December 28, 2003

TWINS IN SPACE

Martian Professor Colin Pillinger (below, right) may have lost his space Beagle, but the rest of humanity is delighted to locate the best sidebeard since The Fast Show’s Bob Fleming:

Posted by Tim Blair at December 28, 2003 12:02 AM
Comments

They both look like they should be nestled under a warm blanket beside a roaring fireplace, reading a Dicken's novel aloud to some grubby chimneysweep urchins.

Posted by: Mike Jericho at December 28, 2003 at 12:26 AM


These are the greatest sideburns since President Chester Arthur.

Posted by: Andrew at December 28, 2003 at 01:58 AM

With all due sympathy for the apparent loss of Beagle 2, perhaps Pillenger could become a character in a Dickens novel rather than merely reading it. He could be the cruel-fisted beedle who beats children if they break the spiderwebs they are untangling to be spun into thread.

Posted by: John Nowak at December 28, 2003 at 02:23 AM

Pshaw. Those guys' muttonchops have nothing on Duane Allman's.

Posted by: Donnah at December 28, 2003 at 04:34 AM

Oh my God!

Who went and reanimated ISSAC ASIMOV????

Posted by: Major John at December 28, 2003 at 02:54 PM

Hey, maybe they could fight vicious, man-eating cardboard cutouts alongside of Dr. Who...

Posted by: Jerry at December 28, 2003 at 03:45 PM

Speaking of hair, I know it's a ways off but did anyone notice new Canadian PM Paul Martin is Chirac with a rug?

Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) at December 29, 2003 at 01:04 AM

Woops forgot to put quotes around url

Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) at December 29, 2003 at 01:06 AM