This is the continuing series entitled ‘The Adventures of Richard and Rashid’, the story of a British commissioner, Richard O’ Reily, who sailed to Malaya to educate an accidental Public Affairs Minister, Rashid bin Razak, in order to establish relations between the two worlds in the 18th Century.

Two months after they first met…

Richard: Well then, let’s carry on with your lessons, right after I sip this delightful cup of tea. *Slurp* Ah, amourous aroma. By the way, this is called.. tea. Can you say ‘tea’?

Rashid : Teh.

Richard: No, no, no… Tea.

Rashid : Teh.

Richard: Teeeeaaaaaaaa…..

Rashid : Teh.

Richard: Grrr… Oh, nevermind. Shall we begin with today’s word? It’s patriotism. Can you say patriotism?

Rashid : Patriotisme.

Richard: No, not patriotismay.. Its Pa-trio-ti-sm.

Rashid : Patriotisme.

Richard: Pa-trio-ti-sm.

Rashid : Patriotisme.

Richard: PA-TRIO-TI-SM

Rashid : Patriotisme.

Richard: GAAAAAAAAA!!!

Tune in next time for more… ‘The Adventures of Richard and Rashid’

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It is only recently that I immersed myself into the phenomenon that happened two years ago, the phenomenon that is The Star Wars Kid. An innocent dork from Quebec makes a fateful mistake: not properly hiding his video of himself swinging a golf ball retriever a la Darth Maul. Thanks to his schoolmates, Ghyslain the dork is the most popular kid in the internet. If you put it that way, it doesn’t sound so bad, does it? Oh, did I say popular? I meant a tad too ridiculed. Read his profile here.

When I started downloading the various versions of SWK clips, or clones, I cannot help but to laugh at the work of comedic video-editing geniuses out there. My favourite was the one where some guy dresses himself in a king kong suit and re-enacted the entire scene; that is swinging a golf ball retriever a la The Star Wars Kid and he did a fantastic job looking like a complete retard. The others are spoofs that vary from The Hulk to Braveheart to Titanic to Pokemon and the list goes on. See the full list at www.jedimaster.net. However, the best one ever is the clip done by I’ve Had It Productions. See it at www.starwarskidbb.com and click on Clip 2. Pretty impressive…

The moral of the story is: if you ever videotape yourself doing something downright silly, please save your work in a CD and hide it under your bed.