weird ad for me

I'm in CCC (Curious Confused Clown) mode right now.

Didn't give them permission to use my name

As I was trolling scrolling through FB the other day, an ad video clip came up that I found funny. I watched it but didn't understand why their algorithm would selected me as a potential buyer. Their ad matching failed with me. I decided I needed to share the ad but not buy the product.

Have you heard of "tactical pants". I have not.

 

Being a senior I don't need tactical pants. Maybe strategical pants. Comfortable pants that could remind me about my daily stuff and prevent falling down. The ad shows many of features of these pants. Hopefully, the ad clip will play here. 

 

No pants will help me kick my leg up. Pants helping put my shoes on quicker would be nice. I don't need to tow a car with my pants. HOWEVER it would offer a great reason to take your pants off if you were offering assistance to stranded lady on the side of the road. (is that tactical or strategical??)

 

How many rings of performers does your circus have now?

 

Watch out now, take care

Watch out for technology messing up your day. According to this report, a driver in Iowa trusted the GPS directions more than the road construction signs.

Please Do Think and Drive

That struck-in-wet-concrete car reminds of a few sites I visited on a recent trip. I traveled through the Texas panhandle for my first time. (BTW I would not suggest panhandling in the panhandle.) If you happen to have a little time in Amarillo TX., and you cautiously use your GPS you should have no trouble finding the Cadillac Ranch and Combine City (the half buried combines were harder to find but Google Maps knew their location). So when they extract that car from the concrete it should be ready for becoming buried art.

 

Cadillac Ranch after a rain

 

Combine City

 

 

George Harrison back in the 1970’s warned us to beware of many things:

Watch out now
Take care, beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you

Watch out now
Take care, beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks

Watch out now
Take care, beware of greedy leaders
They'll take you where you should not go

Oh one more warning - beware of half buried combines.

relieve yourself with a game

(Warning: oh wow, you really read warnings? I don’t and that explains volumes about me. Just remember the post you are about to read contains Lisleman opinion. You probably have an opinion too and so at least we have that in common.) 

Another edition of Lisleman’s slightly damaged broken news. From coast to toast, faster than salsa sliding out of your taco we bring you news you don’t need.

Since the beginning of wearing clothes, little boys have had an urinating advantage over girls. (a Croatia vacation behind this picture I took)

That natural advantage is not news. 

The news is technology has advanced to the absurd level of giving us (guys only but I don’t think women are jealous) a video game controlled by urine. Yes a video game equipped urinal. It could be the next first drop your draws hit.

It will be installed at Coke-Cola park in Allentown PA., home of the Iron Pigs.

Taken from the linked story, “These games are sure to make a huge splash” says Iron Pigs General Manager Kurt Landis. Ok, the general manager has a sense of humor.

While interesting and certainly odd, I’m not eager to play a game. Yes I’ve had the boyish experience of trying write something in the dirt by streaming a jet of liquid. But I’ll reveal a small secret about myself, I have also experienced shy bladder. There is even a medical term for serious cases of this - paruresis. Don’t be concerned I don’t have the serious problem. A few isolated times when there were lines waiting for the urinal. I don’t care to feel pressure because some guy back in the line didn’t calculate the timing of his last two beers.

I predict this is not the next big thing to hit the restroom. I suspect most guys, at least the ones who are still slightly sober do not want to draw attention to their urinal performance. Hopefully the park will offer urinal options.

(here's a link to the manufacturer's clip about their new invention  Oh I sure hope the product doesn't play that "Rocky" theme song background music.)


another circus 

she's leaving town

She was big here.

She will be gone next week.

They are not saying where she is going.

I took a few pictures of her last summer.  Great body, nice legs, pretty face.  At 26 feet, she towered over the place.  Here's a video clip I made of my pictures:

The front page of the Chicago Tribune had her picture and story about her time in the city.

An excerpt for that article:

"No matter what opinions people had about Mega-Marilyn as a work of art, it was rare to have a sculpture that could attract a crowd at any hour of the day or night," he said. "Even passing by late at night, I never saw her standing alone. And when someone tagged her leg with graffiti, there were actual expressions (of) outrage and indignation. There were definitely unusual forces at work in the way she was received by the public."

I would guess she is going another big city. She always struck me as a city girl. Would you want her coming to your city or one near you? (she very quiet)

Save the Ta-Tas

As I come to a stop behind a pickup truck, I do a double take on a sticker displayed in front of me. 

Now, I’ve seen the pink ribbon symbol too many times to count. My wife has run in the Susan G. Koman race and has t-shirts proudly showing the pink symbol. But I’ve never seen this phrase used with it. 

The Save The Ta-Tas organization has been around since 2004.  Perhaps you already knew about this organization and their unusual merchandise. I had never heard of them.  Their sticker gave me a laugh that stuck in my head.   Later on I was searching for more info about it.


From the Save The Ta Tas web site:

"I'm an entrepreneur, I like to laugh and I want to see a world without cancer" -Julia Fikse 

Julia has always been a firm believer in laughter as the best medicine, as well as the importance of maintaining a positive spirit. 

This is a serious problem and I have relatives who have been affected by breast cancer. I like Julia Fikse’s idea of fighting this problem with some laughter.

Now I don't think "Socks Without Partners" will get too far.

love of science detected

What's science have to do with it?


A story of love and science without any lab coats but lots of high energy physics.

from Dave's blog

 
Take these ingredients:

• Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider lab
• Maintenance period downtime on the STAR detector
• A creative romantic
• A helpful physicist
• An engagement ring

You get the nerdiest marriage proposal ever.

Kendra, science writer, was tricked into coming over to the STAR detector for a possible story about a rare crystalline deposit discovered there.
 
The STAR detector (pic above) specializes in tracking the thousands of particles produced by ion collisions at RHIC. Weighing 1,200 tons and as large as a house, STAR is a massive detector.
 
That rare crystalline deposit turned out to be a diamond already mounted in a ring.  Nature is full of surprises.

Click over here for the whole story from Dave, the creative romantic himself.

Hooah

I love the smell of napalm in the morning

You talkin’ to me

Gooooood Mornnnninng Vietnam

I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore

E.T. phone home.

They're here

Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown

You can't handle the truth

Open the pod bay doors, HAL

I am serious... and don't call me Shirley

Stella! Hey, Stella!

Snap out of it!

There's no crying in baseball!

I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Houston, we have a problem.

I see dead people.

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!

Take your stinking paws off me, 
you damned dirty ape!

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. 
A former greenskeeper, now, 
about to become the Masters champion. 
It looks like a mirac...
It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!

Mama always said life was like 
a box of chocolates. 
You never know what you're gonna get.

I'll have what she's having.

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Go ahead make my day.

(leave a comment)

short PSA

PSA - you know Public Service Announcement.  The following clip demonstrates why mothers should never buy their children helmet cameras.

sad funny and a little weird

This story is one that initially produces an OMG and maybe a chuckle. That’s what happened to me when I heard about it on the radio game show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.

A brother and sister are reunited through an online dating site.

Divorced Sarah Kemp decided to try find love at an online dating site. She found George. The two of them exchanged many emails and found they had many things in common.

Thank goodness they figured out at their first face-to-face that they even had parents in common. Sisters and brothers love each other of course but not in that I’m attracted to you way. Can you imagine the emotions of discovering this at their reunion?

The sad part of the story is learning that their parents divorced and the family was split up. Sarah went with mom and George with dad. But what an awful divorce that would not allow brother and sister to get together over the years.

The link to the story at the Daily Mail.

Don’t know if there was any background music available at the place they met but this would have made great background music.

another circus 

short Valentine's Day post

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, I offer you this:

I could write about my opinions of a Sea Captain Dating Site but I'm just going to keep it short and mention that currently I don't own a boat of any kind.

Please let me know your opinion in the comments.

Oh if you have time for one more Valentine related clip check this out.

Havana summer Santa

Confusing title? Yeah, read on you’ll understand.

Not only does Google run this great blogger service (hey you wordpress bloggers don’t start a fight with me) it occasionally provides me blog post material.

Google voice provided us a few laughs this weekend.

If you don’t know about Google voice you should check it out. I “connected” it with my cellphone. There is really no connecting other than signing up (free) and assigning your phone numbers to be used. So the way I use it is having my cellphone voicemail sent to Google voice. Two things happen - I get an email with the recorded message and I get text messages containing the results of their voice-to-text translation. The second part is where the fun begins.

Here are two text messages I enjoyed from last weekend. See if you can figure out what the message actually is.

Hi Mel is Pat. We're bringing back coffee drinkers and Mary Pat would like you to break that make coffee in it the coffee pot and then put it in the ground to make another possible so anyway. Call me if you get this message.

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi it's me. I'm asking that you starts ticking on the without a refrigerator out of the garage. There is a pain in the garage the recycling bin. And it's room temperature and take the top South, and we'll start and stop off. Actually, potato saying about the Charlie she's going to have a now at 360 and we'll worry about getting restless of done And if you were somewhat use of the pan and to the Havana summer so I actually have some of the last things we could do so. My phone is dead So I will talk to him when we get the car We're gonna be taking off in about 5 minutes okay I don't know how long it takes about what a white out of here. Bye.

I had no idea who these people were without looking at the phone number.

I don’t get late night messages from bars, I can only imagine how the slurred words would be translated into text.

Oh the “Santa” part of the title - Well if you check out Google voice during this holiday season you’ll find a special offer. Calls from Santa. It’s fun and free.

I didn't forget

It started with a post by Mrs. 4444.

Then I found a youtube clip (on FB I think) that reminded me of her post.

Next, I shared the clip's link with Mrs. 4444 in her comments.

Lastly, she suggested that I post the clip.

Ok, but as I started to form my thoughts about it I remembered another clip I found starring two senior ladies.  It also was funny and I had added that one to my collection of clips I have going on another blog called Another Circus.

(you can click on the picture to be taken there)

another circus

 










So I decided to add that shared clip to the same blog as the other.  Here's the link for it.  

Hope you don't mind but it makes sense to me and maybe you'll enjoy some other clips I've collected over there.

I do realize that I'm lucky to have your time to read this blog and sending you to read yet another blog is pushing it some.  That blog has very little reading and much more watching in it. 

Hall of Fame

There are many halls that bestow recognition to people and things.

Sure we (most Americans anyway) know about the Baseball and Rock & Roll halls of fame.

Here’s two you may not know of:

• Rodeo Hall of Fame
• Dance Hall of Fame

Those last two are associated with museums.   

This next one just opened up recently.  I remember seeing a highway sign for it:

NASCAR Hall of Fame

The Northeastern Massachusetts Plumbing and Gas Inspectors Association’s web site has a hall of fame page.  I found this extremely interesting picture there.  This picture left me with so many questions.  It certainly should be in a hall of fame because it offers a solution to an ago old problem for both men and women.  No toilet seat issue in this house.

A hall of fame can be just a promotional gimmick, self promotion.  Not that this is bad thing all the time.  In this way they are similar to blogs.

Here’s one I came across today which IMHO doesn’t need to exist.

White Castle’s Hall of Fame.  

67 inducted out of 6,629 nominations.  They must be a very selective committee.  I guess it could have been worse.  It could be a hall of flame, since the gas produced can be flammable.  If you check it out, be sure to read about “Steven Luch and Nips the Pig”.  His is a perfect example of the elite people in this hall of fame.

If I started my own hall of fame, say the “Few Clowns Short Hall of Fame”, would it be wrong to put myself in it?

Do I need to establish an academy about it first?  Do I need an actual physical hall?  

Lisleman’s Few Clowns Short Basement Corner of Fame might work since I have taken over the area around my basement workbench.

Maybe a “virtual” hall of “virtual” fame would be more fitting?

I’m taking nominations - so let me know.

Have any tea leaves handy

Once long ago (maybe it was a past life)  I actually paid a lady to stir up some wet tea leaves and study them. I think she told me I was to become a famous blogger but at the time I didn’t know what a blogger was. It sounded too much like booger. I gave her my money and left.

Flash forward to today - I passed a psychic reading business and wondered why wouldn’t psychics be the richest people around. The place looked ok, but it certainly was no mansion. I’m not sure but I don’t think most psychics are wealthy.

Well now I had an idea to search on the internet. Did you know there are plenty of free fortune telling on the web? Of course, there is also money to be made helping some foreign guy with collecting his winnings with the help of your bank account.

Do you think a psychic bank account reader would go over well? Free bank account reading just give me the number. For additional results I’ll need your password.

If I really believed in psychics, I would bring in the S&P500 list of stocks and ask for the next two or three most positive movers.

Why are most psychics women?

Did you happen to see the movie “The Men Who Stare at Goats”. I like George Clooney movies but I must admit this one was very strange, but had some great laughs. If you didn’t see the movie (it was not a big hit) it’s based on the true story of the US military’s use of psychics. This movie was in the results from searching for “psychic men”. Women dominate this industry.

Still with me? Do you have your paypal account handy?

I could not believe what I found next. Ok, maybe I didn’t find it. Maybe it was my spirit guide that found it and is the real one writing this great post. (oh another idea - thanks spirit guide - a Ouija Board that sends out tweets on twitter - damn too late - there’s already an app for that)

Sorry that last idea wasn’t the best discovery from my mystic searching but this stuff does draw you in you know. Hard to keep this ephemeral energy focused.

Did you see my last post? Fake Ass

Well this discovery continues on my ass theme (ah that doesn’t read right it’s not my ass but just my theme regarding ass).


Ever hear of rumpology?


I need to stop laughing just to write this down. There’s a psychic genius out there who will read your ass. This lady can predict your future by checking out your ass. I know some people have bigger futures than me and I’m not even trained in this.

Her web site (just hold your ass, I’ll give it to you in a second) explains the process and it’s very automated. You send her a digital picture of your ass, she “reads” it, and sends back the results. Oh, you need to use paypal.

So the next time my wife is deciding her outfit and asks about how it makes her ass look, I know what to do. It’s worth a visit to this psyshic’s site just to see the ass examples. The ass of a “fortune 500 CEO” did NOT have any money coming out but whoa that was one hairy ass.


Here’s the site Jacqueline Stallone’s Rumpology.


( full disclosure - I don’t know this ass-lady, have never used her service but I think my spirit guide might have)


Now I just need to get off my ass and figure out how to make some money. Actually maybe that’s the wrong approach I get some great ideas sitting on the throne.

Nice view but no thanks

Maybe you have seen this ad.  I found it in my inbox.

Typically, this type of email just goes directly into the junk mail and I don't even think much about it before clicking the delete button.

While I don't think people would be interested in experiencing the sleeping arrangement that is shown in this scene, I must say the photo did catch my eye. Just a few seconds later, my mind started wondering so here I am posting about it. Yes, my Obsessive Curiosity Disorder kicked in.

You can't beat the great view these climbers have right next to their beds.

But you also can't get me to sleep in that place.   No way could I get any sleep.  They probably don't need to worry about bedbugs but instead might be woken up by an eagle confusing it for a nest.

No campfire or roasting marshmallows for these campers.

I've seen a report on this company on cable.  Interesting company but the closest thing to the scene in that photo for me would be hiking in a National Park.

Weeks ago I found another ad kinda strange (IMHO).  Here's the link.

FF is Fragment Friday

Mrs. 4444 (ICAO DOC 4444 is titled Air Traffic Management but I don’t think she has read it yet) has once again invited us to share Friday fragments.

I believe most events are random and it's our reaction to them that alters our path through life.  I’m not trying to change your mind if you are more of the destiny type.  That’s OK.  I bring this up because this FF will be a collection of random items.

So if you are a drive-by clicker who has never been here before don’t judge the blog by this post.

<<<<>>>>

Have you ever forgotten to remove your clothes before you step into the shower?  I never had that problem and I suspect most don’t.  But have you gone downstairs wearing less than you needed or go outside with less than the weather calls for?  Many have had that experience.  Is it logical to conclude taking clothes off is more natural than putting them on?

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While on the subject of naked.  This past week over on wired.com I read about a strange pinup calendar.  I found it funny and was going to do a post about it but then decided not to.  You see, the pictures are X-rays of X-rated pictures.  Some medical device company created it as a marketing tool (sex and humor).  Actually the pictures are not real X-rays but only a trained professional would know that right away.  Besides the oddity of this idea, it’s funny to see killer stilettos in X-ray.  Here’s the wired link.

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As a service to my followers who drive Ferrari sport cars - drive over to your dealer now!

Ferrari is recalling its new 458 Italia model after several vehicles were reported to have burst into flames.

New meaning to hot sports car.

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I like to get T-shirts from places I visit.  Not everywhere but maybe an airshow or some national park I hiked in.  Next time I’m in Salt Lake, Utah, I should pickup this t-shirt (you need to follow the link sorry I couldn’t get the picture) that has the abbreviation on the front.

SL, UT.

I guess the post office accepts SL, UT as a valid abbreviation.

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Library of Congress picture

I think I should post more about science, physics, or space.  You do know you can find my posts about those subject areas by clicking the appropriate tag.

I just read about new developments in slow light.  You might remember that according to Einstein light travels the fastest speed allow by anything.  It seems strange that there is an effort to slow it down.  This one technique is called EIT (Electromagnetically induced transparency).  That sounds cool and maybe I should add that to my resume.  This slow light development could be used to produce switches and logic devices that do not covert the optic signals to electrical signals which has a number of benefits.

Hey you still there?

Don’t forget to check out other fragments - click on the button below

star wars crossed lovers

A picture like this stimulates your imagination to create a good storyline.

Maybe I should offer some explanation before you jump to wrong conclusions.  I don’t know the imaginative couple in this picture.  All I know about the picture is where I found it.

As I crawl the web for interesting stuff, I collect my finds (very easy to do) in my digital treasure chest over on tumblr.com.  Then I’ll go back and dig through those digital treasures and post something about them.  You can just use the free tumblr service as your blog and many do, but I don't.

Today while looking through my collection of digital stuff this photo came up on the tumblr radar app.

Here’s the link to the source page - redandjonny

Please share what your imagination tells you about this picture in the comments.


(My first thought - at least he covered his light saber)

another circus         solar info link

   

Hey - you staring at me

I like this piece of art. But I will say that I'm glad the artist did not complete the pair. Two would be too creepy.

I thought of making this a "Where's the clown" challenge but the piece was just recently put up and it's going down in October.  It's in downtown Chicago.  How would you like this looking in your office window?

Looking for more photos from bloggers around the world?  Check out SIMC

Non sequitur

My daughter needed to tell me what that meant once when she was showing me the comic of the same name. It's Latin and means "it does not follow".

It occurred to me while commenting about curse/swear words that I should try to curse in Latin. It probably would not bother as many family members that way.



"Non sequitur" is not really swearing but with the right tone of voice and the listener's limited understanding of Latin it might work.

Carpe Diem (scream this when the hammer seizes your thumb)

Do you think anyone tweets in Latin? I don't.

Based a on a recent comment, an idea popped into my head -

sexting for seniors - how low can you go?

or

sexting for seniors - I was picking something off the floor last time I saw that.

or

sexting for seniors - for those that forgot.

Maybe I could visit a nursing home and see if it flies.

Guess it got really cold this winter in the UK.  The Holiday Inn of Manchester  (named after a big chested guy?) is offering human bed warmers.  You don't get to keep them.  It's just a service.

I think it's from a marketing team competing for "a few clowns short of a circus" title.

One potential problem with it - bedbugs.

The warmers will be hopping from bed to bed.  If there is any bedbugs in one of those beds they would  spread them.  Might be an interesting job.

Bedbugs are on the rise.  But the US Congress is ready to take action.

Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)

HR 2248 IH

Seriously, if you've been bitten please report it.
The Bugbug Registry

I wonder how long before bedbugs are on twitter.

I thought about posting a bedbug picture but I really want return visitors.  If you like I can provide some links to a set of bedbug pictures.  They are on flickr which sounds right.

What about NAKED bedwarmers?   Oh yeah, I remember they are called street walkers or call girls.

want to start something with me

Let's start something BIG.

This could will be fun and involve sharing adventures, fame, and fortune.

Ok, so much for my launch of "Clown Marketing Inc."  Let me restart.

Really though, I would like to start something with travel pictures and sharing.

First off the travel doesn't need to be any farther away than your neighborhood.  I know some of you live in strange neighborhoods.  I enjoy finding unusual interesting fun pictures.  Of course, this is very subjective and often I can't see past my clown nose.

Best way to explain is with a powerpoint slideshow
example.

I post a strange/fun photo 

and you guess where it was taken.

But wait there's more if you call in the next 15 minutes....  In addition to you guessing, everyone can guess your picture location.  But you need to post a picture and share the link.

This link part is really easy now because this disqus comment system coverts web addresses to links automatically.  Just copy/paste your post address in the comments.

I'm calling it "where's the clown".  I did something like this many months ago - check it out.

A couple of items to cover:

1. Lets keep this safe for work - no revealing naked streaker pictures.  (but if you have actually streaked naked it would be interesting to read about)
2. I'm not keeping to a schedule.  I hate schedules and especially those repeating meetings that get a life of their own.  Every so often I'll post a picture and you can join in the fun.
3. No prizes because I won't know how to judge this.

 OK clowns lets start 

where's the clown

in the above picture??

Leave your answer in the comments and please post a strange funny picture you have taken and we will try to guess the location.