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Randomness: Let Us List the Ways Style

Omnipotent Poobah — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:50:09 +0000

10 BEST WORST – All the listy goodness fit to virtually print.

Let Us List the Ways

The Good, The Bad, The WTF?

BECKERHEADS UNITE! - Glenn Beck's civil rights rally draws thousands of white people, but only 14 African Americans. Beck called the 'negro' turnout, "proof positive that America's negroes think of me as their Lord and Savior." Click photo for more >>

Not So ‘Lamestream Media’

Legal Briefs (And Boxers)

Aboard the Good Ship Weirdness Maru

Shopaholism is a Sad Disease

Robot Goodness

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Randomness: Sex Sells

Omnipotent Poobah — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:19:41 +0000

HOLY CRAP - I love it when a band has great self-esteem. Click photo for more >>

Sex Sells

Hmm, You Don’t Say

Robots-a-Poppin’

CICADA ON DUDE! - Meet Shokotan. She only appears every 14 years. Click photo for more >>

Japanology

Act Now! Operators are Standing By!

Tasty Crime Waves, Dude

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Randomness: Now Robotically Controlled

Omnipotent Poobah — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:37:47 +0000

DIG THAT KRAZY BOT! - Peace Walker was a giant robot and Cold War drama. It may be fantasy, but did you know that the US military actually had a giant robot? Click photo for more >>

For the Mechanically Inclined

Sciency Stuff

Who Knew? Eskimos Really Will Buy Ice Cubes

Humans Gone Bad

Pulp Culture

How Do, How To

The Inscrutable Ones

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Randomness: Non-Prophet Style

Omnipotent Poobah — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:02:31 +0000

THE DEVIL MADE HIM DO IT - Protect thyself and thine cat from the Spawn of Satan. Click photo for more >>

Non-Prophet

This movie has a real Old Testament vibe going on.
I’ve always suspected there was something unreal about a disembodied being floating around creating universes. But then, maybe I’m wrong.
Jesus may have been able to walk on water, but he apparently can’t walk in front of a Buick.
Baggers for Jesus!
Well, if we can’t get into your pants, how about your robe?

Robots Gone Wild

Do men fear robotic prostate surgery? Well, probably no more than women fear robotic episiotomies.
I’ll be impressed when it crushes the cans on its giant robotic head.
I’m pretty sure there are more efficient ways to get rid of all the cocktail hostesses.
Deep thoughts by Jack Handey Robbie the Robot.
Clearly, mind reading robots may not be one of the brightest ideas to come out of Japan.
Be sure to see Robocod II, Carps of Vengance.
Toyota introduces the Dancebuster 3000 and then immediately recalls it because robots can’t dance with failing brakes.
It’s a great invention, but the only use for it appears to be choking the crap out of Hello Kitty fans.

GOING TO THE DOGS - The world is such that even dogs get confused these days.

Japanalia

Blood is not thicker than love.
There’s always room for Jello water.
Happy Unbirthday Hello Kitty!

The Web is Neither a Time Nor a Place, It’s a State of Mind

Yessss, there IS an explanation for how Obama won the Nobel Prize!
Cute and tiny hedgehog cast alert!
It could’ve been worse, he could’ve used the heads to carry buckets instead of the other way around.
Let’s let the facts speak for themselves, “You are 10 times more likely to be the victim of pinata related violence than a terrorist attack.” It’s obviously time for the TSA to ban them.
Kid with incredibly huge ears proves there’s a missing genetic link to Bugs Bunny.
I’ve seen a lot of unicorn posts, but this one is the best by far.
OK, this is the last straw. Google desperately needs to be regulated before they start screwing around with a beer goggle app called, Beer Googles.
Let’s put another bridesmaid on the barbie.
Skittles, feel the peenie.
I feel much better. The crushed blue velvet tux I wore to my prom looks like timeless fashion compared to these chumps.
Please, tell us how you really feel about your ex-wife.
Tonight is Virgin Night on Deal or No Deal.
Riddle me this: What’s 30,000 years old, rock hard, 8 inches long, and was broken in a fit of passion?
So they find a roach, a mouse, and some dried blood. Whatta they do? Slap those bad boys between two tender chicken patties and chow down! That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout!
“Psst. Psst. Hey, dude. Dude! You wanna score some fresh lob?”
Whereupon, Michelle Obama then went to Duff’s Famous Wings and kicked the crap out of the little slut.
Yukio Hatoyama is angling to take over Don Cherry’s spot on Hockey Night in Canada.
The family wasn’t so upset with Emma about posing provocatively. It was riding to the photo shoot in a car that really tweaked their shoo-fly pie.

PARTY ON DUUUDE! - Watch out Cabo, it's Grannies Gone Wild! Click photo for more>>

Stupid Human Tricks

In his defense, he WAS distracted from that last lap dance.
What would possess one to cram an eel up one’s ass?
It was later revealed that Uwe married the cat to get it onto his health care plan.
Yet another reason the Justin Bieber phenomenon is so puzzling.
When they said, “penis butterfly tattoo” I thought they meant a butterfly tattooed on your penis – silly me.
You were “hungry”? Dude, Jack in the Box is open 24X7 and has bitchin’ ground nose tacos. Get a clue!
Come on, let’s dance! “Everybody was kung fu farting, doodle do doodle do do do.”
Im cummmmmmiiiiiiiiig, RU2?
In his defense, it’s not as if the priest fell asleep molesting an 11-year old boy.
It’s a very understanding husband who believes his wife became pregnant from watching a 3D porn movie.
So the moral of the story is, “think before you ink“.
I wonder if practitioners of vore can be vegan?
Convicted of touching the judge’s butt, the defense argued for a mistrial based on the old Cerebral Palsy defense.
Andrew was charged with having, “an extreme pornographic image which portrayed in an explicit and realistic way a person performing an act of intercourse with a dead animal, namely a squid, which was grossly offensive, disgusting, or of obscene character”. Um, yeah.
Sartania, that horse is probably already out of the barn.

Proof That Unrestricted Capitalism is the Scourge of the Earth

Of all the pet problems I’m aware of, covering up your dog’s ugly asshole is somewhere near the bottom of the list.
I could be wrong, but I’m thinking goat hair leg warmers won’t be hot sellers this Christmas.
If you have big enough boobs to hide, the solution probably isn’t covering them with a glorified handkerchief.
Of course, this explains the new butt aisle at Home Depot.
When Arizona found the Gringo Mask, they knew they’d found the solution for illegal immigration.
Never eat toast without the visage of Jesus on it again.
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Randomness: Danger Will Robinson Style

Omnipotent Poobah — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:46:16 +0000

WALKING THROUGH FIRE - OK, I've thought long and hard about this caption and I have to tell you, I got bupkis. Click photo for more >>

Just Because They’re Robots Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Feel

Hey, I’d charge $45K for a robot too if it was designed to be shot at.
Mother’s Day is coming. You might want to give FTD a jingle and ask for the Mombot Special.
Just in case you drop your straw on the floor at McDonalds‘ Playland, you can rest assured it’ll be safely and sanitarily returned to your drink, untouched by human hands.
Not only have you bounced a check, but you also must suffer the indignity of being led to a teller by a robot the can probably balance a checkbook better than you.
OK, if you’re visiting deadly outback on a regular enough basis to need your own robot for safety, perhaps you should simply look into trips to Manhattan instead.
Finally, someone who truly understands the desires of hardcore gamers.
You know when the world’s a-changin’ when the Togolese join the Robo-Race.
Now we know how they made those weird mouths on Clutch Cargo.

List of Lists

From the NY Times Bestseller List, How to Sh*t in the Woods. You know, just in case you’re guanally impaired. Really gaunally impaired.
Brendan agreed with the list that giant hairballs are pretty horrifying when your cheetah hocks them on the living room rug.
Ten weird wrestlers, yet neither Hulk Hogan nor Jesse “The Body” Ventura made it.

Things That Make You Want to Reconsider the Whole Capitalism Thing

Just what the world needs, a “mood-matching toilet tissue boutique“.
Panties guaranteed to piss off PETA.
I’m not sure most Dads are in the right demographic to get Old Spice for Dad’s Day.
Legendary? It’s legendary? Nah, Truck Nutz? Those are legendary.
Sure it’s depressing, but kids are like dogs. You have to train them early to not crap in their cubicle.
Finally, the reason drug prices are so high.

Crap Just Too Weird to Make Up

POODLEY POOP - Final proof that some people should never be allowed to have dogs. Click photo for more >>

The Annual Salmon Slap-a-Thon was not one of PETA’s more successful fund raisers.
You know your boyfriend is just a wee bit controlling when…
Clearly, none of these places are in Zagat’s.
See, it just doesn’t pay to have sex without the safety on. Perhaps they should’ve just used Wii Sex instead.
I only feel Playboy for the stories.
After years of research, doctors discovered the embarrassing fact that cancer is actually caused by a chemical that activates when a patient fears getting cancer.
Ultimately, the visual aid proved a failure because it lacked arms to grab the husband’s nuts in a vice-like grip and scream, “YOU DID THIS TO ME!“
Things the Quaker Oat guy never said…but wished he had. (Just a smidgen of strong language. Hey, this guy ain’t no Wilford Brimley.)
“Doctor, will I ever be able to play the piano again?” No, but you’ll speak damn fine German, or Chinese, take your pick.
Well of course he wanted his bullet back – the guy’s name is Billy Joe.
Barbie is pretty hot, especially if she’s “forbidden fruit“. (Always Aroused Girl)
If John Ashcroft could lose his Senate seat to a corpse, it’s a piece of cake to lose the mayoral election in Tracy City, TN.
You should see the duet where she sings Moon River with Andy Williams. (Dave Away From Home)
In more moon news… (Dave Away From Home)
Hmm, I wonder how the restaurant owner feels about same sex pet adoption?

Japanese Jesters

Sooooooeeeeeeeeeee!
The more I study Japanese pop culture the more I think Americans really aren’t the world’s goobiest people.
If there’s some useless, weird piece of crap to be made, the Japanese are working on it.
Yuki was terrified when she saw the spider that ate Yokohama.
New this season on the Discovery Channel…Ax Men of Japan.

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