Andre Alessi

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Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Joined Jun 04, 2009 at 11:53PM EDT


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Who is Barry Soetoro?

“Soetoro” is Barack Obama’s Indonesian stepfather’s last name. “Barry” was what Obama was called as a kid by some of the people that knew him, so “Barry Soetoro” is what some people (primarily Obama-is-a-secret-Muslim types) assume is Obama’s “real” name (or just use as an insult to denigrate a president who wasn’t raised as a WASP, YMMV.) In the universe of Obama-conspiracy theories, these guys are contrasted with the “Birthers” who allege Obama was born in Kenya (not that the two conspiracy theories...

Draw Yourself

Here I am as of this morning, complete with phone and freaky-looking catmonkey (it was supposed to be Happy Cat but the Rapture stole my artistic ability.) Also I am now a pole dancer. I can’t explain that.

New Zealand memes

Out of interest, is there anyone interested in tackling a couple of New Zealand memes? (I’m just running off to work right now, but I’m planning on doing a bit when I get home.) The two I’m thinking of are “Always Blow On The Pie” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2oVTULyWZk) and “I think that my argument is so powerful that it’s not necessary to talk about it”/Rick Giles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B9MqNzQuuk). Both have a few memetic offshoots, but my subjective feeling without doing more research...

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My cat

Don’t. He’s a bastard when he’s grumpy. He’s also overweight, asthmatic, crosseyed, clumsy, moody and not very bright. But we love him.

wow

What would be funny would be if we could trace back every major catchphrase to one Sesame Street character or another. I’m sure there’s an episode where Oscar says “I’d hit it.”

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