Woody Allen has called some of these pieces “quite funny”.
Fidel Castro’s recent surprising comment on the popcultural icon ìPopeye†(the Sailorman) has in recent weeks spawned a spate of copycat remarks from leaders across the globe, who cite some of their own cultural influences. The following are some highlights:
The question of how language came into being has always been among the great puzzles of history. Who spoke first? we ask ourselves. Was there a first word? Did it have “meaning� Paleo-linguists have long speculated what the earliest attempts at language might have sounded like, and anthropologist at Caltech have even created a computer model to simulate the air traveling through the oddly configured jaw of Paleolithic man.
The imminent revocation of Pluto’s planetary status has stunned people the world over. Perhaps hardest hit by the news were fourth-graders recently required to memorize all nine planets, including Pluto, although scattered dioramas have already telegraphed a tacit acceptance of the new, abbreviated Solar System.
