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5 Naked Pictures Of My Mum

2 July 2009 - 11:32am — Harl Delos

We're advised that this sale was taken down by the auction site.

Sounds like a good way for a kid to get kicked out of the house, doesn't it?

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The Madonna Nudes

2 July 2009 - 10:55am — Harl Delos


Today, Brighton's Impure Art in London is opening the most important exhibit it's ever displayed. It's an exhibition of nudes by a 20-year-old Madonna - she's fifty now.

They describe themselves as "the most intriguing, controversial and sexy art gallery in the UK". The show runs through the 19th.

Madonna got $30 to pose for these pictures at Parsons School of Design in 1979. The prints are being offered for sale by photographer Martin Schreiber for $5572 each (3400 british pounds). Some of the pictures were published in the September 1985 Playboy, and in a 1990 book.

A Groucho Take

Whenever I hear of high prices for pictures of nekkid wimmen, I am reminded of the film "I Am Curious - Yellow", a foreign flick which was screened by daring theatres across the US about 1968 or so. At that time, it cost about 75c to see most movies, but admission to IACY was $5.

Groucho said that he went to see the movie, but when he got to the theatre, he saw the price, and went back home. He took off his clothes and stood before the mirror. It wasn't worth the $5, he decided.

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United's Grounded At O'Hare

2 July 2009 - 9:57am — Harl Delos


Just in time for the 4th of July weekend, a computer problem has grounded all United Air Lines at O'Hare today. Chicago is a major hub for United, so it is causing many problems system-wide.

O'Hare is known as ORD, because before being renamed for WWII pilot Butch O'Hare, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for "one of the most daring, if not the most daring, single action in the history of combat aviation", the airport was called "Orchard Field".

Terminal Swamped

According to WGN, it's backed up so bad that there's a crowd of about 2000 people standing outside the United terminal.

On their website, United is saying:

For travel at Chicago O’Hare: We are currently experiencing some delays and cancellations due to an airport check-in system issue. We advise customers to check-in on united.com, confirm the latest information on their flights, and allow extra time at the airport. We apologize for any inconvenience, and we are working to fix the issue.

There's an old joke among computer specialists that "to err is human, but to really fuck things up, you need a computer."

I'm told that among travel agents, the saying is "computers have problems, but to really fuck things up, you need United."

That's unkind, of course, and untrue. United may offer wretched air service, but nobody is worse than Northwest.

And to an old friend Jan "Fontwitch" Shrout, "Aren't you glad you're retired?" Jan used to be a slave for United at Detroit. Jan, if you see this, please give us a phone call.

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