Laptops Banned as Politicians Play Games, View ‘Pictures’

Gizmodo US Edition — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:29:00 +0000

Laptops have been banned at the Bhutan parliament because, according to the speaker of their national assembly, “the members can be distracted playing games and viewing pictures.”

Apparently, Bhutanese politicians are addicted to computer gaming and “pictures,” whatever that may be. They have protested, arguing that laptops are more convenient than carrying around bundles of papers, but they would have to go back to the porn mags and real poker cards. [Reuters via South Asia Biz]

ThunderCats Were Loose On Palace of Westminster

Mark Wilson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:00 +0000

When most DVDs are released, production studios put up some posters and run a few television spots. However, when ThunderCats Season 2 hits store shelves…lets just say Lion-O isn’t settling for an afternoon at Kinko’s. Instead, he boldly emblazons the ThunderCats signal onto London’s Houses of Parliament. While some surely see the stunt as a subversion to a great tradition of government, others will realise that during the global fight against terror, nothing instills fear into our enemies like occasional real world manifestations of 1980s cartoon superheroes. [shinyshiny]

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Laptops Banned as Politicians Play Games, View ‘Pictures’

ThunderCats Were Loose On Palace of Westminster