A Punch In The Junk(yard)

Yep, time for another visit to the junkyard to see what kind of scraps have been left along the side of the old information superhighway!

ITEM! For those of you still looking for a real hero to emerge from the 2010 World Cup, may I submit Paul the Psychic Octopus?

ITEM! Speaking of the World Cup, (really, we were, just look at item #1), here's John Cleese's take on the difference between American football and that other sport:


ITEM! This one's for Hannah (and anyone else who loves funny pictures of dogs) - the equation is simple: 1 dog + 1 open car window + 1 camera = these pics.

ITEM! Know that insecure feeling you get when you have to check your baggage to get on an airplane? Yeah, this story is NOT gonna help.

ITEM! As if it wasn't bad enough that vampires are all over our television and movie screens, now they're just popping up randomly on our streets and causing car wrecks.

ITEM! From the "Can I Get That Heart Attack To Go?" Department: Recently Hardee's (or for those in other areas, Carl's Jr.) began advertising a Grilled Cheese Bacon Thickburger which they describe as "A charbroiled all beef patty topped with crispy bacon, slices of melted Swiss and American cheese, and mayonnaise served on grilled sourdough bread". According to their ads, it's supposed to be for those who want a grilled cheese sandwich but don't want to have to "order from the kid's menu". While that's all well and good, and it does sound kinda yummy, it's not really what I would call a "grilled cheese" burger. This, on the other hand, is a "grilled cheese" burger!

ITEM! This one's for all my Japanese Jewish readers out there (actually, turning off the snark for just a moment, I find this somehow oddly charming and rather fascinating... and if you click on through, there re plenty of other videos from the same show):


ITEM! Mark Evanier has an interesting take on why no one (except perhaps Joy Behar) may really be able to truly replace Larry King. An excerpt: "That was one of Larry King's advantages back when he had a huge audience. Guests felt unthreatened. No one who mattered was ever afraid to go on with him. Confrontation might come from another guest — and I'm sure some guests would only agree to go on if there were no other guests — but you could lie, spin and evade all you wanted and there was little chance Larry would say anything."

ITEM! EgoTV compiles a list of "nine types of sites that encapsulate the internet". They seem to have left off number 10: Sites that make lists about crap on the internet.

ITEM! Cracked has a list of seven classic Disney movies based on R-rated stories. It's actually a pretty fascinating look at how these stories have been sanitized into G-rated flicks (and why you might want to think twice before telling your child "if you liked the movie maybe you should read the book").

ITEM! Ok, I didn't really have an issue with San Francisco's mayor banning the sales of Coke on city property, but now they want to send people to jail for selling guinea pigs?!

LAST ITEM! Finally, speaking of guinea pigs, can someone explain to me just exactly what happens at 00:40 in this video?