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News, but not the serious kind

Jun 11, 2011 06:17 EDT

Could you resist the temptation?

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Blog Guy, you seem to be dropping the ball on Stupid Sports, which used to be one of your main coverage areas. Come on, there must be SOMETHING goofy going on among the world’s athletes!

You’re right, this is the season for Traction Distraction Racing, and I have to say…

Sorry, back up a minute. What is Traction Distraction Racing?

Oh, as race cars speed around the track, drivers face sudden distractions. Like this drag racer in the photo above, going 116 miles per hour when he sees hot models in stiletto heels.

Looks like he made it past them without rolling over or crashing or anything, huh?

Well, just until their tops came off. Then there was a flaming six-car pile-up.

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Russia will get you….awesome shot! :D

Posted by fwd079 | Report as abusive
May 20, 2011 09:01 EDT

It’s called the sport of kings, your majesty

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Blog Guy, you haven’t written much about Britain’s royal family since the big wedding. Please fill us in on their activities this week.

Well, Queen Elizabeth, who loves horses, watched the Preakness. Here she is enjoying the thrilling spectacle, smiling because she’s happy to see a woman jockey in the lead.

Ah. Okay, did the queen do anything else interesting?

Yes, I believe she watched a beer.

She watched a beer?

Just for an hour or so. She seems easily entertained.

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Yup, and I am pretty sure those heeled loafers are from Russell and Bromley and they are for no less than a £100.. so, yeah, even if I liked them, i couldnt really afford them..

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Apr 11, 2011 09:30 EDT

Shooting through a glass, darkly…

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Johnson, get your butt into my office! You call yourself a news photographer?

Jeez, Boss, I thought I was doing better. What’s wrong?

I send you out to cover Formula One racing over the weekend, and you come back with shots of cars?

Look at this crap! Cars having wrecks, cars on fire, cars flying through the air…

But Boss! There was a 14-car pile-up! It was a bloodbath! Human body parts were strewn like so much shark chum around the track! What was I supposed to shoot?

You simpleton! You go to Formula One to shoot the drivers’ gorgeous girlfriends in aviator sunglasses! Nothing else!

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when u put it that way, malt.. well… ok then… :P

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Mar 26, 2011 07:29 EDT

Different spokes for different folks?

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Blog Guy, I have a question about bicycle racing. I saw pictures recently where it looked like the tires the racers were using didn’t even have any spokes. Is that possible?

Yeah, maybe. Anything’s possible.

Really? That’s your answer? Where did you get such detailed, elaborate information?

From a spokesman.

Oh. I can’t argue with that, then.

Yes, you spoke too soon.

COMMENT

Guess what – those are bespoke bikes there.

Posted by Malteser | Report as abusive
Mar 24, 2011 09:42 EDT

Going out on a limb for readers?

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Blog Guy, are you still doing those fantasy shots for your blog readers?

Yes, if they are interesting and have some artistic value. What are you looking for?

I’d like a shot of eight or nine chicks with long, shapely legs to die for, wearing stiletto heels.

Are you out of your mind? This isn’t that kind of blog! There would be no news justification whatsoever for a shot like that.

Oh. Well, what would it take, then?

Minimum, I’ll need to have a race car in the shot, to show reflections off the polished chassis and the intricate tire tread patterns. Then it would be artistic.

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So cool. I was referring to the virgin car! :) )
Vietnam transfer

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