The .Gif Friday Post No. 663 – Auto Reverse, Running the Red Light & Splat Spaz

[Found here, here and here.]

The Fuzzy Wonder Goat… & More!

The DeMoulin Bros. Co. supplied hazing equipment for fraternal organization initiations in the early 1900s. Some of the gaffes were truly bizarre.



Apparently the company is out of the fraternity prank business and has moved onto other products: scary marching band uniforms.

[Top image from here; tiled images from .pdf found here; more info here.]


Bonus: Here’s a restored “Fuzzy Wonder” (and a “Spanker”).

It’s In The Hole.

[Found here.]

Fallaciloquencial Hot Links

“In this era of rampant Fake News, Smudge has called out BS time and time again, ususally in response to something said by a volatile blond woman.”


Chinaman Blues, Erskine Tate’s Vendome Orchestra (1923) OkehThe band played live music during and between silent films in movie theaters, and featured a young Louis Armstrong.


Ave Maria. Or not…

40 free beach rocks.

A lot of illusions [via].

The audio didn’t work, so

1984 vs. Brave New World.

Ted Gosta’s story is amazing.

The First Follower is important.

The Saga of Taylor and Smudge.

Tracked by a Pirate, or the Adventures of a Young Sponge-Hunter.

[Top image from here.]


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


WE’RE HIRING!

Hi, Bob!

Bobcat:
A medium-sized cat with long, tufted ears and a short, bobbed tail.
Lynx:
A medium-sized cat with long, tufted ears and a short, bobbed tail.

A bobcat is a lynx, but a lynx is not necessarily a bobcat.

[Image found here. Taxonomy clarifications found here.]

Something Big Stops Here.

[Found here.]

Let’s Not Go There.

[Found here. More Potty Humor here.]

Heterochromatic Hot Links

Hot Mamma, Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra (1930)

The Arc Of The Penguin.
The Range Of The Penguin.
The Aim Of The Penguin.
[h/t Geoff]


Q: Do lizards dream?
A: Don’t know, but a lot of people are trying to find out:
Partial homologies between sleep states in lizards, mammals, and birds suggest a complex evolution of sleep states in amniotes.

[Found via here, via here.]


[Found in this Wonderful Vat Of Knowledge.]


The biggest sandwich of the world.

Here Is Your Redpill. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Google “National Heterochromia Day” and scroll down to the images. I’m 3rd from the left.

[Top image: Lt. Col. Randy “Laz” Gordon, accomplished test pilot, engineer, and F-22 Raptor squadron commander lectures at MIT.


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


From the “I Don’t Know What To Do With This So I’ll Post It Anyway” Department

Found in my FB feed. I hope it didn’t bruise her.