Conference of Specialised Ministers

Conference of Specialised Ministers is how the Council of Europe works. They have various specialized committees, which they call conferences. For instance the Conference of Ministers responsible for Sport and the Conference of Ministers responsible for Social Cohesion.

I wish I had a Conference of Ministers responsible for making me Chinese food.


Unenthusiastic flags.
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RPG-43

RPG-43 was a high explosive anti-tank grenade used by the Soviet Union in World War II.

This is the second Soviet weapon in the last three Wikibloogias. I believe the universe is constantly trying to communicate with us, so I see this meaning one of two things: 1) Wikibloogia knows something and I should prepare my apartment for a Russian attack; or 2) I should finally watch the movie Red Dawn.

I don't see myself doing either of these things.

See, that's just it. I do believe the universe is constantly trying to communicate with me. But all too often, I ignore it.


Or maybe I'm supposed to go buy a sickle.
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Gerhard Kofler

Gerhard Kofler was an Austrian-Italian writer who wrote poetry and essays in Italian and German.

He was also the general secretary of the Grazer Autorenversammlung literary association in Vienna. The German language has a lot of long words.


Gerhard wrote this while she was passed out drunk.
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RPD

RPD is a light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union. Its development began in 1943, but it wasn't put into wide use until the 1950s.

I don't know what RPD stands for. I imagine it's something in Russian, which is not so helpful because I don't speak Russian and neither do you.

I just looked up Rodney Dangerfield to see if maybe RPD were his initials, but they weren't. Rodney Dangerfield's real name was Jacob Cohen.

I also looked up Robert Duvall. But his middle name was Selden.


Like most people, Rodney Dangerfield is dead.
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Featherproof books

Featherproof books is a small, independent book publisher based in Chicago. They publish bound novels, short story collections, and mini-books.

Feathers are powerless against them.


This man is not featherproof.
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Teddy Tail

Teddy Tail was a cartoon mouse featured from 1915 until the 1960s in England's The Daily Mail and several annuals. It was the first cartoon strip in a British newspaper.

Teddy Tail always had a knot in his tail, which sounds painful. Some people wonder why human beings don't have tails. Teddy Tail provides one reason why.


Eventually, Mickey made Teddy Tail his bitch.
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Direction vector

Direction vector is a math term. It has something to do with two points on a line. I used to know how to do math, so maybe there was a time in my life when this Wikipedia article would have made sense to me. Now it's like another language.

Right now my direction vector is toward the kitchen to make oatmeal.


Metallic vector farm.
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