These young visitors to Homosassa Springs, Florida seem to be intrigued by the natural beauty of the Red Cedar Tree, which is only one of many kinds of trees growing in this, ‘Nature’s Own Attraction’, located on U.S. 19 and 98, just 76 miles north of Tampa and St. Petersburg.
[Found here.]
Messing with Dad’s stuff is never a good idea [Sound up].
“A USA Swimming Foundation study found that nearly 70% of African American children have low or no swim ability.” [Source]
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Occasional Cortex got punked by a girl advocating eating babies, but that’s not the funny part. AOC’s non-reaction and acceptance of the premis IS.
Are you a freelance worker? Are you a tech guru? Are you self-employed? California AB5 should interest you. Employers and consultants are about to get screwed.
There’s a movement to recall California’s Governor Gavin Newsom (Nancy Pelosi’s nephew). Here’s his response as shown on the Petition:
Nah. Can’t be Newsom’s socialist policies that are crippling the State’s economy. No way. Nope. LOL
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From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Petrified Wood Gas Station is now a used car lot.]
On Friday, 3 August 2007, the date of our first posted post that was posted, the world twitched imperceptibly, a global nanoflinch, an earthquake with the power of a morning fart, or less. It’s our 11th Anniversary, because this:
3 August 2007 – Whelped
3 August 2008 – 1st year Blogoversary
3 August 2019 – 11th year Blogoversary!
As of that (missed) date, there were 4,731 posts in our archives.
Steal, lift, purloin, burgle and abscond with anything you find here, just link back and give us credit for finding the stuff before you did.
We’ve featured the Top 11 Posts every year since 3 August 2008 and this year is no different. There are some surprises, and I still don’t know why some get an exorbitant amount of hits while others fade.
The numbers adjacent to the titles indicate ranking for the previous 12 months, followed by the previous year’s ranking, and the third number is for all-time popularity (August 2007 – August 2019).
“NR” denotes “Not Ranked.”
Click on any image below and it’ll take you to the original post. So let’s go!
No. 11/NR/563 – The Stomach Contents Of A Giant Isopod
No. 10/NR/901 – The .GIF Friday Post No. 472 – Cooler Pwnd, Dance Hard & Warehouse Windsurfing
No. 9/NR/148 – Here’s the Grub, Bub.
No. 8/3/94 – Hello. I Am Mr. Google.
No. 7/NR/850 – A Humble Request.
This was a complete surprise to me. Thanks to all for your generous donations. -Bunk
No. 6/5/82 – Beads, Beer, Boobs & Blues = Heureux Mardi Gras!
No. 5/2/52 – Meet The Beetles
No. 4/4/151 – The Kluck Klams
No. 3/8/250 – Bigass Ammonite Fossil is not a Bigass Ammonite Fossil
No 2/1/43 – The .Gif Friday Post No. 445 – Demolition Demon, Roll Survivor & Rock This Way
And the Number One Post for the past 12 months is:
Posted on 2 September 2011, this wins with a score of 1/NR/40 for completely unknown reasons (and yeah, the zombie squid is kinda disturbing, so you’re forewarned).
Thanks for all your visits, favorites and linkys, and I wish you all the best.
Bunk
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[Found here.]
Led Zeppelin‘s classic “Whole Lotta Love” was a blatant ripoff of Willie Dixon‘s song “You Need Love” but you knew that already, yah?
Early on, the band was predicted to fail “like a lead balloon,” so they adopted the name, replaced “balloon” with “zeppelin” then spelled their name “Led Zeppelin” instead of “Lead Zeppelin” to keep people from pronouncing it “leed“. Not sure if it’s true, but it sounds plausible.
The Stick – Jonathan Winters.
The Pencil – Milton Friedman.
The Axe – Ed Ames.
Double muscling is the result of a genetic mutation that causes a lack of Myostatin. It’s been observed in cattle, goats, sheep, dogs, rabbits and mice. (In rabbits, their tongues also enlarge and get really strong. Hunh.)
Double muscling occurs in humans as well.
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[Top image: Best Salesman Trophy Figurine. Source undetermined.]
[Found here.]
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