Friday Ephemera
Behind the scenes. (h/t, Damian) // Boneless hamsters. // Bitty ribbit. // How to swim backwards. // A century of Holmes and Watson in cinema and TV, including Korean and Chinese interpretations. // Assorted 70s porn soundtracks. Brace for sleazy wah-wah. // You want one and you know it. (h/t, Peter) // Prism is a game. // Whatever happened to Kelsey Grammer? // Why grammar is important. (h/t, Julia) // Stock photo reconstructions of famous paintings. // 3D-printed zoetrope. // A million dots. // At last, Nadkins. // Ultimate nerf gun is exactly like you’d imagine. // Frankenstein, 1910. // All the cats. // Loud cat. // An hour of cat TV. // A tale of two small spacecraft named Voyager. // This is one of these. // And finally, alarmingly, your toilet paper is shrinking.
Boneless hamsters.
Nah. Clearly those are Martian flat cats.
Bitty ribbit.
And in motion.
Why grammar is important.
Let’s eat Gramma.
Help uncle jack off a donkey.
Let’s eat, Gramma!
Help Uncle Jack off a donkey.
3D-printed zoetrope.
Oy. Creation step one: Figuring out that the bloody process can be done . . . !
Snowflake working as intern doesn’t like dress code, and petitions for a change. Humor ensues.
At least the intern learned something about the business world, but not in the way he intended.
(The commenters at reason are rather more obscene about it, if that’s your thing. Probably not safe for work.)
Ack! The second link should have been here.
A million dots.
25,000 barrels stacked 15,000 feet high.
100, 000 bricks.
A tale of two small spacecraft named Voyager.
The wormhole doesn’t turn up until Voyager 6. . . .
“3D-printed zoetrope.”
It’s strangely satisfying when low-tech things can only be achieved with significantly more advanced technology. A couple of centuries ago, the zoetrope was the cutting edge, the only way you could see pictures move. Now we can make infinitely better moving pictures. Or really cool zoetropes. I like that a lot.
Maine Coon, in the “Large Bodied” category….Yep.
Behind the scenes.
I love that the mo-cap guy is really going for it. 🙂
I love that the mo-cap guy is really going for it.
I suppose he has to commit to the role, as it were, otherwise he might feel… well, silly.
Snowflake working as intern doesn’t like dress code and petitions for a change. Humour ensues.
And so an opportunity to learn about the workplace is turned into an opportunity to show off, act up and protest about footwear. I can’t help thinking that years of university have done the intern, or former intern, few favours. As one commenter puts it, “Holy shit. Who poisoned the labour pool?”
I was also tickled by the intern’s belated realisation that the member of staff who was exempt from the office dress code, and whose exemption in part prompted the protest, was in fact “a former soldier who lost her leg and was therefore given permission to wear whatever kind of shoes she could walk in.” This is immediately followed by another peeved comment by the intern: “If we had known about this we would have factored it into our argument.”
Poor lamb. It’s all so unfair.
At last, Nadkins.
Husband’s birthday in a couple of weeks. Tempted.
Husband’s birthday in a couple of weeks. Tempted.
I think you should. And let us know how it goes. Perhaps a product review.
“Mmmh. Minty scrotum.”
LOL
That feels sooooooooo good baby….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atVNDwWtcjY
Grateful Head (from “Jayne’s Woodstock Adventure”)
In My El Camino (from “The Beaver Hunter”)
Gus On The Bus (from “The Traveling Salesman”)
Sweet Juices (from “Honeydew”)
Special Delivery (from “Lonely Mrs. Johnson”)
Dr. Mann’s Prescription (from “Insatiable”)
Do You Dance? (from “Right Of Passage”)
O (from “The Story Of Y”)
Carma’s Theme (from “Studio 69”)
Malibu High (from “Ride Me Like A Wave”)
Two Is Better Than One (from “Rosemary Cloney)
“…the average American uses 46 sheets of toilet paper a day”
What are they eating????
Minty scrotum
Porn name sorted.
That Voyager film is terrible. How you could make such crap from a magnificent program is a wonder in itself. And apparently gathered a bunch of awards. WTF?
WTF?
A straight documentary approach would have been better, I think. Along the lines of the BBC’s The Planets series from 1999, the third episode of which, titled Giants, covers the Voyager project.
Solves the Schweddy Balls problem, does it?
Behind the scenes
That has to be a piss take.
That has to be a piss take.
Sadly, yes. It’s the only good bit of an otherwise naff Saturday Night Live sketch. Incidentally, if you’re a fan, these reaction videos filmed in a Chicago bar – parts one and two – may amuse.
“If we had known about this we would have factored it into our argument.”
I like the bit about “factored it into our argument”, i.e., how can we make the misfortune of X with the blown off leg about us.
“Everyone should be able to wear clown shoes because X had her leg blown off and gets to wear what works with her prosthetic that somehow we failed to notice.”, or, “Comfy shoes for X with the blown off leg shows that they do not adversely affect performance or image, therefore everybody gets to wear sandals and sneakers.”
You posted that “How to swim backwards” link just for me, didn’t you David? That was considerate of you.
Not unrelated:
https://youtu.be/dtnV-iD2QlI
Disneyland in 1957
Boneless Hamsters or miniature nicassar?
OT, but emotionally unstable exhibitionist Remainer fearlessly makes nude protest against Brexit:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3670455/Cambridge-academic-36-stripped-faculty-meeting-Brexit-leaves-Britain-NAKED-scrawled-breasts-protest-EU-referendum-result.html
Wait, what? Leftists are always lecturing me that any business is a “public accommodation” operating at the State’s pleasure.
I’m sure the Ohio AG will be right on this.
Any minute now.
Why did the college-educated intern not think to ask the ‘special one’ why they got to wear what shoes they liked? Failure to do that seems to demonstrate an odd, yet, familiar behaviour pattern. “I daren’t ask Dave/Betty why (s)he gets to wear special shoes but I do dare to form a childish revolutionary committee.” Perhaps the internship provider failed to display enough ‘This Is The Real World!’ posters….
PS How in in the name of all that’s unholy can anyone use 46 sheets of bog roll a day?
PS How in in the name of all that’s unholy can anyone use 46 sheets of bog roll a day?
Because 87.3% of all statistics are made up BS. But don’t try telling people that. They want to believe.
PS How in in the name of all that’s unholy can anyone use 46 sheets of bog roll a day?
I see you have never made the mistake of eating a salad in San Salvador…
MC @ July 02, 2016 at 00:33 PS How in in the name of all that’s unholy can anyone use 46 sheets of bog roll a day?
According to the Toilet Paper Encyclopedia, U.S. sales in 2015 were $7.8B. Amazon sells a 24-pack of Charmin Mega-Rolls (308 sheets) for $25.63. So… $7.8B / 25.63 = 300M packs, about 1 pack per American per year. 24 rolls x 308 sheets = 7,392 sheets, which is about 20 per day. So 46 is not that far off.
Usage rate is affected by the quality of the TP. As noted in David’s last item, the sheets are shrinking; also it makes a difference whether the paper is one-ply or two-ply. Charmin is high-end two-ply; one-ply is cheaper, and one uses lot more 1-ply sheets, which pushes the sheet count up.
Also, that sales figure may be manufacturer revenue. The consumer retail revenue (which is the figure to be divided by the Amazon price) could be much larger; and a lot of TP is used in institutions, which pay lower prices.
Finally, not all TP is used for bum-wiping; the TP roll is a handy source of tissue for blowing noses, wiping off make-up, or cleaning up spills, when facial tissue or paper towels aren’t immediately to hand.
According to the Toilet Paper Encyclopedia
Oh happy day.
Morning, all.
According to the Toilet Paper Encyclopedia
Oh happy day.
Yes, an example of getting to the bottom of things . . .
I think most people here in the States buy thinner TP with more sheets. I know the TP at work is ridiculously thin and I use more squares than I do at home.
That is, the average roll in the US probably has more than 308 sheets.
The thinner sheets is a point. Many places in the US, even a good number of suburbs, use septic systems. Thinner TP is advised for such systems.
I know the TP at work…
Sometimes we don’t have TP at work, so count your “blessings”.
Sometimes we don’t have TP at work, so count your “blessings”.
You can buy some of this fine MRE toilet paper to carry with you. The benefit is that not only is it portable, but if you have a sudden need to sand something, you are in business.
I know the TP at work is ridiculously thin and I use more squares than I do at home.
And be sure to use each sheet right up to the edge.
#savings
A century of Holmes and Watson
Jeremy Brett is best Holmes but I do have a soft spot for Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary:- his Granddad was Bernard Lee, ‘M’ in the 60’s Bond films.
his Granddad was Bernard Lee, ‘M’ in the 60’s Bond films.
I didn’t know that. And yes, Elementary is more or less back on form.
A million dots.
And here is a trillion bucks.
For those on the go …
https://www.amazon.ca/Coghlans-9177-Toilet-Tissue-Pack/dp/B003CKDPRA
… with dispenser: http://www.mec.ca/product/5010-241/coghlans-tissue-on-the-go-toilet-paper/
Cheers
Owen Jones, 2015:
Owen Jones, 2016:
Just sayin’.
Honestly David, 2015 is ancient history – it’s 2016 for goodness sake!