Let Them Eat Rat Cheese
Normally, I pay as little attention as possible to Heather Mills, the annoying woman who married Paul McCartney. But she kind of went off the deep end the other day, being quoted as saying: "There are many other kinds of milk available. Why don't we try drinking rats' milk and dogs' milk?" Was it an attempt at a joke? Well, it isn't really very funny and she has been acting more than a bit odd lately. Who knows? But the Telegraph has more than a bit of fun with it today. They point out that the last high-profile mention of rat's milk was in the cartoon television series The Simpsons.
Heather Mills McCartney has become the most high profile ambassador for rats' milk since Springfield mobster Fat Tony tried to feed it to Bart Simpson and his classmates.
In that episode of The Simpsons, Fat Tony's underhanded plan was foiled after it was uncovered by Homer.
They then point to yet another elaborate hoax website, The Federation of Rodent Cheesemakers. Somebody with far too much time on their hands has come up with a 'history' of rat cheesemaking and and offer to sell said cheese - except that health codes prohibit them from actually shipping the cheese - so they offer to eat it for you.
Please note that due to health and safety restrictions this cheese cannot be shipped out. However, we will eat the cheese for you and send you a personalised email describing the entire gastronomic experience in lavish detail.
My guess is that this is some artist's bit of web-based performance art. The company that put the site together works with quite a few artists.
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Blue Crab Boulevard » Defending The Indefensible — Thursday, 22 November , 2007 @ 8:48 pm
By Homer Simpson, Wednesday, 21 November , 2007 @ 1:59 pm
Mmmmm, rat milk.
By NortonPete, Wednesday, 21 November , 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Would it be possible to headline a story about how a wayward turkey somehow saves a small child lost in the woods?
You could take a “NY Times or Reuters writer’s mulligan” and just plain make up a story.
Happy Thanksgiving All.
By Maggie, Wednesday, 21 November , 2007 @ 9:46 pm
Can Paul still have this broad committed?