At some point nearly every day, I am moved to ask myself how it is that any person who claims to care about another human being could vote for or support a guy like Doug Ford. It’s been over a year now and I’m still waiting for a good answer to that question. I’m starting …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
This Strange English Language
Got this in a joke email and it seemed like the perfect excuse to post an old Brian Regan bit I’ve always enjoyed. the timing is especially amusing to me because Carin just said something over the weekend about moosen in the woodsen. We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes; but the …
Down Boy! All The Way! Down! Yes, The Whole Six Feet! Down!
Healthy dog euthanized for burial with owner, sparks debate Debate? There’s debate to be sparked? Do me a favour. Read that again, but this time substitute the word “dog” for the word “child”. Then come back and explain to me why this is still ok. Veterinarians and funeral homes in Virginia are rejecting the idea …
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I Am My Choices, But Thankfully Not A Pancake
https://twitter.com/CarlyAlmighty/status/1131517122428002305 This fella here, who apparently nearly had his lunch eaten by an oncoming train about 30 seconds after this video was shot, turns out to be an elementary school principal here in town. That’s comforting. The principal of an elementary school has apologized after a man stood on railway tracks to take cellphone photos …
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Government For The People, But Not Over The Phone
Even if you’re not an irredeemably corrupt, uncaring, incompetent shit turd, giving out your personal cell phone number to the entire world isn’t a great idea. Doug Ford has apparently finally been convinced of this by members of his staff and has disconnected the number he had routinely given out since taking office. They’re blaming …
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Look Over There! It’s Common Sense Flying The Coop!
I expect this sort of warning would need to be given out to the selfie morons, but birdwatchers? I thought they were supposed to be smart. Chippewa County Sheriff Michael Bitnar posted “safety tips” on his department’s Facebook page on Thursday welcoming birdwatchers to the county and sharing some rules of the road. Bitnar asked …
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Extreme Notepad
New Japan is so great. Everyone in the world knows that Shota Umino has virtually no chance of beating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the New Japan Cup, and New Japan knows that we know that. But even so, they’re taking the time to build up the match and show us that he’s not intimidated or afraid …
Why So Sour, Sweetie?
I don’t know if it’s the odd choice of weapon or simply the fact that it involves McDonald’s, but I’m reminded of Marvin the McChicken guy when I read this story. Florida man from Zephyrhills arrested after striking woman with Sweet ‘N Sour Sauce packets He became angry when a woman identified in the arrest …
If You Think You’re Going To Scam Me From A Distance, You’re Right. But It’s Going To Be From A Different Distance, By God
This news report is written so terribly that I thought it had to be fake, but it’s verified by Randy Cassingham’s This is True. So if it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for me. And thank goodness it’s good enough for him, because I’d hate to think that I just literally slapped myself …
Pool Fool
Problem: You have an inflatable pool that you don’t have the means to inflate. Solution: Drive it into town and get it inflated there. Problem: Now you have to get it back home and there’s no way it’s fitting in the car. Solution: Alright kids, time to start earning your keep. A mother in Dixon, …