Random Thoughts the Third

I have got the most raging platonic crush on you.

 

Nobody knows I'm a lesbian.

 

nobody knows I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body

 

Orange barrel re-rout! Orange barrel re-route!

Have you seen my baseball? have you seen my baseball?

 

True story: When I was in college, I served Potato Oles to both of these mascots:



Not at the same time, and not in costume.

Still, the night several drunken Wisconsin marching band members and cheer squad personnel came into our downtown Iowa City store was the highlight of my Taco John's career, by far.

 

Considerable Diarrhea would be a good name for a band

 

Those first two guys who thought Superman was a bird or a plane ... why the hell were they so excited?

 

MLB's 4 p.m. ET non-waiver trade deadline must have been created by East Coast newspaper executives. The same thing can be said about east Europe Olympics. There's no way someone doesn't die 10 minutes before deadline tomorrow.

Also: The word "boycott" originated when British land agent Charles Cunningham Boycott was ostracized by his Irish community for unfair practices. The Boycott boycott was subject of a 1947 film, Captain Boycott. Charles Cunningham Boycott is subject of a 4,500-word Wikipedia entry.

 

All of our fingers have names -- thumb, pinky, index, ring and middle -- but only two toes -- big and pinky.

So, what do we call the other three toes?

 

Larry, Moe and Curly

 

When I was growing up quicksand was constantly used as a plot device. On any show you could have an episode where someone fell into quicksand. Whatever happened to quicksand?

Did global warming get rid of quicksand? Yeah global warming!!

 

The Outerbridge Crossing is named after Mary Ewing Outerbridge.