Ok, it's that time of year ... cabin fever is starting to set in ... shallow graves are hard to dig because of the cold (not much room left either in the yard) ... and perhaps you could use a laugh or two.

So, I came upon this site ... made me laugh and if you come across something silly, fun or just plain weird (providing 'it' still abides by the COC) ... post away. There just might be a cookie or two in it for you. :o)

Here's the first:

For Sale By Mental Patient

Should keep you mildly amused or in hysterics depending on your personal proclivities towards humour.

p.s. Check out the 'moves' he has developed re: his transfer to Ward 4.

The Mental Patient is truly certifiable. What's even worse is that he probably makes more money than any of us. He makes us all look sane...I like that.

OMG ... plug in your own profile page and do a "Jive" translation.

This is a thank you from mum42 for one of my comments left on one of her images. Read her 'sig' ... LOLOL.


Dankya' fo' yo' kind and doughtful wo'ds on gift series1. ah' may do some mo'e Apophysis upside de Christmas bust.
Regards, Mum42.


Neva' cut up. Jes hang loose, brud. “Patience and puh'severance gots some magical effect befo'e which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. Lop some boogie.” Raz'tus Quincy Adams

lolol....It keeps translating the words.... Fra ma hide!!

We are going to end up crashing that server, methinks. :oP

me thinks i should program my own...

...where's a tutorial? >_>

The Elmer Fudd one works great on mine, thanks for that Les... I also liked this Jive translation of one of the news items:

A reminder, dig dis: Images on dis site may not be used fo' any commercial purpose and gots'ta not be altered in any way widout 'espress written puh'mission uh de audo'. If ya' wish t'utilize dese images fo' nuthin oda' dan sucka'al use, ya' gots'ta contact me t'make arrangements fust.

Les, that was just stupid >:\

LOL, i didnt read all of it either, but i loved LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN!!!

that was too funny. Thanks for the giggle Les.

Gawd...I'm gonna be here a while translating this stuff?.....

Witchdoctor

You'll be addicted after the first listen :P
My brother had it playing allllll day, imagine the look on my mum's face :P

AlbinoBlackSheep

Umm... i didn't do it :P

<--- BUMP --->

Since you want us to say something: The witchdoctor was too much for me. Like wow...









...i've watched it 3 times. >_>

This is as funny as the first day I came upon it. I was amazed that it's still active.

Hoping no one has neighbors like this . The story is complete with pictures, and references to it about the web, claim it's true :0

WOW! Right on! ah' love da image on de fust site ya' posted. It wuz rappin' about proof uh global warmin'.

(*edit*) My bad, it was actually the albino blacksheep site.

Wow... what random neighbours.

Our neighbours are just class people. So nice. Not their cat though. Likes trying to eat my pets...

Well our neighbours of ... since we moved some time ago before i was born just moved out a few weeks ago, so now i have to go make new friends ... with 10 year olds >:\

Uglydress.com.

Annnnd ... found via the above link ... A wedding cake only Homer Simpson could love.

Ha ha, I love that site. It was also featured on an old thread about weird sites...

Odd shaped pickles ... Seriously, it's weird!

Group X

Crazy people ... but they're songs will MAKE YOU LAUGH!!!! ... don't touch thatyt!!!

Freaky mind reader

Got me 8 times in a row ... then i gave up looking for a flaw >:\

I know the secret, I know the secret, hahaha!!!

I worked it out when I was eight.

Pat; aka mesmerized reminded me with the one thread she created about something I came across in my ethernet travels.

For some giggles, have a read of The Most Expensive Things I could Find On Amazon.com

I like the one about the "Home Standby Generator". :oP

Don't blame me if you get addicted to this game.

You have been forewarned. :o|

The graphics and sense of movement are incredible, yet simplistic ... and make sure you cue up the music to go along with.

I present to you ... A Murder of Scarecrows.

I got to level ten on the first go... don't know if that's god or not. It couldn't add me to the high scores for some reason.... and I couldn't remember how to bring my dead scarecrows back to life...

You have to hit the bell with a seed when it appears, to resurrect a scarecrow.

Uh ... it's in the instructions in 'how to play', Mr. Visual. :oP

Btw, the bell does not appear all too often.

My highest level I believe was 29 or something like that. Which means ... yes ... I rule. :oD

... or that you just waste more times playing silly games?? *shrugs innocently*

Lol. :o)

That's the shortest sentence I have 'heard' you say!!! ò¿ò ..
go hunt the 'pod'!

Hey..I liked "Murder of Scarecrows"...I put it in my Explorer Favs...Nyahh! Thanks Les...

This one is good for a quick break ... drive you nutz though at the higher levels ... you'll see.

*evil grin*

pinchhitter2

Argh... I can't get past task 2... it's always 1 left and I miss...

I'll try to remember to write a code down that unlocks the previous levels to an extent.

Till then ... bask in your spasmocity.

:oP

p.s. I ... er ... uhm, I am stuck on task two as well atm. :o\

:oD

Could you pick out a serial killer from a computer language inventor/programmer?

Can you pick the difference between a slasher and a slash-dotter?

Go here.

*eyes Tim warily*

:oP

Oh hey, I got 8 out of 10! So no one's gonna serial kill me!

And that's how it happens folks.

Lulled now into a false sense of security ... Mary will never see Count Chocula coming for her. :o|

:oD

For some giggles ... Dear Santa Letter Generator.

A little PG rated. Not bad, mind you.

p.s. Read the options available for "mommy's gifts". :oD

From the above link, my letter to Santa ... :oD

"Dear Obese Trespassing Altruist,

This year, I have been a very Ritalin-addled little boy. I have compulsively lied, and I have rarely helped my mommy’s “special friend” with their pyramid schemes. And I always say thank you, which makes me seem like I care, and so I deserve lots of presents this year!

Please bring all this stuff for me and the people in my life: For my mommy, please bring the onset of menopause. For my daddy, please bring a new Rogaine prescription. For my big brother, please bring methodone. For my hamster, please bring a homeopathic heartworm remedy. Oh – and for my baby sitter, please bring some worthless tchotchkes.

Now about me! Please bring me all of the Anna Nicole Smith videos, and front row tickets to GWAR – plus backstage passes so I can get airborne Chlamydia! Oh, and please don’t forget to bring my Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0. But if you can’t, just remember that more than anything Santa, what I really really want is just $10,000,000!

Anyway, I hope you like the meatloaf I left out for you.

Sincerely,

Les

PS: Please say Merry Christmas to Ralph, the heartless Elfin slavemaster.

PPS: Oh yeah, and remember *caedes? He has been a really naughty vivisection hobbyist all year long and doesn’t deserve any Christmas presents. So please don’t forget to put coal in his stocking.

Thanks!"

Yeah I had fun with that one. We used to have a diary that had a similar "Thankyou" letter in the back to send to relatives for christmas gifts... I don't think you were actually supposed to use it for real... but me and my brother were young and didn't know such things :-P I imagone we had some very confused relo's that year...

You might have seen this one before ... but, I still like it. :oD

Wizards-of-Winter-Christmas-Lights

Cool? Or ... thank god I don't live beside THAT guy?



Annnnd ... for giggles. Kind of, sort of ... Mistletoe-to-Go.

The Avenging Unicorn

From the same stupid website that brought you mistletoe to go. I thought this was just too silly not to share. I just love the fact that somebody actually made this... and that someone might actually buy it.

Now that ... is ... "absolutely INSANE". :oD

I so wanna be there, as the proverbial fly on the wall, for the pitch by these developers.

Marketing Executive: "Come on in Fred ... have a seat. So ... what's this thing you been working on?"

Fred: "Wellll, you guys ... hehehe ... best be seated too, 'cause this is going to knock you off your feet ... I present to you ... 'The Vengeful Pony' !!"

Marketing Executive: "Wow, that is great Fred. Really. But, how do feel about a few changes??"

I had a double-take and then laughed myself silly when I saw the Voodoo Knife Set.

Would you believe I actually have one of those?

why yes… yes, I would…

LOL I bought Jeremy one for his birthday (or our anniversary, I forget...)

And no, there wasn't ANY hidden meaning behind it!

/\ Lies. :oP /\

Some more mindless ... seasonal fun ... Adventure Elf.

I checked it out...haven't got time for such nonsense. I'm taking an online college course at the University of the Extremely Normal. Majoring in cooking and working on no f@rt chili and scrambled eggs without eggs. My minor is midget wrestling and a dental class: Pulling Your own Teeth 101 ( I especially like the running string thing...it's hard to do without stopping). Now get a life and get edjamucated.

/\ Heyyyyy ... who let THAT guy loose on the threads?? /\

:oP

Ok, this one is just ... well, weird. Wonder what kind of C-I numbers his stuff would get?

I present to you the story of ... the Butt-Printing Artist.

Uh ... check out his gallery of 'fine' art and play match the shapes with the appropriate body part??

:oD

Possibly it's just me… but I found this one pretty amusing. I especially like the missing piece on the back where the ladybug's munching.

The things you find in your search for inspiration. 8•P

edit: oh dear… it's just so WRONG

Care to sharpen and hone your "20 Question" related skills?

Go here.

See if you can stump the 'puter.

Well I wouldn't have been that impressed that it guessed I was thinking of a gun... but that it knew I was thinking of the gun that shot Mr Burns is rather cool...

Try paper towel.

I like the 'admonishments' handed out after the fact. Clearly, the people who have played before us ... are wrong a lot. :oP

Takes but a few, however, read the explanations of the possible answers to respond with ... given the questions put forth.

..LOLOL...

did win twice of the three times...O.O

/\ Cheated and lied to the 'puter ... and badly, I might add. :o|

:oD

so wrong /\

Très très cool sites. :o)

Click on the thumbs ... the link to that site and some information is in the upper right.


Check this one out ... Nokia 3110 Evolve.

/\ Wow ... are there ever some very, very ... very cool sites in the links on that page.

Was just checking some out. Every one is freakin' amazing, lol.

Series of vids up on YouTube:

"My Drunk Kitchen"


(*There is some profanity.. so, be forewarned if that offends you.)

^And I thought the late Julia Child was bad...^

No offense to NASA, but why is it these guys can get someone into space a tad more efficiently, and @ a fraction of the cost?

LG Optimus Hyper Facade in Berlin

7 min video... too cool! :)

Pretty impressive... though I don't see what any of it has to do with a phone (or whatever it is they're promoting)

Astronomy Picture of the Day Uber cool !

Cute overload

@ Sam: Think that the 3D capabilities of the LG Optimus are being touted via this promotional event.

See.. here.


With some attention/focus in the production given to the OS; (An)Droid 2.2.2. (Notice where the building/projection does the 'Transformer' thing.)

"Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google."

...Not that anyone actually LIKES whatever I post in the forums, or anything (That's normal)...But, IF you don't have anything better to do, check this site out...

Even after registration, you can make your own animation clips on a step-by-step basis almost immediately!

I have only the free account (more elaborate F/X and options are available on the paid versions), but I made (a little foul lingo in it, so don't click it if you can't handle it) this one only within 20 minutes time...

Try it...

I came across this one and the same applies, there are more options available for purchase/credits:

Movie Maker | Xtranormal


The number of credits granted for simply signing up/registering (it takes X amount of credits per option employed/used in 'your movie production/animation') ... works pretty well for a somewhat unique Birthday greeting, for example.

Google Art Project

Explore museums from around the world

Art Project, powered by Google

"Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces."

My personal collection of crayon drawings were rejected. :o|


Thanks for sharing that one, Lyn.

Here's just a fun one:

Fortune Cookie


Mine?

"Your fortune cookie reads...

Unless we change direction, we are likely to end up where we are going."

"NanacaCrash"

A fun flash game, easy on the CPU unlike facebook games. I can even run it smoothly on an 8 year old laptop. But don't let that fool you, it is worth playing. I won't even explain it... You just have to check it out...

So what's your record?

I stopped playing at 661 m...

Sam, I have had the guy flying through the air for a good 20 minutes or more!

Time well spent...

cool game..900 m for me :)....1st time!

(*Geek Alarm is tripped..*)

Google.

Search.. 'let it snow' (no single quotation marks).

... ...

And if things get too frosty for you ... click 'Defrost'.

:o)

p.s. See if 'you' can discover some other fun to be had on the search results page.

Wellll.. coincidentally .. (*points above*) ... a lil' kiwi bird told me about this one:

Blue Hour Site - "The site dedicated to blue hour and night photography"


And I quote;

"Have you ever wanted to create beautiful night photos but it was completely dark when you found the right spot and subject? Well the bluehoursite.com web site will help you by calculating the best time frame for taking stunning blue hour pictures. If you don't know what is "blue hour" then you're in the right place. It refers to the time after the sun goes below the horizon and the sky goes into deep blue for a while. This is the best timing to take photos. You can learn more about this in the articles section by reading the tutorials."

Hmmm I'll have to remember to try that... just about "blue hour" here as it happens, but not sure there are any decent subjects within range...

The Photographer's Ephemeris
I think I may have recommended this before. It is free for Desktop(Mac/Windows/Linux)and can be purchased for iPad. There are other similar applications but none (imo)so eye pleasing as this one :) Good tutorials as well.

What does it do ?
"Landscape photographers typically wish to plan their shoots around the times of sunrise/sunset or twilight, or alternatively when the moon is in a particular place in a particular phase.
While times of sunrise etc. are readily available on various sites on the internet (direction of sunrise etc. less so, but still readily found), there are fewer programs available which combine such information with a topographical map allowing the photographer to match the astronomical to the location.
A typical use might be to determine when the sun will set along the axis of a mountain valley, or when a full moon rise will rise across a lake.
The application uses Google Maps providing users the ability to select a location and determine the time and azimuth of sunrise or sunset for a given date or dates."

For Desktop: http://stephentrainor.com/tools

For iPad & iPhone, and Android: http://photoephemeris.com/
(Links to AppStore and Android Market on website)

Here's a link to.. "Google's Top 17 Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes".


My inner imp wants to work for Google.

... ...

The basement he is confined to needs a reno job, and I ain't paying for it.

/\ Lol.

"You need to try Picnik.. it's free!"

EAGLE CAM

Amazing. Can't stop watching!
There is one hatched chick and two eggs.

Been watching them for 2 years now /\...what a thrill ;)

I have to limit my eagle watch for a few days - almost used up all my monthly bandwidth!! Watched the father feeding the two chicks this morning and then saw the parents on high alert when a barking dog upset them.

The Wonderful World of Early Photography.
Quite a lot of other interesting stuff on this site as well :)

In the sheer fun and silliness category:

PeepORamas

Newgrounds.com...Flash animateds, games, etc...Some are kind of graphic, but they warn you first...

I personally enjoy this one...Don't get overrun with bubbles, or it's game over...

"Site of the Day and other ... stuff."


Here's some other stuff:

"Parkour Motion Reel"

Swear to God you people are on crack

Just about to throw in the towel, where you are concerned, LOL.

As it seems every week or so, you pop in and post stuff that is counter-productive.

Give it a rest?

... ...

As in, a permanent rest?

Next time you are stumped trying to come up with a description for your upload: Artybollocks

LOL I like Artybollocks.
Have chosen my next description. Now looking for an image to match it :)

I have a little difficulty with the "my work" bit - do you think 'my stuff' would be less pretentious?
:)

"My work explores the relationship between the universality of myth and UFO sightings.
With influences as diverse as Rousseau and John Lennon, new tensions are created from both mundane and transcendant textures.
Ever since I was a student I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of relationships. What starts out as yearning soon becomes finessed into a manifesto of power, leaving only a sense of chaos and the chance of a new reality.
As spatial replicas become frozen through diligent and undefined practice, the viewer is left with an insight into the undefined of our existence."

Quite the opposite of one of those "oh bless" stories.

File the following under ".. and other .. stuff".


A serious 'Whiskey Tango Fox??' moment, if there ever was one:

'Copter Cat' - Dead cat flies thru the sky

I've seen this. Only in Amsterdam... not only that... does the cat look eternally scared or what?

Speaking of "odd" news stories, there have been a fair few zombiesque stories emerging lately... four or five cannibalistic in the last two weeks, and a small child sitting up and asking for a glass of water an hour before he was meant to be buried after being declared dead for a whole day...

I'm a little concerned. Graeme, however, has been inspecting the house checking how zombie-proof it is, giving me explicit instructions on what to do when he gives the command, practising his sword-work and has already asked express permission that when they announce zombies are here, that he can have two minutes celebrating.

Mhmm.. that's what watching "The Walking Dead" will do, alright.

Oh Bless poor old Alf !
I'm with the daughter - why did th dog poo emptiers never wonder why there were letters in there.
Guess it could have been worse if the dog owners had used the letter box though. That would have been noticed pretty pronto.