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When Greenpeace mobilized to protest nuclear energy at a recent appearance by President Bush to promote his nuclear energy policy, they forgot to fill in all the boiler-plate.
From the Greenpeace anti-nuclear-armageddon flier. Capitals and brackets are theirs:
- In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE]."
I recognize this technique: it's the same tact I take in blogging when I can't think of the post's token witticism.
Okay, guys, it's fun time! Finish Greenpeace's sentence for them! Keep in mind that there have been remarkably few nuclear disasters since Chernobyl, so make it as ridiculous as you can. For example: "In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly fifty mutated giant ants let loose on the heartland of America." Only [FILL IN SOMETHING FUNNIER HERE].
Winner gets all sorts of babes.
Greenpeace's fill-in-the-blanks public relations meltdown [Philly.com]
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In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly 3,000,000 children born with extra thumbs.
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly 50 zombie related attacks on US soil. 5 of which have yet to be resolved completely and have resulted in the loss of Alabama and Kentucky to their forces. These incidents cannot continue Mr. Bush!
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, Nick Denton has risen to power and rules the world with an iron fist. With a foot proudly standing upon the trash-heap known as boingboing he he surveys his new empire.
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly as many 3-eyed fish born as 2-eyed.
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, half the children born have been of below-average intelligence!
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [not enough orders placed for glow-in-the-dark mail-order russian children.]
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly 20 nuclear warheads sold by private Russian citizens to world terrorist organisations.
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly 5 leap years.
that's funny. it's actually similar to what focus on the family is doing with editorial letters. you can go to their website, chose some paragraphes from drop down menues, and VOILA, you have an "original" letter to send to the editor of your local newspaper, letting them know that in the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, gay people been fuckin' all over the place, and now they want to be thought of as actual people with valid relationships.
Erin writes:
"How about giving out Science Award Certificates? I have enough babes, as I am one.
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly 1,400 people buried alive in fat-free mayo-slides."
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [8.7 billion brain-shattering mispronunciations of the word "nuclear," of which 627 million were uttered by the current U.S. President.]
-Thanks for the login invite, Ben!
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly a billion Christians worldwide who still believe that a magical deity will ride a horse into our atmosphere and kill everyone on the planet but themselves.
In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, every single member of greenpeace has been brain damaged by the radiation.