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He’s Gone, The Chantels (1957)One of the first R&B “girl groups” to hit the charts, the Chantels were Arlene Smith. Sonia Goring, Lois Harris, Jackie Jackson and Rene Minus, all schoolmates from the Bronx. They had been singing together since 1950 and honed their harmonies practicing hymns (and Gregorian chants). In 1957 they scored their first hit with He’s Gone, written by lead singer Arlene Smith.
The Clavis Inferni by Cyprianus.
“Hi. This Is a List of Butt-Related Words.”
Opening Windows in 1985; MS Paint at 13:20.
[h/t Corinne L.]
Man found the stoplight cameras were activated during yellow lights so he cut the wires.
Dear WordPress: Really? REALLY?!? [Related gripe here.]
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From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Japanese Bot Rod Chuichi
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The .Gif Friday Post No. 692 – Little Windy Dude, The Chase Scene & Fishbush
IT’S OUR BLOGOVERSARY! 14 YEARS OF STUFF!
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.
3 August 2007 – Whelped
3 August 2008 – 1st year Blogoversary
3 August 2021 – 14th year Blogoversary!
As of this date, there are exactly 5,466 posts in our archives, 9.4K comments and over 2.6M referral links that comprise
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.
—Last Year’s Top 11 Hits linked here—
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 2021).
“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/393 – The .Gif Friday Post No. 627 – Ms. Iron Pants, Beer Bobbles & Diving Miss Ditzy
No. 10/NR/380 – Doktorskaya kolbasa
No. 9/NR/397 – R.I.P. Erdélyi Tamás, aka Tommy Ramone
No. 8/NR/44 – Kluck Klams – The Ghost of Walt Kelly Speaks
No. 7/11/411 – Open Your Mouth, Stick Out Your Tongue and Say, “Hot Links.”
No. 6/4/26 – Beads, Beer, Boobs & Blues = Heureux Mardi Gras!
No. 5/NR/267 – Swiss Fish Ladder
No. 4/NR/46 – Tweety Bird Dead at 67
No. 3/NR/NR – Pelicans Trying To Eat Other Animals
No. 2/1/35 – Bigass Ammonite Fossil is not a Bigass Ammonite Fossil
And the Number One Post for the past 12 months is:
I found a button hole.
Posted on 23 November 2020, this wins with a score of 1/NR/54. Another surprise dark horse entry, it made 1st Place in a mere eight months. Amazing.
All but three dropped off the list from last year.
Thanks for all your visits, comments, favorites and linkys, and I wish you all the best.
Bunk
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Night Crossing
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Nothing much happened today.
Blennophobic Hot Links
No More Doggin’, Roscoe Gordon (1952)One of the original Memphis “Beale Streeters,” Roscoe Gordan‘s breakout hit Booted made No. 1 on the R&B singles charts in 1952; No More Doggin‘ made No. 2 the same year. Gordon (and Fats Domino) influenced Jamaican pianist Theophilus Beckford, and Gordon’s back-beat style is credited as the foundation of Jamaican ska, bluebeat (Jamaican R&B) and reggae.
25 new buses lasted four years.
Dan Akroyd explains Bass-O-Matic.
Clay Head with Turkey, Cheese and Ants.
Go taste-tripping with synsepalum dulcificum. Everyone should try a “miracle berry” at least once.
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From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
Tacky Raccoons 