Category: Odd

Saturday Matinee – Stalecracker, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Justin Johnson & Shaye Cohn

“Growing up in South Louisiana, my Paw Donald would add cayenne pepper to his dishes and he called it Da Cajun Two Step. We wanted to create the perfect spice blend that can be used to step up any dish. This is it and it can be used on anything and EVERYTHING!!! Put it on a Cracka, dude!”

“Stalecracker” (aka Justin Chiasson) is a Tiktok legend who cook him up da cajun food, dood. He’s also a Louisiana State Trooper.

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is always entertaining (despite the shaky video).

Justin Johnson cools the fire with the swampslide.

Shaye Cohn, cornetist and director of New Orleans based jazz band Tuba Skinny, joins her dad Joe Cohn (guitar), Zaid Nasser (alto sax) and Rob Adkins (bass).

Had a busy week, kinda wiped out, but we’ll be up and about by the time you get here tomorrow. Have a great weekend.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 822 – Smiling Faces, Come At Me Bro & The Spin-N-Splat

[Found here, here and here.]

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]

Campering.

Hello Froggy.

1 possum per hour.

THE Best Sandbox.

Painting with Legos.

A fishing reel diddley bow.

It’s worse than we thought.

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.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 821 – The Magic Wand, The Heckling & 190 Degree Skritchies

[Found here and here. Crow pics from here, mashed up with the possum from here.]

Home Insection

[Found here.]

Spiny Stuff

Bunkessa had an x-ray recently. I messed with it.

Colorized with Palette, sharpened with an old PhotoSuite 4.0 program, then ran it through Deep Dream Generator.

Collect Them All!


“These stickers are not easy to drop off; they’re non-reflective and even waterproof. I’m willing to call them the most successful invention of 2023!”

Some Chinese news outlets credited the unexpected popularity of belly button stickers to Chinese traditional medicine, which states that the lower abdomen must be kept warm to preserve the overall health of the body. By keeping the fake navel exposed, users can wear high-waisted pants that cover much of the stomach, while still rocking garments like crop-tops.

ONLY 1/2¢ PER BB!
A pack of 96  3/4″ x  1″ Chinese belly button decals for only 50 cents is one helluva deal. Confuse people by moving them around, or wear several at the same time and claim as many birthdays as you want. So many possibilities.

[Images and story found here.]

Ode to NANCY

For some unexplainable reason, I’ve been collecting random Nancy panels for a while, many culled from this fine collection. I have only one paper copy I clipped long ago from the Sunday Funnies because it’s so Zen; the others were all found online by accident. I messed with one or two…

[Click on any image to enlarge. Previously posted Nancy, Sluggo and Aunt Fritzi Ritz stuff here.]