Beasts of Europe

The word “cat” does not appear once in the proposed European constitution, although there are five “animals.” Here‘s a search tool.

Snuck

I’ll bet no-one’s going to make jokes about English having become the official language of West Virginia.

Ruy blast

A deformed heap of dwarves
Cuts pourpoints in your coat of king;
And the imperial eagle, which, formerly, under your law,
Covered the whole world of thunder and flame,
Cuit, poor plucked bird, in their infamous pot!

Chit

A word of warning to Jacques Chirac.

Lumumba

Here, for no good reason, is a dog monster some of you will know – Lumumba the sheep dog:

Habemus poppadum

As the people of Africa prepare to give thanks for the life of the misogynistic, homophobic, hissing zombie who saved them from AIDS, some of Calle Carmen’s sharpest minds are said to have spent last night in a Punjabi curry house, planning to raid the remains, pope them in the popmobile, and give the man…