Rested and ready: After a lengthy absence, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un appeared in public Tuesday to do what Kim Jong Un does, which is look at things while underlings write down everything he says.
The portly potentate was out of pocket for 40 days and 40 nights — just like Moses, except instead of communing with God on a mountaintop, Kim spent the time watching Internet porn and swilling cognac flown in from Beijing.
Supersize those questions: McDonald’s has launched a campaign that offers answers to questions about its food, like why are burgers in those Internet videos still intact years after they came off the grill.
The Buzz has only one question for the Golden Arches gang: Any chance we can please get our fries fresh from the Fryolator?
Great gourd: A 2,058-pound pumpkin set a record at a pumpkin-weighing competition in Northern California on Monday.
A 2,105-pound pumpkin at a contest in Pyongyang over the weekend was disallowed as a world record because Kim Jong Un’s thumb was on the scale when it was weighed.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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