Bell Ends, Oomopa Loompas, Chefs, etc.

Bell end? I’ve heard the term before but I don’t remember what it is. Pretty sure it’s a British insult of some sort. Let’s look it up, shall we?

What does bell end mean?
A bell end is slang for the head of a penis. It’s used in UK as an insult for a jerk or someone acting stupid or contemptibly. It’s a bit similar to calling someone a dickhead. (source)

Huh, cool. Works for me.

Hit the link for bell end's etymology and more.
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Does everyone know this already?

When the Oompa Loompa buffoon does the accordion hands gesture, he’s lying. I know, he’s ALWAYS lying but when he breaks out the invisible squeeze box, he’s telling a giant, shaggy dog whopper. He should never play poker or attempt to negotiate ANY kind of deal. His tells are flashing neon billboards with farting sound effects.

And now this song’s in my head. Cool.
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red sand between my toes
summer vacation in outer space.
that was a Martian haiku.
~ Robin Williams, from a live stage improv on a record called Reality What a Concept 1978
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Who is Gordon Ramsay and why does he have a porn double?

I googled him and found that Ramsay is celebrity chef who’s opened restaurants, written cookbooks and done a few teevee shows. The shows, from what I’ve read, sound like they’re more about business than food.

…Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, in which he endeavoured to turn failing restaurants into profitable enterprises, and Hell’s Kitchen, in which he took on the challenge of turning aspiring restaurateurs into quality chefs;
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…Hotel Hell—in which the formula of Hell’s Kitchen was applied to the lodging industry (source)

I also found this:

 It's safe to say that most would assume that Ramsay is primarily a foul-mouthed, overly-harsh chef who's gained his celebrity status off of mere shock value alone. People who can't stand him report that he's "rude and obnoxious" and claim that he insults, abuses, and humiliates his team. He's racked up an impressive list of haters, including some of the world's other most well-known chefs, such as Jacques Pepin and Anthony Bourdain. (source)

So, was Ramsay branching out into the porn industry? I mean, given that his last show was about hotels—the hospitality biz—porn makes sense.

I’m pretty I don’t need to know more about his porn double or the circumstances that lead to him being found dead in a badger den. Okay, I take that back. I find this far more interesting than Mr. Ramsay.
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As of April 2024, according to Worldometer, 7,010,681 people on the planet have died from COVID. This is assuredly a gross undercount too.

Why?

Not all countries had/have adequate testing resources, there were and are differences in how COVID cases and deaths are counted, plus other inefficiencies in data collection and updating. Here in the U.S. data collection was heavily politicized by Prez Oompa Loompa, Jared Kushner and other brain trusts like DeSantis in Florida.

"What is clear from our study is that COVID-19 exploited and compounded existing local racial inequities, health disparities, and partisan politics to create a syndemic—a combination of local factors that interact, increasing the burden of disease from this pandemic and the likelihood of poor outcomes," says co-lead author Thomas J. Bollyky, Director of the Council on Foreign Relations' Global Health Program in the USA. "This combination of racial disparities and politics explains a large part of why the USA particularly struggled in the pandemic." (source)

Do you really want to go back to Donny the Incompetent Fuckface and his crew of sycophantic bell ends being in charge? I don't.