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Chameleon
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Category: Bizarre
Stuff I Do When I’m Bored
Cello from Hello
The Recycler
[Image found here. It’s a still from this video, and the following clip was posted in the comments.]
Dexiotropic Hot Links
Black Dog Blues, Bayless Rose (1930) Guitarist and singer Bayless “Bailey” Rose’ recordings have been included in both white country blues and black ragtime anthologies. He was a Melungeon according to Mildred Justice, daughter of Dick Justice, another guitarist of the same era.
A life saved [via Bunkerville].
The Fried Egg [via Mme. Jujujive].
Starship Size Comparison Chart [via The Daily What].
Polar Bears – A Netflix Documentary [via Feral Irishman].
A big driftwood finger (and more nautical-themed works of Etsy).
Three young women eating spaghetti on inflatable mattresses at Island of Capri, 1939.
[Top image found here, colorized.]
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 822 – Smiling Faces, Come At Me Bro & The Spin-N-Splat
Update: Early Wednesday morning WordPress had some problems and was shut down for a few hours, leaving this Friday .Gif Post scheduled prematurely. I couldn’t bear to let such an embarrassing error stand, so I hung my head in shame and rescheduled it for the proper time slot.
Lo siento un poco.
Woolson Morse’s Contribution to the World: Mechanical Elephant Head 1891
DIAGRAM OF THE ELEPHANT’S HEAD
A. Wheels for the eyes.
B. Wheels for the trunk.
C. Cord for drawing trunk inward.
D. Cord for drawing trunk outward.
E. Leather thongs for operating wheels.
F. Hook from which head is suspended.
[Full story here.]
Owl and Pony Show
Posted on Facebook by Eric Lind of Eureka, Illinois on 13 October 2022.
Current situation at my parents house…..the young neighborhood owl has stolen this stick horse and is flying around the neighborhood with it. Hilldale/Forest Park/Ridge lane neighbors…if your child is missing their stick horse, you’ll have to talk to the owl!!
Edit: for those of you questioning if the owl is hurt or “entangled” in the stick horse….we have no reason to believe this is the case as we witnessed the owl moving the horse around and even changing it’s grip on it at one point….this owl is part of a family of owls that have been in the neighborhood for about 6 months now, and this is one of the young owls…if someone sees that the owl is in danger or believes it is hurt, I’m sure the proper authorities would be contacted…
The story was picked up by the UK Daily Mirror [h/t Serafina D.].
Formivorous Hot Links
Potrzebie, Alfred E. Neuman & His Fershlugginer Five (1959) MAD Magazine published a number of recordings over the years, some included as tear-out vinyl 45s in various issues. Potrzebie was the B-side of the truly awful What Me Worry? From Google Translate:
Polish – “Potrzeba” (poat-seh-bah) translates to “need”
“W potrzebie” (poat-seh-byah) means “in need of”.
[h/t Memo Of The Air]
BBC News in pidgin [h/t Possum].
“Have you heard dis information?“
The coming darkness of October 14.
Percussion solo [via Feral Irishman]
Different dogs get weighed at the vet.
Messin’ with the skid [via Bunkerville].
The Memory of a Mighty River [via Memo Of The Air].
Happy 23rd Blogiversary to Everlasting Bloort & the Queen of the Illustrated Link Dump Mme. Jujive. May the Meepzorp be with you.
[Top image: Colorized still from The Wild Party (1929) starring Clara Bow and Frederic March, via The View From Lady Lake.]
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Tacky Raccoons 