Author: Bunk Strutts

Boogah Boogah.

First and Last Date: CHEERS!

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Oktoberfest Surprise.

[Image from somewhere in here… hard to find the exact link after the fact.]

Washington D.C. Protest Changes the Course of Something

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Washington, D.C. (Strutts News Services) – About 62 lifelong members of the CCTF (Clan of the Cheeto Task Force) arrived in Washington D.C. on Thursday to demonstrate for the right to eat puffed corn-based products known to have very little nutritional value, but that taste so good you could eat a bag in an hour.

In lieu of conspicuous consumption, the CCTF protesters dressed as actual human-sized cheetos, and in lifelike realism, withered row-by-row in the steady rain just to make their point.

When asked about that point, organizer Robert “Bobby” Bieber stated that the production of the cheese flavored junk food is under attack by the pro-ethanol lobby.

“They want to take our corn away! They want to take our trans-fats away! They want to take our fluorescent orange powdery stuff that tastes kinda like cheese away! Are you blind, man?!”

As the rain fell steadily, and the “cheetos” eroded in a natural fashion, the protest disbanded by 4PM due to a severe outbreak of the munchies.

[Image from Cheeto HQ. Related posts here and here.]

Sunday Morning LOL Possum

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Juvy Possum is in error. Not my tree, and I’m not an elephant.

[Image via Miss Bunkessa Strutts, who happened to be in the right place at the right time with a camera.]

Saturday Matinee: “What the Duck?”

Waddlin’, waddlin’, waddlin’, Though the pond is coddlin’
Keep them duckies waddlin’, Raw Duck!
Rain and wind and weather, Hell-bent in feather,
Wishin’ my gal was by my side.
All the things I’m missin’, Good vittles, love, and kissin’,
Are waiting at the end of my ride.

Cull ’em out, pluck ’em off, pluck ’em off, cull ’em out
Cull ’em out, pluck ’em off, Raw Duck

Dress ’em up, lay ’em down, lay ’em down, baste ’em up
Make sure the oven’s preheated to 375 because no one likes

Raw Duck!

from arbroath.blogspot.co posted with vodpod

Being a duckboy is hard work. Here’s more proof:

This Duck needs no introduction:

Finally, here’s an Odd Duck. Democrat presidential candidate and zen master, Alaska’s former Senator Mike Gravel has the most bizarre political non-political ad I’ve ever seen, and it creeps me out a little:

We assume the message is “Don’t mess with Gravel. He’ll mess up your pond reflections.”

Bunk Speaks

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Folks,

We’ve noticed a few broken links on past posts. If any of you happen to notice videos that don’t play, images that don’t load, lettuce know, and we’ll do our best to fix ’em. YouTube is kinda notorious for pulling videos, and if they yank ’em, we won’t know unless you tell us. Leave a comment on the post with the damaged linkage and we’ll give it a bandage, because, after all, readers of TackyRaccoons visit this site for perfection, and you rock.

Bunk

P.S. TackyRacoons made it past the first cut for January at www.iblogcup.com. 2nd elimination round is going on so vote once a day, but only if you really want to. Maybe we’ll win a cupcake or something. If so, we’ll share it with you because we like to share. It’s just the way we are. Sometimes.

[UPDATE: Tacky Raccoons came in 4th place in January, but there were apparently some shenanigans going on according to the webmaster. Sorry, no cupcake.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 19 – Sky Diving

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Bunky went skydiving only once. Fortunately I had a camcorder strapped to my helmet to record the entire episode. Unfortunately, my ‘chute didn’t open. Watch the entire clip, then I’ll tell you how it ended.

RoboSquid

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Excellent example of nature taking care of itself. This creature is in charge of making sure that the ocean doesn’t back up when it flushes itself periodically.

[Image from Dark Roasted Blend. DRB has WAY too many excellent images. Go there and get lost for a couple days. Just make sure you leave some breadcrumbs so you can find your way back, and tell me what you saw.]

Another Babe Magnet

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I can almost hear it now:

“Josh! Bryan! You won’t believe it– I just scored a 6-pack of carrot extract and, get this, a whole bag of sun-dried figs! ROADTRIP!!”

“Dude! Gotcha covered! Got some ‘Traditional Medicinals Organic Raspberry Leaf!’ We gonna boil some water tonight!”

(The only thing worse than that photo is the embarrassing notion that the industrial designer of the lame-o 1965 Ford Country Squire is still alive to see this.)

[Image buried in DRB. More Babe Magnetism here.]

UPDATE: We’ve gotten such excellent responses from the Babe Magnet posts that we’ve added a new category just to make it easier for you Babe Magnet hounds to find related posts. I guarantee you that there will be more on the way. –Bunk

Caption Contest Finalists: What You’ve All Been Waiting For!

The number of responses we received for our very last Caption Contest was overwhelming, approximately 200% over our initial estimate! What a turnout!

hovercat.jpgWe said we would do something with the entries, and since a prize was promised, it just wouldn’t be right to delete the post entirely. After several minutes of careful analysis and consideration, we decided to select the best of the top four captions as randomly as possible. So here are the candidates, in alphabotanical odor:

1. Dan: “The tread of the slipper was also very odd…”

2. Diesel: “After many setbacks, in 2008 the Boeing Corporation released the first fully functional hovercat.”

3. DUDR_1: “Next stop, CAT LAND!!!”

4. Finicky Penguin: “They knew he was up to something when he glued the cat to the 1-way mirror.”

Through the magic of computer technology, and rather than conduct a poll, we decided to use the random password generator to make the final decision. The first numeral, either 1, 2, 3 or 4, that appears in the first random password is the official winner. The prize is a password to download free cool stuff. So here we go:

e!jh'(}cC13R>Lk4″(H7zGZjF#uwCFVd6k6EH*$tmy3y(H|9uxLdXU70/X/%zUA

As candidate No. 1, Dan is the official winner of the password that allows him to download the coveted Free Cool Stuff and to rock out with bragging rights forevermore! God are we glad this is over with. And, Dan, the TR Grand Prize Van should be arriving at your driveway sometime after midnight tonight to personally deliver your password. Wait at the curb and wear a red carnation. We’ll see you there!

Steamy the Flavor Genie

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No, folks, Bunky doesn’t know what it means either, but anyone with a wallpaper design for sale titled “Tuffy and the Imaginary Flying Cat Head” gets my immediate respect. Rory Skagan’s site has many more products that are Fun to Buy – Cool to Own, so stock up now while supplies last.

[Hat tip to G-off, who lives in a P.O. Box in Colorado. He sent us this as a Christmas card.]