Go on then what was it?
My contenders.
1 Shoegate.
2 George Osbourne bumming Mandelson on an oligarchs yacht on the South France.
3 Karen Mathews and her novel use of a divan.
Beat that!
Funniest thing to happen in 2008?
Boris becoming Mayor of London
Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand in that little radio show thing.
Quote: sootyj @ December 22 2008, 8:16 PM GMT1 Shoegate.
I was disappointed one of his bodyguards didn't dive in front of the shoe Hollywood style. That would have made it the funniest event of the decade. And probably earned the bodyguard a Purple Heart...or a black eye.
Honourable mention should go to the arrival of Sarah Palin on the world stage. She's amazing value for money.
I like Grdon Brown's "We've saved the world."
The loony Muslim girl on Big Brother threatening to have other contestants shot. Great stuff.
The girl in our Office Christmas quiz coming up with this odd answer:
Q Who wrote 'The Snowman'?
A Was it Charles Dickens?
Quote: Marc P @ December 23 2008, 10:51 AM GMTI like Grdon Brown's "We've saved the world."
Get's my vote. Because you know he actually believes it.
According to the Sun, the company who made the shoes thrown at GWB are selling like mad.
Amazingly it's funnier than Palin, and Palin's pretty damned funny.
Quote: Griff @ December 23 2008, 12:55 PM GMTIt is pretty hard to beat Shoegate as the event of the year. I could watch GWB dodging those shoes over and over for hours.
Are you sure? Pretty much any news event could trump that. Terribly dull.
Now if GWB had thrown his own faeces back again?
Baboon gets shoes retaliates with poos on the news!
What a headline.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/oddities/1614286/amazon_staff_asked_to_moon_camera/index.html
Not as funny, but damndably close.
Quote: sootyj @ December 23 2008, 3:03 PM GMTNow if GWB had thrown his own faeces back again?
Now that would have been funny.
Quote: Griff @ December 23 2008, 2:57 PM GMTOK show me a funnier news clip than Shoegate.
Well there's this for starters: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7795558.stm
Quote: sootyj @ December 23 2008, 12:56 PM GMTAmazingly it's funnier than Palin, and Palin's pretty damned funny.
I had the unlucky situation of meeting Palin. She is Ted Nuggent in drag. Another lost cause to genetics.