[h/t Nancy H. via email.]
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[h/t Nancy H. via email.]
Tag: WTF
Guys – Forget Betty Dupree, Becky Brown and Betty Chaney.
Ann Mitchell is the one for you. She’s a hoot, a lotta fun, but steer clear of her Dad and her three older brothers and you won’t end up wearing a plaster cast.
[Found here.]
Everyone Knows It’s Windy Hot Links
No racism here. Nope. None at all.
No Twitter bias here. Nope. None at all.
No Google bias here. Nope. None at all.
Tom Waits’ 20 favorite albums (as of March 2005).
Ken Nordine’s “Colors” was the basis for an artistic game using paint.
Democrat Senator Dick Durbin blames Republicans for Chicago’s horrific gun violence, but there’s just one little problem. Chicago’s last Republican Mayor was William Hale Thompson (who served from 1927-1931). James Woods begins his reply with “Dear Nimrod.”
16-1/2 minutes of “celebrities” gossiping about ex-SNL cast member Norm Macdonald.
Why are “celebrities” gossiping about ex-SNL cast member Norm Macdonald?
You guessed it. Frank Stallone.
Ernie Kucera (1920-2007)
Ernie Kucera at the Starlight Ballroom in 1992 – his band’s 50th Anniversary.
From the You Get What You Pay For Department: In construction, you can only pick two of the following three:
(A) Low-cost, (B) High quality and (C) Fast completion. Brad Pitt’s well-meaning charitable foundation chose A and C, and the houses are falling apart after less than a decade.
From the Bad Acting Department: Weather reporter can barely stand up to the winds of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Florence while other pedestrians were immune. Reminds me of the classic Today Show blowzit.
A private message to The Weather Channel.
[Top image culled from the absurd The Weather Channel video.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 550 – Socialism, Fascism & Communism
Socialism thwarts freedom of speech by arbitrarily redefining words and phrases under the specious guise of helping the downtrodden.
Fascism makes freedom of speech a crime punishable by incarceration.
Communism makes freedom of speech a crime punishable by death.
The only country in the world that has Freedom of Speech is the USA… so far.
Social Breakfast Media Club Hot Links
Warning: This site uses Gookies.
Top 100 Billboard Hits of 1971 includes some awesome classics.
Squirrel monkeys beat the crap out of a man attempting to kidnap one of them from a zoo [via].
“I yield back.” Rep. Billy Long auctions off a protestor at the Twitter hearings.
Seven People Whose Lives Were Ruined by Social Media (and some of them deserved it IMO).
Should the US taxpayer pay for free healthcare for foreigners living in this country illegally? I don’t think so. Should we pay for emergency medical services? Yes, without a doubt.
I bought this 1969 Rhinoceros album for one song only:
Apricot Brandy. Years later I learned that the band was a fabrication of Elektra Records session musicians.
Led Zeppelin’s 1971 hit “When The Levee Breaks” was first recorded in 1929 by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy after the 1927 Mississippi Flood.
[Top image found here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 549 – First Lemonade, Good Throw – Good Catch & Trigglypuff Drum Solo
[Found here, here and here. Related source video re “Trigglypuff” & story here.]
Here’s Looking At You, Squid.
That one is 14-feet long. Giant squid can grow to over three times that size.
One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple Hot Links
Dude’s tired. Literally.
From The Don’t-Touch-It Department:
Man touches it and is fined $1,500.
Brilliant *ahem* political analyses from Thing 1 and Thing 2.
I went to WalMart to buy drugs. I stuck around because I heard this.
Joey DaPrince hears Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” for the first time.
Mongolian throat singing AND eefing is one scary combination [h/t Octopus].
Lemon Merangue on the Window Sill is 20 minutes of pure insanity with cicadas [h/t Octopus].
Brooklyn Judge LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall instructed new citizens to disrespect the United States Flag and the National Anthem during a citizenship ceremony. Puke.
Mr. Smith from Bangalore India warns that your Barclays debit card may spontaneously combust “and create a pocket fire at any given moment, burning your legs and stomach terribly.”
Fun Facts To Know And Tell:
Shelby Fredrick “Sheb” Wooley (1921-2003)
Recorded the 1958 No. 1 hit “The Purple People Eater.”
Recorded many songs as Ben Colder.
Was a character actor with roles in High Noon, The Outlaw Josie Wales and many other movies.
Co-starred as scout Pete Nolan in the TV series Rawhide.
Credited as the voice behind the Wilhelm scream stock sound effect heard in hundreds of movies and countless TV shows, but received no royalties from it.
[Top image – Jacky Ke Jiang. I love the style.]
[Confidential to Randy L. – Thanks for your generous contribution.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 548 – Black Bloops, Water Hazard, Kibuki Magician
Do NOT tell this dog to “Fetch.”
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 