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Police in Eastern Romania were engaged in a routine roadside vehicle check when they pulled over - guess who? Robert de Niro.

However closer scrutiny revealed that the ‘Star’ had forged ID papers.

Flash car, designer suit and sunglasses aside, police say they smelled a rat when the ‘Celebrity’ spoke with a marked Central European accent.

“We guessed that Robert de Niro would not be driving alone around this remote part of the country”, said a police spokesperson. “And he just didn’t sound right.”

It was revealed later that the crook has been providing fake IDs to people from Modolva who want to work in Western Europe. I wonder what their IDs were? Dennis Hopper? Bela Lugosi? Maybe the Modolvans, or Modolvanians (where the heck is Modolva?) don’t get many movies.

If I were to get a false ID of this calibre, it would be my luck to pick up the papers for Phyllis Diller.

Jenny has tagged me with a meme. Four Things. I am not going to do all of it but picked out three of the things

Four movies I can watch over and over

• Blade Runner,
• Dark City,
• 13th Floor,
• 12 Chairs

Four TV Shows I love

• Dr Who
  Every Dr Who that ever was (especially John Pertwee). Now David Tennant carries on the great tradition. Delightful.
• Spooks
  “They do not exist, you will never know their names, and they are all that stand between you and those who would do your country harm.” Frightening.
• The Eagle - Ørnen From Denmark. An Icelandic inspector in the Danish police force, is named chief constable of a new task force to help solve international crime. Along with a team of talented and diverse investigators he handles explosive and complex cases. Gripping.
• Kommissar Rex From Austria. Rex was stolen by criminals as a pup, but managed to escape and befriend a boy, where he helped to solve his first criminal case. Rex has an uncanny penchant for ham rolls, “Wurstsemmeln”, and catching criminals. Hilarious.

Four sites I visit daily

• Theme Lab
• Our Great Southern Land
• Blurb from the Burbs
• Mama Flo’s Place

Now the trick is to find 4 other people who are mad enough to play this ……..

These two young men are putting on the ritz (and the heavy make-up) to face the judges. The competition is fierce in the annual Beauty Contest for the title of ‘Mr Sahara’.

Male beauty is a prized asset among the Wodabe tribe which inhabits the fringes of the Sahara.

What is male beauty anyway? Good health which shows in bright eyes, clear skin and strong white teeth. These boys have all that.

They’re also nice and tall like my original Hunk de Jour in an earlier post.

The mothers in Niger begin the beautifying process in a boy’s early infancy, they pull and stretch the little arms and legs out, ensuring long and slender limbs in adulthood.

Sounds a trifle screwy to me, I can’t imagine it working, but who am I to argue with generations of doting Wodabe mothers?

President Bush has spent a lot of time telling us all that Iran is part of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and imposing sanctions on the country. At the same time U.S. exports are soaring. They have increased more than tenfold since Bush has been in the White House.

America sent more cigarettes to Iran, at least $158 million worth under Bush, than any other products. They smoke a lot of cigarettes in Iran. And wear a lot of cosmetics too.

Exports include brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics, fur clothing, sculptures, perfume, musical instruments and various assorted weapons. Fur clothing? I must be missing something here, I thought Iran was mainly desert. Read more… »