Red Hot Riding Hood

Happy 80th Anniversary to Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood, released this day in 1943.

Without this cartoon, it's safe to say that there would be no Hubba Hubba Revue.

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Paleontologists theorize the T-Rex had kissable lips and an ass that won't quit

The paleontology world is abuzz this week:

following the release of a new study which concludes that the tyrannosaurus rex, a massive bipedal carnivore that went extinct 66 million years ago, possessed soft, smoochable lips in addition to their absolute dump truck behinds.

"It's always been hypothesized that T-Rexes had ample junk in the trunk and a toothy grin, but aided by advanced computer modeling we can now conclusively say that they were indeed bottom-heavy sweeties with generous, lippy smiles," said Dr. John Mendez, head of Cretaceous Studies at the Royal Vancouver Museum.

"While it's common to depict T-Rexes as vicious predators with a mouth full of exposed teeth similar to that of an alligator or crocodile, our modeling suggests they actually would have been excellent kissers with a highly squeezable ass, if their tiny arms hadn't precluded the possibility of T-Rex-on-T-Rex ass squeezing."

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SOMA Nature Walk: Glue Factory

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Black Eyed Peas v. Pooping Unicorns

BMG is suing the makers of Poopsie Slime Surprise for ripping off "My Humps" with their own song, "My Poops."

Poopsie Slime Surprise comes from MGA, who are responsible for the Bratz line of dolls. According to the lawsuit, "My Poops" plays on one of the dolls when you press a button on its belly, leading both to dance moves and to a less savory movement: the toys "excrete sparkling slime." [...]

"My poops, my poops my poops my poops," the unicorn sings. The lyrics continue, "Whatcha gonna do with all that poop, all that poop," and adds, "I drive my parents crazy, I do it every day."

BMG alleges that Poopsie Slime Surprise has made MGA tens of millions of dollars and that the company ignored cease-and-desist warnings. They are asking for a steaming $10 million in damages.

(This is of course not the first time a wide-eyed shitting unicorn has graced these pages.)

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"Karen" Halloween display removed after a Karen complained to city hall.

Some folks complained that the display was "offensive to certain type of women," and city hall was forced to take it down.

The display featured a scarecrow wearing a "Can I speak to the manager?" t-shirt and a "Karen" nametag.

Further, the city says the display was not a political statement, nor was it targeted at a specific individual or group, and that they have investigated the issue internally and did not find anyone who participated in the display intended malice.

Moving forward, the city says there will be staff trainings as to why this was "insensitive and offensive to their community."

(Time to bring back the "we're a culture not a costume" memes.)

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Krofft

You are hopefully aware that Sid and Marty Krofft sued McDonald's for plagiarism and won. But today I learned that on Marty Krofft's office wall was a framed letter from McDonald's complaining about a $15,000 quote, alongside a copy of the judgment check for a million dollars:

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Rick Roar

ButWithRaptors:

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But With Raptors

But With Raptors

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Kool-Aid man can burst through walls because he weighs 5.5 tons.

Here's a well-researched video including details on material density and blood loss.

And here's a D&D character sheet, which envisions it as two symbiotic creatures, rather than one with an unfortunate trepanation situation and sloshing blood like a horseshoe crab.

But most importantly, let's nevar forget that this gentle giant used to offer silent guided tours of Second Life.

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Monkey Dump

Truck with 100 monkeys crashes in PA, some of them missing:

DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A truck carrying about 100 monkeys was involved in a crash Friday in Pennsylvania, state police said as authorities searched for at least three of the monkeys that appeared to have escaped the vehicle.

The truck carrying the animals crashed with a dump truck in the afternoon in Montour County. The truck had been on its way to a lab.

I have heard this story before, and the first time it was called Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

But more importantly: are the fungible? ARE THEY FUNGIBLE??

CDC: All my apes are gone:

The shipment of monkeys was en route to a CDC-approved quarantine facility after arriving Friday morning at New York's Kennedy Airport from Mauritius, the agency said.

The location of the lab and the type of research for which the monkeys were destined weren't clear, but cynomolgus monkeys are often used in medical studies. A 2015 paper posted on the website of the National Center for Biotechnology Information referred to them as the most widely used primate in preclinical toxicology studies.

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