Apparently the spreading of crazy rumors isn’t only a United States thing. Customers in the Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rhymney and Caerphilly areas of Wales got their panties in a bunch, because a letter was sent out that some repairs were being made to the local water works. Misreading this well-meaning missive, some overly helpful soul got on the Twitterz™ and said that everyone’s water supply was being cut off. This had the effect of swamping the Welsh Water Call Centre (see that spelling? classy!) so the folks in charge had to get to Teetering and Tweetering to let the public know that their water supply was not being cut off. Jeez Louise, already.
Who knew that the Sissy Spacek vehicle “Carrie” was made into a Broadway musical? Not me! (puts finger aside nose) Well, apparently the original stage production was in 1988, and now it’s being revived on Broadway. Watch out, Carrie! Watch out for that blood! Here’s the curious bit. The original production lost over seven million dollars. Why did anyone think it was a good idea to put this back on the stage?
Here’s a step in the wrong direction. India TV channels were recently told not to air sexy deodorant ads. India’s information ministry said that they portrayed women as “lustily hankering after men under the influence of such deodorants.” Better than hankering after someone who smells like a diaper on fire nestled in a pile of hair, no?
OK, this isn’t exactly news, since it happened last October, but hey; a Brazilian clown known as Tiririca, or “Grumpy” had superlative campaign slogans as: “It can’t get any worse.” Compelling! He must be one of Charlie Sheen’s writers. Before we all pooh-pooh him too much, though, know that he had the last laugh by winning a seat in Congress with more votes than any other candidate — he was elected as a federal deputy for Sao Paulo with more than 1.3 million votes.
And finally, in The Land Down Under, Liberal Tasmanian Senator David Bushby meowed at Finance Minister Penny Wong at a hearing when Wong (Australia’s first Malaysian-born and first openly gay cabinet member) fought constant interruptions. A visibly livid Wong snapped, “Oh yes, why don’t you meow when a woman does that? … The blokes are allowed to yell, but if a woman stands her ground, you want to make that kind of comment. It’s sort of schoolyard politics, mate.” Bushby initially refused to stop the shenanigans, but eventually issued an apology – on Twitter – after a barrage of attacks in Parliament during question time, as well as comments by Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan that the opposition was sexist and behaved ferally.
So there you have it. You might have thought that silly behavior was something confined to the continental United States, and now you know better. Also, Twitter gives, and Twitter takes away.
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