Satire
makes the world go around!
Contributor,
n. In journalism, a patron
of the waste-basket, who keeps the editors suppled with postage stamps
which he thoughtfully encloses for the return of his rejected favors.
Fib, n.
A lie that has not cut its teeth.
Optimist,
n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.
Definitions taken from: The
Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce (Penguin Books Great
Britain, 1967)
Around
the World
Schools in Vitoria da Conquista in Brazil are embedding microchips in
school uniforms to monitor the whereabouts of their students. Parents
receive a text message when their children arrive at school and if
they’re late to classes.
Source: The Week 30 March-5 April 2012
A wedding ring swallowed by a calf three years ago has turned up on the
butcher’s block …. A calf sucked the ring off a man’s finger in
2009 at a dairy farm. The ring is as good as new.
Source:
The Week 24 February- 1 March 2012
Editor’s comment: The ring may be ‘as good
as new’, but what about the animal!
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