This is a picture of a man who . . .
Just got engaged.
Congrats, Mike.
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Archive for July, 2007
That’s a lot of ketchup
First came the world’s largest ketchup bottle. Now this southern Illinois community is after the record for the world’s largest ketchup packet.
Collinsville has partnered with the H.J. Heinz Co. to fill an 8-foot-tall, 4-foot-wide plastic pouch with 1,500 pounds of the tomato goop for a school fundraiser.
“That’s a lot of ketchup,” said Tracey Parsons, a Heinz spokeswoman.
The company donated 4,000 glass bottles of the condiment for people to buy for $1 and pour into the packet. Proceeds will go to the Collinsville Christian Academy, which was damaged by a fire this week.
Hundreds in the city, home to a 170-foot-tall water tower touted as the “World’s Largest Catsup Bottle,” showed up Saturday to participate in the ketchup filling and other fundraising activities. The feat is being submitted to Guinness World Records.
The giant packet will be sealed and kept in Collinsville, once home to a ketchup factory, for a few days before being taken to the Pittsburgh-based company’s headquarters.
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While going through some old pics on my Flickr account
I found this picture of OtherDogGeeding.
I think it’s almost amazing how I timed that shot in which his tongue is fully extended.
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Hands off the family jewels!
LAFAYETTE, La. – Callers to a Lafayette morning radio show Monday said they were embarrassed and angry that a woman groped country music star Tim McGraw after a performance in their town this weekend.
The incident happened during the Soul2Soul 2007 tour stop Saturday at the Cajundome, where McGraw performed with his wife, Faith Hill. A female fan grabbed McGraw in the crotch at the close of his set as he walked between the barricade and the stage to greet fans.
The incident garnered an angry response from Hill, who singled the offender out on camera: “Someone needs to teach you some class, my friend. You don’t go grabbing someone else’s husband’s (private parts). Very disrespectful!”
The incident made its way to Internet gossip sites, including TMZ.com, within hours of the show, caught on a cell phone camera and posted by someone in the audience.
“Within an hour, that video made it around the world,” said C.J. Clement, who hosts the morning radio talk show on 99.9 FM KTDY with longtime partner, Debby Ray.
On Monday, female callers supported Hill’s decision to confront the woman during the concert, Clement said.
“Most said they were embarrassed this happened in Lafayette,” he said. “They sided totally with Faith defending her man, standing her ground.”
Watch the video here.
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One-Log House
The Famous One Log House is one on Northern California attractions. It was hollowed out in 1946 from a single log that came from a 2100 year old redwood tree. The log weighed 42 tons and it took two men 8 months of hard work to hollow out a room 7 feet high (2 m) and 32 feet long (10 m).
Even though a house is just a tourist attraction, it is perfectly habitable and contains a kitchen, bedroom, living room, and dining room.
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Airplane! vs. Zero Hour
The rights to the movie were purchased by the makers of Airplane!, and they were able to use the screenplay almost verbatim. The movie is not currently available in VHS however a DVD version was released by Warner Home Video on June 26, 2007. One of its rare public showings was on TV by Turner Classic Movies in a back-to-back showing with Airplane! Source
Part One
Part Two
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Domolition Gone Wrong
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High-heel sprint held in St. Petersburg
Women compete in a high-heel sprint in St.Petersburg July 21, 2007. Some 100 women took part in the race wearing high-heeled shoes with a required minimum height of 9 centimetres (3.5 inches) to compete for a shopping voucher worth 50,000 roubles (about $2,000).  Link
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Dog Swing
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Shinguard Armor
I’ve been working hard on this and it’s almost complete!! Just a few more finishing touches (30 or so more shinguards) and you can run with scissors and knives all you like. Highly recommended for clumsy adults and young children. Please inquire about pricing and availability.
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Faceball
A new office sport that involves throwing a beach ball at your coworker’s face. Yes, it’s pretty much what it sounds like. Faceball is brought to you by the people at Flickr, and captures the weird, sublimated violence of office life.
Faceball Faceball Primer Faceball Flickr
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Very Impressive Magic Trick
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Cell phones light up operating room during blackout
The light from the cell phone screens allowed surgeons to complete an emergency appendix operation during a blackout in a city in central Argentina, reports said on Saturday.
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