Everybody Sing:
“HonkaChickmHonkaChickmHonkaChickmHonkaChickmHonkaChickm…”
[Update 24 December 2008: Loyal Reader Planetross noted that this .gif syncs nicely with the Ramones vid above. Is this a Great Country or what?}
Category: Odd
Squint.
[From here.]
Self Explanatory.
[From here.]
The .GIF Friday Post 60 – Catfishbowl
Another Great Gift Idea: Sick Japanese Dog With Infectious Saliva Game!
Okay, um, lessee. You open the sickly dog’s skull, stick his tongue to the roof of his mouth and pour in a bunch of green slime with little tidbits in it. Now the sinuses are loaded. Close the head, and doggy drools infected pus with candies that you try to retrieve with electrified tweezers before they land on his tongue.
But here’s the excellent twist: If you pick the wrong tidbit, you are awarded with 110V of Japanese current coursing through your metacarpals. Hilarity ensues as you roll on the floor convulsing uncontrollably. Everyone’s a loser in this game, not just you!
It still doesn’t beat “Pie Face” as our all-time favorite strategy game, but it’s a close second.
[Found at RGS, with many more to choose from. Nice archive of gifts here.]
Growing Dogs: Part 1 – Planting
Pisgah, Ohio (Strutts News Services) – Anyone who has tried to raise big dogs in the city understands the difficulties involved. One authority, Ms. Tooncie Crumbler, has beat the odds and raised several healthy crops of Retrievers Golden outside her flat in downtown Pisgah.
“Assuming you start with good stock, all it takes are a few clippings, good soil, and bone meal mulch to get ’em to take root and prosper,” said Ms. Crumbler, 78. “Then you have to keep them watered. They do better in the shade, otherwise they tend to wither, and you have to crop ’em back occasionally.”
When asked about the sprouts observed outside of the planters, Ms. Crumbler initially denied their existence, but admitted that she was embarrassed for not having weeded the strays as often as she’d like.
“Once I get me some more planters, I’ll dig ’em up and pot ’em. Until then, they’re just weeds to me.”
Liberty Schaefer
According to THIS excellent source, Germany “Liberty” Schaefer stole 2nd base, and then stole 1st. He attempted to steal 2nd again on the next pitch.
Perfectly legal in 1911 Baseball.
The .GIF Friday Post 59 – Honest Game
Another Great Gift Idea: Kawaba!
What a great toy! Man-o-man this sends me back. What 9-year-old boy could resist a wooly mammoth with wings and don’t-eat-the-yellow-snow tusks, with a pair of, um, snow-covered cookies growing out of its trunk. Japanese marketing is amazing.
The folks from Nippon are amused by us westerners as well. If you ever find yourself among a group of them, all you have to say is “Detroit” and they double over laughing.
Careful with the Kawaba site on the advert above; might not be safe according to Firefox.
[Update: Try this Kawaba site instead: http://www.kawaba.co.jp/index.php ]
[Image from the Awesome Cheese.]
Tacky Raccoons 