A FINE NAME FOR A ROCK BAND
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January 30, 2006
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Hmmm - I wonder if the loincloths were made from the same goat (Dodge) from the previous posting?
Posted by: CoastRaven | January 30, 2006 at 08:30 AM
OH yeah - and the previous post was the FIRST of the day by the way
Posted by: CoastRaven | January 30, 2006 at 08:32 AM
I'm appalled.
Posted by: a kilt | January 30, 2006 at 08:45 AM
Sounds like a lot of other places that've made the news over the centuries ... get someone into power, and then make everyone else live by your standards ... yup ... nice place, nice people ...
(mebbe if they'd've worn sheepskin loincloths? ... Sharkskin? ... Moleskin? ...)
Posted by: U.O | January 30, 2006 at 08:46 AM
I'm irate.
Posted by: butt-flap | January 30, 2006 at 08:46 AM
I am not a robot.
Posted by: cod-piece | January 30, 2006 at 08:47 AM
I am acrimonious!
Posted by: Father Francis Mulcahy | January 30, 2006 at 09:00 AM
I am too old to be eaten (but I LOVE to be nibbled on!!)
Posted by: CoastRaven | January 30, 2006 at 09:02 AM
Denied bail because of loincloths!?
.... obvious a menace to society.
But remember, this comes from the country that takes farmland for re-distribution to the poor political "farmer" whipes out houseing for the poor when they don't vote for you.
/end political rage
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 09:15 AM
I am, I said.
Posted by: Neil | January 30, 2006 at 09:15 AM
*realizes kibby's spelling is atrocious today*
*goes to chech "spelling"*
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 09:18 AM
Tafadzwanashe and Tapiwanashe Fichani, known to close friends as Tafi and Tapi, are proud of their long and distinctive, uh, heritage.
Posted by: MOTW | January 30, 2006 at 09:18 AM
*gives up*
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 09:19 AM
czech mate, kibby
Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Reference Wench | January 30, 2006 at 09:19 AM
This sounds like a cover up.
Posted by: Richard Nixon | January 30, 2006 at 09:19 AM
what?! no pictures?
Posted by: crossgirl | January 30, 2006 at 09:24 AM
"Tafadzwanashe and Tapiwanashe Fichani, known to close friends as Tafi and Tapi, are proud of their long and distinctive, uh, heritage."
I'm appalled.
Posted by: Sheridan | January 30, 2006 at 09:26 AM
Maybe everything else was at the cleaners.
Posted by: Kat | January 30, 2006 at 09:29 AM
At first I asked myself, "Where the h**l is Harare?" Then I saw that they are Zimbabwean twins. Then I asked myself, "Why is this a news story?" and "Why did it make the wire services?" and "Why should we care?"
daisy wandering off to get a cup of tea
Posted by: daisymae | January 30, 2006 at 09:37 AM
"We have failed to see how their actions conform to our culture," association president Gordon Chavunduka said.
...because our new, improved culture now involves naming babies 'Gordon'
Posted by: Betsy | January 30, 2006 at 09:40 AM
Been there, done that.
Posted by: Lady Godiva | January 30, 2006 at 09:46 AM
I find it simply outrageous that men of the cloth should be harassed in this manner.
Posted by: Lady Godiva | January 30, 2006 at 09:48 AM
mudstuffin (kilt, butt-flap, cod-piece, Sheridan) - are you jealous because you didn't think of it first?
Posted by: MOTW | January 30, 2006 at 09:57 AM
My son has a great name for a band...Poetic Science...
Posted by: Tom Allred | January 30, 2006 at 09:58 AM
Maybe so, but you don't know who 'Sheridan' is. My allusion has elluded you. So there. Neener.
Posted by: mudstuffin | January 30, 2006 at 10:07 AM
....suppose they get a change of loincloths before showing up in court?
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 10:07 AM
{{ mud }} anyway
Posted by: MOTW | January 30, 2006 at 10:12 AM
kibby - yeah, it'll be either the prison-issued b/w stripe or fluorescent orange loincloths.
Posted by: MOTW | January 30, 2006 at 10:14 AM
where do you get loincloths? Lake Victoria's Secret?
Posted by: insomniac | January 30, 2006 at 10:37 AM
...and what's the difference between a loincloth and some of those short shorts I've .... er .... heard about?
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 10:58 AM
I didn't hear you, Neil.
Posted by: the chair | January 30, 2006 at 10:59 AM
I AM, I cried!
*What's with these chairs, nowadays, anyway?*
Posted by: Neil | January 30, 2006 at 11:11 AM
OK, if you're gonna wear your goatskin loincloth to the mall, you have to make sure that the cloth is of sufficient length to cover your, um, "loins"....
otherwise, you're just a nudie
Posted by: TCK | January 30, 2006 at 11:16 AM
...prompting several shocked shoppers to call the police.
Because it was hurting them? Because they didn't think, until that very moment, that men actually have penises?
Why would you call the cops for that??
Posted by: Brainy Jello | January 30, 2006 at 11:30 AM
That'll loin 'em.
and *snork* at insom.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 30, 2006 at 11:36 AM
I didn't hear you either, Neil.
Posted by: the table | January 30, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Yes, the length of the loin cloth should exceed the length of the long and distinctive heritage. Although I am guessing it is warm in Zimbabwe and therefore shrinkage is not a salient issue.
Posted by: Crabby Appleton | January 30, 2006 at 11:47 AM
The shoppers probably thought Cher was coming to town.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 30, 2006 at 11:49 AM
Well, that story just makes me MAD! And outraged, and apalled, and irate, and acrimonious, and atrocious....
Dang, if people are going to be THAT way about loincloths, I'm going to have to "make a statement" too! I'll just run over to Wal-Mart and pick up a few loincloths (I wonder how they are sized, small, medium, long, extra-long and HOLY MACKEREL?) and head on over to MY local mall!
Hey, how about establishing loincloths as the blog's "official uniform"? Anyone going to a book-signing to meet Dave would wear the uniform!
Posted by: Mad Soapboxer | January 30, 2006 at 11:56 AM
Mad - are you MAD?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | January 30, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Blog's "Official Wear" is Penguin Thongs.
/of story.
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 12:11 PM
Oh, should say that's for men.
Women get coconut bras and grass skirts.
Posted by: kibby F5™ | January 30, 2006 at 12:11 PM
What kibby said.
No substitutions allowed.
/
Posted by: Eleanor | January 30, 2006 at 12:44 PM
Hey Neil - you may not be a man who likes to swear, but really, do you care for the sound of being alone?
Posted by: Muffles | January 30, 2006 at 01:32 PM
loincloth outrage =
ethnological tour
ocellation trough
tougher collation
etc.
Posted by: sct72 | January 30, 2006 at 01:34 PM
YES Annie, I AM!
But also hanging my head that no one else likes my idea.... I guess I'll be the only one at the book signings wearing a loincloth (HOLY MACKEREL! size, of course).
OK, an alternative, I'll make it the official attire of MY blog! When I get 'round tuit...
Posted by: Mad Soapboxer | January 30, 2006 at 01:45 PM
Cool! Muffles heard me! So what kind of furniture are you?
Posted by: Neil | January 30, 2006 at 02:02 PM
Neil...Muffles sounds like he might be a ruffled tuffet. But y'know, he might not be furniture at all, Neil. Some folks actually converse with non-furniture items.
wait....don't run away!
Posted by: Betsy | January 30, 2006 at 02:30 PM
Neil,
Do you still have Shilo's number?
Shilo, when I was young
I used to call your name
When no one else would come
Shilo, you always came
And we'd play
Posted by: Mr. Completely | January 30, 2006 at 02:43 PM
Mr. C. -
It was the number she sang to you
It was the number she brang to you
Betsy - they say the walls have ears, but even they don't listen. Same with corn. I have, on the other hand, listened intently to the mouths of rivers, and looked deeply into potato eyes. No response; can't figure it out.
Posted by: Neil | January 30, 2006 at 02:54 PM
I'm reminded of the joke:
A young man was so well-endowed that it was hurting his knees, so an operation was scheduled to fix the problem. Three doctors were called in to consult on the surgery.
The first doctor suggested, "Why don't we take a big hunk off the end?" They discussed it and decided that would affect his sensitivity.
The second doctor suggested, "Why don't we take a big hunk out of the middle?" They discussed it and decided it would risk its shape.
The third doctor suggested, "Why don't we take a big hunk off the base?" They discussed it and said that would give him erection problems.
That only left the scrub nurse. The doctors looked over at her and saw she had tears running down her cheeks. "Why don't we," she said through her tears, "just make his legs longer?"
Posted by: Mr. Completely | January 30, 2006 at 02:55 PM
LOL, Mr. C! :)
Posted by: Eleanor | January 30, 2006 at 03:39 PM
Neil...If you ever get a response from looking deep into potato eyes, do us a favor and DON'T write a song about it.
"they say you're just a vegetable,
but when I look at you
I see your soul sprout forth to me,
Out from your eyes so blue."
(Like that. Dont do that, ok???)
Posted by: Betsy | January 30, 2006 at 04:48 PM
Some rat beat me to that one?!
Posted by: Neil | January 30, 2006 at 06:18 PM
Shades of creeping Fascism!
Posted by: Stupendous Man | January 30, 2006 at 09:44 PM
Ferile Tween is a much better name for a rock band.
Posted by: kristyn | February 01, 2006 at 01:13 PM
That link seems to be broken, but you can count on the BBC -
Illustrated article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4673510.stm
Posted by: Fichani Twins | September 11, 2006 at 02:48 PM