Tuesday, April 20, 2010

C'Mon Down Dude

Today is April 20th, or "4-20," as it's known and celebrated by pot smokers. A few years ago, one hardcore 4-20 observer made his way to Contestants Row on The Price Is Right and bid $420 on every item.

Some facts about 4-20, courtesy of About.com:

  • It's not the number of a bill in Congress to legalize marijuana.
  • It's not the number of chemical compounds in marijuana.
  • It began with a small group of stoners at a high school in California in the '70s.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Blitzed Brit Busted in Barbie's Buggy


A British man has been banned from driving for three years after police pulled him over while driving a toy Barbie car while drunk.

Paul Hutton, 40, said he regrets the decision to use the toy - which can reach a top speed of 6.4 km/h - to drive to a friend's house after he had been drinking, Britain's Daily Mail newspaper reported.

The six-foot tall father of four admitted he had to be a contortionist to get into the toy and said he felt like a "complete twit."

Hutton told the newspaper he was rebuilding the toy car with his son, who was taking a car mechanics course. On April 4, he decided to take it for a spin to show a friend who lives less than half a kilometer away. Police pulled him over around 9 p.m.

The newspaper reported Essex Police initially gave Hutton a warning, but when Hutton ignored them and slowly pulled away from the officers, they arrested him.

Kill The Wabbit


The Who and KISS top the lists of the Best and Worst Rock Operas as chosen by Spinner. The Who's Tommy was voted the best, followed in the Top 10 by Pink Floyd's The Wall, David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and Green Day's American Idiot. The Who's Quadrophenia also made the list.

The list of the Worst Rock Operas is headed up by KISS's Music From the Elder. Also making the list are Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, Styx's Kilroy Was Here, Neil Young's Greendale and Pete Townshend's Psychoderelict. --Sal Cirrincione

Best Rock Operas:

1) The Who - Tommy

6) Green Day - American Idiot

2) Pink Floyd - The Wall

7) Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - Acts 1-3

3) Drive-by Truckers - Southern Rock Opera

8) The Who - Quadrophenia

4) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

9) Original Cast - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

5) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar

10) Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years

Worst Rock Operas:

1) KISS - Music From the Elder

6) Vanilla Fudge - The Beat Goes On

2) Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

7) Alice Cooper - Goes to Hell

3) Styx - Kilroy Was Here

8) Tenacious D - The Pick of Destiny

4) Jefferson Airplane - Blows Against the Empire

9) Neil Young - Greendale

5) Garth Brooks - The Life of Chris Gaines

10) Pete Townshend - Psychoderelict

Dancing Mascot FAIL

Videos of people falling are funny.
Vidoes of MASCOTS falling are HYSTERICAL!!
I Give You EXHIBIT A

Give Em' a Hand

We've all seen the "Shake Weight" infomercial and thought the SAME thing - DON'T LIE!
You know it... I Know it... when you saw the "Shake Weight" the first time you thought of the ol' H.J. Which brings us to the brilliance that Saturday Night Live occasionally displays. The writers at SNL are at their best when they tap into something very universal but understated and bring it to light with just the right amount of satire. Behold the parody of the "Shake Weight" from this weekend's SNL. Bravo!