Congressman Jeff did not find this funny. In fact, after a campaign staffer for Fortenberry noticed Ari Kohen, a professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, had liked the photo posted by a local progressive blog, Fortenberry kicked up a real stink. He emailed the chair of Kohen's department, the dean and the chancellor of the university to complain which finally culminated in a conversation with the senator's chief of staff William Archer that went something like this: "I'm liking a photo," Kohen said. "What the photo represents is vandalism," Archer shot back. "So your argument," Kohen said, "is anything that I like on Facebook represents endorsement, by me, of the thing - not the post - but the thing that is happening in the world?" "Correct," Archer said. Archer then threatened to go public with a screengrab of Kohen's like. And Fortenberry himself weighed in, saying the sign is "disrespectful of civil discourse and free speech," and arguing that Kohen's like "sends a seriously wrong message" about vandalism. No mention of it being funny, as. (Via the Journal Star)
Horsing around with names
You may have noticed that racehorses sometimes have really odd names. This is for various reasons, mostly related to the rules of the sport, but one idea is to simply pick a name that sounds funny or is difficult to pronounce, usually just to annoy racing commentators. A horse bought by one of the writers of the film Airplane, David Zucker named All Pink. If that doesn't sound all that funny then get this; Zucker specifically instructed the jockey riding All Pink to hug the inside of the track so the commentator would have to keep saying the phrase "It's all pink on the inside".
Humourous cross stitch
