Archive for the ‘Bizarre’
Acknowledgement
Greenpeace has accepted the viral nature of the Mr. Splashy Pants Voting and has started to promote the facebook group supporting the fun-named whale. They’ve created banners, songs, t-shirts, pins and even touted a specialized logo on the popular news site reddit.
Looks like the whale is making waves across the internet.
Take That Shamu
Greenpeace is holding a naming competition for the wonderful humpback whales currently travelling on the Great Whale Trail. The best name is currently in the lead, which is of course, “Mr. Splashy Pants” — so make sure it stays there and place your vote today.
It all makes sense
Finally. I get it. George W. Bush has ties with an alien race. Don’t believe me? Just watch this CNN video and look at the alien overlord peering through the window right behind Bush’s right shoulder.
Here’s a screen capture:
Freaky, man.
Manny Being Manny
I am thoroughly excited to read the new ‘New Yorker’ article about Manny Ramirez. I need to track it down ASAP. I can’t remember the last time I even picked up a ‘New Yorker,’ but the old rag has my attention now.
I was watching TV earlier and a commercial for Heelies, [...]
The Ducks
After listening to this week’s episode of This American Life on my iPod this morning, I can’t bear to see the AFLAC duck without bursting into laughter. I can’t bear to see any duck for that matter.
If you have 20 minutes, I’d highly recommend listening to Act I of this past week’s episode about [...]
Preserving the Electric Slide
Richard Silver, choreographer of the famous Electric Slide dance is up in arms. According to a recent story on NPR’s Morning Edition (I recommend hitting the "Listen Button" to hear the entire story), he is considering a law suit aimed at those people that do not do the dance correctly.
According to Silver, a number of [...]
Casual dining my ass!
A desperate Swedish Girl and I went to a Friendly’s restaurant recently. We had been shopping and running errands for a few hours and our blood sugar was dropping and we just needed some, ahem, nutrients pronto. What an awful experience. First, we were guided to the very first wind-blown table you see when you enter the establishment. [...]
