A Call For Humor!

[Keith_W]

Do uze guyz speak "woke" yet, down under?

They do. Australians have too much American influence. I tell my friends that it's "lollies" and not "candy", it's "boot" and not "trunk", and it's "holidays" and not "vacation".

 

[Frank Sinbeans]

Police officer pulls over a car, walks to the driver's side, looks inside and sees two priests, and says, "Say, we're looking for a couple of child molesters."
The two priests glance at one another and say, "We'll do it!!!"

 

[Digital_Thor]

I love cats But others have down voted that idea.... So let's take a break

Would you have been happier if I posted another cat-pic???

 

[Soandso]

Somehow I feel such a strong connection with other people:

 

[Blumlein 88]

History of the Minnow [re: Gilligan's Island]:
The S.S. Minnow actually has a long and detailed history represented by several different crafts of varying characteristics. The following [there were at least 8 different) crafts [that] have appeared as the Minnow in all of its incarnations.
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Extended Trivia:

• The Minnow was named for Newton Minow, the chairman of the FCC in 1961 who called television "a vast wasteland."
• The Minnow 1.1 has since been found and restored and now gives tours near Vancouver, Canada.
• The Minnow 1.3 is now stored at MGM-Disney Studios in Florida.
• In the Season One opening, an unidentified eighth figure [?] can be seen on the Minnow as it heads out to sea.
• In the Second and Third Season openings, the crow's nest is missing in the long shot of the Minnow in the storm. The beached version also has one extra window.

From <https://gilligan.fandom.com/wiki/S.S._Minnow>
PS: I had been told (and believed it) that S.S.Minnow sailed out from NewportBeach Harbor/Jetties... for that "three hour tour".

Wow a big Gilligan's Island fan.

Now my story. I lived where you couldn't get cable TV and it was early days of small satellite TV like with Dish. I was working the 4pm to Midnight shift when they told me my order of a Dish setup was in. They charged a bunch for installation and I was doing my own. Picked it up on the way to work. Got home about 12:30 am. Decided I'd put it up right then. Got my compass, and lined everything up after mounting it on a pole beside the house. I won't bore you with the aiming process. So in those days you called in and gave codes to someone on the phone to turn your service on. So I call a few minutes before 3 am. Sounds like I woke up the Dish lady on the other end. She says they are doing a system update and I'll have to wait a few minutes until 3 am. I chat with her a bit about where she is etc etc. Finally she says my service is on and should become available in the next 5 minutes. I hang up and breathlessly wait for the logo change to let me tune in a program.

And what was my first program that came up on the Dish? I hear that goofy little song at the beginning of Gilligan's Island of course of which I'd seen every episode more than once.

 

[Soandso]

Why even contemporary human tribulations don't escape my notice.

 

[Marc v E]

Despite their best efforts, none of the guests wanted to sit in the new lounge area. It was a mystery.

 

[raif71]

 

[Soandso]

Don't just do it for your waiter.

 

[pavuol]

 

[mhardy6647]

Asteroid the size of 33 armadillos to pass Earth Sunday - NASA

Asteroid 2023 FL2 is 35 meters, which is as much as almost 33 nine-banded armadillos lined up tail-to-snout. However, it won't hit us, and armadillos might even be more dangerous.

www.jpost.com

(originally seen @ audioasylum)

should I be concerned that it says "might even be"?

 

[Martin]

Asteroid the size of 33 armadillos to pass Earth Sunday - NASA

Asteroid 2023 FL2 is 35 meters, which is as much as almost 33 nine-banded armadillos lined up tail-to-snout. However, it won't hit us, and armadillos might even be more dangerous.

www.jpost.com

(originally seen @ audioasylum)

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should I be concerned that it says might be?

Two questions arise:

1. Are nine-banded armadillos so common in Israel that they are a valid reference for measuring objects?
2. Would an Israeli know a nine-banded armadillo if they saw one?

 

[mhardy6647]

Two questions arise:

1. Are nine-banded armadillos so common in Israel that they are a valid reference for measuring objects?
2. Would an Israeli know a nine-banded armadillo if they saw one?

I report, you decide.

... and here I thought that Israel was a metric country.

 

[Keith_W]

Asteroid the size of 33 armadillos to pass Earth Sunday - NASA

Asteroid 2023 FL2 is 35 meters, which is as much as almost 33 nine-banded armadillos lined up tail-to-snout. However, it won't hit us, and armadillos might even be more dangerous.

www.jpost.com

(originally seen @ audioasylum)

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should I be concerned that it says "might even be"?

Are we back to the metric vs. imperial debate again? Americans will use ANY measurement system, including counting armadillos, instead of metric!

 

[IAtaman]

Two questions arise:

1. Are nine-banded armadillos so common in Israel that they are a valid reference for measuring objects?
2. Would an Israeli know a nine-banded armadillo if they saw one?

I believe most people would find 35m easier to imagine than 33 armadillos, and this is clearly a secret plot to unwillingly plant information on the unsuspectiong Israeli public's mind about nine-banded Armadillos body size.

 

[Martin]

Are we back to the metric vs. imperial debate again? Americans will use ANY measurement system, including counting armadillos, instead of metric!

That's what I found odd - it is an Israeli publication using armadillos as measurements, not an American one. At least an American (Texan) would know a nine-banded armadillo if he saw one.

 

[Keith_W]

 

[mhardy6647]

or, just perhaps, vice versa.

 

[thecheapseats]

should I be concerned that it says "might even be"?

no... you should be concerned about how big armadillos actually are...

 

[mhardy6647]

no... you should be concerned about how big armadillos actually are...

Or perhaps the amount of kinetic energy represented by one nine-banded armadillo traveling at, say, 1 km/sec?