Swedish meatball-less, to be specific. The item (picture above) from Ikea's cafeteria at its furniture stores, has become a Singaporean favourite. I have eaten it countless times. But now, in light of the horsemeat scandals elsewhere, Ikea is pulling the item off its menu for now -- for DNA checks to be carried out...
Someone at Ikea management should have spotted the ungrammatical English used in the sign above. "Temporary sales stop of meatballs"? C'mon, Ikea, you're not a Singlish outfit.
There's nothing fishy about the label "meatballs" including derivatives like "beef meatballs" and "pork meatballs". But "fish balls" seems funny (although "fishball noodles" is perfectly all right to me)...
Likewise for "chicken balls"...
It reminds me of an old joke which I've already put on this blog. I'll just briefly retell it:
Two gourmets visited a top-end Spanish restaurant during the bull-fighting season. Each night, they were served an exclusive dish -- after the day's bull-fight had ended. One night, when the waiter removed the dish cover, the diners were dismayed to find just two "tiny ones", instead of the usual generous-sized serving till then.
Queried, the waiter shrugged: "Sometimes, ze matador, he loses!"
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2. Going ballistic... in China
A video of a Chinese official going on a rampage at a Chinese airport has gone viral. Here's insing.com's story...
http://news.insing.com/tabloid/chinese-officials-meltdown-airport-viral/id-146e3f00
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3. Going ballistic (literally)... to Mars!
This story is also interesting. Obviously, the idea is to make whoppee along the way:
http://news.insing.com/tabloid/married-wanted-expedition-to-mars/id-106e3f00
Singaporeans need not apply -- unless we can get our TFR back to 2.1 or more!
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4. Going to the ball, and into the long arm of the Iranian censor...
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5. Going, going... to the movies!
I'm so glad our censors have a "short arm" on this one; I'll definitely see this movie. Incidentally, eight seconds of dialogue will be overdubbed with Indian classical music. Hah, I see a chance to tell the Indian music part of my Chinese New Year joke apropos the Scoot ad I posted:
Kadang, kadang, untong
Kadang, kadang, untong.
Finally, having read this compelling review in TODAY (below), I will definitely see this movie too:
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