We have to admit, we weren’t expecting much when we about this—but this actually looks like a blast. And it’s pretty fun to watch, too:
That video is actually of a “league” game. There are Unicycle Hockey leagues in several places around the world.
Archive for July, 2011
July 31, 2011
Ice Skating Newsreel – 1930s?
We’ve mentioned the incredible resource that is British Pathé before – they have tens of thousands of old videos archived online. Here’s a fun one:
ICE STARS
They don’t give a date. Help – are those cars in the background from the 1930s?
July 29, 2011
Kid Gets Ball From Star Pitcher, Explodes
This is just how Uncle John was when he met Dr. Demento:
That youngster’s going to have to call on some wicked reserves of inner strength when school starts again. You hang in there, son…
July 29, 2011
Apple Has More Cash Than U.S. Government
Mom, does that mean we have to call Paul McCartney “Mr. President”?
It must feel good to be a part of Apple today: The company was proclaimed the world’s top smartphone vendor by Strategy Analytics, and its cash reserves are now bigger than the U.S. government’s balance.
That may not mean much soon: The way things are looking, Dick’s Fly Shop may have more money than the U.S. Treasury by next week.
For those that didn’t get the joke up top, here.
July 28, 2011
Caption Contest
We haven’t done a caption contest in ages! And we’re here to rectify that!
Put on your pointiest and most guffaw-producing thinking cap and provide a caption for this image. (Click to enlarge.)
Spread the word! Tell all your friends! Enter up to six times yourself!
Keep it family friendly—we’re an all-ages organization here, as you know. Entries can be submitted here, or on our Facebook or Twitter pages, until the morning off Monday, August 1. Winner gets an Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader of their choosing! Good luck!
Caption example:
“Let’s play charades,” said the dog.
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July 27, 2011
“I’ll take injured game show hosts for $200, Alex”
Jeopardy, indeed!
Alex Trebek, longtime host of the television quiz show “Jeopardy,” was injured while chasing a burglar out of his hotel room early Tuesday.
[...]
“I deal with answers and questions,” Trebek told the crowd. “And today I’m going to start with the answer to a question I suspect is on many of your minds right now. The answer is ‘At 2:30 yesterday morning, chasing a burglar down the hall … until my Achilles tendon ruptured and I fell in an ignominious heap, bruising my other leg in the process.”
The burglar was a 56-year-old woman. Mug shot here.
Hey, you know what Alex Trebek’s Achilles’ heel is? His Achilles’ heel! Get it?
[photo of appropriately grim-looking A.T. from here]
July 26, 2011
RIP Bill Morrissey
Dang, we had not even heard that the great American folksinger Bill Morrissey had died. His website says it very simply:
Bill Morrissey passed away on July 23, 2011, in his room at a hotel in Georgia. He was staying there on his way home after several gigs. Bill’s fans and the folk music community are deeply saddened by his loss.
Just 59 years old. Ai yai yai.
Here’a a video that someone apparently just put together as a tribute. It’s actually quite nice – and what a song:
RIP Bill Morrissey. Our condolences to his family, friends, and many, many fans.
* For a little bit extra, here are the lyrics to an old song written for Bill Morrissey by his old friend Greg Brown. Beautiful.
July 25, 2011
German Tourist Saved Kids in Norway
There is no way to try to make this most horrible story better. There just isn’t. But this is something that is worth pointing to:
Mr Gleffe and his family were drinking coffee outside their caravan and discussing the Oslo bombing when they began to hear shots from Utoeya between 5pm and 6pm on Friday.
“I recognised the sound of the automatic weapon straight away,” he said.
[...]
Mr Gleffe, who lives in Ski, south of Oslo, took the keys to his boat and raced down to the water.
He threw life jackets out to the young people as they shouted: “Are you police, are you police?” Some told him that the gunman was a police officer as others yelled “terrorist, terrorist, terrorist!”
Gleffe took four or five trips, he says, before police asked him to stop. He apparently got about twenty kids out of the water.
July 23, 2011
Comic-Con Day 3
Mana is still wandering the jungles of San Diego Comic-con, camera in hand (or cell phone), sending us shots of her cousins. The latest:
Hurley from "Lost"
Katay Sagal! (Peg Bundy, Leela of Futurama)
"Press the right button, and I breakdance."
Galadriel to Sauron: "For the last time, no patty cake!"
If we knew, we'd tell you
Our very own Mana. ( Hi Mana!)
Gandalf (and his CPA, Ed Winklestein)
The Incredibles!
Because everybody needs a Nintendo gaming lounge
