Not sure if that’s protection from the ‘Rona or from the ‘Cadas. Reminds me of this, which reminds me of this.
[Image from unknown source, sent via email by Bunkanne.]
Category: Bizarre
Nap Time
[Images found here.]
Apparently the “Random Google Maps Street View Images” Twitter account has been suspended for unknown reasons. Can’t have fun anymore. 😛
Tolfraedic Hot Links
Schwinn 24, King Arthur & the Carrots (1966)Kinky Friedman formed King Arthur & the Carrots while in college, and they recorded one 45rpm. Flip side was Beach Party Boo Boo, cover version here.
Bunk & Twitchy – here and here.
“Are we there yet?” Victorian sedan.
Pizza Crunchy [h/t Corinne L. via FB]
Flight Lieutenant Sibanda’s helicopter.
Lillian Virginia Mountweazel (1942-1973).
[Top image: Created from a kindergartner’s drawing of a car? Nope. It’s El Super Auto del “Potro” Rodriquez, Ingenario Popular. The owner, Alberto Rodriguez (of Deán Funes, Córdoba, Argentina) left a message in the vid comments.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
House Spiders
Marlin Peterson did it (and those are daddy longlegs, aka harvesters, not spiders) on the roof of the Armory at the Seattle Center.
[Found here. More info and a timelapse video here. It’s in Google Maps satellite view, too.]
Bigass WTF Unearthed in AU
“A competition was held for biggest mallee root, and this entry from Tooleybuc was just shy of winning. […] At the mallee root festival in Ouyen, guests witness root tossing competitions. Whoever throws a 9 kilo (nearly 20 lb) stump the furthest wins.”
From Wiki:
Mallee is the growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber,
So there you go.
[Image, caption and more found here.]
The Past in the Present – George, Ben & Abe
The .Gif Friday Post No. 679 – Pulseberry, Dancearrrrgh & Bat Boy Beatdown
Sunroof Safety Glass
Boogah Boogah
Cassini Periodical Hot Links
Chicken Stuff, Hop Wilson & His Chickens (1958)Harding Wilson (1921-1975) got his nickname from playing harmonica a lot as a kid – harp is pronounced hop in Texan. (Chicken stuff goes by another name there, too.) Pop Hop’s steel slide style influenced many other bluesmen.
R.I.P El Risitas 1956-2021.
Not sure what to make of this.
The Pillow (a short horror movie).
Elements of Grammar Walk Into a Bar…
3 hours of mostly peaceful protest sounds.
“It’s not clear how the turtle became airborne.”
Coming Soon: Axe throwing and miniature golf.
His parents really named him Dylan Shakespeare Robinson?!
One of the worst man-made catastrophes in history happened 35 years ago on 26 April 1986.
4 year old Zoe Roth became a meme in 2008. She’s 21 now and $458,000 richer because of it.
1988 Trabant quality control. The car’s been called “a spark plug with a roof.” More about the East German car here.
[Top image: Cicadaman, spotted recently by Amy D.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
