Tuesday, October 9, 2007

A-rod contract to be upwards of 90 Billion says Boras

Tampa, FLA - A day removed from the Yankees 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians, eliminating the Yankees from the post season for the sixth straight year, agent Scott Boras has already begun hinting at potential contract demands for his most prodigous client, slugger Alex Rodriguez.

"WIth the way Alex maintains his body, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he could play well into his sixties," said Boras. "And if he averages 40 home runs and 200 hits per year, that's another 1200 home runs and I don't even know how many hits. My assistant is telling me seven thousand," the hard-nosed agent added.

Boras said that any potential contract would have to be in the neighborhood of 90 billion dollars, to even be considered.

"It's not like the only revenue Alex will bring in is baseball related. He's planning on becoming the district attorney of which ever city he lands in, with the intent on prosecuting sex offenders to the fullest extent of the law. He's also working on a cure for Muscular Dystrophy in the basement of his house. He says he's close. Of course we'd be willing to negotiate sharing any profit that cure would bring."

Rodriguez, coming off another disappointing post-season performance in which he went a combined 3-24 in four games, responded to his agents comments today, on a local Tampa radio show.

"I will prosecute sex offenders to the fullest extent of the law. I promise that. As far as the rest of that stuff, I can't really comment at this time," the 32 year old third baseman said.

Friday, October 5, 2007

Apple unveils new iGina!

From the Associated Press

Cupertino, Califonia -- Fresh off the success of the iPhone, Apple
has once again rocked the technology market with the unveiling of
their newest product, the iGina; a new hand held device that combines
the functionality of a phone, ipod, lap top computer, and pocket
pussy, all into one.

"The iGina is literally five years ahead of any other pocket pussy on
the market," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "No other product out there
allows you to play music, access e-mails, check weather, all while
sliding your penis in and out of a soft, four inch shaft of self
lubricated, skin-like tissue."

iGina's pioneering PeniTouch, an industry first, lets users navigate
through their e-mails and voicemails, using only in-and-out thrusts
of their erect penis. The iGina also serves as a fully
functioning iPod, holding up to 1500 songs.

"I have an erection just thinking about the iGina," Jobs said,
speaking to a group of investors. "Good thing too, because I need to
check my e-mail," Jobs added, getting a laugh from the crowd.

The iGina has the rest of the self gratification industry scrambling
to compete.

"We just can't compete with their budget and resources," said Bill
Grimberg, CEO of Phuk-stick Industries, creator of the Flesh Light.
"I was working on a pockety pussy that had an LCD screen that said
the date and time, but that was as far as we had gotten."

Whether the iGina is a success remains to be seen. Analyst say the
market is already overflowing with anticipation. "There's people
already lining up outside. They brought all their lubricants and old
sex toys and put them in a pile and started burning them. It's
pretty creepy," said Tim Dupont, manager of the Pasadena Apple Store.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

A CONVERSATION WITH READERS OF "TEEN BEAT"

*Note* Recently, the editors of "Teen Beat" Magazine, invited Nicholas Buckingham IV to take part in an internet chat with the readers of "Teen Beat" to discuss the state of publishing Today. The following is a transcript of a portion of that conversation.

NicholasBuckinghamIV: Good day to everyone. I am going to have to keep this short, as I have a lunch meeting with David Caruso.

teencybopp12: Have u evr met JT? He's such a hottie in his L8test vid!!!

NicholasBuckinghamIV: First, I'm assuming by JT, you're referring to English Ambassador to Guyana, Jacob Tavarian. By "vid", I'm guessing you are referring to the speech he made on the consulate floor about stiffer tariffs regarding orange production, that was broadcast on BBC. Yes, I've met him, and I did enjoy his video.

luv2h86: Lol! ur crazee! btw, anybody seen that pic of Brit wit the umbrella? Gr8!

Britfan1989: GAL! Don't h8 luv2h8. NIMBY!

NicholasBuckinghamIV: I'm not sure I follow. Is Nimby similar to Nambla? And if so, are you, Britfan1989, accusing luv2h86 of being a pederast?

Kutcher4prez: Plz, don't be a PETA. Oops, got to go POTS! TTYL!

NicholasBuckinghamIV: Yes, you go POTS TTYL! We don't need your negative attitude here.

G8trgrl4: OMG! GAB Nick! UR so last week!

Friday, March 23, 2007

I HARNESSED THE POWER OF TIME-TRAVEL, THEN PROMPTLY UNHARNESSED IT


From the Desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV

Like many of you, I've spent significant percentages of my income in an effort to harness the power of time travel. Well, finally - yesterday, in fact - I had my breakthrough. I paid a visit to the laboratory I had built between my guest house and my monument commemorating the episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" in which Brenda loses her virginity, and, upon my arrival, my crack team of scientists informed me that my time machine was ready for the testing phase. Naturally, I gave my trusted assistant Dimitri first chance to try it out. We set the time-o-meter for September 9th, 1989, so that Dimitri would arrive at the taping of the final episode of "Growing Pains," and attempt to bring back the still virile and beguiling Alan Thicke, so that he might help in my personal crusade to save network television. A few buttons pushed, and some smoke and electricity later... suddenly Dimitri was gone! After a few moments, the expected light show returned, and we waited for it to clear. Much to my chagrin, when it did, we found Dimitri had brought back Andrew Koenig, the actor who portrayed the infamous, Richard "Boner" Stabone, friend of the Seaver family. No Alan Thicke. When I asked Dimitri to explain his snafu, he claimed that Thicke had a "cursory knowledge of time travel already" and "claimed to have been expecting a time-traveling bounty hunter from the future." Thicke then apparently made a surrogate offer: Dimitri would take Boner and the management rights to Thicke's son's future R&B career. When faced with the executive decision, Dimitri caved. Upon his return, the time machine shorted out and is currently under repair. Unfortunately, I am stuck with "Boner," and he is becoming quite tiresome. If anyone cares to take him off my hands, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Buckingham IV

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

A POIGNANT EXCHANGE BETWEEN EMAILERS

Recently, my assistant Dimitri has told me I've been recieving several offers, by way of e-mail, regarding quick ways to make money. Just yesterday, I recieved this:

From: "issa muha"
To: Nicholasbuckinghamiv@yahoo.com
Subject: urgent Reply

I am the head of Accounts and Audit Department of Bank of Africa, Ouagadougou . It is my utmost pleasure to send you this confidential message. In my search for a reliable business partner overseas, i got your contact in the internet and was impressed with your profile hence my interest in doing business with you. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 20.5m US dollars (Twenty million, five hundred thousand US dollars) belonging to a man who recently perished in a plane crash and has no next of kin. We simply need you to act as next of kin, and would transfer 30% of the money to an account with our bank. All you need to do is supply us with your social sec. # and bank account #.

Thank you,

Issa Muha

From: Nicholas Buckingham IV
To: "issa muha"
Subject: Re: urgent Reply

Mr. Issa Muha,

Apparently your study of my profile was incredibly superficial, as if you and your fellow employees at the Ouagadougou branch had done your homework, you would see that I am a MULTI-BILLIONAIRE, and thus couldn't give a rat's behind about 30% of 20 million, or 6 million dollars to be exact. In fact, just yesterday, I took six million dollars and wadded it up in to a ball and stuffed it in a potato gun I had built for me by the British secret service. Then I told my butler Gerard that I was giving him an early bonus, pulled out the gun, and gave him a thirty second head start. As I shot him in the back with the six million as he attempted to zig zag through my rose garden, I realized that in the time it took me to get a bead on Gerard, my stockholdings had already risen enough to make twice that. Therefore, I have no interest in your offer, and I suggest you donate the money belonging to the deceased man to a charity of your choosing.

Nicholas Buckingham IV

P.S. You should fire your assistant. His grammar is atrocious.

Monday, March 19, 2007

WHY AM I NOT *SIR* NICHOLAS BUCKINGHAM?!

From the Desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV,

Recently, I have received several letters from readers asking why, although I'm an incredibly successful British citizen, I have not been knighted by Queen Elizabeth. "Sir Richard Branson has been knighted, as has Sir Ben Kingsley," noted reader Matthew Padwick of Providence Rhode Island. Well, Matthew, I'll tell you why. I declined being Knighted! Yes, I was all set to be knighted - in the same ceremony with Pierce Brosnan and the actor from those Mr. Bean movies, no less. Unfortunately, on the day of the ceremony, I had a nasty case of dysentery from a trip I had taken in the east Indies, in search of a child who had supposedly a third functioning leg and could reach speeds of up to 55mph. As I waited with Mr. Brosnan, discussing one of my favorite episodes of Remington Steele, I felt my stomach clench. Needing to find the nearest bathroom, I ran down the hall, and into Prince Charles's room. Unbeknownst to me, Charles's chamber was under construction, which was unfortunate because I found that out after I had defecated in his toilet, I realized it was not attached to the ground but instead sitting on the floor of his bathroom. Even more unfortunate was that, in my effort to clean the mess, I called in my butler Gerard to wipe me, and he grabbed what he thought was the nearest rag, but which turned out to be an autographed Steven Gerrard football jersey he had given to young Prince Harry, who had just entered the room with his friends, to display it to them. Irregardless, the Royal Family should have known that I wouldn't stoop to the level of defecating in the lobby bathroom, and provided me with a bathroom of my own for the event. On the contrary, they were upset when I demanded an apology from them. The nerve! And thus, Nicholas Buckingham IV was never made a part of the Order of the British Empire. I will not be this country's Pete Rose!

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

A PREPOSTEROUS EPISODE OF SAVED BY THE BELL


From the Desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV,

Recently, while ill with a rare form of Two Day Malaria I contracted while spelunking in Eretria, I viewed several episodes of Saved By the Bell. Normally, I employ an acting troupe to perform episodes of the show live, but seeing as how I was highly contagious, I decided it best to just watch the programme on DVD. Normally, the show is tightly written, with few plot holes and a dead on story dealing with human emotions in their most basic sense. Therefore, I was shocked when I rewatched episode 3.8, entitled "Mr. Belding's Brother," in which Principal Belding's suave sibling Rod Belding begins teaching at the school and is quickly favored by the students.

In the episode, Rod Belding plans on taking the students on a white water rafting excursion. The students rejoice, only to find that Rod Belding cancels on them at the last minute in favor of sexual intercourse with two stewardesses. In the end, Mr. Belding intervenes and saves the trip by offering to lead the students himself. He is suddenly a hero. Here is the glaring error: Earlier in the episode, Rod Belding recalls a white water rafting trip he's taken, and the danger and difficulty involved. Therefore, if Mr. Belding were to suddenly take over guide duties of said trip, with no knowledge of rafting or the dangers involved, wouldn't he be putting the students in danger and thus making this trip far more detrimental than the brief period of dissapointment the students would have upon learning Rod Belding had left them for the aforementioned intercourse? AND, having set up in the PREVIOUS 77 EPISODES(!) Mr. Belding's character as someone who is dilligent about safety and precaution, isn't it slightly out of character for him to completely disregard the childrens safety?! I had my butler Gerard contact former NBC Television Executive Peter Engel for an explanation of this, to which Mr. Engel replied he "didn't remember" but that he's "sure I must have been mistaken" about the episode. Ha! I may have had Malaria, but I know what I saw!

Friday, March 2, 2007

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY INVISIBILITY CLOAK?


From the Desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV,

Last sunday evening, I attended the Vanity Fair Oscar party and had brought my favourite party gag - a prized invisibility cloak that was given to me by none other than Carl Weathers, who had it entrusted to him after the filming of Predator. In any case, seeing as how I would never have checked it with the rest of the coats, and how I normally carry it with me at all times during a party (you never know when a good invisibility cloak gag will help you seal your next three-picture deal), I believe someone walked away with the item.

And I know who it is.

The Oscar for "Most Daring Theft of an Invisibility Cloak" goes to...

Peter O'Toole!

If anyone has seen (or not seen) O'Toole in the past two days, please report to me at once!

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

GYROCOPTER RIDESHARE OFFER


From the desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV,

I've recently refurbished a vintage 1951 Bensen Autogyro and, in an effort to "go green" as they say, I am looking for a co-pilot to accompany me during my daily morning commute from my Bel Air Mansion to the west-coast offices of my publishing empire, Buckingham Publications, located in quaint downtown Burbank.

Please note that this particular Autogyro is in pristine condition, having been part of my personal transportation museum in Sussex, England, the collection of which dwarfs that of the United States' own Smithsonian Institute.

If you are interested in what will surely be the greatest airborn commute from Bel Air to Burbank in a double-rotored craft, please contact me via email. Let's avoid this L.A. traffic and help save the planet as it was meant to be saved - in style!

RETIRED STAGE HORSES IN NEED OF HOME


From the desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV,

In light of my relocation to Los Angeles to run my publishing corporation, Buckingham Publications, I am in search of a nearby pasture for four Arabian horses (Ages 6-8), who have been in my care ever since the end of the London Shaftesbury Theatre's revivial run of Peter Shaffer's Equus, in which the horses co-starred with Daniel Radcliffe.

All four horses are in fine condition, and have been trained using John Bell's Gentle Solution™ Revolution, as well as through the objective-based Meisner method for stage actors. A wonderful addition to any herd, or troupe!

107-PIECE ORCHESTRA SET NEEDED

From the desk of Nicholas Buckingham IV,

Next saturday evening, to break in the new private Bel Air estate and celebrate my relocation stateside to run my very own Buckingham Publications, I will be entertaining several colleagues and notables from the upper echelons of the publishing world. Also present will be several rival publishers, most notably Kenji Kokoshuko, my sworn archnemesis and CEO of Kokoshuko Media, (regretfully) one of Japan's biggest media conglomerates.

Due to Mr. Kokoshuko's presence, I have but only one choice: Provide my party with an orchestra larger than the 106-piece set Mr. Kokoshuko hired in 2006 for his annual Cherry Blossom Festival BBQ at his Kyoto estate.

The orchestra's conductor would be required to wear a listening device wired to a microphone that I will have on my person at all time's during the evening's proceedings. Said conductor would then be required to choose and conduct on-the-fly pieces pertaining to my mood during the night. The only predetermined piece will come in at the stroke of midnight, when I intend to reveal the news to Mr. Kenji Kokoshuko that I have purchased his media empire. At that point, the orchestra would be required to break into a frenzied rendition of Richard Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries."

If you are interested, please respond with a list of everyone's choice of either Salmon or Steak.