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I'm Late, I'm Late, For A Very Important Date

The recipe for a bloodless coup.
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I'm reasonably certain we could entice Saddam away from his cosy situation in Iraq.

All we need is a blanket immunity and a team of milliners (hatmakers). I don't know whether I'm the only one who's noticed, but he wears some seriously weird hats.

Perhaps a weekly, international competition, to design hats for him?

First prize each week could be several million US dollars, collected from the entry fees.

UnaBubba, Feb 26 2003

(?) I'm late, I'm late... http://gbeare.membe....net/background.htm
[jurist, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

Tea Party http://www.numberwa...uk/mad%20hatter.gif
If the Mad Hatter is Hussein, then is the White Rabbit Britain, the hedgehog Spain, and Alice the United States? That can't be right. [jurist, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

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       Could this idea be classified as a weapon of mass distraction?
sufc, Feb 26 2003
  

       Oh yeah.
UnaBubba, Feb 26 2003
  

       So, if we dress marines as white rabbits and make Bush wear a gingham dress...
st3f, Feb 26 2003
  

       A popular comic strip in the Los Angeles Times today depicted a math teacher in front of his classroom explaining that in spite of the fact that Portland schools were going to have to close several weeks early this year because of a 9.5 million dollar budget shortfall, the US government was going to go ahead and spend a minimum of 50 billion dollars to wage war against Saddam Hussein. The math teacher just shook his head when a student volunteered "That's like a hundred times more than what we need!" (sotto voce: In case you missed the funny part, the student incorrectly estimated the disparity by a factor of 50+. Thus, the math teacher cringed.)   

       This reminded me of a comic's wisecrack that I recently heard in which he lampooned the size of the US military budget. "Considering the amount of money we spend on the military instead of education", he said, "is it any wonder that we have smart bombs and stupid children?"   

       I hope we never get to the point where we consider taking up collections for Saddam's hats. I'm far more concerned that we have already missed all the "important dates".
jurist, Feb 26 2003
  

       's true, jurist - talking with a friend tonight, she said SMCC has dropped 115 classes due to State budget cuts.
I bet Saddam would like a Propeller Hat

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thumbwax, Feb 26 2003
  

       Seriously serious moustaches as well (as 'wax picks out so well in his graphic). I wonder whether the UN inspectors have looked in there yet.
PeterSilly, Feb 26 2003
  

       I don't think hommous counts as a WMD, unless laced with botulism.
UnaBubba, Feb 26 2003
  

       All we are saying
Give chickpeas a chance
thumbwax, Feb 26 2003
  

       I'm sure that botulism is used in botox treatment - maybe we should be looking out for Saddam and his cronies with big fat lips... hidden underneath moustaches...   

       (later: [UB]: Oops So I am.)
Jinbish, Feb 26 2003
  

       Julia Roberts?   

       Botox is used for removing wrinkles. You are tinking of collagen injections, for the bee-stung lips look. And Methuselah begat...
UnaBubba, Feb 26 2003
  

       I think he'd look smashing in a nice straw boater, or perhaps a leather newsboy cap.
waugsqueke, Feb 26 2003
  

       Nah, that was "receipt for a bloodless coup", as pictured in the Hatter's hatband in my second link. UnaBubba knows that recipes aren't allowed in the halfbakery. (We're like Coca-Cola, in that respect.)
jurist, Feb 26 2003
  

       Unless it's a recipe for Rats' Asserole.
UnaBubba, Feb 26 2003
  

       Just lean over the lawn, and yawn.
UnaBubba, Feb 26 2003
  

       Then wing it.
FarmerJohn, Feb 26 2003
  

       Just one more WMD wordplay? Oh please? Well I'm going to anyway, so there.   

       Weapon of Millinery Distraction.
egbert, Feb 26 2003
  

       Wigs of Mass Destruction?
PeterSilly, Feb 26 2003
  

       Weapon of Ass Destruction: 5-alarm chili
RayfordSteele, Feb 26 2003
  
      
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