Retro hood ornaments.
[Found here.]
Posts Tagged ‘tacky’
Magnetic Babe Magnet Babes
Monday, 19 December 2011Holy Poop! We’re Four Years Old!
Thursday, 4 August 2011Yes, you got that right. On 3 August 2007, Tacky Raccoons belched itself into the blogosphere with little fanfare and a mere handful of hoopla. Now it’s 10PM on the eve of this auspicious occasion, and I’m caught with my pants down and my skirt over my head trying to figure out what to do with only two hours to go, so let’s do this.
Yeah it’s fuzzy until you click on it and see that we’re over 906,000 sharp views, and most of those are prolly Chinese and Russkie bots, but we’re holding strong at about 20K per month despite school being in recession. I don’t know wtf happened in October 2009, but I’ll roll with it.
Oh wait. I know. Let’s have another rundown of the most popular posts for the last year, just like we’ve done for the past three years.
So here are the Top 11 of the past twelve months, with last year’s rankings separated by an appropriate slash. nr = no rating, indicating that the post either didn’t make rank or wasn’t posted last year. Click on the images to see the original posts.
This year, we’re gonna start with No. 11 because it’s only been up for a short while, but got a wad of hits.
No. 11/nr- The .Gif Friday Post No. 185 – 80 Beetles
No. 10/nr – The .Gif Friday Post No. 145 – The End, Near Miss, Cat Attack
No. 9/nr -Pre-ChatRoulette FAIL
No. 8/5- Lesbian Amputee Dwarf Porn
No. 7/3 -Giant Woolly Bear Caterpillar Discovered Near Las Cruces, NM, Predicts Global Warming for Decades to Come
No. 6/nr -The .Gif Friday Post No. 93 – Cat Fish Robot Jam
No. 5/nr -The .Gif Friday Post No. 108 – Eat It, Walk It, Pump It
No. 4/nr -Death Row Barbie
No. 3/4 -LOL Ferret Episode 1
No. 2/2 -Amy’s Motivational Poster Collection
No. 1/nr – Capybara Lapwarmer
I gotta tell you, I’d never have guessed that Ms. Capylady would make the top ten, let alone make it to Number One on the 2011 Tacky Raccoons Hit Parade.
I’ve traded a couple of emails with Ms. C since this was first posted, and I congratulate her on her meteoric rise to the coveted position on the TR Top Ten.
And that’s exactly what makes blogging fun. In four years, I still don’t know what’s gonna get a hit. I just toss out whatever amuses me, and I’m happy that some of it amuses you, too.
Your pal Bunk
Swiss Army Crapper
Sunday, 1 August 2010
“Honey, it locked up again and I’ve gotta go, real bad.”
There’s something about designers who insist on taking a concept that works and trying to fix it. Just because it’s different, doesn’t necessarily make it better, and this is a great example.
Yeah, it looks cool, and it takes up less space than a regular bathroom with a toilet and a shower, but look closer at what it takes away.
- The floor and all walls of the room need to be waterproofed, and it has to have a floor drain.
- All electrical fixtures, switches and outlets need to be waterproof, too.
- The floor is always cold. And wet.
- Forget mildew problems. Now you have water deposits to clean.
- To clean it, you need a ladder… and machine oil.
- No grooming mirror in front of the lavatory so you might as well do it in a dark closet.
- The toilet seat will always be wet. No furry seat cover cozies for you!
- Forget about a toilet paper dispenser. You better remember to fish it out of the linen cabinet every time.
- Women have no countertop space to display all 31 beauty enhancement products and accouterments.
- Men have no place to set their beer while they pee into the floor drain.
Now, if it had a single button that springs everything into a usable configuration, that might be cool, except when the power goes out. In other words, it’s another great example of pure efficient genius.
[Found here, crossposted here, with a Tip o' the Tarboosh to Snork.]
Babe Magnet for a Johnson
Sunday, 25 July 2010
Whoa. Look what we’ve got here. A gen-u-ine Babe Magnet owned by someone who doesn’t know how to park. After much deliberation here at TR HQ, the vote was split 6 to 5 in favor of awarding the coveted title of BM to this large scale version of a 12-year old’s customized Revelle model of a 1973 Chevy Impala ragtop. Pure efficient genius.
The question comes down to what type of person would drive such a PullMeOverNow car? A teenager would love it, but that’s unlikely due to the lack of moola factor, and someone in their 30s wouldn’t be seen standing next to it. Early twenties with some serious expendable cash is as good a guess as any.
Unlike the other Babe Magnets we’ve dissected here, we know who the owner of this Tupperware-lid-wheeled ear of corn is. Without cheating, try to guess what he does for a living and how much he makes. Leave your assessment in the comments. The answer with links is below the break. (more…)
Miss Aluminum Flex-i-Duct 1961
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
Checking the Lotto
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
If I had all the money I ever spent on lottery tickets… oh wait, I do. You can get better odds in Las Vegas, and that city was built on odds. You want 2 to 1 odds? Go to the racetrack, and you won’t get it there either. [More below the break.]
Winter Wonderland
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
All of us here at Tacky Raccoons cordially wish you all a very merry Vendrasco Christmas.
[Found here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No.102 – Rooster Cat Fight, Splash Kangaroo and a Very Tacky Raccoon
Friday, 23 October 2009
Dang. I’d love to take credit for that last one, but it ain’t mine.
[Update: Apparently the last animation is by HappyToast.]
Blogoversary II: Our 2nd Year’s Top 10
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Whoa. Two freakin’ years (not counting the undercover ghost-posting stalking decades) and y’all are still with us, doin’ the Number 6, a-ridin’ into town a-whompin’ an’ a whumpin’.
Our first post was on Friday, 3 August 2007, but since we don’t wanna interrupt your Monday work schedule with all the hoopla, we turned back the calendar by a day. We also know, since we track the stats, that most of y’all check in here during your working hours anyway. Believe it or not, our statistics have a pulse. You have no excuse for not clicking through all 11 links below, because it’s still the weekend.
Many people have asked us about our now world famous TR logo. Once we’d decided on a blogname, we realized that we needed a mascot, so I doodled a raccoon that had just realized he’d blundered through a puddle of rubber cement. That was it. One shot. On a scrap of notebook paper. Serious history.
There are a lot of reasons why I like posting inanities on this blog, but I can’t think of any right now. All I know is it keeps me from oiling the chainsaw and putting the dishes away. Mostly I enjoy the camaraderie of my fellow blogheads and the opportunity to crosspost trash talk with relative impunity. Above all, comments from near and far keep me sitting here and avoiding “Dancing With The Stars” reruns.
So here are the greatest traffic producers of the past year, with the previous year’s ranking separated by an appropriate slash.
NR = no rating, indicating that the post either didn’t make rank or wasn’t posted last year.
My personal favorite for this year, Popeye’s Obituary, didn’t rank, but it’s barely a monthski old. A simple click on any image below will take you to the realm of the original coolness.
SO HERE WE GO:
No. 10/1 – Another Great Christmas Gift Idea
No. 9/nr – Lesbian Amputee Dwarf Porn
No. 8/4 – Faith Enhancer
[True learning experience here.]
No. 7/nr – LOL Ferret: On Watch
No. 6/nr – Southern California Fires October 2007
No. 5/2 – Nice Stained Glass
No. 4/5 – Pirates Attack Venice With Rabbit
No. 3/nr – Giant Wooly Bear Caterpillar Discovered
[Don't miss the comments on this one.]
No. 2/3 – Batmobile Babe Magnet
AND THE NUMBER ONE POST OF THE YEAR IS:
No. 1/10 – LOL FERRET: Episode 1
Thanks to all you loyal readers, commenters and linkers.
Y’all make me feel like a hundred bucks.
Tacky Raccoons’ First Year: The Top 11 Posts
Sunday, 3 August 2008[UPDATE 3 AUGUST 2011: TOP HITS FOR OUR 4TH GLORIOUS YEAR HERE.]
[UPDATE 3 AUGUST 2010: TOP HITS FOR OUR 3RD GLORIOUS YEAR HERE.]
[UPDATE 3 AUGUST 2009: TOP HITS FOR OUR 2ND GLORIOUS YEAR HERE.]
Folks– Here are the posts that got the most traffic in our first glorious year. Keep in mind that these are not necessarily the best because some posts are sleepers… more recent posts get penalized in that respect. (We’ve extended the Top Ten to the Top Eleven, because No. 11 is our personal favorite.)
Click on each image to link to the original post. Here we go.
No. 11 – Herd of Indricotheria Captured
No. 10 -Lol Ferret, Episode 1
No. 9 – Bloody Mushrooms With Teeth
No. 8 – “SO WHAT! LOOK WHAT YOU’RE WEARING!”
No. 7 – Here’s to Your Nulls, and more…
No. 6 - Hermann Reiche’s Contribution to the World
No. 5 - Pirates Attack Venice with Rabbit
No. 4 – Faith Enhancer
No. 3 – Batmobile Babe Magnet
No. 2 – Nice Stained Glass?
AND THE NUMBER ONE POST, with 14,916 hits in one day, and over 60,000 total, is:
Thanks a wad for all your goading encouragement this past year, and we really appreciate the comments (especially the thread on this one.) Y’all make me feel like a hundred bucks.
Your Pal, Bunk
