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Before he left the office for the day (ducking out early, I should add), my esteemed boss and Mercury editor Wm. Steven Humphrey forwarded me an email, adding:

This is for you, and if it is not mentioned on Blogtown, you will be killed then fired.
Steve

Since I would prefer to be neither of those things, here’s the content of the email, a tip sent in by Blogtown reader Stu:

An interview with Vanilla Ice wouldn’t normally be interesting, but skip down towards the end and you get this:

What’s your pet kangaroo called?
VANILLA ICE: Bucky Buckaroo. He’s a great guy. I’ve had him since he was a baby and now he’s 5ft 10in. He’s spoiled rotten — he has his own enclosure and a female pot-bellied pig in there who is his lover. Kangaroos will hump anything. I think the pig likes it. There’s also a goat in there who he grew up with but they’re just friends.

WTF???

Link.

And Stu: Uh, thanks?

Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.

10 replies on “My Boss Really, Really Wants Me to Tell You About Vanilla Ice’s Kangaroo”

  3. I’m sorry you have to work for a monster like Humphrey. I have a few quick tips for Steve, so he can address (and correct) this kind of unacceptable workplace behavior, and make everything all right:

    1. Stop. This management style is simply unacceptable, and will lead to a lawsuit one day.

    2. Collaborate. Instead of making Ned do whatever crazy thing enters your glue-addled gourd, maybe work with him to achieve the post you want.

    3. Listen. The key to effective management is understanding and addressing the needs of one’s underlings.

    Other than that, I’m glad to see Ice is back, and getting some brand new attention.

  7. You fell for the old “you will be killed then fired” gag? It has never been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that WSH has ever actually done that to anyone.

    BTW, the boss never “ducks out early.” The boss, by definition, is ALWAYS working, even when swilling bourbon while getting head from, well, whoever the hell is down there.

  8. re: “BTW, the boss never “ducks out early.” The boss, by definition, is ALWAYS working, even when swilling bourbon while getting head from, well, whoever the hell is down there.”

    Listen to Todd.

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