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I'm an artist, educator, militant anti-theist , and I write. I gamble on just about anything. And I like beer...but I love my wife. This blog contains observations from a funny old man who gets pissed off every once in a while.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

THURSDAY #3409

One Of My Very Own

EMAIL: ralph.henry.at.folio.olio@gmail.com

NEWSY BITS

Which Pink Floyd Album is this?

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For whatever reason this particular blog post jumped to the top of the charts...and it's from 2013! I hadn't even learned to be funny back then.
Anyway, if you view it, let me know what people find special about it.





PEOPLE WHO ARE RATHER FAMOUS


You gotta love this guy.




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Is that true?

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"Helping" shit, he ordered it!

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A whole lot of talent in one picture.

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What do these famous people all have in common?
Pope Benedict XV 
Alice Cooper
Ernest Hemingway and his wife, Mary, 
Mark Twain 
Sharon Osbourne 
Alfred Nobel 
Rudyard Kipling
Dick Cheney 
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Joe DiMaggio 

They were all reported dead while still alive. 
I think it was Mark Twain that said the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated.



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Handicapped people were not put on Earth for your personal amusement.

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PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FAMOUS BUT MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO BE


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Except for Banksy and me, I bet most of you couldn't name another muralist.
I like them best when it takes some thought.

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The only art form you digest.


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That finale...

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One smart cow...


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There seems to be a jokester in every office.

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Russian wedding photos

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When she's getting naked, and the dick flops out.

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I know that doesn't fit this section, but I had nowhere else to put it.


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Is it really true that redheaded people have no soul?

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GOINGS ON IN LANDS FAR AWAY

Countries visited by Queen Elizabeth II during her reign.
I'd be interested to know if she is the most well-traveled person in history.

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Anna Creek: A Cattle Station Bigger Than Israel

In Australia, cattle stations—which is the equivalent of an American ranch—tend to be unimaginably large, so large that some of them are bigger than some European and African countries.

Take Anna Creek Station, a well-known cattle station in South Australia, near the Simpson Desert between Coober Pedy and Lake Eyre. This station covers nearly 24,000 square kilometers. By comparison, Israel is barely 21,000 square kilometers, and the biggest ranch in America is just over 3,300 square kilometers. In fact, there might be close to a hundred cattle stations in Australia that are bigger than the biggest American ranch.


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A quick history of the way thing is the way they is.

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Harpea's Cave, Navarra, Spain. This is a perfect example of tectonic plate movement.
Or so I'm told.

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After a chilly night, it’s time to wake up and reach the summit of the Crooked King.
It was -20 degrees. No thanks.

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Oddly hypnotic.

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A bibliophile's heaven.

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Sweden confirmed they actually have a sense of humor.

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Anyone want to take a stab at explaining that to me? I know it's melting snow, but why in that pattern?


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Why is it when the sun blacks out on a Monday afternoon it's an "amazing natural phenomenon" but when I do it, it's a "problem."

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HISTORY AND STUFF

No rockets...missiles. They have guidance.

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How could anyone survive bombardments like that?

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It seems to me that the Soviets have been hated for a long, long time.


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This is one of the saddest images of war I've ever seen.
Just looking up to get a glimpse of the bomb that would vaporize them.


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Have you ever put sugar up your ass so ant's will crawl up in there and bite the itchy part.

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SCIENCE


As humans evolved, the ability to convey subtle emotions became more and more important. Nonverbal communication is a seriously powerful tool, and while you might not realize it, your eyebrows say a lot about how you’re feeling, and can even be used to demonstrate dominance, empathy, and sympathy. As a social tool, the facial expression is incredibly useful, and this small but important change may have given humans an evolutionary edge in the long run. Our ancient ancestors may have been aided in forming friendships and bonds with each other thanks to the development of mobile eyebrows in tandem with a taller skull. Over hundreds of thousands of years, this change could have aided in giving unfamiliar groups the ability to nonverbally communicate with each other rather than immediately assuming hostility, promoting the long-term survival of the species.

With all those facts to consider, think about the social wisdom of this -
She has just masked a powerful tool in her communication toolkit. How wise is that?

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I saw this and wondered what they ate...besides watermelons.
Hippos graze on land; they do not eat while in the water and aren't known to graze on aquatic plants. They prefer short, creeping grass and small green shoots and reeds.
I am going to assume by that, that those massive teeth are for combat only.

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Megalodon, Prehistoric Great White, Modern Great White
My buddy had one the size of the biggest. Found it in a creek bottom.

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Were C-section people born or just removed?

MULLABLES

Could be.

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Give that a couple of seconds.
The internet has gone nuts over the numbers, saying 10 senators want to legalize the fucking of animals. Well, so do I. Who really gives a shit if it doesn't harm the animal?

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At least it's original.

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And if I might add...Law Enforcement. But with civil forfeiture that is exactly what is happening.

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The question is not how she knows that is directed to her when it's in a public restroom. The question is, why is she wearing a tank top over a long sleeved shirt?

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Let's look at the other side - What if a Second Lieutenant right out of OCS who was repeatedly ordering his troops to do outrageously stupid stuff that got many of the veteran grunts killed? What if your complaints to the higher ups got no results. What if he was so motivated to make a name for himself that he didn't care how many of his troops were sacrificed? 

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I remember when I thought tattoos on girls were a little slutty.
I still do, but now I like slutty.

Well, no ambiguity here...

2 comments:

Unknown said...

eyebrows...maybe as simple as keeping sweat out the eyes. Maybe helpful when hunting a couple of million years ago.

Ralph Henry said...

But no other mammal has them.

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