Tag Archives: silliness

A Brazilian clown has been elected to the national Congress with twice as many votes as any other candidate. Tiririca, or Francisco Oliveira Silva to give him his real name, was elected as a federal deputy for Sao Paulo with more than 1.3 million votes. Tiririca, or “Grumpy”, had slogans such as: “It can’t get any worse.” Tiririca won 1,353,355 …

The same company offers Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin dolls, among many others.

A little long but it’s the viral hit of the weekend.

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Prints are now onsale on Etsy.com: My painting “The Cher Within” depicts the magical moment when a drag performer prepares to cross the line between ambiguous guy in his underwear to full-on diva extraordinaire, in this case fashioned after his ultimate heroine, Cher. The painting also represents the diva in everyone, those who have actually taken their sequinned acts to …

Christwire’s Stephenson Billings has created a fleet of amusing pulp novel covers taking jabs at various bloggers, websites, and personalities. I am opening the door to their obsessions and predilections, their narcissism and their lust, the very things that they are too afraid to admit to themselves. If today’s so-called artists and thinkers had the energy and wherewithal to actually …

Gayest thing ever? (Tipped by JMG reader Brian)

Screw McDonald’s and their oppressive binary gender paradigm! Or something! (Via JMG reader Subtle Knife)

More amusing stereotype mapping here.

I watch one episode and this is what happens? I’m sure Sarah Palin’s teabagger drones don’t read the WaPo Express, so we should be safe from her army of trolls on this. Real critics of the show who dissed Bristol’s dancing haven’t been so lucky. (Sent by JMG reader Nicholas)

(Tipped by JMG reader Fritz)

(Via – SFist)

I knew the Gregory Brothers wouldn’t resist this.

A: They just arrrrrrrrr. You’re. Welcome. September 19th: International Talk Like A Pirate Day.