Conan O’Brien Hates Your Country

Conan O’Brien is the host of NBC’s show Late Nite and apparently is insulting all countries in the world. See this webpage:

Awhile ago, Conan did a bit where he showed fake Euro coins. One of those coins made fun of the Ukraine, which provoked a lot of angry letters. Here’s the interesting part: those letters were from the Ukraine. Conan had no idea that Late Night was aired in the Ukraine, and began to wonder where else he was on. You would think he could just ask NBC, but they won’t tell him, because then they’d have to pay him more.

There is just one way to find out, and that is to viciously insult every nation in the world, and see which ones he gets letters from.

Some example insults:

Afghanistan
The bad news is, there’s a new article about everyone farming opium.
The good news is, you can’t read.

Angola
Hey, call me when your life expectancy catches up with your inflation rate.

Brazil
Home to more than 800 species of unregulated breast implants.

India
A nation so richly diverse, you can walk into a single neighborhood and find cholera, dengue fever, malaria, typhoid, and plague.

See the whole list. Very funny.

Serious thought: If you really took the trouble to find out why each insult there was funny, you would be more knowledgeable about world affairs than most other people in the world.

Do you own too much “stuff”?

Paul Graham complains that too many people spend too much time, money and effort accumulating too much “stuff” that is ultimately, not very useful. This stuff is not just worthless, it’s worse.

In fact, worse than worthless, because once you’ve accumulated a certain amount of stuff, it starts to own you rather than the other way around. I know of one couple who couldn’t retire to the town they preferred because they couldn’t afford a place there big enough for all their stuff. Their house isn’t theirs; it’s their stuff’s.

See full article.

How does Aamir Khan choose movies

Aamir Khan on why he chose to do Fanaa:

Remember that scene from FANAA when I am badly injured, lost in a blizzard, stumbling along half dead, when I spot a house. I need to survive because I still need to complete my mission. So I go towards the house for shelter and help. I bang on the door in desperation. The door is opened and it is opened by …..!!!… the BLIND girl I fell in love with and then ditched 7 seven years ago!!! Only now she has eyes! And I know that, because that is the last thing I did for her before disappearing from her life! She looks at me and screems my name!!! No way!!!?? How can she recognise me?!!! She was blind when she knew me! She had never seen me! She has eyes now but how is it possible that she has recognised me???!!!!! Is all this really happening? Am I hallucinating? – I am processing all this as I am collapsing and passing out and then – from behind the door a 6 year old boy comes running…!!! So thats the Rehan who she was screeming for!!! Oh GOD… then… thats… probably… my… son!!!!!!!!!!! Swoosh… and I pass out.

Where else will I get a scene like this as an actor? Which kind of film will give me the chance to perform this kind of moment? It certainly cant be a film like RDB. Only a film like FANAA will have in it a moment like this. I love it.

See full article on his blog, it’s quite interesting.