The Monday Funnies
March 11, 2013
"Headlines We Probably Didn't Mean" Dept:
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From Snapshot Mark:
No English dictionary has been able to adequately
explain the difference between the two words "complete" and
"finished." In a recent linguistic competition held in London , a
Guyanese man named Samsundar Balgobin, was the clear winner. He got a
standing ovation lasting over 5 minutes.
His final question was this: "Please tell us how to explain the
difference between the two words "COMPLETE" and
"FINISHED" in a way that is easy to understand." His
compelling answer resulted in an invitation to dine with the Queen, a trip
to travel the world and a case of 25-year-old Eldorado rum:
"When you marry the right woman, you are COMPLETE.
And when you marry the wrong woman, you are FINISHED.
And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are COMPLETELY
FINISHED."
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"Because I Enjoyed What?" Dept.
More great moments in Netflix recommendations:
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"Why go off-planet to find aliens?" Dept.
[no joke] From NASA:
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Best golf
shot ever, hands down.
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"Way Cool Tech" Dept.
[no joke] The latest achievements of quadrocopters. Hard to believe that this isn't trick photography, but it isn't.
Balancing, throwing and catching a pole
Playing catch and bouncing balls
49-quadrocopter night formation
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Hysterically funny video that isn't actually funny at all: People vs. Winter
Oh, sure it is...
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From Scott x 2, Okay: Scratch spear-fishing off my bucket list!
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From JimLily, Leno turns Obama-Clinton "60 Minutes" interview into a Cialis commercial
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From
Da B-I-L, some new golf terms to use when you're out on the course:
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'Rock Hudson '
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a putt that looked straight, but wasn't.
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'Saddam Hussein'
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from one bunker into another.
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'Yasser Arafat'
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butt ugly and in the sand.
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'John Kennedy Jr.'
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didn't quite make it over the water.
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'Rodney King'
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over-clubbed.
An 'O.J.
'-
got away withone.
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'Princess Grace'
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should have used a driver.
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'Princess Di'
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shouldn't have used the driver.
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'Condom' - safe,
but
didn't feel very good.
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'Rush Limbaugh'
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a little to the right.
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'Nancy Pelosi'
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Way to the left and out of bounds.
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'James Joyce'
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a putt that's impossible to read.
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'Ted Kennedy'
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goes in the water and jumps out.
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'Pee Wee Herman'
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too much wrist.
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'Sonny Bono'
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straight into the trees.
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'Brazilian' -
shaved the hole.
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' Paris Hilton'
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a very expensive hole.
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From JimLily, incredible video: Entire history of civilzation in two minutes:
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Another video, this time of a flock of starlings in Israel that looks like a cloud
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From Scott x 2, nifty photos (some recycled, most new):
Anheuser-Busch is on the phone and they want to
talk to you....
At Wat Samphran in Nakhon Pathom Province there is a 17 story
building
that has a giant dragon climbing to the roof. The head is at the top where
there
is a shrine and the tail is on the ground floor. The dragon is hollow and it
is
possible
to walk up some sections of it.
This house was designed by Rudy Ricciotti. The unique architecture includes
a
pool
house, which is like a window in the living room where you can enjoy not
only
swimming in the water, but the person swimming in it with the effect of the
outdoor
landscape which is reflected through the window.
Meanwhile, in China...
The Aiguille du Midi cable car leaves from the centre of Chamonix . It takes
visitors
up
to 3842m for a stunning view of the French Swiss and Italian alps. —
Jungfrau Mountain Range , Switzerland
Hallgrímskirkja (244 ft), is the largest church and the sixth tallest
architectural
structure
in Iceland
The Melisanni Cave , Greece . This beautiful cave, which was discovered in
1951
and
is surrounded by forests, features in Greek mythology as the cave of the
nymphs.
Thermal baths inside a cave - Miskolc Tapolca , Hungary
New Town Hall in Hanover , Germany .
Piva Canyon , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lake Mellisani on the island of Kephalonia Greece.
Manarola, Italy
Palawan Underground River or St. Paul Subterranean River – Longest
Navigable
Underground River in
the World
This is the most famous cave in the Philippines . The longest underground
river was
discovered
a few years back in Mexico somewhere in the Yucatan . St. Paul
Underground River
in Palawan , Philippines may not be the longest underground
river
in the world anymore, but it is still the world’s longest navigable
underground
river.
The navigable part of the river inside the cave of the 4000-acre St. Paul
Subterranean River stretches
15 kilometers in length (5 miles). St. Paul Cave is
the
3rd deepest cave in the country —
The Seven Sisters (Norwegian: De Syv Søstrene or Dei Sju Systrene, also
known
as
Knivsflåfossen) is the 39th tallest waterfall in Norway .
Plitvice Lakes National Park in the Lika region of Croatia .
View from hotel window in the United Arab Emirates !
Jasper Park Lodge, Jasper Alberta , Canada
Villas Vista Hermosa, Costa Rica
Norway
Sea Caves near Benagil Beach, Algarve, Portugal
Barcelona
Hallstatt, Austria
Victoria Falls
Beautiful Display Of The Balance Between Predators & Prey In Nature (bullshit...but
nice picture)
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And finally, from Kevin the PrintMeister, video of a Chinese prostate treatment that will haunt you for days...at least if you're a male.