These nice oddities were scrounged from a .gif link dump. Regarding credits, see last week’s .gif post (the poll is still open).
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Meanwhile we have a nicely growing .gif linkdump of our own here.
Month: May 2009
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Comparitive Studies of 18th Century Romanticism
Oh yeah, like I remember that mandatory 7AM class. Wait! It’s HAPPY BEAR ERASER! COOL!
[Found here.]
Happy Tanks
Honestly, I’d like to meet the people that painted these, just not all at once, and the first commenter who makes The Obvious Lame Pun can eat my shorts.
[Click on ’em for biggerosity. Found here via here via here.]
Life Choices: Seahorses or a Monkey?
“Hey Dad! I got a dollar! Can I borrow $19?”
It’s all in the advertising. Note that the $1 seahorses are not “Darling Pet Seahorses” (never mind that the ones in the picture are kinda dead and dessicated, and that just about anywhere in the world one can dig up sea shells hundreds of miles inland)…
But monkeys!
My dad knew that seahorses wouldn’t crap all over the house, wouldn’t get into the cupboard in the middle of the night to get at the strawberry preserves by dropping the jar on the tile floor, and wouldn’t attack your face when you looked them in the eye. Dad was wise beyond his years.
“So can I get the seahorses?”
“No.”
[Image from the back of a 1967 needlework and crafts magazine, shown here.]
Yeah, but she used to be a hottie…
[Found here.]
M.R. Stefanik is not afraid of Chuck Norris…
Bouncy
5.0 4.7earthquake about 8:40pm, near L.A. The cat went spastic, which is the cat’s job. On the other hand, I just clicked on another link for a future post.
“We need a statue…”
“…so I’m commissioning you to create a lasting statue, one that represents our country’s honor, bravery and courage in the face of adversity.”
“How about a ferocious lion, fighting its way to freedom?”
“No. I want a goat.”
“A goat, sir?”
“Yes. A goat with a pike.”
“A goat holding a fish, sir?”
“No. A goat holding a pike, a lance.”
“A jousting goat, sir?”
“No. A goat just holding a lance, to show that we are peaceful at heart, yet are capable of defending ourselves should we need to. And it’s got to be a Christian goat.”
“But sir, not all of our countrymen are Christians.”
“So include our flag, to unite us, and to recognize the Christians as well.”
“You got it.”
And it struck fear in the hearts of no one…
[Image from VE’s Fantastical Vacation.]
Saturday Matinee – Diesel Brown Skaggs Pops & Perkins
Diesel speaks about work, kids, farming, mafia, pirates. The Anti-Boxxy.
Alison Brown has got to be one of the best banjo pickers I’ve ever heard. Very few can play like this without the comfort of studio editing.
Here’s Ricky Skaggs on mandolin, 7 years old, with Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass.
Here’s Ricky Skaggs’ classic “Highway 40 Blues” with the seminal bluegrass backup band, the Boston Pops.
Carl Perkins was one cool rockabilly cat. He’s got an interesting back up band in this video… too hot to handle and too cold to hold.
Tacky Raccoons 
