Month: December 2008

Another Great Last Minute Gift Idea: Knobs!

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Wait to see the look on Dad’s face when he gets a half-dozen genuine  Australian knobs!  Whatta Christmas!

[Image from here.]

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Bunk’s Days in the Service… Industry

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A long time ago, in the late ages of black and white TV, Bunk worked in the service industry.  Grunt jobs in restaurants and hotels.  Pot washer. Busboy. Bellhop. Toilet scrubber. Shag carpet raker. Drunk patron helperouter

I was one of three bellhops wearing Hilton monkey suits. Think of three PeeWee Herman/Eddie Haskell type weasels lurking just inside the front doors of a fancy hotel. We were like that.

Besides humping bags all over the hotel, we ran room service and operated a satellite AVIS car rental desk. We were paid less than minimum wage as we were expected to make up the rest in tips.

We got creative.

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Saturday Matinee: Christmas Present & Psst

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According to the source, this clip was found in New Brunswickeshire England, in the basement of a home once owned by one of the founders of the Salvation Army.  It’s bean carbon dated to about 1925.

Brian Setzer’s rockin’ version of Elvis’ rockin’ version of “Santa Claus Is Back In Town.”

Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” choreographed with lights.

It’s not Christmas to Bunk unless he hears this version by the Ronettes.  (Note that in the video the horse is bustin’ butt and that he also has windshield wipers.)

Q:  What’s Christmas without the Ramones?
A:  Christmas.

[Update 22 December 2008–

Plane Tross has noticed and verified a significant congruence between this post and a previous one: “It’s amazing that when you play “The Ramones” song it’s in perfect sync with “Honka Chickm” below it.”

That’s gotta be one of the best comments ever on this blog. Thanks gobs, Plane. Comments like that are what make me wanna get out of bed almost every morning.]

Another Great Gift Idea: Cordless Battery Charger

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[Image from here.]

The .Gif Friday Post 61: Honka Chickm Honka Chickm Honka Chickm Honka Chickm

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Everybody Sing:
“HonkaChickmHonkaChickmHonkaChickmHonkaChickmHonkaChickm…”

[Update 24 December 2008:  Loyal Reader Planetross noted that this .gif syncs nicely with the Ramones vid above.  Is this a Great Country or what?}

Snowmental: Where Are Calvin And Hobbes Now That We Need Them?

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[Snowmen from here via here. Calvin & Hobbes appear here and elsewhere.]

News from Baghdad

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Must read stuff.

http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/2008/12/on-the-hunt-in.php

Found at LGF.

Squint.

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[From here.]

Self Explanatory.

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[From here.]