The Best of A Thousand Words

We've been running sporadic editions of A Thousand Words on this site since 2001, and it has been a perennial favourite among our readers. There have been 15 editions so far, and we look forward to many more in the future. We wanted to include an edtion of A Thousand Words among our all time favourites, but it's frankly too difficult to choose just one. There's just too many great photos to pick from. So, it's time for The Best of A Thousand Words. It's all reruns, but if you haven't seen A Thousand Words before now, this is the perfect place to start.
A quick disclaimer: This is parody, don't get overly offended if we mock something or someone you know, love, or happen to be.

	Poor Akira was overcome by the horror of the plastic clown's pallid visage.
The latest fall lines from Italy: Dress by Versace. Purse by Gucci. Hat by Julius Caesar.
	Yasser Arafat reacted rather badly to Dr. Mark Greene's death on ER.
And here we have the Hide and Seek grand champion, circa 400 BC.
	Well, the coach did tell them to drag their lazy asses to the end of the gym.
"That's a real nice white elephant you've got there. What's his name? He doesn't have a name? Okay, I'm gonna call him Skipper."
	When he got bored, Emperor Palpitine got stoned and used The Force to make the room spin.
And you thought your high school chess team hazing ritual was brutal.
	And then for no apparent reason Raoul's head just blew up.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair just can't wait to get home to milk his goat.