Today WLBOTT received a strongly worded email from the Far Eastern Electronic Toll Collection. We initially assumed the email was from our loyal followers from mainland China, since they represent the majority of our visitors. However, the email references both yuan (mainland China) and NT (Taiwan). The note also refers to the FETC, which is […]
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Shredder Drama
Fred, our Intern Penitent, was assigned office cleanup by the WLBOTT Elders. As you recall, Fred was banished to WLBOTT HQ by Sister Magdalena as penance for leading the Whoopee Cushion Riots. Before we get into our crisis du jour, a note about WLBOTT. We prefer cash. As part of our year-end financial review, we […]
Recently six of our Supreme Court Justices toured the Alligator Alcatraz facility in central Florida. What most impressed them was the gift shop! They were also taken with the attention to detail given the “time-out” rooms for the guests. Upon returning to D.C., these six esteemed members of this august body granted access to the […]
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Peas, Please
[ed. note: thanks to Elder DZ for his folklore contribution to today’s blott.] At WLBOTT, we keep a team of unpaid interns working the graveyard shift. They busy themselves by using the “Random Article” feature of Wikipedia, prospecting for WLBOTT blott topics. The Patent There Was Drama (Elder G’s Research) Pea-harvester patents – and they’re […]
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An Icelandic Getaway
Elder JimZim has been scouting locations for our upcoming mandatory WLBOTT Work/Life Balance team building exercise. Key considerations: Elder JimZim sent me this delightful venue: A little clarification was required…. Miss Iceland Another key consideration was that our mandatory Work/Life Balance team building exercise coincide with the Miss Iceland competition. WLBOTT is sponsoring Ingibjörg Twinedóttir […]
We’ve loved this song for many years, but only yesterday realized that Red is the Rose is based on the melody of Loch Loman. Red is the RoseRed is the rose that in yonder garden grows,And fair is the lily of the valley;Clear is the water that flows from the BoyneBut my love is fairer […]
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Poor Oligarchs? Imagine being an oligarch in russia right now. Putin wants an even bigger cut of the money you’ve been stealing for decades. His “three day special military operation” is in it’s fourth year, you’ve been banned from all the luxury resorts around the world, your mistresses are […]
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The Caspian Sea
“We do due”– Diligence, Compliance Officer WLBOTT As part of our in-depth “research” for the Tehran The Mini-Burka™ shoe line blott, we looked into the nearby Caspian and Aral Seas. As if we needed another reason to hate the former Soviet Union – those guys created a massive ecological disaster involving the Caspian and Aral […]
Avoidable suffering is tragic, especially when it is caused by brutal and callus regimes. But sometimes stupidity is a big player. Something like bowler hats…. We were reading recently reading an article from Radio Free Europe about a predicted water shortage in Tehran of apocalyptic proportions. Time to study up on Tehran…. Tehran is the […]
In our recent blott about Pippi Longstocking and the real-life Swedish sailor-turned-South Sea Island King, we wondered if WLBOTT should include Papua New Guinea and Twine Tour destination. Then we recalled that, long ago, we read a book about Kuru and other prion diseases (can’t recall the title). Kuru is a very weird (and 100% […]