It's Friday and for many of you the start of a long weekend. I will be celebrating Canada Day on Monday and apparently many Americans will be doing the same. It's great to have such close neighbours.
Segway to a story I was sent today, a story about NASCAR. Now don't get me wrong. I like to watch vehicles drive in circles for hours as much as the next guy, but I don't want to visit a huge grandstand filled to overflowing with men who are averse to wearing shirts and to bathing. Anyway, that behind us, this story was about a NASCAR team that was sponsored by The Passion of the Christ. This seemed like a completely ridiculous sponsorship until I remembered that Scientology also sponsors a NASCAR team. The car has a flamboyant Dianetics advertisement on the hood. All it is missing is Tom Cruise behind the wheel doing his best Days of Thunder impression and Katie Holmes looking dazed and confused while someone tries to explain the intricate rules of a NASCAR race.
What if World of Warcraft or any MMOG for that matter had car racing complete with sponsorships? I can see the movie title now, "Days of Thunder Bluff". Hundreds of characters with hundreds of variations of the name Tom Cruise would be running around. The sponsors, oh the sponsors! Forget Budweiser, we have Rhapsody Malt, Thunderbrew and Evershine. There is already a racetrack in Shimmering Flats. Let's slap some decals on our mounts and get to business! It only makes sense that my wolf mount would be sponsored by Boomstick's Imports.
What would make a great NASCAR sponsor in the MMOG you play? Discuss!
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Now on to the real world. You can't make this stuff up.
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MacBook Fixed Using Origami [Thanks Matt]
Still unable to fold paper into the shape of a right-click. -
Manchester United Players To Get GPS Microchip Injections [Thanks Matt]
In other news, their soma ration has been increased from three grams to two grams. -
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If only he had stuck to the low technology like that used to launch the shuttle or stick the heat absorbing tiles to its sides. -
Operation Removes Lightbulb From Anus [Thanks Matt]
Unclear whether anus is in reference to the body part or the person.
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