2004 World Stupidity Awards

Courtesy of this amusing site...

Please be informed that I neither agree nor disagree with the nominations below... except for my own nominations in blue...


2004 World Stupidity Awards Nominees:


Stupidest Man of the Year
1) President George W. Bush
2) Presumptive Democratic Nominee John Kerry
3) Deposed Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein
4) US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
5) Osama Bin Laden
6) The man who queued up in front of me at McDonald's and ordered roti canai

Stupidest Woman of the Year
1) Michael Jackson
2) Private Lynndie England
3) Courtney Love
4) Martha Stewart
5) Anna Nicole Smith
6) Ms.MoreHoney of Messrs. Stern, Dull & Bore

Stupidest Country of the Year
1) France
2) The USA
3) Canada *
4) North Korea
5) The United Kingdom
6) Australia
7) It bears repeating -- The USA
*Host Country for the Stupidity Awards is automatically nominated

Stupidest Movie of the Year
1) Gigli
2) The Passion of the Christ
3) New York Minute
4) The Day After Tomorrow
5) Scooby Doo 2
6) Alien vs. Predator

Stupidest TV Show of the Year
1) The Simple Life
2) The Swan
3) The O’Reilly Factor
4) Average Joe 2
5) Fear Factor
6) For Love or Money 3... or is it 4 already...

Stupidest Act of the Year
1)The Abu Ghraib Prison Torture Photo Club
2) Wardrobe Malfunction Super Bowl XXXVIII
3) Invading Iraq
4) The Crocodile Hunter feeding crocodile with his baby son
5) The North American East Coast Blackout
6) Ordering roti canai at McDonald's

Stupidest Trend of the Year
1) War
2) Trucker Hats
3) Spam
4) Climate Change
5) Terrorism
6) Increased stupidity and having pride in it (in malay it's called "bodoh sombong")

Stupidest Media Outlet of the Year
1) Fox News
2) The Mirror, UK
3) Air America
4) The New York Times
5) Clear Channel
6) Malaysian entertainement magazine, Utopia

Stupidity Award for Reckless Endangerment of the Planet
1) George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair
2) Osama Bin Laden
3) Kim Jong-il, Dictator of North Korea
4) Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat
5) Jessica Simpson
6) Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Gang... Does this world REALLY need more pretty-boys?

Stupidest Statement of the Year
1) "It was a wardrobe malfunction." Justin Timberlake
2) 'YYEEEAARRGHHHHH!!" -- Howard Dean
3) "I do" Britney Spears
4) "Nick, why does this Chicken of the Sea taste like tuna?" Jessica Simpson
5) "Major combat operations have ended in Iraq," President George W. Bush
6) "One Big Mac and two roti canai"