The guys over at 12 Angry Mascots decided to parody District 9 in their new World Cup video. Watch as the fans (aliens) wreak havoc around South Africa with their soccer balls.
By all accounts, Manute Bol was a selfless and great man whose life was cut tragically short by a disease he contracted while trying to better the lives of others.
Still, he was very tall, so he is open to some mockery. When I told my friends he died and they asked what happened, I said “He got hit in the head with a plane.”
Congratulations to Sportspickle for doing a much better job of finding humor in tragedy:
Former NBA point guard Muggsy Bogues flew to Sudan today to get a series of photographs taken of him standing next to Manute Bol’s casket. “Yeah! Who’s shorter now?” Bogues said grinning as the photographer he hired snapped away. “Five-foot-three is way taller than under the ground! Woooooo!”
I have never actually taken a cooking class, nor do I have any actual culinary skills. Still, I’ve recently decided to declare myself a master chef.
This may sound a bit rash to you. But, I watch a lot of Food Network and it doesn’t look that hard.
I’m not talking Top Chef Masters. I’m not making julianned ocra compote over a dill salmon reduction sauce with Fennel. (Why do they love fennel so much? USE INGREDIENTS I’VE HEARD OF, TOP CHEFS!)
I’m talking about the shows that focus on actual food that real people eat. Like that Diners show with the meth addict host who wears sunglasses on the back of his head. But especially, “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” I love that show. The concept is solid. Things that are the best are generally very good. So, I want to eat them.
Last week, I made peanut butter and banana stuffed french toast for myself and some friends. And IT WAS DELICIOUS AND NOT AT ALL DEADLY FOR ANYONE WHO ATE IT. I also served as souz chef for someone who was making pasta salad. (I boiled water AND stirred! That is two skills.)
So there you go. Stuffed French toast and pasta salad. It’s a very continental menu. I’M INTERNATIONALLY SKILLED!
This has nothing to do with SI, but it’s getting harder to come up with intros to these reviews.
Just what you guys want, more pictures of shirtless USA soccer players. But this time you get a bonus as one of the greatest presidents of our nation poses with Carlos Bocanegra and an almighty Budweiser.
By all accounts, Manute Bol was a selfless and great man whose life was cut tragically short by a disease he contracted while trying to better the lives of others.
