He got hot dog arms that somebody said he don’t deserve ‘em
Our next door neighbors are having some fence, awning, built-in patio work done, and the other day one of the workers knocked on our door. He was having a hard time explaining what he needed in English, so I brought up Google Translate on my phone and he typed
that his drill had dropped over on our side of the fence, and I laughed! And ran and got it for him. But like, why is it funny? Maybe just the joy of a mystery solved.
Act I: I don’t understand
Act II: I understand!
Act III: We understand together!
🤷♀️
Jim H! This is a bit of a Bob’s Burgers spoiler so maybe don’t watch!
Did you have a “pick up this shit” mother? Mine was June Cleaver and the very idea of hearing her or any mother swear scandalizes me.
Can’t tell you how long we spent talking about this. At first I read it as 200 years, which is way different. But for 2000? I think…not worth it. Do I have to be a woman the whole time? Definitely not, then.
I was watching that video where Jackie O gave that tour of the White House for reasons forgotten. I bet most of us don’t really know what she sounds like, and probably think about Natalie Portman’s very breathy take a few years back. Anyway during this rewatch I was really struck by her shared accent with her aunt and cousin, Big and Little Edie, of Grey Gardens fame.
Not surprising, certainly, but for me anyway I put each of these cultural blips in different parts of my brain. But then I wondered if maybe Homestar Runner is from the Hamptons. (No.) (But maybe?)
Homestar also appreciates a good cape.
Just heard that Hanukkah’s over but when has that stopped me?
From Sara!
Can you imagine? The bathroom?
He just makes me glad.
Mad Daddy trivia! Do you know what comes up when you search for Christmas or Hanukkah or anything-themed Mad Daddy facts? Nothing. But he did dip into acting for a spell, playing a spate of Nazis, which is decidedly the opposite vibe of the season.
I was popular with the You are There and Eyewitnesses series because it seemed that when it came to making like a German general I excelled. Of course you can’t make a living any longer playing a German because Nazis are no longer in vogue. Now it’s the Russians (“WJW’s Pete Myers” p. 47, 1958).
Good?
I’m clearly running out of material for these.
WJW’s Pete Myers is Actor in Disguise. (January 31, 1958.) Cleveland Press, 47.
MKK. She found this!
What IS British Christmas?? Pagan, I know, but like, …
We’re almost through it! Hang in there!!
I showed my husband the dumpster gif and after staring in shock and horror he said, “I hope they didn’t just drive away after that,” which reminded me of another seasonal tale.
Back when I worked at Tower Records it was typical at the end of the year to receive a ton of calendars and calendar stands. Rather than have them all clumped up in one section of the store my manager wanted the kiosks spread throughout the store so customers would have multiple opportunities to browse and, hopefully, buy. With this in mind, he started to drag one of the kiosks from the books section of the store to the magazine section.
Unfortunately, not all calendar displays are created equal, and the one my manager was moving was a particularly shoddy example. As he dragged it from one section to another it didn’t so much fall apart as it *disintegrated,* slopping wire bits and slippery, cellophane-wrapped calendars (in my mind, they all featured horses or kittens or puppies) aaaaaalllllllll across the floor in a 20 foot reef of chaos.
My manager took a look at the wreckage he’d left behind him, like a temporally inclined slug-trail, and turned around and kept walking to the opposite side of the store. I nearly cracked a rib laughing.
No, he did not come back to clean it up.