DEPARTMENT OF STORIES THAT MAKE THIS BLOG GO, QUOTE, "HUH."
(Thanks to Drew Harchick)
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May 22, 2006
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I suppose it could be worse ...
Posted by: MOTW | May 22, 2006 at 04:00 PM
I reiterate the Huh?
Posted by: Suzy Q | May 22, 2006 at 04:01 PM
my, what a LOVELY picture of nicole richie's dad. what was HE arrested for?
Posted by: queensbee | May 22, 2006 at 04:03 PM
OH - what a feelin'
Dodgin pieces of the ceiling.
Posted by: CoastRaven | May 22, 2006 at 04:03 PM
It probably has something to do with the "Hello" video, where the blind woman sculpts that bust of him that looks like Cro-Magnon Man.
Or maybe not.
Posted by: Chianca at Large | May 22, 2006 at 04:07 PM
i say it's just another way the insurgents are tryin' to mind f*ck americans...
Posted by: puppytoes | May 22, 2006 at 04:14 PM
Lionel Richie is Iraq's Jerry Lewis?
Laaaady!!
Posted by: slyeyes | May 22, 2006 at 04:15 PM
This makes it sound as if Mr. Ritchie had been on top of the lead tank, Iraq would have fallen without a shot being fired except by the Iraqis defending him from the few Iraqis trying to kill him (music critics all). Seriously, this does make him sound like a resource so far unused.
Posted by: Phil | May 22, 2006 at 04:16 PM
Huh.
Posted by: Renee (the First) | May 22, 2006 at 04:18 PM
Phil, you might be on to something. Maybe he should pull a "Bono," visit the President, and offer himself for Peace. Couldn't be worse than the whore who offered her body to Bin Laden.
Posted by: Sarah J | May 22, 2006 at 04:21 PM
When they caught Saddam, did he say "Hello. Is it me you're looking for?"
Posted by: PirateBoy | May 22, 2006 at 04:22 PM
Excellent, PirateBoy.
What can I say Dave, other than "huh?"
Well there is always WTFBBQ?!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 22, 2006 at 04:24 PM
All I can say is it's not Manilow. True this is strange, but it could be much worse.
Posted by: KOW | May 22, 2006 at 04:29 PM
*snork* @ PirateBoy
Posted by: CoastRaven | May 22, 2006 at 04:34 PM
I wonder if he's been beaten silly by an Iraqi women yet? (A precedent has been set)
Posted by: PeeJay | May 22, 2006 at 04:35 PM
KOW - Barry Manilow would make an excellent weapon. We could blast "Copacabana" at the insurgents er, all night long. No one could handle that.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | May 22, 2006 at 04:42 PM
SNORK at PirateBoy!
Posted by: Renee (the First) | May 22, 2006 at 04:50 PM
This is an interesting phenomenon, I think.
I mean, the previously mentioned French Jerry Lewis obsession, the Germans love of David Hasselhoff and now this...
I had some friends who went pub crawling in Ireland, hoping to hear some traditional Irish ditties, and found themselves listening to "Achy Breaky Heart" at almost every pub....
There's probably a tribe deep in the Amazon that worships Celine Dion. No, wait, that's too scary..
Posted by: clark kent | May 22, 2006 at 04:56 PM
But is he bigger than Michael Jackson is in Saudi Arabia? That would at least be some revenge for losing to "Thriller" at the Grammy's.
Posted by: marfie | May 22, 2006 at 05:00 PM
I heard Saudi's even like Joe Jackson videos. {with him in them!!!!!!!!!!!}
God I feel old.
Posted by: PeeJay | May 22, 2006 at 05:04 PM
I say we send Barry Manilow to Iran!
Posted by: Mikey | May 22, 2006 at 05:05 PM
You forgot Jennifer Love Hewitt (the "singer/actress") who's HUGE in Japan. No one here even knows she sings, but over there her records sell like sushi.
Posted by: Sarah J | May 22, 2006 at 05:10 PM
Sarah J,
I'm almost embarrassed to admit this, but I actually own a Jennifer Love Hewitt CD and it's not too bad... She can actually carry a tune.
But I've heard the Japanese freaked over Alyssa Milano who put out a CD or two back in her "Who's the Boss" days. I checked out one of her videos on You Tube and it was pretty awful. She's cute and dances OK, but can't sing.
Go figure.
Posted by: clark kent | May 22, 2006 at 05:14 PM
Tell Twitney & Paris that they're part of a USO tour going to Iraq.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | May 22, 2006 at 05:36 PM
Annie, that sounds a lot like my plan to send all of our annoying supermarket faces to Bahrain, a la Michael Freakson. They can all get together in the lady's room to redo their makeup and adjust their burkhas and veils.
Posted by: Sarah J | May 22, 2006 at 05:42 PM
He thinks it is because of the simple message in his music: Love.
*Looks around for a barf bag*
Posted by: Eleanor | May 22, 2006 at 05:45 PM
MY COUSIN WROTE THAT ARTICLE. :) John Berman. He is an intrepid, world-traveling reporter, but we HATE him going to Iraq. I don't think Lionel Ritchie music is much of a defense against suicide bombers.
Posted by: Guin | May 22, 2006 at 06:08 PM
Sounds like we have a bunch of candidates for The The Annoying Music Show!
Posted by: pogo | May 22, 2006 at 06:28 PM
When I sent this article to my friend Bill he said, "That's it. The terrorists have won."
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | May 22, 2006 at 06:39 PM
PEOPLE! Don't you see that Lionel Ritchie is just a cover for GOVERNMENT MIND CONTROL?WHEN will you see the Truth?First they Numbed our senses with Satan's helper< Jimmy Buffet>, then it's Lionel, and soon, we'll be snapping up Donald Rumsfeld's Greatest Hits!ARGGGHHHH!
Posted by: MoFaux | May 22, 2006 at 07:45 PM