Welcome to Public School, Danny.
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Babe Magnet for a Johnson
Whoa. Look what we’ve got here. A gen-u-ine Babe Magnet owned by someone who doesn’t know how to park. After much deliberation here at TR HQ, the vote was split 6 to 5 in favor of awarding the coveted title of BM to this large scale version of a 12-year old’s customized Revelle model of a 1973 Chevy Impala ragtop. Pure efficient genius.
The question comes down to what type of person would drive such a PullMeOverNow car? A teenager would love it, but that’s unlikely due to the lack of moola factor, and someone in their 30s wouldn’t be seen standing next to it. Early twenties with some serious expendable cash is as good a guess as any.
Unlike the other Babe Magnets we’ve dissected here, we know who the owner of this Tupperware-lid-wheeled ear of corn is. Without cheating, try to guess what he does for a living and how much he makes. Leave your assessment in the comments. The answer with links is below the break. Continue reading “Babe Magnet for a Johnson”
Saturday Matinee – Cows & Cycles, Kim Wilson, W.C. Clark, Angela Strehli, Jimmy Vaughan, Little Walter, Coco Taylor, Howlin’ Wolf, Leon Redbone, and a link to Marion Harris
Cows & Cows & Cows. (Tip o’ the tarboosh to Bunkarina.)
If that wasn’t odd enough, try Cycles. (Thanx, Possum.)
Whoa. Whatta lineup. Kim Wilson, backed by Jimmy Vaughan and W.C.Clark with Angela Strehli. Might have posted the vid before, but so what.
Little Walter was an excellent harp player. Here he is with Coco Taylor in 1967, playing Howlin’ Wolf’s “Wang Dang Doodle.”
What was truly pitiful in the 60s was that the Brits were the ones to reintroduce American blues to Americans. (Look who introduces the great Howlin’ Wolf on this clip.)
Let’s wrap up with a healthy dose of Leon Redbone. Poor video, but a nice version of this song from 1916.
Have a great weekend, but be back here tomorrow for more fun.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 137 – Origami Man, Cannonball Carom, Jaws
Colonel-San
There are waaaaay too many things wrong here. The polkadot yukata for example. Did the Colonel ever serve watermelon in the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises? Not in my memory. But to tell the truth, I’m ticked that KFC doesn’t deliver their buckets o’ artery-clogging flavor to my house anymore. I can only take so much pizza.
[Found here.]
Practical Geometry
Steamboat McGoo found this excellent study illustrating the importance of understanding basic geometry. Although the explanation is in Japanese, it’s of critical importance that angle TQS is equal to angle AQE in order to cause the schoolboy’s jaw to drop.
There’s a pun in there somewhere about an extra riser, but I’m not gonna go there.
[Whoa. Just found the source of that excellence. There are a series of Manga textbooks, and they’re available in other languages including Portuguese. Tip o’ the tarboosh to mars for the update.]
TR Facebook Page Wanders Off, Missing Since Sunday, Authorities Have No Leads
Folks,
For some reason the Tacky Raccoons FaceBook page mysteriously vaporized. It’s possible that the password was hacked, but more likely I clicked on it and spooked it myself. Thanks to all of you who dropped by and linked to it, left comments, and we’ll have a new one up soon.
Bunk
Not A Giraffe
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Duelling Hot Links
Remember the banjo boy from Deliverance? His name is Billy Redden.
Shannon asks the wrong guy to do a missing cat poster.
[Update 20 July 2010– David Thorne’s website is here. Expect to be entertained for the next few hours.]
Awesome model train museum in Germany is awesome.
Here’s a phrase you don’t hear often: Virtual Centipede Head.
Here’s another phrase you don’t hear often: Virtual Sinus Surgery Simulator.
This blog is rated PG because I used word “fart” once and said “crack” three times, according to this site.
The world’s most annoying parrot?
[Update– Deleted reference to FaceBook probs.]
Larry
The Three Stooges would have been nothing without Larry Fine, and all you have to do is imagine Moe Howard with only Curly Howard, or Moe with only Shemp Howard. To be sure, a team of Shemp, Curly and Larry wouldn’t have lasted long without Moe Howard’s belligerence. Larry Fine was awesome.
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Tacky Raccoons 