Category: Bizarre
Squirrel King?
Never heard of a “squirrel king” until now. It happens when squirrels get their tails entangled and can’t escape, leaving them vulnerable to predators and starvation. Pine sap was the culprit in the image above.
Is it a hoax? I dunno, Babs, but I do know this: there’s more about “squirrel kings” and related “kings” with photos and links here.
Shimla, India
[Found here.]
Japanese Bunny Lady
Rams vs. Patriots Hot Links
THIS is how I use the Waze App.
Dogs hate these smells [via]. Now prove it.
On eating chili, playing foosball and “white privilege.”
No.1 is easy to guess; not No.50. State and local tax collection per capita for fiscal year 2016 [via].
According to one source, Ariana Grande’s new tatt ‘七輪’ means Japanese style bbq grill (or “tambourine” according to Google Translate).
Some moron in Phoenix Arizona actually complained to a restaurant manager about an historic photograph of Welsh miners in a pub. I’d like to hear his take on this one.
[Top .gif compiled from Rams & Patriots helmet design/logo history found in here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No.570 – My Favorite Slippers
.Gif animations found at the following links:
HOLY COW! IT’S FARMERMAN!
Nothing Much Happened Today.
Hot Links with Octothorpes
A study in character development.
Time-lapse of blooming fungi and slime molds [via].
“The sawmouth bridoon may be attached to a snaffle…”
Pamphlet from 1928 touted an elixir: Radioactive water. Here’s a double-sided .pdf of the same if you want to recreate the pamphlet as a color pamphlet and leave it on your boss’ desk as a purchase request. [h/t Carl L.]
“Das Walliser Schwarznasenschaf” mentions that sheep with horns were common in the region of Valais 5000 years BC. [Source, via here.]
2.2. Art der Zucht: Leistungszucht
Hauptleistungsmerkmal:
Fruchtbarkeit
2.3. Erbfehler:
Fisch- und Saumaul
2.4. Zuchtmängel:
Spreizklaue
Hauptleistungsmerkmal:
Fruchtbarkeit
2.3. Erbfehler:
Fisch- und Saumaul
2.4. Zuchtmängel:
Spreizklaue
Crosley Field was a wood-framed ballpark stadium, smelled like popcorn, beer and cigars, and I believe it lasted so long due to decades of layers of enamel. It was replaced by Riverfront Stadium in 1970.
Paper Airplanes [via]. In High School I came up with a slow glider similar to the “Water Plane.” I launched one from the balcony of Riverfront Stadium. It dived, then stalled and dumped its payload of confetti (IBM punchcard chads) over the pricey seats below, righted itself and glided slowly into the end-zone for the win. Eventually an usher came by, told me to cut it out because the people below were complaining – those IBM chads were oily…
Controlled demolition of Riverfront Stadium 2002.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 569 – Happy Music
[All three .gif animations by Stas Santimov found here via here.]
The audio clip dates to 1921: “Don’t Tell Your Monkey Man.”
Tim Brymn & His Black Devil Orchestra were an all African-American 70 piece musical unit that represented the 350th Field Artillery Regiment during World War I. Tim Brymn’s band was described at the time as “a military symphony engaged in a battle of jazz.”
Tacky Raccoons 