Friday Ephemeraren’t
Yes, by golly, a chance to throw together your own pile of links and oddities in the comments. I’ll set the ball rolling with a faulty cat; some defective captions; wokelings inflating their egos by frustrating others; when stealth mode is engaged; and when snack treats are detected.
Oh, and a love like no other.
Regarding Prometheus, Tony did stories, Ridley does pictures, so he’s at the mercy of whoever does the scribbling. Prometheus is crap, from the opening scene where a sentient being is sacrificed (spot the pseudo religious bollocks) for his dna even though engineers can make it by the bucket while his colleagues fly off in a flying saucer rather than a flying croissant to avoid giving the game away.
Ya can have a go at us straylians if ya want,
[ Starts handing out numbered tickets. ]
Form an orderly line, people. You’ll all get a turn.
Cause and effect.
The rational left, Part II.
fForm an orderly line
Lols, how British.
What, like this you mean?
Exactly what I was thinking of.
Ya can have a go at us straylians if ya want, but we know that bouy is not pronounce ‘boo-ey‘
We murricans forgive you for pronouncing it wrong, because we love how you all are named Crocodile (except for the women who are all named Sheila.)
The rational left, Part II.
And…Melanie has deleted her account. 🙂
Why conservatives and liberals need each other. Jordan Peterson on Crowder’s show. From 4 years ago. If only…
https://youtu.be/eHyDW8-X9Pg
“except for the women who are all named Sheila.”
And look like Nicole Whatshername…
Don’t get me started on Prometheus, either. I’ll wind up offending our genial host.
I’ll wind up offending our genial host.
I am known for my emotional delicacy and hair-trigger weepiness.
I am known for my emotional delicacy and hair-trigger weepiness.
And pate. Don’t forget the pate.
Don’t forget the pate.
[ Drags large box into cellar, a muffled thudding ensues. ]
I am not convinced that this is really a spurious correlation.
I am not convinced that this is really a spurious correlation.
Just a few days ago, I saw a young woman practically stepping into traffic while engrossed by something swipe-worthy. So far as I’m aware, even the latest phones don’t come with traffic-repelling force fields.
Can anyone here recommend more of these?
Just a few days ago, I saw a young woman practically stepping into traffic while engrossed by something swipe-worthy.
Skynet will not bother to build killer bots; merely distracting memes and videos.
Don’t get me started on aloo-min-um
Oookay, then…
Please tell me how ‘Worcestershire sauce’ gets pronounced ‘Wooster sauce’?
Unless it’s a shout-out to P.G. Wodehouse. In which case, carry on.
Please tell me how ‘Worcestershire sauce’ gets pronounced ‘Wooster sauce’?
I’m sorry, you’re br*BZZZTKRACKLE*king up. I can’t hea*BZZZTKRACKLE*
Please tell me how ‘Worcestershire sauce’ gets pronounced ‘Wooster sauce’?
What exactly was that famous quote “I’m so upper class I can hardly understand myself” and who said it?
Henry Higgins sings “Why can’t the English teach their children how to spell…”
Please give generously to the Vowels for Poland Fund.
When driving in Poland I am often puzzled. When I see Welsh highway signs puzzlement is insufficient and I am forced to resort to bewilderment.
Cayley
The “Great White North” one is from the superb SCTV (Second City TV) made by a Toronto based ensemble including John Candy in the early 1980s. Many of their sketches were shamelessly copied by SNL.
The skit in question featured Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as brothers Bob and Doug Mackenzie and was apparently the most popular with the Canadian audience.
My favourite was the game show Half Wits hosted by Eugene Levy. Here is an exiting semi-final episode:-
https://youtu.be/WIJna_6G244
the latter received a 4 star rating from the peerless Roger Ebert which leads me to question my own judgement.
Ebert hated “Zoolander” and seemed particularly offended that they used an actual nation’s prime minister as a target for the assassination plot, which seemed to me like a strange reason to hate the movie (which I adore).
Otherwise, I’m fond of Ebert’s reviews, but everyone nods sometimes.
The skit in question featured Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as brothers Bob and Doug Mackenzie and was apparently the most popular with the Canadian audience.
According to the cast members, they created Doug and Bob in response to the network’s complaint that they needed more Canadian-oriented content. And thus a classic was born out of sheer piss-taking.
I understand the Sistine Chapel was inspired in the same way.
I understand the Sistine Chapel was inspired in the same way.
“Mikey, we only wanted you to whitewash the ceiling.”
Zoolander
I can’t hear the Wham song on the radio without visualizing the gas station scene.
https://youtu.be/ZnZ2XdqGZWU?t=84
Oh my goodness: Troll Bridge: The Moving Picture, an adaptation of a short story by Terry Pratchett
Have I offended the spam gods, or heaven forfend our host? I’ve posted a couple of things that aren’t getting through, even though they show up after I hit Post.
Have I offended the spam gods, or heaven forfend our host?
[ Checks notoriously temperamental spam filter. ]
Nothing in there. I have no explanation.
My favourite was the game show Half Wits hosted by Eugene Levy.
Eugene Levy always had the most expressive face. Watch his eyes and eyebrows in the skit. He’s like a missing Marx brother. My favourite Levy character was Bobby Bittman who would appear as a regular on the Sammy Maudlin show. “How are ya!”
Please give generously to the Vowels for Poland Fund.
I have Polish friends who shall remain vowelless.
They actually had a set of these:
Didn’t know the image was so big. Here’s the link
. The joke is in the second image.
The joke is in the second image.
That’s the second joke.
The first joke is the “access denied” I see when I click the link.
[Sobs briefly, then straightens back, stiffens sinews, sets face in semblance of heroic determination, and posts a resized copy of the image.]
The Poles and the Welsh are not the only ones in need of assistance. Remember Operation Vowel Drop?
IMPURE!!!
That’s just a 3D modeling error.
https://www.gamesradar.com/ubisoft-china-apologizes-for-releasing-coffee-cup-with-handle-on-the-inside/
[Sobs briefly, then straightens back, stiffens sinews, sets face in semblance of heroic determination, and posts a resized copy of the image.]
Thanks, tried resizing but it didn’t seem to work. I don’t know why the link posted as access denied. It worked the first time. Oh well…
I don’t know why the link posted as access denied.
I do know why. The period ended up as part of the hyperlink. Remove it and it works. My html needs some work…obviously.
Remember Operation Vowel Drop?
An important thing is that in Serbian, if being approached by an individual whose intentions are possibly less than friendly, inadvertently flipping two consonants “Stop or I’ll shoot !” means “Stop or I’ll bathe you !”.
It is unclear whether the latter would be considered an invitation or a threat.
As I mentioned the other day, in the levels of stupidity, there is academic grade stupidity.
In other news, “Ask not for whom the woke tolls, it tolls for thee”, Biden supporter “…has agreed to enter a re-education facility…” for using a word for bundle of sticks after missing a putt.
An important thing is that in Serbian, if being approached by an individual whose intentions are possibly less than friendly, inadvertently flipping two consonants “Stop or I’ll shoot !” means “Stop or I’ll bathe you !”.
It’s worse in German.
The period ended up as part of the hyperlink.
See, this is why I don’t like leaving you without adult supervision. We end up with super-giant novelty mugs all over the place.
As I mentioned the other day, in the levels of stupidity, there is academic grade stupidity.
It does rather speak to the weirdly dogmatic assumptions of the agonised, rather than the object being agonised about.
for using a word for bundle of sticks after missing a putt
Was it the word that also refers to a white paper tube that contains tobacco? Because Netflix constantly tells me those are as dangerous as sex, violence, nudity, and naughty language.
As I mentioned the other day, in the levels of stupidity, there is academic grade stupidity.
Think we’ll give that one a post of its own.
It does rather speak to the weirdly dogmatic assumptions of the agonised, rather than the object being agonised about.
Indeed,
As has been said, if you think a centuries old Japanese traditional item* represents PoC, you just might be the racist.
*(Culturally appropriated !)
Someone asked for more Bernie memes…
Someone asked for more Bernie memes…
The Correction Booth is this way, friend.
inadvertently flipping two consonants “Stop or I’ll shoot !” means “Stop or I’ll bathe you !”.
Is this why Serbia leads the world in the production of strawberry scented bath soap?
for using a word for bundle of sticks after missing a putt
It’s a lucky thing that one never sees MiG 15’s in flight anymore. 😐
Was it the word that also refers to a white paper tube that contains tobacco?
Being a very well read child, I understood “bundle of sticks” and “white paper tube” long before I encountered the…other meaning.