October 31, 2012
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October 27, 2012
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October 24, 2012
This is why I don't comb my hair!
“The main effort of arranging your life should be to
progressively reduce the amount of time required to decently maintain yourself
so that you can have all the time you want for reading.” —Norman Rush
October 23, 2012
*retch* This Denny's menu is "inspired" by the new film of "The Hobbit"
- Lonely Mountain Treasure (bread in cream cheese)
- Radagast's Red Velvet Pancake Puppies
- Bilbo's Berry Smoothies
- Lone-Lands Campfire Cookie Milk Shake
. . . and of course, the delicious Hobbit Harvest Pies. ("The journey is not over yet.") Via.
Foreign Humor
Shortly after he left office, Jimmy Carter was perplexed to
find his opening anecdote in a speech to a college in Japan greeted with
uproarious laughter. When he asked why the joke had gotten such an
extraordinary response, he received this reply from his Japanese interpreter:
“I told the audience, ‘President Carter told a funny story; everyone must
laugh.’”
—Jascha Hoffman, “Me Translate Funny One Day”
October 21, 2012
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October 17, 2012
Commander in Mischief?
"President Barack Obama jokingly puts his toe on the scale as Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, unaware to the President's action, weighs himself as the presidential entourage passed through the volleyball locker room at the University of Texas." Photo by The White House.
October 16, 2012
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October 10, 2012
Let's pop over to the cafeteria and get a bite!
Backstage at the Disneyland cafeteria, 1961 (via Retronaut)!
October 9, 2012
Clive James is funny
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“Perry Como gave his usual impersonation of a man who has simultaneously been told to say ‘Cheese’ and shot in the back by a poisoned arrow.”
October 8, 2012
Man, tea is so specialized these days!
Cynical Tea Bags come in Instant Really Good Karma, Be a Better Parent, Erase Your Past, Get Along With Your Co-Workers and Live Forever. What, no Sleepy Time?
October 6, 2012
U.S. Air Force flying saucer?
A declassified 1956 government document identifies this as “USAF
Project 1794”. The Air Force contracted work for the construction of a flying
saucer designed to have vertical take-off and landing. Ceiling: over 100,000
feet! Check it at the National Archives.
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