I'm more than a little upset this morning. While checking the news, I discovered that I apparently missed a huge international event in Serbia, the World Testicle Cooking Championship. When it comes to reporting the news on this blog, checking the facts is very important. We can make up stuff with the best of them, but I know the way things go around here. The day we make something up, invent a story, lie to the public, will be the day we win the Pulitzer; then I'll really be in some hot water. It's like George W. Bush ... he wasn't planning to be the President; he got fucked up in the French Quarter one night and his brother bet him that a dumbass like him couldn't get elected President. Look what happened. So, I tell our staff of writers nearly every day, "This is not the Weekly World News."
So, I'm really pissed when I see that we were scooped on this contest where testicles are cooked up. After all, Milan Kraguljac is stationed in Serbia. Okay, Milan was deported a few years ago ... so what? It was a plea bargain.
Anyway, I check some other reliable sources in the news media, like the Daily Times, the "new voice for a new Pakistan." Sure enough, back in April, 2004, the story shows up. What the fuck?
My faith in other journalists is once more dashed. I'm beginning to think that I will rely on the Weekly World News.
Posted by Bill at September 6, 2005 08:56 AMWe once translated a paper for a Frenchman, a get rich scheme which involved posting dried testicles to the US. I remember that you had to be careful to dry them correctly or they would shrink and underwieght testicles were unacceptable; Don't ask me where he was getting them from.
Posted by: Anji at September 6, 2005 11:56 AMI had chicken livers in Beograd once. The chopska salad they served with it glowed in the dark. Spooky....
Posted by: Joel at September 8, 2005 03:25 AMSteaming plates of calf fries served with a side of cream gravy is one of the five major food groups in Cowtown...
"Big Balls in Cowtown, we'll all go down" (bad, bad ...the verse refers to DANCES.)
Uh huh
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at September 12, 2005 10:24 PM