Bart King's Blog, page 247
February 10, 2011
Four-Year Old Drummer Rocking Joan Jett Song
Sheesh, 10,000,000 views and I just saw it today!
February 9, 2011
Superbowl? Meh!
Actually, I'm glad the Green Bay Packers won the Superbowl. But I missed the game, and so I missed all of its ads, too. Now I've gone back and looked at the commercials ... and I thought it was pretty clear which was the best one. Yes, the li'l Darth Vader was cool, and I also sort of liked Ozzy's, but this one takes the cake for me!
February 7, 2011
Granny coming? Your kids will look happy with touch of button!
I can't seem to track down where Electro Smile comes from. But as I continue looking, I will keep in mind that it has only slight twitch side effect!
February 4, 2011
It's NOT a hot dog!
This man is protesting against the government in the nation of Yemen.To help with this, he has taped pieces of bread to his head.
But that ISN'T a hot dog!
Nope, it just LOOKS like a hot dog because his ear is sticking out the bottom. But it's not a hot dog. That would just be silly!Photo by Khaled Abdullah from Robert Basler's Oddly Enough blog.
February 1, 2011
Snappy Answers to Stupid Passenger Requests
Flight attendants get some strange requests from air travelers. I learned this from a survey of 3,000 crew members for Virgin Atlantic.
Here are some of my favorite questions, along with the answers they should have gotten:
Passenger: Please, can you open the window?Flight Attendant: Sure! *opens window to shrieks of terror, gale-force winds*
Passenger: Can you show me to the showers?Flight Attendant: Yes. *escorts person to tiny onboard bathroom, points to sink* Have fun!
Passenger: Can you take my children to the playroom?Yes. *open window to shrieks of terror, gale-force winds*
Passenger: I have dropped my glass eye. Could you help me find it? Flight Attendant: Sorry, I won't be much help. I have TWO glass eyes.
Passenger: Could you turn the engines down? Because they're too noisy.Flight Attendant: Yes. *engine noise stops, plane goes into dive*
Passenger: Is there a McDonald's onboard?Flight Attendant: No, but there IS one below us. *opens window to shrieks of terror, gale-force winds*Stories here and here.
Here are some of my favorite questions, along with the answers they should have gotten:
Passenger: Please, can you open the window?Flight Attendant: Sure! *opens window to shrieks of terror, gale-force winds*
Passenger: Can you show me to the showers?Flight Attendant: Yes. *escorts person to tiny onboard bathroom, points to sink* Have fun!
Passenger: Can you take my children to the playroom?Yes. *open window to shrieks of terror, gale-force winds*
Passenger: I have dropped my glass eye. Could you help me find it? Flight Attendant: Sorry, I won't be much help. I have TWO glass eyes.
Passenger: Could you turn the engines down? Because they're too noisy.Flight Attendant: Yes. *engine noise stops, plane goes into dive*
Passenger: Is there a McDonald's onboard?Flight Attendant: No, but there IS one below us. *opens window to shrieks of terror, gale-force winds*Stories here and here.
January 31, 2011
Hi-Tech Maple Seeds!
In the soon-to-be released The Big Book of Spy Stuff, there's a section on flying gadgets designed after maple seeds.To the left is illustrator Russell Miller's take... and below is a cool video of the "micro-vehicles" in action!
January 30, 2011
"Ancient Art"? Please!
This book by Dr. Haha Lung titled
The Ancient Art of Strangulation
gives up its assassination secrets right on the cover!Assassin 1 (kneeling): ...and so Goldilocks and her grandmother lived happily ever after.
Assassin 2 (pointing): Look! A flying penguin!
Victim: Let me stretch out my freakishly long neck to look at this penguin you speak of!
Assassin 3 (approaching from behind): This is like strangling fish in a barrel!
January 27, 2011
January 25, 2011
Brain on Head in Brain!
In 1961, Russell Brain wrote an article in the journal Brain about a gentleman named Henry Head. So it was Brain on Head in Brain!
