Meatball Parade has earworm potential.
The Mumble Song by the Charioteers.
Clark Terry mumbles the best. (Wait for the punchline.)
This is a big crack.
If someone calls you a punk, brat, jerk, dunce, fool, rube, bum, barbarian, cretin or a bunghole, he/she probably doesn’t know the source of those terms of endearment.
Flibberty Jib describes this Presidential Election cycle perfectly.
“You cannot take any people, of any color, and exempt them from the requirements of civilization — including work, behavioral standards, personal responsibility and all the other basic things that the clever intelligentsia disdain — without ruinous consequences to them and to society at large.” – Dr. Thomas Sowell
Everyone who saw the Superb Owl L Half-Time Show with the abhorrent tribute to The Black Panthers must read this.
This is how you sing You Belong To Me.
How to excavate a buried VW Microbus Single Cab with some really annoying music.
R.I.P. Lenny Baker 1946-2016. Dennis Green passed on last September. The guys were talented.
U.S lice infestation map mirrors Hillary’s popularity. Go figger.
[At top is the cropped image of an Indian Kathakali artist by photographer Joshi Daniel.]
How to make a leatherbound journal and then throw it into the fireplace.
On Monday 25 January 2016 Awesome happened. Bob Newhart called in to the Tim Conway Jr. show on KFIAM640. Here’s Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4.
This is the greatest radio theme song ever.
Here’s the original Timmy Time Song.
The Bodysnatchers‘ ska cover of “Too Experienced” is very pretty.
Expand your emoticon vocabulary. Why type 😛 when you can type <°)))))>< ? Expand your emoticon vocabulary here.
I don’t know who thinks painted eyebrows are attractive, but the top image is from here.
Blogger Gains Internet Following by Smashing Her Face into Bread Products.
Oh, and if you were wondering, that’s a Haggis. Only Scots eat them, and it explains and justifies the honorable tradition of wearing kilts.
Why A Pair of Pants?
“Pants” is an abbreviation for “Pantaloons,” originally a two-piece garment, with one sleeve for each leg, both tied around the waist. The codpiece was a polite, yet not-so-polite, appurtenance. Pantaloons (with or without codpieces) were a hit in France in the late 1600s. What a surprise.
The word “pantaloons” comes from the French pantalon, derived from Italian pantalone, named after San Pantalone, aka Saint Pantaleone, aka Saint Panteleímon.
That guy was pretty cool. He practiced medicine until he became a Faith Healer and was accused of witchcraft in 305AD. He survived being set on fire with torches, being dipped in molten lead, tied to a rock and thrown into the sea, fed to wild animals, torn apart on the rack, and a beheading. He freed a bunch of slaves, too. Once he agreed that beheading was usually lethal, he was beheaded a second time and he died.
But that’s not all.
In the Middle Ages he came to be regarded as the patron saint of physicians and midwives. A phial containing some of his blood has been preserved at Constantinople; on his Feast Days (he scored three – 27 July, 28 July, and 18 February) his blood boils. Pure awesome.
The origin of the taunt “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” is related.
Straatsen in the Netherlands [via].
Hexaflexigon burrito. Do it. Eat it.
Some of these DIY illusions are cool.
RHNB = Red Hot Nickel Ball. Nice video collection by a guy who knows what to do with one.
El Niño – He’s a-comin’ ta gitcha, and Google Maps has you covered.
We’ve all seen ’em. They’re called dickheads.
Don’t do this [via].
Do this instead. [Top image screen-capped from that video and doctored a tad.]
[Update: Added the Epilogue to the St. Pantaleone saga.]
This Bunkshelf made a funny without my help.
That floating island of garbage in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?
It’s a myth.
Flesh-like body parts for sale.
TRUE: A legal immigrant with no criminal record contributed $20K too much to a woman’s election campaign and was sentenced to 8 months in a confinement center for hard core criminals all because he criticized Barack Obama.
Got Alpaca? It’s the Other red meat.
Still Life With Monkey:
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Oh, yeah, and then there’s this.
Levitating Superconductor on a Möbius strip [via].
Oikophobia and Xenophilia are related.
Chocolate or vanilla? The debate began around 1520 when Cortés y los Conquistadores brought both to Europe.
Irreverent satire/snark posted in 2004 comes true.
Repost: The Entire Bible in 30 minutes or less.
The Cliff’s Notes’ version of The New Testament takes more than 30 minutes, but the intro is interesting.
Top image from The How And Why Wonder Book of Atomic Energy. This illustrated series was awesome.
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco, hates it when you try to kiss his hand. PROOF.
THE CLASSIC LIST of things purportedly caused by Global Warming Climate Change as of Spring of 2012. The Owner of this blog deserves payment to keep it up to date, IMO.
I really don’t remember why I have this page bookmarked. Honest.
I do know why I have this page bookmarked, but I’m not sayin’. Honest.
A molting grasshopper with a nice soundtrack.
Fun Facts To Know And Tell: Joey Ramone sang “Duke Of Earl” backed up by The Mystics. Read that then listen to this.
[Top image from here. Frank is awesome.]
Books In Chains: Combating Book Theft in Medieval Times.
Fred Willard on Letterman 1987.
Zappa, Beefheart & Pink Floyd 1969 [via].
From the Unusual Sentences Department:
“Twenty minutes in, he stops, lifts his tail, and produces one phenomenally long and sonically impressive Super Fart.”
The Clark Brothers ca. 1948. Too slow? Jump to 02:40.
Charlie Ryan & The Timberline Riders – The B-Side of Hot Rod Lincoln: Hot Rod Hades.
This is kinda cool. It’s a Unicorn Head Squirrel Feeder, and I like the soundtrack.
How to make a cigar box diddley bow.
The Superbone begat the Firebird. Pretty ingenious in that it allows a B♭ trumpet player to play difficult keys (like F♯ major) with a slide adjustment.
[Top image: Maynard Ferguson playing a Firebird left-handed.]
Young Horse + Bubble Wrap [via].
Ferrets in a ball-pit of chocolate Easter eggs [via].
World’s largest cat painting has been sold.
“There are three things my brother Chico is always on- a phone, a horse or a broad.” –Groucho Marx
The London Stone is an historical landmark that’s supposed to be really important, but it’s so old that nobody remembers why.
Kids’ unfartunate spelling errors.
Awesome 5-shot rubber band gun (with animations).
Alfred E. Neuman first appeared in 1894?
[Top image from here.]
Tacky Raccoons 