Yeas & Nays

By: Editorial Board

Posted: 5/14/08

Yea to Ag-day in the quad featuring tractors, trailers and FFA kids walking around like Napoleon Dynamite. Flippin' Sweet!

Nay to everyone who still quotes that movie - except us. Ugh! Idiots!

Yea to cult-classic movies. We are the knights who say "Ni!"

Nay to a British man who, dressed as Darth Vader, surprise-attacked two other British men dressed as Jedi. You'll never believe this, but Vader was drunk.

Yea to the two Jedi, who were filming a documentary at the time, for staying in character and not retaliating because they were in a church. The Jedi Church.

Nay to The Jedi Church. We didn't think "Star Wars" geeks were worse than "Star Trek' geeks, but we were wrong. Of course, neither geek is worse than the "Lord of the Rings" geeks who walk around looking for "my precious."

Yea to Kevin Smith.

Nay to people who take movies too far. It's one thing to quote them non-stop, it's another to dress up like your favorite character, barge into the rival characters' gathering and ruin a documentary that no one will ever watch.

Yea to Furries, though. They are too funny not to yea.

Nay to the Australian politician who admitted to sniffing the chair of female co-worker. Unfortunately for the politician, the woman loved Taco Bell bean burritos.

Yea to people who have no common sense, like the two Texas men who are accused of digging up a body and using the skull as a bong. Their defense? The nose holes work great as a carburetor.

Nay to anybody that paused, for even a brief second, and thought, "Wait, I wonder if that would work?"

Yea to the construction at Goss. Nothing helps us concentrate on our naps better than a crane-sized jackhammer tearing though concrete, asphalt and our eardrums

Nay to a Malaysian thief who got into bed naked with the woman he was stealing from, pretending to be the woman's husband. Unconfirmed reports say she realized it wasn't the husband when the thief got into bed without trying to have sex with her.

Yea to every person caught driving a lawn mower drunk. Police recently cited a New York man with felony driving while intoxicated, aggravated unlicensed operation and rampant stupidity. He now faces a lifetime sentence of shame and embarrassment.

Nay to the act of tossing M&M's at cops now classified as assaulting a police officer in Des Moines, Iowa. Is there anything less painful both physically and emotionally than getting hit by an M&M?

Yea to the Barometer staff. We are currently accepting any and all M&M donations, namely peanut butter. In the 12.7 oz package. Nine of them.

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