Hot Chilli and Putin
September 29, 2008
There’s a gas shortage in Georgia, the government is bailing out the banks, and Russia wants to take over the world.
But here’s the most troubling news: You can die from eating chilli. A man who was studying to be a chef in London died after eating incredibly hot chilli in a contest. His girlfriend said he went to bed and started itching all over and when she woke up the next morning he was dead. Imagine that, a chilli so hot it could literally kill you.
I’ve never understood some people’s infatuation with eating the hottest thing they can put in their mouth. My Dad is that way. He doesn’t think food is good until it makes him sweat from being so spicy. I have seen him eat a jar full of jalapenos in one sitting just to see if he could. I, on the other hand, have absolutely no desire to eat something so spicy it could melt paint. I like to taste and enjoy my food, and if I’m busy dousing my tongue in anything liquid on the table I can’t really enjoy my food. I eat by the motto: “If I could die by eating this, then I shouldn’t eat it.”
On a lighter note, Russia really does want to take over the world. I think Vladimir Putin is secretly building the Death Star in a basement apartment in Moscow and is waiting on approval from the Emperor to put it into action. This guy has some serious issues. In a story in the Global Politician Putin has even taken to re-writing history to further his cause:
The new textbooks he has commissioned and closely overseen erase the mass murders and concentration camps of the Stalin era and view the Cold War as a plot by a hostile America to destroy the USSR. Regarding the Middle East, the whole story of Moscow’s own machinations is omitted and students are falsely told that the UN branded Israel as an “aggressor” in 1967, a war that the Soviet Union is largely responsible for starting.
It goes on to say that Putin views himself as the savior of Russia. I have a feeling this guy is going to be on our radar for a long time and I hope that Luke Skywalker can foil his plans before it gets too ugly.
Maybe he should give him some really spicy chilli.
