DONKEY TALES

This writer of today's Inter:lude extends APologies to this hard-working Member of the distinquished Animal Kingdom. The usage of the species' name is merely metaphorical, so Don't Shoot Desi! I'm Not Invincible. Nor Invisible. Nor Clone-Able nyet!
And I want to live to witness Vision 3030.



The present Post can be re-titled:
A Donkey's Tales
Donkeys' Tales
Even Donkey Tails...

To each his/her own. Desi practises lots on democracy. IMHO-lah, though some members out of Starry, Starry Nights and a Sensitive&Introverted Blogger may beg to disagree! However, I lament that its prime feature of Capitalism can remove the soulfulness of Man; hence, I'd like to temper IT with some spirited Socialism. How about a proposal that Petronas spread its largesse a little wider than The Twin Towers of its RM43.6billion net profit? With US, the Rakyat!

How about an annual ang pow starting with next Merdeka Day, do a Robin Hood with an envelope containing RM1,000 each, minus Da Chai Dan! to celebrate 50th year of nationhood for citizens of NegaraKu? Are the PM and Petronas Adviser listening to humble Desi?

Or they prefer the bray of some ... Ooops, I truly hesitate to name names. I hope I'm not using thy name in vain and pain; dear Lord, forgive me if it's a sin, K? I.S. A-men.

English is a versatile language, take Desi's word for it, K! It's living and still evolving -- "it" does not refer to Datuk K, or Desi, it's ... I'm redudant here. Yes, it proves my next point that Bloggers have greAt fun-D playing around with the coloniat master's language, the most pupular in the 'hole wide weird world, aka www aka What WE Wish in blogosphere!

Anyway, not to digress too far although I am normally capitalistic on a Sunday, I truly enjoy A-busing the world's systems. Thrash! is a badder word, mayhaps/

MAYHAPS, for nu'ecomers, is defined as a possibility that is REMOTER as ascribed to maybe or perhaps. Get IT? No, never mind, the faulkt is NOT yours, it's yours truly.

Now, where was I?
Oh yes, Donkeys.
Do you spy any in the following tale?


From The Star,

Friday September 15, 2006

Yes, I know it's TWO DAYS OLD. But some Donkeys never grow 1-UP, you See? If the answr is Yes, I'd offer you a Cuppa, TEH-C. OtherVICE, see Helen for 7-UP.


Mat Rempit: We won’t stop

KUALA LUMPUR: Mat Rempit are adamant that illegal racing is here to stay if there is no effort to legitimise the “sport.”

This is a direct rebuff to friendly overtures from politicians to bring them back to the fold.

The illegal racers say that if the authorities really want to take them off the streets, all they have to do is build decent and affordable race tracks for them to do their “thing.”

“They have been promising these things for a long time, but nothing much has been done so far,” said Fairuz, 24, a mechanic by day and racer by night.

The existing racetracks are inaccessible to the Mat Rempit because “we cannot afford the charges,” he said.

“As for the organised races, the competition is too tough for us,” said a fellow enthusiast named Zaki.

Fairuz said the Sepang track was too far away from the city to be an attractive venue for the Mat Rempit – most of whom were low-income earners.

“Why are there so many golf courses in the city and so few tracks? It looks like nobody bothers about us because we have no money,” he lamented.

Zaki, 25, added that Mat Rempit were not society’s trash as they were often made out to be.

“There are among us graduates from foreign universities as well as professionals, like architects and engineers,” said Zaki who himself is a professional in the IT industry.

He however conceded that the majority were despatch riders and mechanics.

Even then, all Mat Rempit should not be viewed with disdain just because of a few bad apples, he said.

“All this negativity about us stems from the activities of a small number who were reported beating up people and caught for vandalism,” said Zaki.

Fairuz concurred that Mat Rempit were not gangsters, just young men who thrived on the adrenalin rush from racing.

“Like other sports, we can get emotional in a race. Sometimes fights break out. Then again, it is just among ourselves,” he said.

Another racer named Kechik said Putera Umno’s plan to convert Mat Rempit into Mat Cemerlang would not work.

“Mat Rempit will gamely take part in government-organised roadshows and convoys. But after that, it’s back to their cliques and street racing,” said the 23-year-old university student.

Zaki said he was suspicious of the motives behind Mat Cemerlang.

“Looks like someone’s trying to get political mileage out of ‘taming’ us,” he said.



DESPITE THIS!
On the frontpage, of The People's Paper,
who once in a w'ile got its news sen-se right!
If some Editors insist on replacing "w'ile" with "most dimes", it's OK with me. Just pay-lah, this mousey writHer 20million and you can have IT!

OH, the Joy of Digression&Aggresion. Some satire too. If Editors don't understand the meaning of this word, please consult mGf T.V.Smith.I'm din' this promo not totally out of altruism. My 30% CON....miss.... STOP! I hear sisdar Helen whisper from Ipoh church pew!


So, again, DESPITE THIS!



Illegal racers and spectators to face
heavier fines and longer jail terms

KUALA LUMPUR: Mat Rempit beware!

The full force of the law will be applied to bring to a halt the stunts and antics of these reckless bikers. Even their fans and spectators will not be spared.

The illegal racers will have to slam on the brakes once amendments to the Road Transport Act come into effect.

City Traffic chief Asst Comm Hamzah Taib said spectators caught watching illegal motorcycle races and egging on the participants would also be subjected to prosecution under the amendments.

NIGHT FROLICS (Desi's Inter-vention here: Use thy IMAgine-lah for this! God gifted thee with a unique mine, yes?)
): A group of Mat Rempit doing wheelies in Jalan Semantan in Kuala Lumpur.

Mat Rempits and their fans can expect higher fines and longer jail terms.

ACP Hamzah said that the Road Transport Act 1987 did not define illegal racing and had no definition of illegal racers.

“Apart from defining what illegal racing is, the police are also seeking heavier penalties for it, as well as laws to punish the spectators,” he said, adding that a proposal had been submitted to the Transport Ministry.

“At the moment, only the racers are charged – for reckless riding.”

The present punishment for those convicted of the offence for the first

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DESIDERATA:

Now did you see the Top Dogs among the convoy of Donkeys -- that UMNO Youth what? Khairy J, and UMNO Put... what? Abdul Azees...? If any of my ER says: DONKEYS,
I'm vehemAntly saying I have NO INFLUENCE OVER THEM!
I am merely using the power of suggestion.
And being suggestive is not a crime, IZZIT, Helen?


What do they call the Fathers of all Donkeys -- can anyone tell Desi? My vocabulary is not so strong. Poor Ass.


This being a Sabbath Day for many of my ER,
I am ending with another pastoral delight.
Where the deer and the antelop play
Where never is heard, a discouraging word
And the sky is not cloudy all day...

FashionstA, remember this one?

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A virgin visitor from rauf-leader.blogspot.com dropped by at Desi's Place lust night,
and it also brought me a Surprise Post! dated a week ago, titled:

Related concepts

Legends that exceed these boundaries of "realism" are called "fables". The talking animal formula of Aesop identifies his brief parables as fables, not legends. The parable of the Prodigal Son would be a legend if it were told as having actually happened to a specific son of a historical father. If it included an ass that gave sage advice to the Prodigal Son it would be a fable.

Legend may be transmitted orally, passed on person-to-person, or, in the original sense, through written text. Jacob de Voragine's Legenda Aurea or "The Golden Legend" comprises a series of vitae or instructive biographical narratives, tied to the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. They are presented as lives of the saints, but the profusion of miraculous happenings and above all their uncritical context are characteristics of hagiography. The Legenda was intended to inspire extemporized homilies and sermons appropriate to the saint of the day.

Legend may be interpreted for its ontological consequences and be treated as myth. To take an example, myths surrounding Cadmus, a Phoenician immigrant credited with bringing the alphabet and other Near Eastern culture to Bronze Age Greece, may have begun as a series of legends gathering around the memory of the historical founder of certain coastal cities in Greece. Explaining the origins of myth as former historical legends in this fashion is termed "euhemerism". See the entry Euhemerus for more detail.

Conspiracy theories are similar to legends in that the linchpin of the conspiracy is usually a plausible, but unprovable secret agenda which exclusively drives the story and links otherwise unconnected happenings into a satisfying pattern: thus meaning is supplied for events.

Artificial legends are the basis of many computer games. See The Legend of Zelda, among numerous examples."

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Desiderata grew up on the Legends of Zorro, Three Musketeers and Superman!
But one of my Y&A mentees, of LOTR territory now, temporarily I hope, suggests I move on to:

V-for Vendetta,

Butt Sabrina,Desi's only sweet sixteen!