Farfetched Fraternization

February 9th, 2007 at 7:38 pm by Mark Steel
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     Even if Dannielynn Hope Smith  was old enough to respond to the question “Who’s your daddy?” I’m sure she’d still be confused.
     Since her birth four months ago to Anna Nicole Smith, there’s been wild speculation about the identity of the father.  At least, that’s what the Mass Media says to justify their feeding frenzy of late.

     At around 2:30PM EST on Thursday, February 8th, 2007, Anna died.

     A few moments later, her ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead went public that he was the father, and that he would be taking Dannielynn to raise as his own.

     A few hours later, her attorney, Howard K. Stern (no relation to the shock-jock with the missing K.), went public that he was the father, and that he would fight Birkhead for custody of the four-month-old.

     Today, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband, Prince Frederick von Anhalt, went public that he was the father, but has no intention of fighting Birkhead or Stern for custody.
     Given the Gabor sisters’ propensities to slap the Hell out of unsuspecting men, this move was unsurprising.

     Now that there’s no one to deny it, I submit that I am the Father, given that I was conducting business in the immediate vicinity of Hollywood, Florida during the second week of April 2006.  Apparently, Anna Nicole and I used the same toilet within fifteen minutes of one another.

Tough Kid

January 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 am by Mark Steel
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     Parents are frequently reminded about how resilient their kids are despite seeming so fragile.  I’m sure one friend of ours is thankful how tough hers are.
     On Friday night, her son, daughter and a friend of theirs were in a pretty horrible car accident.

     The son and the friend are both in clear, and already out of the hospital — concussions, internal bleeding and broken bones, and already out. 
     Her 15-year-old daughter, however, wasn’t quite that lucky.

     Above and beyond being bounced around and getting a few nasty bruises, scrapes, gashes and broken bones, she ended up being impaled on the car’s gearshift.
     According to a Paramedic on the scene, she wasn’t taking her predicament lightly.  Though they were attempting to help her, she was dead set on kicking their butts when they tried to move her — so much so that she had to be sedated before being removed from the vehicle and flown to the Hospital.

     She’s going into a surgery in a few hours to repair her broken spine.

     But even with injuries like that, she’s still been moving her hands and feet.  For that matter, she’s been writing notes telling people what she needs. 

     That’s a helluva tough kid, and I have no doubt she’ll pull through with unbelievable speed.
     She’s a Pirate’s kid — these things happen.

     But at the same time, a little but if prayer never hurts.