Capt. Kirk in Camelot

By hrynyshyn on July 24, 2006.

I see no reason why frivilous posts should be restricted to Fridays, especially when the item in question is as funny as the original Trek gang performing Monty Python's sendup of "Knights of the Round Table."

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iPod iChing - in the Navy

Warm and sunny friday by the sea. So, oh mighty iPod, we beseech thee, the time has come, so tell us about ships and kings and whether pigs have wings. Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. NB: For technical reasons we are using a sharply reduced subset of the full collected wisdom of the iPod...…

iPod iChing - kHz pulsar?

Wet and windy friday, and we ask the Mighty One a sexy topical question: is XTE J1739-285 really spinning at 1122 Hz? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh. The Covering: Long Time Gone - Dixie Chick The Crossing: We Do What We Can - Sheryl Crowe The Crown: Catch - The Cure The Root: Litirnir - Edda…

Spam

tags: Spam, entertainment, comedy, funny, fucking hilarious, Monty Python's Flying Circus, streaming video I've only seen this sketch a million times, but I couldn't help it: I had to share it with you all because it is just so silly. I hope it gives you a smile.

Monty Python Explains Health Care Reform

I'm sorry, I'm afraid that title's misleading. This is actually an early video of UnitedHealth CEO Stephen J. Hemsley (whose salary is estimated at $102,000 an hour) discussing his principled stance on why he's opposed to the public option in US health care reform. Or it could be The Money Song…

Ironically, when I forwarded this link to my friends, some of their servers refused delivery accusing me of peddling SPAM!!!!!

I reposted this over at Retrospectacle. SO FUNNY!

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