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stories that make you go "huh?"
July 30, 2010 - 12:57pm
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Cheeseburger found in woman's gas tank
'Lord' who filled pool with Courvoisier is banned from holding star-studded parties at his £20m home
This isn't really a story, but I googled "Hindu Dream Man" by the Coon-Sanders Orchestra this afternoon and came up with a quotation mentioning the song in the Google Books reprint of The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks: the Band that Made Radio Famous.
OK, there's nothing weird in that, it's what one might expect; however, under "Related Books" on the left side of the page, a couple of very strange books are given:
Hooded Americanism: the History of the Ku Klux Klan, and Steel Valley Klan: The Ku Klux Klan in Ohio's Mahoning ValleyThis makes me go "huh."
I was in the mall on the weekend. I don't know why I was there, but we had important things to do there I was told, so I was in the mall.
Anyway, while strolling past the Dollar Store (cue the Weakerthans) we came across a plastic booth that had a sign describing it as a wind machine. Apparently there is a fan inside that would blow air at you. I didn't see what the fare was for entering this device, but one could probably have saved a quarter and received the same senstion of having moving air swirling about one's ears by stepping outside the mall.
I love this.
Saskatoon man hit by train, walks awayOh They're Tough, Mighty Tough, in the West
Socialist Republicans???
Arizona Republicans Move To Create A State-Run Bank
excerpt:
Brace yourself -- right-wing extremists in Arizona have swung so far right, they've crossed into the Leftern nether regions.
Evidence is shown by Arizona state Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, who just introduced a bill calling for the establishment of a state-run bank in Arizona. A state commission would operate the bank, which would be called The Bank of Arizona.
It's hard to believe that HB 2221 actually exists. Arizona Republicans - whose platform stands on limited government, privatization and "don't nobody mess with my privately-owned business not even taxes" - want to create a state-run bank.
I had a sense of deja vu when I heard the Harper Toothpaste Comment - so I googled it, and here's where I heard it before:
HR Haldeman: [Comment to John Dean about the Watergate scandal, 8 Apr. 1973:] Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's awfully hard to get it back in.
Not surprising. This is the 'if you want something done right you have to do it yourself' crowd. Provided they don't fall over the edge and take the rest of us with them in an armageddeon scenario, inevitably it has to come full tilt in a circumnavigation of their own ideology, until it all winds up as a collective 'doing for oneself.' We just need to be a little more patient.
Bacteria on Mall food trays
How else to return to the gold standard? Rightwingers love to prattle on and on and on about how everything went to hell in a handbasket when the gold standard was abandoned. Gave the Zionist bankers control of the fluoride, or something like that.
From the same folks that gave us the Jeep Patriot: Call Of Duty: "Black Ops" Edition Jeep
I predict (hope) we'll see folks put "peace" or "make love, not war" decals over those "Call of Duty" badges.
Kitties are not a recognized form of pest control.
Alberta provincial bureaucrats, bless their pointy little heads.
Utterly ridiculous - the health department would rather they used poisons than the environmentally friendly predators.
I love it when businesses have a critter around - it's friendlier, more laid back. Anybody who complains likely has a stick up his or her butt and needs to lighten up.
Larry the Cable Guy, a faux redneck comedian/hillbilly, makes $250,000.00 a night.
What is this - 1968??? 800 Horsepower Mustang to be unveiled
excerpt:
The hot topic among car lovers is the 800-Horsepower Mustang that is expected to be released this month end. It is none other than 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake model.
Obama is talking about how to reduce a $14 trillion deficit.
ETA: that's TRILLION! Not Billion..... omg
wretched excess
excerpt:
Meal consists of:
Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll, Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak
My cats seem to be 'mouse friendly'. (which might back up the Province's point.)
Some people here objected to the presence of 2 kittens in a pet food store, that had a sign suggesting that "Pets are Welcome Here". (The store had mouse problems too.)
I like seeing pets in stores! It does make it more friendly.
Well it appears that creating a new
churchreligion is not just something that tired scifi hacks like L. Ron Hubbard can do. It looks like even failed private zoo owners can get into the game.All praise the Church of Gazoo!! I wonder if he is expecting to get all those nifty tax exemptions and special privileges too?
Titanic II sinks on maiden voyage
excerpt:
When Mark Wilkinson took ownership of a cabin cruiser called Titanic II, perhaps he should have realised the omens were not good.
I just watched Top Chef Canada, and they were asked to make regional dishes. The woman that drew "La Belle Province" didn't know it was Quebec. She won the contest by making a faux Tourtière - although she had never tasted a Tourtière in her life.
Expressions that make me go "huh?":
I'm taking a break. (what did you break, and where are you taking it?)
The devil is in the details (really - can you see him?)
I'm drawing a blank (are you using invisible ink?)
(I'm trying to remember others)
I remember the Benny Hill Show. What's that in the road, a head? No, no! It's, What's that in the road ahead?
Mrs Tomkins: There are 21 pubs in this town, and my son hasn't been in one of them.
Bobby: And which one is that?
Fidel:
And "a fork in the road".
I've never seen one.
Or the Three Stooges, and I forget which situation but one of them has a hammer, and they are coordinating efforts:
Moe to Curly or Larry: Alright. When I nod my head, you hit it.
That is top shelf vintage Stooges.
Jumbo shrimp
Liquid gas
Frozen hell
Walking dead
open secret
clearly confused
My favourite, from Stephen Harper, talking about the NDP/CCF in WWII: "same difference".
My favourite oxymoron: Microsoft Works
Yes, figuratively, contradictory, and visually. ha ha
Microsoft Woiks! And we're victims of coicumstances, nyuk-nyuk.