Recent Comments
Tag Archives: Europe
True Facts: Trees
By Smaktakula Much like Rock & Roll or the armadillo, all terrestrial plant life originated in the Americas. Prior to Columbus’ journey to the New World in 1492, the known world–Asia, Africa and Europe–was a vast, lifeless desert dotted here … Continue reading
Posted in History, Stupidity
Tagged Africa, Asia, Christopher Columbus, Europe, flora, India, New World, North America, outright lies, Rock & Roll, South America, trees, true facts, vegetation, Were you still using that?
Leave a comment
Protest Well Done
By Smaktakula Long thought the exclusive purview of irksome Buddhist monks, the art of self-immolation has seen a recent resurgence in a region heretofore unknown for the incendiary form of protest–North Africa. Self-immolation, in which a person sets himself afire, … Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics
Tagged album covers, Algeria, Buddhism, burning, burning convictions, Burning Man Revolution, death by fire, Egypt, entitlements, Europe, hunger strikes, Mauritania, North Africa, Protesting Is Fun!, protests, pussies, Rage Against The Machine, sacrifice, self-immolation, suicide, talking the talk, Thich Quang Duc, things which are bummers, Tunisia, United States of America, Vietnam
3 Comments
Could You Be An Asshole? Beer
By Smaktakula If you find yourself uttering the tired line, “American beer is crap,” or some similar aspersion against domestic brew,* then–like it or not–you’re an asshole, and a pretentious one at that. While the typical mass-produced American beer tastes … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Stupidity
Tagged Beck's, beer, beer-based jingoism, Could you be an asshole?, domestic beer, douchebaggery, Europe, European beer, European cigarettes, Fat Tire, Firestone, foreign beer, France, French, Full Sale Ale, Gauloises, Germany, Jerry, knavery, Krauts, Marshall Plan, my country's beer right or wrong, pickled pig's piss is a delicacy in Europe, pretentious beer-drinkers, skunky beer, Smaktakula's alcoholic nationalism, stinky cigarettes, the French, the French people's love of stinky things, The Hun, things which taste like ass, United States of America
4 Comments
The Red Danube
By Smaktakula A red, seething mass of toxic sludge from an aluminium leak in Hungary has now reached the storied River Danube, Europe’s second longest river. The pH level of the Danube, which flows through 10 European countries, is 9.8 … Continue reading
