Paul Murray's weblog, with news you may have missed and my $0.02 worth on a number of topics.

"You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it."
- Art Buchwald

I bet you don't have a friend who's an acupuncturist

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In case you missed it ...

Here's the video of Miss South Carolina, during the Miss Teen USA Pageant, attempting to explain why so many Americans can't find the U.S. on a world map. If you want to go insane, try diagramming her response.

I'm torn between finding it hilarious and feeling compassion for anyone who has an embarrassing moment viewed by millions of people, live and through clips like these.

Labels: mistake, oops, YouTube

posted by Paul Murray at 11:56 PM | permanent link |

Da-da-DAAAAAAAH. Two days ago I ran across what has been described as the funniest five seconds of video on the net. I was fully prepared to be disappointed, but I have to admit that I laughed ... and I've played it a few more times since. It's charmingly silly. Go watch it. After all, by now you've already spent five seconds reading about it. Make sure your sound is on first (but it's a bit loud).

Apparently the net is going crazy for it. (But don't visit the CollegeHumor.com site mentioned in the CNET article -- a pop-up window there will try to install software. Stick to the YouTube version that I linked to above.) And in case you're curious, here's the original context.

Labels: humor, video, YouTube

posted by Paul Murray at 10:46 PM | permanent link |