Friday, August 8, 2008

Flashback Friday: Tea Partay

Some old (prep) school viral silliness from Smirnoff.

M.V. Martha's Vineyard: hollaback!

Have You Seen This Man? Or A Kid That Kinda-Sorta Looks Like Him?

New Zealand has a law against showing photos of juveniles wanted for crimes. So what do you do when you need to warn people about a 16-year-old wanted for a series of burglaries? Judging by the "wanted poster" below,  you use a picture of a 58-year old, overweight Scottish actor who some cop thinks has a passing resemblance to said ne'er-do-well. 

Now, Robbie does have a son. Assuming he looks like dear old dad, I hope he won't be in Christchurch any time soon, or he could end up in the Kiwi hoosegow. Hang on ... okay, I just Googled "kiwi hoosegow," and I am in fact the first person to use that phrase. I'm all about blazing linguistic trails. 



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Thursday, August 7, 2008

I Am Smart, S-M-R-T ...

Frankly, I would have thought reading this blog would actually make you stupider. Er, more stupid. So this I find hard to believe:

blog readability test

Maybe it's 'cause I made up the word "Nugatorium" and it sounds all Latin and whatnot.

Mmmm, That's Some Tasty Video

Alka-Seltzer is doing a bunch of videos for their summer "Great American Road Trip," and as a lover of barbecue in its many forms, I particularly enjoyed this ode to the many iterations of "BBQ" from south of the Mason-Dixon line. Except for that whole Alabama mayo thing. That just sounds awful.

This "Cheese Rap" is another particularly disturbing part of the series. Personally, I don't want to eat any dairy product that talks, sings, or raps to me.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

The All-Hoopty Team

Here's an entertaining and memory-inducing list of "The 50 Most Famous Cars Of All Time" from automotive site Ridelust.  There's a lot of horsepower and displacement talk, as well as some interesting little tidbits. Like I didn't realize Magnum drove three different Ferraris over the course of his series. Apparently Robin Masters liked to keep his sports cars fresh. 

But where's Rockford's Firebird? Or the Corvette Stingray from Riptide? And only one of Crockett's Ferrari's from Miami Vice? Okay, that last one may seem like a travesty only to me.

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

Tom Bosley is exactly the kind of b-list actor you'd expect to see on The Love Boat. But that other guy ... huh.



Via Asylum

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

What Is It About Clowns?

They can make even Mr. Rogers and harmless mask seem evil. Well, dropping his voice a few octaves also helps.



Via UniqueDaily