Thunderlips? No way, brother!

Didn't he also make several appearances on Saturday Night Live over the years under the screen name "Tim Kazurinski"?

I just remember he wasn't very funny. And remember how embarrased Kim Il Sung was when Li'l Kimmy went and made those "Police Academy" movies?

He may be the world's best golfer, but he needs to stop acting!

Does anyone else see something "recent" in these declarations? Remember the old Iraqi Information Minister fellow? You know.. he was the one in the interview saying that US Troops were nowhere near Baghdad while a plume of smoke from a 2000 pound bomb was going up behind him. Do we know for sure that he's not working in North Korea now? I had heard that he was toast, but that could have been misdirection.

Sure, that was Baghdad Bob. He's not dead, though; he's working for the Democrats, giving them economic information.

Ha! ... Man from Atlantis ... You and I obviously grew up watching the same television.

But I'm pretty sure you could have worked in a Hee Haw reference in there somewhere. There aren't enough Hee Haw references on this site.

I used to say "Oliver Willis is funny-- Hee Haw funny."

So, I've made a couple, way back when.

This is why I lust for you!

Anyone who can make me laugh this much needs to be spanked by a large-breasted woman. (I'm assuming that's what inspires you.)

Ace, if you pass up an offer like that, man, I will find you, and I will kick your ass. And I will do it on behalf of all men everywhere.

I think, on number 7, you meant "World-renowned philosopher..."

As I think about it, I wonder if press releases like this aren't viewed within North Korea as a subtle way to be subversive. It is so over-the-top that you wonder whether the writer isn't actually trying to embarrass the Dear Leader.

How would it be any less ridiculous if the release had said that Kim is known to bend steel with his bare hands, has super cold breath, and uses his heat vision to melt the missiles fired by the craven capitalists to the south? Which begs the question: just how out of touch is Kim? What kind of person would let something so patently ludicrous be published in their official news organ?

You might think so, David, but this kind of wacky worship of leaders is common in that part of the world. The legends about Kim Jong Il's father's accomplishments in the Korean War are exactly what you're talking about...and Koreans *loved* it! He supposedly threw pine cones at the "American aggressors" and they turned into grenades in mid-air and killed the enemy. I'm not making that up. They have a tradition of authority-worship in that region that is truly demented.

Brian B, alas, a whole continent separates us. Which, if you think about it, is better than INcontinence as the reason.

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