Archive for December, 2006

Dog Bites Woman

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Dog Bites (Wo)Man

For all six of you out there that haven’t heard about the woman in California who was recently (in 2001) mauled to death by Nazi killer attack dogs, let me briefly recap the story for you so you may catch up with the rest of us. Uh, a woman in California was recently (in 2001) mauled to death by Nazi killer attack dogs. That’s about it. There wasn’t really much to this story when it first came out, and it seemed as if it was a simple open-and-shut case. However, the owner of the killer canines has recently (in 2001) come forward with shocking new "evidence" which has turned the entire incident upside-down, topsy-turvy, cateycorner, and all those other wacky phrases that nobody in their right mind uses anymore.

Owner gives account of fatal dog attack - The owner of two dogs involved in the attack that killed a woman in the hallway outside of her apartment said the dogs never showed any indications that they were violent. Noel also explained a letter he wrote to prosecutors that suggested that the attack may have been triggered because Whipple could have been wearing a pheromone-based perfume or might have been a steroid user. "I was contacted by an investigator who works dog cases, and I was also contacted by a professional animal trainer, who made the suggestion that those two things should be looked at from a forensics standpoint to see if that was a possibility," Noel said.

Once again, the media-induced hysterics that followed a woman getting eaten to death by a rabid dog turn out to be just that: media-induced hysterics that followed a woman getting eaten to death by a rabid dog. As clearly demonstrated by the dog’s neo-Nazi sympathizing  criminal overseer, she obviously brought the attack upon herself by choosing to wear perfume. I don’t think a court in the world would convict the dog now, mainly because he’s dead (and a dog), but also because it’s been proven that the dog and his owner were not at fault in this case.

Now most of you non-American people who don’t have the luxury of interacting with the American legal system every time you’re caught urinating into the company’s water cooler may jump to false conclusions and believe that the since the dog clearly isn’t at fault, the dog owner must be. There you go again, thinking with your ignorant non-American brains. To a person who was born and raised in the United States, it’s painfully obvious who the guilty party in this situation is: the perfume company.

America is intensely proud of the complex and unnecessary legal warnings which are included with virtually every single product or service ever produced in that country. Walk into any Wal-Mart and you’re bound to see countless legal warnings stapled onto every product imaginable. The general rule of thumb in America is to assume that every single braindead yokel in their country will buy that product and attempt to kill themselves with it. To counteract the avalanche of stupidity which smothers every product’s lifecycle, the final nine months of every product’s development is spent by lawyers and engineers brainstorming possible ways that people could inadvertently lose a major organ by using their product. As a result, lawyers are paid millions of dollars to write goofy little disclaimers encompassing every single possible negative use of the product, and print companies are paid millions of dollars to make tags that carry the lawyers’ million dollar disclaimers. This is why you always see completely idiotic warning tags like the following:

Vacuum

Curler

As a result, I think it’s naturally fair to blame the perfume company in this recent dog attack. When was the last time you picked up a bottle of perfume and saw a warning sticker attached to it? The answer, of course, is NEVER. The perfume industry is clearly negligent in this scenario; all they do is manufacture a glass bottle which looks like a female’s key reproductive organ, fill it up with really diluted orange Kool Aid, give it a fictional name that one of the ad guys heard in his dreams, and slap a $60 price tag on the box. It’s about time somebody knocks the meglomaniacal perfume giants off their high horses and makes them pay for all the people eaten by pets after using their perfume of death. To help jump-start the perfume warning label industry, I have taken it upon myself to create an example warning sticker.

Bottle

Perfume

After all, should these giant companies get away with putting the lives of human beings behind PROFITS and GREED? I think not! Since there was clearly no sticker warning the ignorant victim of her heightened chances to be eaten by a dog, I believe the proper order of lawsuits stemming from this case should be the following:

1. Dog owner sues victim’s family for allowing victim to be eaten, causing dog indigestion and ultimately death.
2. Victim’s family sues perfume industry for failing to notify victim that upon wearing the perfume, she should never, ever, ever, ever leave her house or purchase a dog.
3. Perfume factory sues engineers for failing to include "secret bonus ingredient" which keeps dogs from eating people wearing their perfume.
4. Engineers sue colleges they attended, claiming professors failed to teach them the connection between "smelling like flowers" and "dogs tearing out your intestines."
5. College sues all teachers and instructors in school, including dog attack victim (who worked for Saint Mary’s College), for failing to emphasize the "Ways to Be Mauled By People’s Pets, 102a" class.

Once again the Great Wheel of Justice comes full circle, resulting in so many convoluted lawsuits that the victim’s family actually ends up SUING THEMSELVES. For all you people who think there are too many lawsuits in America, I would have to disagree and cite this example. There are not enough lawsuits! If more people would just "play it smart" and pass the buck when it comes to suing, eventually all legal cases would come full circle and winning a lawsuit ultimately means you’ll be losing in the long run, because subsequent lawsuits will come up and bite you in your fat, lazy ass. I think this whole killer Nazi dog incident could result in a big change in America, one which will change the entire legal system as we know it. Oh yeah, and I’ll also finally be able to put on makeup and crossdress while visiting the kennel, which is one of my lifelong dreams.

My True Calling…

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

                            

My True Calling…

I
have finally found my true calling in life thanks to eBay. This is an
event which really goes against the grain, as the nature of eBay often
causes people to realize what they absolutely, positively, 100% do not want to ultimately do in life. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:

TRANSFORMERS  GENERATION ONE - $10,000
Here
is what is up for auction to help you with names in each picture below:
AUTOBOTS 1984:OPTIMUS PRIME, TRAILBREAKER, SIDESWIPE, SUNSTREAKER,
WHEELJACK, JAZZ, RATCHET, IRONHIDE, BLUESTREAK, PROWL, HOUND, MIRAGE,
BUMBLEBEE, CLIFFJUMPER, BRAWN, WINDCHARGER, HUFFER, GEARS,
BUMBLEJUMPER, RED BUMBLEBEE, YELLOW CLIFFJUMPER. DECEPTICONS 1984:
MEGATRON, SOUNDWAVE, BUZZSAW, RAVAGE, RUMBLE, FRENZY, LAZERBEAK,
STARSCREAM, SKYWARP, THUNDERCRACKER. AUTOBOTS 1985: OMEGA SUPREME,
JETFIRE, BLASTER, PERCEPTOR, ROADBUSTER, WHIRL, TOPSPIN, TWINTWIST,
POWERGLIDE, COSMOS, SEASPRAY, BEACHCOMBER, WARPATH, CAMSHAFT…
(other 99/100ths of the list not quoted)
                           

Now
after reading a bid description like that, one where the auctioneer was
able to list approximately 15 billion Transformers FROM MEMORY (yes,
from memory), I instantly realized that no matter what job occupation I
may choose in the future, there’s no way in hell that I want to end up working with that guy.
I can’t think of anybody more potentially psychotic in the world except
perhaps the person who actually ponies up $10,000 to purchase the
freak’s used toys. I can just imagine what kinds of conversations might
ensue when this guy is attempting to pawn off his crap.

 

TRANSFORMER  SELLER:
"HELLO I HAVE ZILLIONS OF TRANSFORMERS INCLUDING BEASTBOX, QUAKE,
SPINSTER, NEEDLENOSE, FLAMEFEATHER, AND SPARKSTALKER, THE ULTIMATE
COLLECTION INDEED."
                              

TRANSFORMER  BUYER:
"OH WELL THAT’S A VERY NICE COLLECTION BUT DO YOU HAVE SPROCKET,
OVERRUN, ASTRO SQUAD, METRO SQUAD, AND CONSTRUCTION PATROL?"

TRANSFORMER SELLER:
"WHY YES I DO THAT’S A DUMB QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE EVERY SINGLE DAMN
TRANSFORMER EVERY MADE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE."
                              

TRANSFORMER BUYER:
"OH YES I BET YOU DO, HEY I THINK THIS ABOMINUS TRANSFORMER HAS BITE
MARKS ON ITS LEG FROM WHEN YOU WERE A KID."

TRANSFORMER SELLER:
"NO, I MADE THOSE BITE MARKS LAST WHILE NIGHT IN BED, TRYING TO SILENCE
THE VOICES IN MY HEAD THAT SPEAK TO ME AND TELL ME THAT COLONEL SANDERS
IS A STUNT BIKER WOOKIE BENT ON WORLD DOMINATION."
                              

TRANSFORMER BUYER:
"WOW YOU HAVE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD TOO? DO YOURS TALK TO YOU IN ALL CAPS
LIKE MINE?"

TRANSFORMER SELLER: "WHY
YES THEY DO, NOW GIVE ME THE $10,000 OR I’M TAKING BACK THE COMPUTRON."
                              

TRANSFORMER BUYER: "OKAY LET ME JUST PULL THE PLUG ON MY MOM AND COLLECT THE CHECK."

                                     

However,
today’s topic isn’t about how neurotic some Transformers nutballs are;
today’s topic is about how neurotic some screenwriters are. Keep in
mind that I’m not talking about every screenwriter, but simply limiting
my criticism to screenwriters who sell their scripts through eBay.

Yup,
you read that correctly. Now that we’ve entered the digital age where
(according to popular television shows) people can turn into tiny 1s
and 0s and fly through data streams and fight computer viruses with microscopic cyberguns, it seems as if the movie industry has begun
to pay more attention to this digital medium. Need proof? Let me
illustrate this example with the following eBay auction:
            

                            

HOLLYWOOD  IDEA, SCRIPT "NEW YEAR’S EVE" FILM - $100,000.00- GREAT
HOLLYWOOD IDEA! "NEW YEAR’S EVE" SCREENPLAY.. LOGLINE: "ON NEW YEAR’S
EVE, A COP DISCOVERS A TERRORIST PLOT TO BLOW UP TIMES SQUARE, NY."
THIS SPEC SCRIPT IS TITLED "NEW YEAR’S EVE".

Keep
in mind that this guy is attempting to charge $100,000 for essentially
THE TITLE TO A SCRIPT. For all we know, the manual could be loaded with
117 photographs of the author pulling a wheelbarrow with his penis (not
that this wouldn’t be worth $100,000, but I can find that kind of stuff
on The Stile Project
for free). It’s the concept of merely being able to ask for $100,000
for a mystery script that intrigues me. Think about it; what is your
$100,000 paying for? Let’s gather all the available information.

 

   "GREAT HOLLYWOOD IDEA." -
All caps might denote an "exciting" script, but it also might suggest
author uses AOL, so you’ll probably have to download Instant Messenger
to chat with him.

  "’NEW YEARS EVE’ SCREENPLAY"
- Script probably takes place on or around New Year’s Eve, hinting at a
very tight shooting schedule and lots of inebriated family members.
                              

"ON
NEW YEAR’S EVE, A COP DISCOVERS A TERRORIST PLOT TO BLOW UP TIMES
SQUARE, NY"
- If you do not own Times Square or know a friend
who owns it, you will probably have difficulty filming there. I’d
imagine it costs at least $100,000 to buy Times Square, so the total
price of shooting the film has already doubled! This is what’s known in
the screenwriting industry as the old "bait and switch" or the "Rhode
Island Rimjob." You’ll also have to get a Police officer’s uniform,
which means you’ll have to kill a cop, and you can’t do that unless
you’re a popular rapper or drug czar (in which case you probably won’t
have to worry about money anyway).

THIS SPEC SCRIPT IS TITLED "NEW YEAR’S EVE"
- Added for emphasis I suppose, or in case you forgot what you read one
sentence earlier.
                           

So
before you’ve even had a chance to edit this feature film, you’ve
already spent $200,000, own most of New York, downloaded AIM, have
murdered a Police officer, and either rap or sell drugs. Are you ready
for that kind of commitment? I’m sure as hell not, and I doubt you are
either because tax season is coming up soon and most people don’t have
enough time to bust "fly moves" AND file taxes. So, as a result, I am
going to provide you, the viewing audience, a 100% free action movie script! Yes, that’s right, I’m saving you hundreds of thousands of
dollars and offering up my action packed feature film script for
absolutely free! You can thank me later.

 

"ARBOR DAY"
by Mario Geronimo

                              

Starring BRUCE WILLIS as "ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER"
Costarring LIV TYLER as "SULTRY ANNE BOSOMS"

   

SCENE ONE: TOP SECRET CIA HEADQUARTERS
(Enter ARNOLD screenright or possibly screenleft, depending on how the
furniture is placed in the room)
CIA DIRECTOR MIKE FISCHER:
"Arnold! You’re late! You’ve done it again! You’re a loose cannon!
You’re fired!"
ARNOLD: "CIA-you in hell, bastard!"                                 
(throws CIA DIRECTOR MIKE FISCHER out the window, who explodes shortly
thereafter)

CIA GUY:
"Wow, you saved us! That wasn’t CIA DIRECTOR MIKE FISCHER, but was
instead a clone with scientifically manufactured DNA which explodes at
a predetermined time!"
ARNOLD: "I know."
THE REAL CIA DIRECTOR MIKE FISCHER: (Exiting his office)
"And here I was in my office the entire time! Good thing you’re here,
ARNOLD, I’ve been meaning to tell you that you’re late, you’ve done it
again, you’re a loose cannon, and you’re fired."
ARNOLD: "CIA-you later, creep!"
THE REAL CIA DIRECTOR MIKE FISCHER: "You’ve already used that catch phrase."

SCENE TWO: ARNOLD’S HOME
(Enter ARNOLD from the front door, which should be placed on or near
the front of the house)
ARNOLD:
"I cannot believe I’ve been framed for a crime I didn’t commit. I
wonder where my wife is." (Phone rings) "Hello?"
GUY ON PHONE:
"Your wife has been kidnapped by us terrorists who are planning on
cloning her DNA and turning her into millions of ticking time bombs of
destruction which will blow up the capital and various other famous
national landmarks which we will list once we get access to a Google map."
ARNOLD: (Thinking deeply) "You’ll pay for this!"
GUY ON PHONE: "Muuuhaha,
I doubt that! What can one man do? We’re a terrorist army of thousands!"
ARNOLD:
"I’ll defeat you and kill you all and get my wife back before you can
turn her into a ticking time bomb of destruction!"
GUY ON PHONE: (Talking to people in the background) "Oh shit, we never planned on that!"
(Hangs up)

ARNOLD: (In a very serious tone of voice) "Time to pay the piper! It’s Arbor Day."                                 
(Gets into some type of vehicle which has multiple mounted artillery
cannons and tinted windows)

SCENE THREE: THE HIGHWAY
(ARNOLD
destroys 14 terrorist jeeps, four terrorist trucks, three terrorist
helicopters, one municipal building, an ambulance which was carrying an
injured terrorist to the ER, and a schoolbus transporting a terrorist’s
niece)
ARNOLD:"Have a pleasant afternoon."

SCENE FOUR: THE TERRORIST’S HIDEOUT
(If you have a big budget, please make this something cool like an
underground magic labyrinth or floating base. If you don’t have any
cash left, use an abandoned poetry house)
HEAD TERRORIST: "With your DNA, I shall RULE THE WORLD!!!"
SECOND-IN-COMMAND
TERRORIST WHO HAS A DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT SKIN COLOR THAN THE MAIN
TERRORIST SO WE DON’T GET SUED FOR RACISM:
"Look!"                                 
(Points to the human-sized air duct, which suddenly emits smoke)

THIRD-IN-COMMAND TERRORIST WHO IS YET ANOTHER NATIONALITY JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON’T GET SUED:
"Everybody shoot the human-sized air duct! There must be an intruder in
there!"
(They all shoot at the air duct)

ARNOLD: (Bursting
through the floor panels which he got to by crawling through the
human-sized water sewage disposal system. Shoots and kills all the
terrorists in the room)
                                 "Tree down, one to go."
SULTRY ANNE BOSOMS: "Uh,
no, you actually just killed them all. There aren’t any more
terrorists. There were only three left."
ARNOLD: "You don’t want to STICK with this BRANCH of terrorism, eh? HA HA."
SULTRY ANNE BOSOMS: "Oh, what an Arbor Day!"
(Comedic faint aimed at appealing to the under-12 year old-demographic)

SCENE FIVE: ARNOLD’S HOME
(He and his wife are resting comfortably on the couch. Dick Clark is on
television, broadcasting from the world famous National Arbor Day
celebration at the capitol)
DICK CLARK: "…and this truly was an Arbor Day to remember."
ARNOLD AND SULTRY ANNE BOSOMS IN UNISON: "You got that right! Ha ha ha ha!"
(Telephone rings)

THE REAL CIA DIRECTOR MIKE FISCHER: (On phone) "Hello
Arnold? We heard about that great job you did on the multiracial
terrorists who were planning on blowing up the world! We’d like to give
you your job back and supply you with enough promotions to essentially
bestow upon you the ranking of Jesus Christ in this organization."
ARNOLD: "You can take your job and SHOVEL it."
(Hangs up)

ARNOLD AND SULTRY ANNE BOSOMS IN UNISON: "Ha ha ha ha."
SULTRY ANNE BOSOMS: "I didn’t get that last joke."

THE
END; FADE TO BLACK OR POSSIBLY A LIGHTER COLOR IF BLACK CANNOT BE
AFFORDED

Well,
that’s it. I hope you enjoyed the exclusive script of "Arbor Day." If
you didn’t, I really don’t care because it’s not like I’m charging
$100,000 or anything. That’s just insane. However, if you’d like to pay
me $100,000 ,  I’d be more than willing to accept it.