Ah, how the times change.
Category: humor
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Worth a thousand words…
Caption, anyone?
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It’s funny how I’m virtually unshakable in the face of my traditionally “scary” things, but the thought of knitting with dog hair thoroughly unnerves me.
Even more disturbing is the fact that enough people are interested in the subject for a publisher to put out an instructional book.
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LP Cover Lover featured this album recently; a sermon by Harold Henniger (hardly a famous man by any stretch of imagination, but I like to be informative).
Is it me, or does this remind you of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased from Beetlejuice?
If anyone has other guides to the afterlife featuring affectionate couples strolling into the Great Beyond together, please share.
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Allow me a seasonal time warp for a moment. I’m sure it won’t be long until we start seeing Christmas artifacts appear on store shelves anyway. I recently came across a company that manufactures Pink Bunny Pajamas (just the way Aunt Clara made ’em!):
The site boasts that you can now “Give the gift of humiliation!”
The suit is available in plus sizes as well (though somehow I doubt the bucket of chicken is included).
And you can purchase a “Christmas Combo” which includes a Red Rider BB Gun.
Starting at about $110, I’m afraid I won’t be purchasing this tribute to my favorite holiday film of all time. But it’s definitely a product that needed to made.
Check it out here.
And if you need a reminder of where these come from…
I will now resume taking full advantage of pre-Halloween days to post spooky things.
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Okay…this post is going to make me walk a very uncomfortable line. The easy way out is to be snarky. But there is something so undeniably sincere about these images that I’m going to let them speak for themselves.
Art for God has a collection of paintings depicting Jesus in “heroic” circumstances, along with inspirational descriptions.
See the rest here.
I made it! I made it through the post without saying anything! That was exhausting. I need a nap.
Link sent by Doug…check out his fun, non-Jesus art (skeletons abound!).
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This gets the award for least appealing cake of the week:
A naked mole rat, arguably one of nature’s most hideous creatures (even by my standards, and I’m quick to adore wildlife). Something about the shaded folds of tan icing turns my stomach.
I always thought I’d happily eat any kind of cake, even in the shape of a hairless rodent…but now I’m not so sure.
The (obvious) source
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Mind Hacks just had a great little roundup of fake pharmaceutical products; the inevitable satirical backlash of a medical industry like ours.
Despondex is a drug for the chronically chipper. The video is fantastic:
Most of us know someone who could use a dose of Havidol.
Panexa mocks the proliferation of drugs (and side effects), readily dispensed.
And one of the first ones I remember seeing years ago:
And although it was not in the article, one of my all time favorite medical mockeries remains Steve Martin’s “Side Effects,” published in the New Yorker in 1998 (a must-read if you haven’t seen it)
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I can only imagine how uptight some US citizens would get if they saw this Singapore ad campaign for Play D’Oh.
The ads aim to show the incredible creative versatility of the substance while highlighting its safety.
Personally, I love these brightly colored D’Oh hazards (and am inspired to make them myself).
But I have a feeling many parents would severely object to this imagery (not to mention the questionable safety of creations with such tiny pieces and sharp edges…Pay D’Oh is tough when it dries!).
What do you think of these ads?
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