“Bob, the copier’s out of toner.”
“Okay. I got it.”
“The copier is out of toner, Bob. Please take care of it.”
“Yeah. I got it.”
“Dammit, Bob, the copier needs more toner.”
“Okay, okay. I got it.”
“Bob, why is there no toner in the copier room?”
“I got it.”
Bob went to lunch and never returned.
Moral of the Story: Don’t piss off Bob, and never try to vacuum spilled toner.
From the “I Can’t Wait To Cite This” Department: Section A404 of the 2016 CEBC is titled “PRESCRIPTIVE MEASURES FOR WEAK STORY.”
The history of the Lally Column.
“You ain’t usin’ dis car tonight.“
This has something to do with college football. No idea what, but it does.
Very cool macro photography of bug faces.
Graphic comparison of some of the world’s notable bridges.
Extreme G-Forces can knock you out cold.
Family members say Mouzon was going into the National Guard in August [2016] and Campbell had joined the Navy. “These kids are not awful terrible kids.” Yeah, Right.
The Nudifier is the perfect ap if you want to pretend to be flashing the crowds during Mardi Gras.
“The shadow dissolved into vapors. The stench increased.” Ten creepiest two-sentence stories are creepy.
A placebo thermostat does nothing, but the person who adjusts it hears the noise of hissing or a fan running and consequently feels more content.
Kim Jong Un’s sister looks a lot like Kim Jong Un. Oh wait. That’s the brother who was assassinated.
According to CNN: “While military service for women has long been voluntary, it was reportedly made mandatory recently in a bid to bolster the armed forces.” Inside North Korea is not a CNN porno movie as far as you know, and yeah, she’s got a skin infection.
Military Parade: 1st Marine Band at Disneyland, Veterans’ Day 2014.
[Top image: Blinky Bill, found here.]
[Found here.]
Never heard the term Crip walk until today. Apparently it could get you killed if you did it in some neighborhoods and you’re not a Crip.
Here’s a tutorial on how to Crip walk from the UK. Here’s what it looks like in action.
A McDonald’s Chicken Nugget Commercial (2007?) features Ronald McDonald Crip walking.
The Creighton Family produced many Creightons.
This is what you get if you Google “Dog General Green.”
Godzilla stalks, but
Alligator nose. “It is very, very abnormal” but “it is not abnormal.” Alligators “know they have to breathe.” Brilliant commentary [via].
The animals are experiencing brumation, a process cold-blooded animals go through that lowers their metabolism so they can survive cold climates, similar to warm-blooded mammals’ hibernation. “It is very, very abnormal for southeastern North Carolina, […] It is not abnormal for the [the alligators] to do this because they know they have to breathe.”
Weathercam photobomb amused me. Related post here.
Home Security for only $1.25. It permits ventilation, too. Guess what it is.
Who’s Your Doppelganger in Museum Portraits? [UPDATE: Here’s a privacy warning.]
[Top image from here.]
A muskrat is not a rat. It’s more like a small capybara and is a resource of food and fur for humans according to Wiki, so send us your recipes and clothing patterns and we’ll post them with credit.
“Muskrat Ramble” was written by Kid Ory and first recorded by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five in 1926.
In 1965, Joseph Allen McDonald, aka Country Joe, shamelessly ripped off Kid Ory’s “Muskrat Ramble” note-for-note for his Vietnam-era protest song “Feelin’ Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag.”
“In 2003 McDonald was sued for copyright infringement over his signature song, specifically the “One, two, three, what are we fighting for?” chorus part, as derived from the 1926 early jazz classic “Muskrat Ramble“, co-written by Kid Ory. The suit was brought by Ory’s daughter Babette, who held the copyright at the time. Since decades had already passed from the time McDonald composed his song in 1965, Ory based her suit on a new version of it recorded by McDonald in 1999. The court however upheld McDonald’s laches defense, noting that Ory and her father were aware of the original version of the song, with the same questionable section, for some three decades without bringing a suit. In 2006, Ory was ordered to pay McDonald $395,000 for attorney fees and had to sell her copyrights to do so.”
[McDonald’s parents were communists and named him after Joseph Stalin according to Wiki. That explains a lot.]
From the This Shall Not Pass Department: A Heinz ketchup packet caused a New York woman to be diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. TRUE.
R.I.P. Dominic Frontiere (17 June 1931- 21 December 2017).
The Football Capital of the World.
What’s the smallest hole a mouse shrew can get through? 16.5mm in diameter according to this.
Jim Flora (1914-1998) was a graphic commercial artist whose work creeped me out when I was very young.
Mambo For Cats was a 33rpm EP featuring various artists. It’s now a collectors’ item for the album cover designed by Jim Flora, and original copies are worth hundreds. Papa had a copy so when I saw the album cover recently, fireworks went off in my head, and the only song I remembered from the compilation was “Muskrat Ramble Mambo.”
[Top image found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 