MARDI GRAS FLOAT WINS TOP AWARD: : Melbourne Indymedia

MARDI GRAS FLOAT WINS TOP AWARD: 'MOST OUTSTANDING POLITICAL COMMENT'*

MEDIA RELEASE
16 April 2007

A contingent of university students and community activists who entered in the 2007 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras received the top award for 'Most Outstanding Political Comment' after being nominated for their entry: 'Bring David Hicks Home' float in this year's Mardi Gras.

Jason Hart, float co-ordinator said that the win was demonstrated that the fight for equality and the protection of human rights was universal - whether for gays and lesbians, or for those who have campaigned tirelessly for 5 years for due process to be upheld and the basic tenets of legal rights to be recognised.

'In the case of Hicks, we will never truly know what his culpability was in relation to lawful charges brought before a duly constituted court. The Military Commissions and the retrospective charge he faced satisfied neither of these criteria. Instead, the /Stalinist /show-trial Hicks was subjected to was a complete farce and will continue to remain so until all Guantánamo detainees have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts', said Jason Hart.

For more info:

Jason Hart
PO Box U94
University of Wollongong
Gywnneville NSW 2500

e: jason@bringdavidhickshome.org
m: 0422 088 011

http://www.bringdavidhickshome.org

take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time

2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an a*shole.

3. Intaxication : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately,
shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Hipatitis : Terminal coolness.

11. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

12. Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you

14. Glibido : All talk and no action.

15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

18. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

And the winners are:
1. coffee , n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted , adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one
has gained.
3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade , v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. willy-nilly , adj. impotent.
6. negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. lymph , v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle , n. olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence , n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a st eamroller.
10. balderdash , n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. rectitude , n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon , n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster , n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism , n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. circumvent, n. an openin g in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

Deep Thoughts For Those Who Might Take Life Too Seriously:

1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

2. A day without sunshine is like......night.

3. On the other hand, you have different fingers

4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

6. Depression is like anger without enthusiasm.

7. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap.

8. Support bacteria..........they're the only culture some people have.

9. A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

10. Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

11. If you think nobody cares, try missing a c ouple of payments.

12. How many of you believe in psycho-kinesis? OK, then raise my hand.

13. OK, so what's the speed of dark?

14. When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

15. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

16. How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

17. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines

18. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

19. I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

20. Just remember -- if the world didn't suck, we would all fall off.

21. Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.