Links: One in five people believe aliens walk among us
By Alex HeiglJuly 7th, 2011, 5:45 pmComments (16)Would you believe that 45% of people in India believe in extraterrestrial life? No? Well, how about that one in five people worldwide believe that there are aliens walking among us? If only Rowdy Roddy Piper could beat me up in a trash-filled alleyway in order to make me wear me a pair of glasses that could confirm this. Oh well, a girl can dream.
Jenny. Jenny. Who can I turn to? Let me clarify: who can I turn to in my quest for discounted groceries? Apparently, Tommy Tutone. A reader-submitted "Life Hack" to Parent Hack tells of people turning to the iconic number from Tommy Tutone's 1982 slice of ubiquity, "867-5309/Jenny," and using it to obtain supermarket discounts. The gist of the situation is that at some point, some smartass has probably used that number to sign up for a supermarket discount card while attempting to avoid phone calls, so you can use the number anytime you want to get discounts without your own card.
Speaking of parents, some of them are terrible. And not just terrible at parenting, like the ones that let their screaming nightmare spawn run around restaurants while I try to enjoy my meal, but Casey Anthony terrible (ooh, topical!). Here are thirteen of them. Count your blessings your parents weren't more like this.
I actually can't really fathom anything more terrifying than a combined Furry/Star Trek convention, but apparently somebody's got plans for it — enjoy this gallery of insane Star Trek fan art.
Personally, I got pissed when Viagra used a Howlin' Wolf song for one of their commercials because Howlin' Wolf was composed entirely of pure testosterone (and wolves), but apparently getting an erection also means it's okay to dance through your neighborhood to Queen. And that if you're a woman, your menstrual cycle is just another obstacle nature has placed in your way, like bears or werewolves.
Commentarium (16 Comments)
Several of the aliens pretend to be me. They are revealed only by an inability to form a coherent thought, poor command of the English language and an inexplicable compulsion to sniff jocks.
when did jock sniffer become the preferred hate-slang around here?
It's not hate speech where I come from. It started with someone who wanted to be athletic but wasn't so he hung out with jocks. I think it now means just a waanabe.
Now there's some command of the English language for you.
Danke.
Publius, Mom said you have to go to bed now! And get off my computer, and don't leave your kleenexes laying around either.
Some of those Star Trek fan art pictures are awesome! Dr.Who meets Star Trek TOS! Come on! THAT'S awesome!
Also, and at the risk of sounding like a Trek ubernerd, those art pieces alone show why TOS is WWWWAAAYYYY better than TNG.
I am clearly not an ubernerd because I don't know what TOS means. I did think some of those were cool though. The Reservoir Dogs and Spock/Lincoln were my faves.
I am however officially an alien. It says so on my Green Card.
I knew it!
I am one of the aliens who walks among you. All your base are belong to us.
Idiot.
In other news;
One in five people are clinically insane.
Life on other planets is highly likely. The chance it looks just like us enough to pass for human is slim.
What a hack and cliche article.
Now you say something