DriveBy Funnies

Stop, Look & Lol @ Funny Signs:







And because it can't be mentioned enough...



Finally, don't forget:

I just needed a few laughs today...

- Hope you did too :)

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btws, just found this - long but has good ones:



(A few more lol signs @ DailyMail )

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Fun On A Boat With Your Chum

And look, a new pal drops in...



I have an irrational fear of 'Jaws', so this week's shark news gave me the creeps. Some researchers had a 9 ft, 1000~pound Great White Shark breech next to them, and then fall right into their boat. Yikes.

But in the end it did more damage to their pride than their persons.

And so, after they got over the shock, the crew ended up helping it back into the water.

What nice shark chums.
Wish one of them had a video cam...

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The Owl and the Pussycat

aka Gebra the owl, and Fum the cat



They don't have a pea-green boat, but they do have fun:



As you can see from the video, they did dance...

Whether they dined on mince & quince, who knows?
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Dogs Vs Cats

The real difference between cats and dogs?
Its in their TV viewing, of course.

Dogs watch Animal Planet...

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Cats watch the news...

Which one is smarter? Well...

thats still up for debate... but at least the cat ran away.

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For TT's 'tv' day
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Party Animals

A wet T-shirt* contest.

*Except there's no shirts, and the only 'T' is on the end of the elephant.

Because its spring, and that means peewee pachyderms in the pool. This week, the keepers at the Houston zoo brought out the new 'baby' pool for their younger elephants. And it was quite a splash hit...


Baylor is over 1100 lbs, tiny Tupelo is only 600.

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Baby Baylor's first pool.
See at :20 where Mom sticks her foot in?
Notice the keepers bribe her (and auntie) with tidbits to keep their big feet (and 10,000lbs) out of his baby pool. But they still end up replacing the pools every few weeks.

Make you want a pool of your own?...
It just makes me want summer, stat! ;-)

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Luck Be A Lady

Some people get all the luck.

Lady goes to a show at the Roncalli Circus,
and gets to walk off with a new coat...



*Just in time for ThemeThursday's 'Luck' day.
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Just A Bit Batty

Its actually feeding time for rescued baby bats.

Over 100 ailing baby fruit bats were found scratching for survival on a Gold Coast forest floor in Australia. The bats left their perches to feed and were then unable to fly back up.

So the 'pups' are being bottle fed and will be kept hanging on clothes lines until they are ready to fly again in about four weeks.

Those little guys look very cute, but
it'll be a bit before they're 'off-line'...

Meanwhile - watch some fishing bats



...versus some 'fishing cats'.

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Meer Kat Napping

When the Mama MeerKat's away...
...the animal-grabbing delinquents come out to play?

The KC Zoo did notice one of its meerkats was missing, but "They didn't know whether it had been taken by "a person or a predator," which is why
they did not file a missing-meerkat report."
But justice was served, anyway:

''Santhuff admitted he'd jumped into the exhibit, stole the meerkat and stuck it in the stroller, and said that Bradley pushed the stroller out of the zoo and kept the meerkat at his mother's. Bradley's girlfriend, who had accompanied the boys to the zoo, corroborated this version of events when she was questioned by police. "She couldn't believe the two were actually going to take the meerkat so she walked away"

1. They hid a cage in the stroller in advance.
- (premeditated !) -
2. They took it home to their trailer park. (ha !)
3. They bragged about stealing it on Facebook.
4. The ungrateful critter bit them. (lol)
5. They abandoned it after less than a week.

Geniuses.
Their folks are so proud they made the paper.

*here's the article: MeerKat (kid? cat?) -napping

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Jingle Bird

Welcome to December ;-)


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Fowl Weather Gear

Just in time for winter...

For the past several months, a small group of knitters in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, have been knitting sweaters for featherless hens rescued from British poultry farms.

The group has even staged two "knit-ins," in which members assemble at a local needlecraft store and craft sweaters -- known in England as "jumpers" -- en masse.

"In the winter, the hens need a little bit of help keeping warm," said organizer and store owner Amy Leader.

The two knit-ins have attracted considerable media attention, which is why several weeks ago she received a phone call reminiscent of an old Monty Python sketch.

"I heard that you're knitting chicken jumpers," the woman said, explaining that she represented a charity that rescued farm chickens. "Would you give me some of them?"

"Do you have a daughter?" Leader asked.

The woman replied that she did.

"It's you I'm making them for!" Leader cried.

The knit-ins have been as good for just about everybody involved. For Leader, they've meant attention for her shop and a chance to incorporate beginners into the circle.

"What's really lovely about a chicken jacket is it doesn't have to be perfect, because -- come on -- it's for a chicken."

There are plans for future knit-ins -- what with the cold weather and holidays coming in -- and that leaves open the possibility of seeing chickens running around England wearing red and green jumpers.

"Maybe we can make little Santa hats for them," Leader said. "The possibilities are endless, aren't they."

It would appear so...

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Meanwhile, check out the 'Chicken Police' !

A bit hare-brained, yes?
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A Turtle Fence?

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Recently, turtle fence debates took up govt time.

These students did a C-Span Mash-Up about it:

^{*Capt Dynamic has all lyrics here (Thanks!)}

You shall build a turtle fence!*

We don't have many turtles.
Well in Michigan, we got quite a few.

We need a rattlesnake fence!...

(etc.)

Then this line: The more I drink...
the more this congress is making sense.

That one made me laugh and cry.

So sadly true.

Funny thing is, this red-herring of a fence idea came from a legitimate concern for people and turtles. But now its been made a laughing-stock, and it may not help anyway.

Because Turtles Can Climb Fences:

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For ThemeThursday's 'FENCE' day

Long Necked Surfer

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See a llama hang eight:

(Mostly, he teaches his soggy pal to swim)

But... - Why - ?

He'd already taught everyone else in Peru to surf?...

(Or he was just jealous of CA's surfing dogs)

And aren't alpacas native to the mountains?...

Long neck or not, seems like quite a stretch.

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_{For TT's 'Stretch' day}

Whale Of A Time

... turned a sailboat into a hole in the ocean earlier today.

They were watching it at a distance when it moved towards them.

'Surely, it can't be on a collision course with us'

But the young Southern Right whale slipped out of view before suddenly flipping into the air and smashing their mast.

"There were bits of skin and blubber left behind, and the mast was wrecked. It brought down the rigging too."

Yikes - that would give me fishy nightmares.

Think next time they'll choose a bigger boat? ...
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Frogs Back In Fashion

With frog fans putting on quite a show...



Or, for the less artistic... go to the Japanese Consulate in Miami and they'll show you how to make an origami frog... but only on the first Monday of each month.

Or you could just watch this:

Making an origami frog, one-handed.

Isn't summer fun?

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Save the Earth One Goat Poop At A Time?

Its the White Goat Paper Recycler !

Just feed this White Goat paper and water - its automatic.
After digesting 40 sheets, out poops one roll of toilet paper.

See it in action:


Its so unique - you can see why it won awards.

But... it only makes two rolls per hour.

Not to mention it costs $100,000 US !

Hm.

Perhaps we should try a real white goat* instead?...
Its output is recycled on dirt; no electricity required.

*Get two - then we'll automatically get more lil' goats!

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* For ThemeThursday's ' White ' day


*1 of HM's pics of Coney Island, click to see'm

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Jeepers Peepers

Some no-calorie treats for y'all ;-)

this girl's peeps panic...





'Love You' 'Give us a Kiss' 'Thank You' ...so cute!

Happy Easter !

Dances With 3D

Saw Avatar. My verdict:

It is 'Dances With Wolves' on an alien planet.
With brain transfers thrown in for fun.

Yup, the 3D and special effects were cool. But go to the late show so there will be fewer kids. Its PG-13, yet because of the toy tie-ins, and the colorful ads parents think its okay for tots... that is until the military action begins.

One poor kid (~4 yrs old) literally -ran- out of the theatre we were in. So, if you wouldn't bring your kid to 'Dances With Wolves', don't bring him/her to this. *If you need any further persuasion... the 6 previews made the entire show nearly 3 hours long.

Fun Fact: many sfx came via Weta of New Zealand

Just Park It

Garage getting too full?...



Can't squeeze in your car?...



Or you just want more space?...

Well, you won't exactly find any help here, because those images above are actually giant photos that are pasted on closed garage doors. So who knows what's actually inside?... but if it is an elephant don't you need a permit? And a pachyderm-scooper?


Daily Mail link has more pics.

*Their creator, Thomas Sassenbach, (at www.styleyourgarage.com) will customise any image on request.

Bird Brains

Why not, eh?

He has camera in one hand, crumbs in the other:

Nose Dive

Scary and Sporty, both.
*But no Baby, Posh, or Ginger.

(pic @ Ross Parry syndication)