Remember the California kid who was suspended from school for having an AMERICAN FLAG on the back of his bike? The school was afraid that the kid’s display of OUR NATION’S FLAG might cause racial tensions. The story has an awesome outcome.
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Meanwhile, something bad happened. A kid got slapped for getting out of line in Kansas City, MO. But that’s not the bad part. THIS IS. And it’s 40 page diatribe of serious insanity from the boy’s mother.
(Tip o’ the Tarboosh to Savage.)
Lotsa cool electron microscope images with color enhancement found here. Don’t miss the human tongue bacteria to see what’s tasting YOU.
You missed it, didn’t you?
For this Auspicious Occasion, it was our intention to announce the Wiener of the Poll. We can’t… there is a tie. Planetross and Wheels each garnered exactly 21.43% of the vote. (You can view the entries and poll results here.) So to be fair, we’ve gotta have a runoff poll.
Voting is open for one week only, and the clock is ticking, so Wheels & Planetross, rally your troops.
And for the folks who are sponsoring this Competition, here’s another plug:
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After sifting through hundreds of entries, here are the Finalists as chosen by our crack team of webminers. Now all you gotta do is vote for your favorite joke, and next weekend we’ll award Le Prix de Impressionnant.
Finalists’ entries are below the poll.
Here are the entries in the order received:
B.C.
Obama.
Dan
This one’s my original:
If you know what brand of beer your dog prefers, you might be a redneck.
Tattoo Jim
This is one my grand-dad used to say:
Just keep smiling… it makes everybody wonder what you’ve been up to.
amy
yellow
phil cordery
one of my father’s on other people’s driving habits
“You couldn’t drive a greasy stick up a dead dogs arse”
Chuck Gibbs, RN
I think it was Baxter Black who published a list of cowboy wisdom ‘don’t’s which included:
“Don’t fry bacon in the nude.”
“Don’t squat with your spurs on.”
and my personal favorite:
“Don’t drink downstream from the herd.”
Sexual harrassment accusation – “He explored more bottom than Jacque Cousteau.”
Of course, the difference between naked and nekkid always made me laugh. Naked you don’t have clothes on, nekkid you don’t have clothes on and are up to something.
Point to ponder – If space travelers made it to Earth, indicating a technology gap (like throwing rocks compared to nuclear weapons), why would they need big honkin’ navigation lights on their terrestrial exploration vehicles? What could they not avoid or, better yet, what could even remotely come close to hittin’ them?
Saw a interweb post recently ranting about a lady shopper racin’ through the local store where the blogger shopped, almost causing cart-related accidents hither and yon. She wrote of wanting to shout at the reckless women something to the effect of “Slow down ! You’re not shopping for jack rabbits (although that would be way cool) !”
wheels
I had a custom button made once that read, “If you can’t get your work done in a 24-hour day, work nights.”
I’m also fond of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival winner: “Hedgehogs. Why can’t they just share the hedge?”
Alessandra
If a kid refuses to sleep during nap time, are they guilty of resisting a rest?
planetross
“Raisins are inbred.”
Loni Anderson (Good God, look at that hair!) introduced a tribute to Charles Schulz, creator of Wee Folk, aka Peanuts. Today is the 60th anniversary of its debut. RIP, Sparky.
David Benoit’s version of Vince Guaraldi’s classic “Linus and Lucy.”
Amazing magic trick [found here].
Remember when SNL was funny? Buck Henry was one of the top writers in the early days.
According to one source, “Downchild” was the band that inspired Dan Akroyd to create The Blues Brothers.
BTW, The Competition will be closed at Midnight, Pacific Standard Time, tonight, so get yer last minute entries in.
Have a great weekend, folks.
As drummer for the seminal punk band The Ramones, surviving member Marky Ramone is enhancing his portfolio by marketing Marky Sauce. It’s the loudest, fastest and most awesome pasta sauce you’ll ever see in your lifetime. Gabba freakin’ Hey!
[Video here, Marky’s website here. Tip o’ the tarboosh to WN.]
For fans, here’s a bonus clip from “End of the Century.”
[Found in Strider’s awesome collection of crap.]
Although the sign says “Mockingbird Heights Drag Strip,” the photo was probably taken at the NHRA Drag Strip in Pomona California in the mid 1960s. Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster was accompanied by Grampa Munster (Al Lewis) for a publicity stunt.
I watched the show as a kid for obvious reasons, but especially to see Marilyn Munster. All the little chicks with the crimson lips fawned over 10 year old Eddie Munster, and one of his fans finally tracked down Butch Patrick.
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It happened this morning. It’ll happen again this afternoon. Thought you’d like to know [via].
Tacky Raccoons 