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India-Pakistan
International inspectors visits Pakistan fertilizer plant
2003-04-30
IRNA -- A three-member team of international inspectors visited a fertilizer factory in Karachi on Tuesday to verify that it is not producing chemical weapons, a Foreign Office official said.
"Whoa! What's that smell? Smells like..."
"Fertilizer."
"Thank God! I thought it was Baluchi cooking!"
"This is absolutely a routine check. Pakistan allowed them to come here because we have nothing to hide," Foreign Ministry official Tipu Sultan told reporters at the Fauji Jordan Fertilizer plant in the port city of Karachi.
Tipoo Sultan? He's back? Cheeze. You just can't keep these guys killed. That was 200 years ago...
Security was tight for the team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as several religious, political parties criticized the inspection and some described it similar to that of Iraq. But the Foreign office official Sultan said it is not fair judgement to match them to the U.N. inspections in Iraq. "This inspection will benefit Pakistan by endorsing its credibility as a member state of the Chemical Weapons Convention," Sultan said.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#13  ..Brilliant political commentary AND MST3K fans....this has got to be THE greatest blog on the planet.
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2003-05-01 00:21:15  

#12  You've all failed to mention the all-time, worst science-fiction (shudder - kinda, sorta) flick ever made, "When Worlds Collide". It's so bad it's condsidered a classic, must-see film by which all others are to be judged. I'll swear the props were made of cardboard - and it shows!
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-04-30 19:52:56  

#11  Servo: "Well, that explains the condition of the carpet."

[rim shot]
Posted by: FormerLiberal   2003-04-30 14:58:27  

#10  Sorry FormerLiberal...you should get the hat-tip....er I mean blame.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-04-30 14:37:55  

#9  Oh - for the record, there is no right answer. It's a line that got buried by other dialogue and was missed entirely. Have fun!
Posted by: FormerLiberal   2003-04-30 14:15:55  

#8  Your chance to remark!

Torgo: "The dog goes where the master goes."

Bots: [fill in the blank, folks!]
Posted by: FormerLiberal   2003-04-30 13:05:57  

#7  Thanks Steve, I had almost erased Manos, Hands of Fate from my memory until you broght it up. All those years of therapy wasted! Joel and the bots were never the same either.
"Press the button Frank"
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-04-30 12:55:56  

#6  Hey, yeah... And what about "The Forbidden zone" starring (sort of, starring, if any acting was going on on anyone's part) Herve Vilachaise (sp?) as the emperor and Danny Elfman as Satan?
Posted by: Tadderly   2003-04-30 11:49:41  

#5  You mean it displaceed "Plan 9 from Outer Space"?
Posted by: Fred   2003-04-30 11:47:07  

#4  FormerLiberal: I can see you siting home with your black robes with big red hands on them, typing away, waiting for the slow motion chick-fight to ensue. *sigh* That movie hurt me on so many levels.
Posted by: Tadderly   2003-04-30 11:36:28  

#3  Steve:

Either you're quick with Google, or you're another MST3k fan. In either case, excellent!
Posted by: FormerLiberal   2003-04-30 11:19:39  

#2  Harold "Hal" Warren, a fertilizer salesman in El Paso wrote, directed, and starred in "Manos" The Hands of Fate, a film that would come to be the yardstick by which all bad movies are measured.
Posted by: Steve   2003-04-30 11:16:33  

#1  In fake news today:

4/30/2003
IRNA -- A three-member team of international inspectors visited a fertilizer factory in Karachi on Tuesday to verify that it is not producing chemical weapons, a Foreign Office official said. "It is, however producing very bad movies. We have recovered two reels of some mess called 'Manos: The Hands of Fate.'"

Okay - that's a joke relying on an extremely obscure reference. Pat yerself on the back if you figure it out!
Posted by: FormerLiberal   2003-04-30 11:07:58  

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