Bitter Ben‘s collection of “Giftures” is almost as good as ours.
Category: Bizarre
Happy Tetraodontidae
The bleached bones of a member of the
Tetraodontidae family.
It includes balloonfish, blowfish, blowies, bones, bubblefish, globefish, honey toads, pufferfish, puffers, sea squab, sugar toads, swellfish, toadfish and toadies.
2 Up and 2 Back Double Cross Hot Links
The Madison Time Parts 1 & 2, Ray Bryant Combo (1960)The Madison Time was a party record (for its namesake line dance) featuring calls by Eddie Morrison.
DIY Madison instructions (free .pdf download).
Cambodia holds the Guinness World Record for largest Madison dance (2015).
If I Were the Devil – Paul Harvey.
The Hoo-Hoo Degree Team ca. 1930.
Hard to believe, but this is NOT a zebra.
Huge amorphous blob eats oatmeal and learns.
China still operates coal-fired steam engines [via].
You must unify with us because we will not unify with you. Check out the comments for more fun.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image found in here.]
Bonus via Mme. Jujujive: Chinese Road Service.
Catfoots
[Found here.]
1988 vs. 2021
[Images from a FB post.]
Nothing Much Happened Today.
[There’s a video of the action here.]
Keleusmatical Hot Links
Guitar Boogie Shuffle, The Virtues (1958)Recorded as Guitar Boogie Shuffle in 1953 by both The Esquire Boys and The Super-Sonics, Frank Virtue (aka Frank Virtuoso) was 35 when he recorded this cover of Arthur Smith & His Crackerjacks 1948 hit Guitar Boogie.
Now about this QAnon business…
Banjo Boy. (It’s not who you think it is.}
The first “toy” to be advertised on TV.
A bored Viking traced his feet 1100 years ago.
Why is that person running? [h/t Feral Irishman]
What Did Jack Do is 17 minutes of pure David Lynch.
Top image: The missus was about to pitch these cool shades, and my new mask stops BBs at 800fps, so it ought to be able to stop a flying ‘Rona. I’ll test it out at the clinic on Monday.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 662 – Knotfish Swimming, Onion Sizing & Subway Superman
The Morning After.
[Found here.]
Die Schnabelperchten
12 drummers drumming won’t stop them.
With a gentle “Ga Ga Ga”, they make their way from house to house, checking that homes have had the appropriate upkeep, whether the floor has been properly swept and every corner has been dusted. Heaven forbid you don’t clean your house correctly – the ancient version of the legend says that, if that’s the case, the Schnabelperchten will slice open your stomach with a long pair of shears and empty all of the rubbish inside!
Let it be said, however, that the Schnabelperchten are generally welcome guests – especially since they bring happiness and blessings for the coming year.
Schnabelperchten (more than one beaked Perchta) roam around the Alpine region of Austria in midwinter, appearing on or before the eve of the Twelfth Night, the last of the “Twelve Days” of Christmas, the “Haunted Season.”
[h/t Mme. Jujujive. Top image and caption found here. More Perchta lore here and here.]
Update: Just spotted this, and I wasn’t even looking for it.
Tacky Raccoons 