Bart King's Blog, page 99

I can relate to these.

As a kid, I was never any good at gymnastics...
Or baseball...
But in the summer, I was pretty good at diving off the high-board!

This throws my entire childhood into question!

Via.So was Bingo the farmer or the dog?

"Thompson, I have a job for you..."

"I need an inappropriate tea gift by the end of the day!""Boss, that was a steep challenge, but here you go!"Hey, if you put warm tea in your trousers, are you wearing hot pants?

Hey, do you have a Kindle?

If so, The Big Book of Boy Stuff is on sale at Amazon right now for $1.99!

I'm not saying you have to get the book…but if this guy had read its fireworks chapter, he could have avoided that surprise. :)

The F.B.I.: Defined

Word! Thanks, TL;DR Wikipedia.

Fireworks: A Packaging Analysis

One of the fireworks I saw set off this weekend was "Brachiosaurus." Its packaging showed a brontosaurus-style dinosaur shooting fire from its mouth.
Yet once ignited, the Paleocene pyrotechnics just made a whistling sound and shot a few sparks. No dinosaur!


CONCLUSION: There can be a tenuous relation between fireworks packaging and the explosives contained therein. (Photos via Cabel Sasser.)

Happy July the 4th Weekend!

From National Geographic : "A boy sells lemonade from his front yard stand on Main Street in Aspen, Colorado, 1973."

The Best Summer Camp of the Year

"Hey kids, who wants to go to a fun summer camp?"
"We do! We do!"
"Okay then, everyone in the car."
[Later] "Pretty tricky, Mom."

Want to see a turtle play soccer with a dog?

Canada Day was June 2nd...

And maybe you saw a Canadian go through this annual transformation? (Via.)