Oddities and Humor

Amen.

I don't understand why it's so popular. I do have a Facebook account but the only time I visit the site is if I get an e-mail from them telling me that someone has texted me something or whatever. Have never found one single reason why I'd want to start anything of my own there. It ain't nothin' like good ole A2k.

I have a facebook account because so many relatives and a few friends post there. It is the only way I can stay abreast of certain goings on.

Let's face it; Edgar's books are better.

More oddities and rap humor.

Regardless of the outcome of the presidential primaries, Ice-T already has his mind made up about the forthcoming election.

The rapper and actor, who is making his directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival with the documentary "Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap," says he expects President Barack Obama to be re-elected. After that, he predicts Hillary Clinton will be the next president.

Like him in Law and Order SVU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJ-PAw7ymE&feature=fvwrel

He is likely correct about Obama, but I think Hillary's fire to run has gone out.

Thighs of steel?

Source
Adorable Little Girl Saves Mother’s Life Via Pizza Slap to Face
Seven-year-old Floridian Rita Lawlor was given an award by the Sarasota County Fire Department for her bravery and composure in the face of what would be a terrifying situation for anyone— her mother wouldn't wake up, even when slapped across the face with a piece of pizza. Master Shredder would be so pleased.

After Rita couldn't wake her mom, she called 911. The operator says she was calm and composed, giving her clear instructions about where she lived. The dispatcher told her to go stand in the yard so that officers knew which house was hers, and when the ambulance pulled up, they saw Rita standing in the driveway, still holding the phone.

Her mother has since recovered, and Rita is delighted by the award and goodie bag she was given by the department.

Most adorable emergency ever.

7-year-old girl slaps mom with slice of pizza, saves life [Buzzfeed]

Thought you'd get a kick out of this list, Edgar.

Woody Guthrie’s “New Year’s Rulin’s,” penned in 1941 and found later in one of his journals. A transcript is below:

Wonderful. Great printing, drawing, humor..

Thanks. Woody is one of my favorite folks, as anyone might guess.

Ever wonder how Fran Drescher became famous? Turns out the actress was abducted by aliens when she was in junior high and had a chip planted in her.

Drescher believes that she was abducted by aliens when she was a teenager. The chip that the aliens planted in her apparently programmed her to meet Peter Marc Jacobson, her ex-husband.

But the aliens weren’t trying to help Drescher find love. They just wanted to give her the inspiration she needed to create her new show “Happily Divorced.”

Drescher told the Huffington Post:

“You know, it’s funny because Peter and I both saw [aliens] before we knew each other, doing the same thing, driving on the road with our dads. We were both in junior high…. We realized that we had the same experience. I think that somehow we were programmed to meet… We both have this scar. It’s the exact same scar on the exact same spot.”

Jacobson hasn’t said if he believes in aliens or not, but he did say that Drescher probably got her scar from a hot beverage. Drescher, however, has an explanation for that.

“That’s what the aliens programmed us to think. But really, that’s where the chip is.”

http://wimp.com/lightenup/
See how plastic bottles become ceiling lights in hitherto dark houses.

Lawyer withdraws $7.5 million dollar lottery claim

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A New York attorney's decision to withdraw his claim on a multimillion dollar Iowa Lottery prize doesn't put to rest officials' questions about how he obtained the ticket.

Crawford Shaw, of Bedford, N.Y., withdrew his claim Thursday on a multimillion dollar Iowa Lottery prize just as mysteriously as he has made it, saying through a Des Moines law firm that he couldn't satisfy lottery officials' request for basic information about how he obtained the winning ticket.

The lottery has asked the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa attorney general to investigate.

Officials say Shaw submitted the ticket for redemption on behalf of a trust on Dec. 29, less than two hours before it expired, and has identified the recipient only as a corporation in the country of Belize. The lottery wants to know how Shaw obtained the ticket to make sure it wasn't stolen and that a valid player bought it.

It has been 13 months since the winning ticket was purchased at a Des Moines gas station in December 2010. The payout for the prize would have been $7.5 million cash, or $10.3 million spread over 25 years after taxes.

Iowa lottery officials had given Shaw until Friday to provide the identities and contact information of anyone who purchased or possessed the ticket.

Instead of claiming the prize in person, as is normally done, Shaw signed the ticket on behalf of the trust and shipped it by FedEx to a Des Moines law firm he had retained.

Shaw, 76, sent a fax to the law firm Thursday saying he doesn't know the identity of the purchaser. The firm relayed the information to lottery officials.

http://news.yahoo.com/lawyer-withdraws-7-5-million-dollar-lottery-claim-080618344.html




lawyers...

(anybody know where dave was that day?)

The least thing that those aliens could've done was program Fran Drescher to have a voice that wasn't so nasal that it made you want to hurl lunch or stuff your ears with cotton.

another oddity.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/inside-hitler-s-private-world-1327707270-slideshow/hitler-photo-1327706138.html

Now, the humor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMY9SYMQH8k&feature=related

I saw that story about Hitler, letty. Amazing they can find new stuff like that after so many years.

That is so cool. Tho' it was in English, there was a word used that I either misheard or it's a dialect thing.

At 1:00 in the tape, the voice says "fill it with water, add syreem". The last word is what I think I heard - it must be bleach.

Thanks. I am glad somebody opened that link. I am still in wonder, thinking about it, often, every day, since I first saw that story.

I did not understand that word, either.

I think they said chlorine.

Canadians in front of Newt in the space race...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwLmGR6bPA