At last, fake tampons for smuggling hooch. // This is not a Muppet, this is Pootoo. Yes, Pootoo. // Milk Seafood Noodle and other Japanese commercials. // “The English profanity ‘shitstorm’ is widely used by Germans.” // Cleaning out the hippo enclosure of Milwaukee County Zoo. // Six hours of Nevada’s night sky (with no time lapse). // Trainers repel water, shirt repels gravy. // Afghanistan of yore. // A history of aspect ratio. // Roam the stars in comfort. (h/t, Coudal) // House climbing. // How common is your birthday? // How cows work. // Life-size whale portraits. // My dad was in a band. // I do believe it’s Elvis. // Duct tape surfing.
Afghanistan of Yore
The expressions on the faces of Krushchev and Bulganin saluting Afghan soldiers wearing old Wehrmacht uniforms are absolutely priceless.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 05, 2013 at 00:33
“The English profanity ‘shitstorm’ is widely used by Germans.” // Cleaning out the hippo enclosure of Milwaukee County Zoo.
I see what you did there.
Posted by: Sam | July 05, 2013 at 07:45
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/british-swearing-still-the-best-in-the-world-2013070374748
I think we can afford a moment of quiet pride.
Posted by: Bessie | July 05, 2013 at 08:06
"Yes, it's unconventional. But you may reasonably wonder why it's normal for people to consume milk intended by nature to feed baby cows, yet enjoying milk intended for human beings [breast milk] should be considered disgusting and wrong… Leaving aside the yuck factor, it is of course impractical (and morally unacceptable) to milk women in the same way that cows are milked commercially: human milk as such will only ever be a niche product."
http://heresycorner.blogspot.com/2013/07/breast-is-best.html
Posted by: sk60 | July 05, 2013 at 08:09
sk60,
I think that one should have its own post.
Posted by: David | July 05, 2013 at 08:35
Promotion! ;-D
Posted by: sk60 | July 05, 2013 at 08:37
Re: Japanese Commercials...at 4:00 mark ... Tommy Lee Jones speaking a couple of words of Japanese (and with laser eyes). Ha.
Posted by: Darleen | July 05, 2013 at 17:07
Viva Las Vegas
Weird Andy, truly weird.
Posted by: Kevin B | July 05, 2013 at 17:21
LOVE the Potoo bird.
WANT!
Posted by: dicentra | July 05, 2013 at 20:37
From what I've seen, di, it's already an internet meme. At first, I thought is was a photoshop or a "bad taxidermy" gag.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | July 06, 2013 at 00:48
Trainers repel water, shirt repels gravy.
Alec Guinness could tell you the stuff isn't stable. :-)
Posted by: Ted S., Catskill Mtns., NY, USA | July 06, 2013 at 19:48
Ted S.,
Yet another example of economic ignorance. One thing I find interesting is there are people who simultaneously hold the idea that efficiency will lead to economic disaster and the Malthusian fallacies. And a great number of them are university professors.
Posted by: WTP | July 06, 2013 at 20:05
These are quite effective...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357366/The-3D-Stereoscopic-images-World-War-One-Canadians-attic.html#ixzz2YJeHWjyr
Posted by: Reed | July 07, 2013 at 18:51
Giant Chrome T-Rex in Paris.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/07/giant-chrome-t-rex-installed-on-the-seine-river-in-paris-by-philippe-pasqua/
Posted by: AC1 | July 09, 2013 at 16:47
If you can motorise it and install flame-throwers, I’ll take six.
Posted by: David | July 09, 2013 at 16:51
http://tebe-interesno.livejournal.com/
ThompsonCorp(TM) Space division.
Posted by: AC1 | July 09, 2013 at 23:54