Red Bull has nothing on these guys

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I've no idea what the drink tastes like. It could taste somewhere between pig swill and rodent urine for all I know. But I do know that diet coke burns the nose when you snort-laugh while drinking it. Because that's what this commercial made me do. This blue Cuckoo is the best product mascot since... no, wait. Hostile Blue Scottish Cuckoo is officially the best product mascot ever. *Note: This commercial was deemed offensive to Glaswegians and the company redubbed it with a posh English accent and pansy lyrics at one point, without changing the video. Which was even funnier, in a sort of way. But the public complaints about the changed version far exceeded the original version, so they happily switched it back.
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Another American Export

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You, sir, are an idiotI'm sitting in a hotel in Basel, Switzerland, a city which traces its history back to the Roman Empire and beyond. A city which boasts the oldest university in Switzerland, and which is famous for its cultural appreciation and plethora of art museums. Judge Judy is on TV. *shudder* Seriously, Swiss people. All of American television is laid out before you to choose from, and Judge Judy Sheindlin is the best you can come up with? I'd rather take a Joey re-run in the eye than watch Judge Judy. Oh wait... commercial break's over. Back to the Judge.
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"Tell it to the one legged man so he can bump it off down the road"

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Last night I rented SlevinLucky Number Slevin Yeah, ok, so it's super violent, and decidedly grim. But it's also smart and funny, with some excellent performances by a outstanding cast (Joshua Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman & Bruce Willis. Ok, so Lucy Liu was enough to get me to pick it up off the shelf, but the rest are distracting enough when she's not on screen). To understand why I liked this movie so much, you have to understand that one of my other favorite movies of all time is Payback, another exceptionally violent, but smart film (though I still think Payback is the better of the two). It's not the violence that is so appealling (I'm not sick, you know), it's the kind of witty interchange of smart humor overlaid on a very violent underworld that is surreal, and like a humor multiplier. Think I'm off my rocker? Liar. You liked Pulp Fiction, so you know what I'm talking about. This is like Pulp Fiction's younger cousin. Not quite as big, but worth hanging out with. Go rent it.
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