’t ever remember her not having a wise one) on the Notre Dame situation mentions it as a curisosity at the end at asks the question:

Who THINKS of this stuff?

If you actually think this is significant then that’s a Nelson award just waiting to happen.

Award to grant

Posted: March 10, 2009 by datechguy in doctor who, fun, opinion/news
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After seeing this post I’m going to create the Jon Pertwee Frontier in Space award. Hopefully to be less necessary than the nelson.

Just call me an antique

Posted: March 9, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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You know it takes a lot of money and an ivy league education to say something this stupid:

Junior Emma Sloan told the Yale Daily News that the idea that men and women are necessarily attracted to the opposite sex is “antiquated.”

This quote is in the subtext of deciding “whether Yale should allow juniors and seniors to live with roommates of the opposite sex, an accommodation demanded in the name of transgender students.”

This is a Nelson award winner and then some. It deserves the full Nelson.

By an odd coincidence the youngest told me yesterday that he has a girl. They have been texting each other quite a bit this weekend. I think I won’t let Emma decide if they should be allowed in his room together upstairs unsupervised.