Funny Stuff
How Much is In That Thing?
How much beer is in a keg? How much space is in a cargo container? How much toothpaste is in a tube? Cockeyed.com aims to find out. It isn’t so much about the answer, as it is about arriving at the answer. What’s the best way to measure how many cups of beer is in [...]
Freudian Slip of the Moment
Heard on Rush Limbaugh earlier today: Someone on the Chris Matthews show on MSNBC (I think. I actually never watch the tripe.) referred to the possibility of Bush using attorney-client priviledge in the Miers nomination to protect some documents as “hide the salami.” No, that was Clinton. [UPDATE] This is rich. As if it wasn’t [...]
Russian Cows to be Fed Marijuana
According to this MSNBC story, Russian cows are going to be fed marijuana over the Winter. I should note here that I am NOT keeping a straight face as I write this. The Cows are the latest victims of the drug war in Russia. Marijuana crops were planted among the corn and sunflower crops, which [...]
I Want My “Club Gitmo” T-Shirt
You can add this to my wishlist. It’s the jumpsuit orange “Club Gitmo” T-Shirt from Rush Limbaugh. Club G’itmo logo on front. “Your Tropical Retreat from the Stress of Jihad” emblazoned on back. I like it even more than the “What happens in Gitmo stays in Gitmo” version. I also quite like the hat, though [...]
Funny Newsmax ErrorOne eBay Auction You Don’t Want To Miss Payment On
My friend Doug, down in Texas, is auctioning a copy of Max Headroom’s Guide to Life. If you’re looking for an odd piece of ’80s memorabilia, this one might be for you. If you win the bidding, though, you’d better pay up. Down toward the bottom of the page, you’ll find these payment terms. “Payment [...]
Joke Gets Man Killed Seven Years Later
I’m putting this in the “Funny Stuff” category, but I probably shouldn’t. William Berkeyheiser answered the door and was shot dead. Why? Apparently, he told a joke to Stanford Douglas that Douglas thought was racially insensitive. It bothered Douglas so much that he tracked Berkeyheiser down to his home and killed him seven years after [...]
Anti-Minuteman Hunger-Strike
Thanks to Dave Barry for pointing out this image of a woman who has decided to go on a hunger strike to protest the Minutemen’s border-guarding efforts. Maybe I should have put scare quotes around “hunger strike.” Sounds to me like she’s found a cheap excuse to go on a diet. [UPDATE: Welcome Polipundit readers.]
Fake Romance Book Covers
For those of you new to my lair, until recently I operated a used bookstore. I had an inventory of approximately 30,000 titles, and at least 15,000 of those were romance. As such, I’ve seen almost all of the original books that these spoofs are spoofing. I laughed out loud through the whole thing. My [...]
Apple Employees Refused to Quit
In August 1993, Apple stopped development of Graphing Calculator software. Two engineers on the project were laid off, but finding they still had access to the building, they continued to work on the project for free. What follows is a fantastic story of an underground development team and non-existent project that shipped on millions of [...]