The science geek part of me is thrilled. The NSA-hating Tea Party part of me is terrified.
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Archive of entries posted on 10th August 2014
Popularity Contest
A new poll shows that Darth Vader has higher favorables than Hillary Clinton.
Then again, Vader didn’t say “what difference does it make?” after blowing up Alderaan.
Link of the Day: The Wilderness Survival Skills Everyone Should Know
[High Praise! to LifeHacker]
The Wilderness Survival Skills Everyone Should Know
I’m a little dubious about that “How to Build an A-Frame Shelter” video. Because, yeah, I’ll just whip out my survival string and my survival plastic sheet that I *always* carry with me whenever I’m lost in the woods.
You should teach me how to make an A-frame out of my pants if you want it to count as a “survival” skill. Pretty sure I’ll have THOSE with me, at least.
Episode 1 of Breaking Bad to the contrary notwithstanding…
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lolbama! Part 194
Submit entries to lolterizt@gmail.com
Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.
From James:
From Les of Nuking Politics:
From tanstaafl44:
From Travelwise42 of Wise Up:
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From Travelwise42 of Wise Up:
From walruskkkch:
From walruskkkch:
From walruskkkch:
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From walruskkkch:
From walruskkkch:
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From walruskkkch:
This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with:
walruskkkch, who – unlike me – knew that the song “Turning Japanese” is a reference to the popular 80’s stereotype of Japanese people being obsessed with photography (a dead stereotype now that EVERYONE is obsessed with taking pictures with their phones).
By the way, anyone else think the lead singer for The Vapors in that video looks like Jim Parsons?
PRODUCTION NOTES:
#1: When creating lolbama! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.
#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.
MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.
STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.
IMAGE SOURCES: Lots of great Obama pics to be found at the White House Flickr page.
Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.
And Yet Still the Universal Punchline
In Los Angeles, a pregnant woman was unable to cross the road to get to a hospital because President Obama’s motorcade was passing through.
Apparently Obama is the exact opposite of a chicken joke.
