Oddities and Humor

Thanks, boomer. What a wonderful video. There is a TV show called Wipeout, in which men and women compete getting through a ridiculously contrived obstacle course. I have been noting that as many women as men reach the top of the order each week.

This will wipe you out, Texas. Did you know that dogs can sing?



This one isn't exactly Scottish, but he's not bad with the bagpipes.

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

Good one, boomer. You'll have to visit the radio thread.

I love the look on the Labrador's face when they stop the bagpipe... it's kind of why did you stop?! IT was getting to the good part! <<<sigh>>>!

I love to watch animals reacting to their humans.

A bear climbed into an empty car in the US state of Colorado, sounded the horn and sent the vehicle rolling down hill with the terrified animal still inside.

The car's owner, 17-year-old Ben Story, took a snap of the panic-stricken bear as it demolished the inside of his vehicle in its bid to escape.

Police in Larkspur, near Denver, eventually freed the animal by opening the door from a distance using a rope.

It is believed the bear was attracted by a sandwich left on the back seat.

http://www.chron.com/video/?248171451001
For a time lapse video of the blooming of Lois the corpse flower :

Headline in MYYAHOO OMG feature:
Angelina Stuns in Cleavage-Bearing, Red-Hot Dress

Houston's beloved corpse flower Lois bit the dust Sunday evening.

Or at least her famous bloom did.

After weeks of drawing record crowds to the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the spadix of the stinky flower collapsed about 4:45 p.m. — leaving visitors to mourn the loss.

"We came to see a piece of history," said Mark Swist, a 27-year-old Austin resident who was waiting in line when the bloom fell. "It's kinda disappointing to be so close. We wanted to see it in real life, but we're just enjoying being here and the experience."

Roughly 65,000 visitors made their way to see Lois in July, more than triple the Cockrell Butterfly Center's June figures.

The so-called corpse flower - nicknamed for its stench - drew a cultlike following since word of her potential bloom spread earlier this month with thousands watching the bloom via webcam. It was just the second rare Amorphophallus titanum bloom in Texas and the 29th in the nation.

Just in case you ever have to give your opossum a pedicure....

I suppose possum pets are not new, but I never saw it before. When I trap any, I take them to the park and turn them loose.

More oddities and humor. (inspired by your corpse flower)



The graveyard shift was so named because before embalming if someone was buried and still alive, they could ring a bell that was interred within the coffin. This would alert the members of the graveyard shift to help out the unfortunate person.

Now the humor, edgar.

Screaming Jay Hawkins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eceUXYtdw8Q&feature=related

By all the evidence, someone around here traps skunks and turns them loose in the park. Fortunately, they seldom overreact to people, though they are usually given wide berth.

Our skunks hang in the vicinity of the dairy farm, up the road a piece. At least, that's where the skunk road kill appears the most. Maybe they like something the cows eat.

I think I heard that about the graveyard shift somewhere, letty. That's a cute "screamin'" song.

The Indian military has announced a plan to convert the world's hottest chili pepper into a weapon.

"The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)," said defense spokesperson Col. R. Kalia.

The government is also developing a version of the weapon for crowd-control by police and for self-defense use by women.

The weapons will be made from the bhut jolokia, also known as the "ghost chili" and acknowledged by Guinness World Records as the most potent chili in the world. The potency of the bhut jolokia measures more than one million Scoville units, compared with the 2,500 to 8,000 Scoville units of the typical jalapeno pepper, or the 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units of Classic Tabasco sauce.

The peppers are grown and predominantly consumed in northeast India, and are also used as a cure for stomach problems. They are small, wrinkled and deep maroon in color, resembling prunes. Their flesh is so potent that it can burn the skin, forcing farmers, grocers and chefs to handle them with gloves on.

"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the DRDO's Life Sciences Department in New Delhi.

But chili broker Ashit Mehta questioned the government's characterization of the pepper as non-toxic, calling for rigorous safety tests on the aftereffects of exposure to weaponized bhut jolokia. In contrast to tear gas, which produces "only ... this eye burning sensation," the ghost chili can burn the skin itself, he said. Although people who are used to consuming and handling the pepper can tolerate it in small amounts, its effect on most people is far more severe.

"People should not get burned," he said. "Normal people will have a lot of problems."

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Guess who is 70 yrs old this day?

Korean-Style Tacos Across America

Korean Chicken Tacos (July 28, 2010)
Mr. Lee, a 42-year-old native of Seoul, South Korea, who grew up in Mustang, Okla., took a step toward realizing that dream in October 2009 when he opened Hankook Taqueria in Atlanta, serving tacos stuffed with soy- and garlic-marinated beef, along with chicken and pork, all barbecued in the Korean style.

“I was going to open a traditional Korean barbecue restaurant,” Mr. Lee said. Then his wife, Mackenzie, had an idea. “She saw this thing about Kogi on the Web,” he recalled. “And I thought tacos might be a way to get Korean food on everybody’s table.”

What captured Ms. Lee’s attention was Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go, a retrofitted catering truck that rolled onto the streets of Southern California in November 2008, selling corn tortillas piled with Korean-style barbecued short ribs known as kalbi, garnished with onion, cilantro and a hash of chili-soy-dressed lettuce.