Archive for category Assorted Nuts

Earlier this week I posted a story about Camel Burgers.  @IndyScan found these Camel Sausages.  Who knew?

As a former radio and television announcer I really appreciate these guy’s work.  Watch the video and you’ll recognize the voices of movie trailers… those “coming soon to a theatre near you” features.  Here’s the Wikipedia entry about the “Five Guys And A Limo” video.

One of the funniest people I’ve ever met has a new book.  Click the video above to visit Amazon to learn all about the Mischief Maker’s Manual

Again this morning I was assaulted by local car dealer’s TV commercials screaming at me. Buy now, Buy now! Back in one of my previous careers I produced TV shows and commercials. In 2003 I wanted to try something different with a commercial for Blossom Chevrolet. In the past Blossom was famous for an animated clay figure named “Clay” who said the tag line “Blossom Chevrolet, Lordy They’re Good People.” I found an old, dusty Clay mascot outfit in a storeroom at the dealership. I got it cleaned up and created the original commercial with Clay dancing around to the song “The Hokey Pokey”. Unfortunately that original commercial is lost to the ages, but the follow up spot “Blossom Tax Sale” is above. Two dancing mascots…and a catchy kid’s song..about as different from the typical screaming car spot as you can get. Fun huh? You may recognize the announcer’s voice as Dave Smiley from The Smiley Morning Show on WZPL Z99.5. So, will you have the “Hokey Pokey” song stuck in your head the rest of the day like I will?

Click the “Click To Play” button to watch the video.

If you lived in Indianapolis back in the 1980’s and 90’s you may remember the chicken limo.  An enterprising entrepreneur bought a giant fiberglass chicken from an out-of-business chicken shack. He then cut it up and mounted it on an old Cadillac hearse.  Renting it to go bar hopping was popular back then.  Today I ran across this new incarnation of the chicken limo.  Brought back memories of good times and bad hangovers.

The Bugatti Veyron is one of the fastest, most expensive and rarest modern super car in the world. A used Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 coupe will set you back about $1.6 Million. Here’s a few listed for sale and here’s the Wikipedia entry.

Even more rare is the Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 Grand Sport which is the convertible version of the car. Around $2 Million, if you can get one. There are only going to be 80 built so seeing one “in the wild” on the freeways of L.A. is a rare treat. @DBKremer saw one on Tuesday and got the cell phone video above. Hard to imagine a car that will go 253 mph being stuck in stop-and-go L.A. traffic.

I have always been a big Bill Murray fan.  Murray is at his best in Groundhog Day.  I’m sure it’s all over cable today, so watch the trailer above, then watch the movie.  With the big east coast storm today I wonder if  Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow or will he be covered by snow.

I made a few joke Twitter comments about the controversial Britney Spears song “If You Seek Amy” which is said to have a double meaning.  My Tweets:

@scottsands @PaulPoteet Hit song in British crack houses & rehab centers: “If You Seek Amy Winehouse”. Bring a fifth and a hypo.

And combining popular culture with an obscure reference to a former president and first lady…

 @scottsands @PaulPoteet Hit song from 1950’s by Dwight D. Eisenhower: “If You Seek Mamie”. Video was a little scary. 

Should have done something this morning but didn’t.  I’ll do it tomorrow.  Reminded me of what I call the procrastinator’s code: “Don’t do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”

Another favorite saying comes from my background in TV and the Web.  It’s important to have backup systems and procedures in both professions.  You build in redundancy.  When I explain how important having a good backup system I say that it’s all part of: “The Department of Redundancy Department”.

Guess you could say I’m a redundant procrastinator.

An unusual image has been discovered in a satellite photo taken during Presdent Obama’s inauguration speech.  Scientists, theologians are debating the significance of the image.  Click here to judge for yourself.

I love Netflix.  Joined up a couple of years ago and have had flawless service since then.  Great way of keeping track of what movies you want to watch…and they just appear in your mail box.  How easy. 

Their shipping system has been down a couple of days apparently due to a botched database upgrade.  Oh well, that happens to most if not all tech companies. I am willing to give Netflix a break.  I just sent back “Harold and Kumar 2″ (Really bad) and “In Bruges” (Good, but strange) and am looking forward to my next movies…whenever they get here.  If it was the dead of winter I might be more upset not to have a DVD to watch this weekend.  But come on it’s August.  Turn off your friggin’ TV and enjoy the great outdoors.  If anyone from Netflix is reading this, hang in there.  You rock.

People who reviewed JokeWallpaper over the years often said that I “bashed” Microsoft.  Well…I did, but I also made fun of Apple, Intel, and other tech. companies.  I wasn’t the only Web site that did, but usually it was the small guys like me and not any large companies and certainly not a car manufacturer.

I’ve been doing some online car shopping and visited the Web site for Mini Cooper, which is a division of the giant BMW car company.  On the site they have several animated features that show the benefits of the small 12 foot long Mini including how easy it is to parallel park the car.  One animation begins with a large car trying to fit into a parking spot and ends with the smaller Mini fitting in.  When the larger car is trying to fit in the parking spot the driver crashes into the truck behind them.  A cartoon bubble pops up with the expletive curse words thoughts of the driver.  I would expect the usual cartoon #@&**! type representation, but was surprised to see the Microsoft Windows logo as part of the curse words uttered by the driver.  Look closely, it’s the fourth character from the left.  Interesting. Does the Mini artist have it in for Windows?  Or are they a dedicated Apple user.  Does Mini USA not like Windows?

Here’s a link to the full screen capture of the page.

Here’s a link to the animation on Mini USA Web site. It’s really quick so watch carefully.