This Not A Chameleon.

It’s about 6-feet long and has two heads.
[Found here, via here.]

This Is Not A Snake.

[Found here.]

Anti-Virtue Scolding Hot Links

Happy Mothers Day.

The pushback continues.

Mind Your Own Business.

Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus.

RIP Little Richard Penniman (1932-2020).

A fruit tested positive for COVID-19. So did a goat and a sheep.

Amazing milestone: First US Space Force recruitment video was released 6 May 2020.

36% of voters would turn in their neighbors for ignoring stay-at-home orders. That is disturbing.

Top image: Old man arrested for fishing under quarantine rules. Photo essay here.


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


Not sure what happened to the side bar. I blame meerkats.
Cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards.

Werewhale?

Actually it’s a pinniped, or maybe it’s Lon Chaney, Jr.

[Found here.]

UPDATE: That’s an unnecessary photoshop. Here’s the original:

Big Busts

Giant busts of 43 US Presidents are stored in a Virginia field awaiting their next assignment. Each is approximately 20 feet tall and weighs 11 tons.

[Photo & story here (via).]

Scorpy’s Hungry.

[Found here.]

Pandiculating Hot Links

DON GRETH — THE DUTCH PLACE Lenhartsville, Pa. Designer, painter of Chust for Nice, dutch folk culture art. Works everyday, chust off Route 22 at the Lenhartsville HEXIT. Come see wunst, see how it’s done.

Pigmeat Markham.

The Nudibranch Song.

The story behind Wipeout.

Anyone can make a facemask.

The Border Wall at El Centro is moving right along.

Heartfelt thanks to The True Heros of this crisis [sarc alert].

Google has filed a new trademark application with the USPTO for the name “Pigweed.”[More here.]

German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) sarcastically identified common “tricks, dodges, and chicanery” used in debate in 38 Ways to Win an Argument. They’re all underhanded and dishonest, and are prevalent in today’s media.

[Top image from here.]


Bonks and Conks:


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


The .Gif Friday Post No. 631 – Indoor Half-Pipe, Home School Tee Time & Lil’ Flipper

[Found here, here and here.]

Doppelgangers.


[Update: Apparently the one on the left is a fabrication, but it still amuses me. The beach photo comes from Getty Images.]

[Update 2: Looks like it’s either a mistake or a joke that went viral. https://jerz.setonhill.edu/blog/2020/04/21/no-this-beach-photo-doesnt-prove-the-media-is-lying/ ]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 630 – Parrot Punk, Duckling Fling & Rex Race

[Found here, here and here.]