in the Christmas spirit
Dec. 8th, 2004 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
electriclandIn case not everyone has seen this morning's 24 Hours, may I present... the Beckham Nativity!
(Different picture here.)
Incidentally, 24 hours is decidedly the inferior of the two free dailies. Or of course their writers may be deliberately working out of the Monster Fun Book of Journalistic Cliches, waiting for the rest of us to get the joke. The bit that nearly made me snort coffee out my nose this morning was the last line in the articlet titled "Leo's skydiving horror" -- apparently we nearly lost Leonardo diCaprio to a malfunctioning parachute -- thus:
(Different picture here.)
Incidentally, 24 hours is decidedly the inferior of the two free dailies. Or of course their writers may be deliberately working out of the Monster Fun Book of Journalistic Cliches, waiting for the rest of us to get the joke. The bit that nearly made me snort coffee out my nose this morning was the last line in the articlet titled "Leo's skydiving horror" -- apparently we nearly lost Leonardo diCaprio to a malfunctioning parachute -- thus:
The handsome star revealed: "My life flashed before my eyes."
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Date: 2004-12-08 02:18 pm (UTC)So, who plays the Baby Jesus? Mackuley Calkin ala Home Alone?
While I did find it distasteful, they could have at least made it seem like celebrities were not IN the Nativity scene... geesh!
:D
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Date: 2004-12-08 02:23 pm (UTC)*snickers some more*
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Date: 2004-12-08 02:35 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-12-08 03:36 pm (UTC)That must have been a little dull. And badly-acted. I wonder if he starred as himself?
And, hee. Monster Fun Book.
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Date: 2004-12-08 04:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-09 12:59 am (UTC)Hm, malfunctioning parachutes. Now there's a thought. *evil grin*
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Date: 2004-12-09 12:26 pm (UTC)I have chosen 24 hours over Metro.
Because it's easier to turn the pages AND hold onto the bars on the train.
THAT's the important thing for me.
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Date: 2004-12-10 11:19 am (UTC)One of the nice things about living right at the end (beginning?) of the streetcar line is I always get a seat, so I don't need to worry about this.