Tag Archives: silliness

Via USA Today: More snow fell on Boston on Sunday, enough to make this the snowiest season ever on record there. The National Weather Service said 2.9 inches fell by 7 p.m., pushing total snowfall for the winter of 2014-2015 to 108.6 inches. That is a full inch over the previous record set during the winter of 1995-1996, the service’s …

Photo caption: “Father Gordon Blue sprinkles holy water on Executive Director Mariya Lovishchuk, left, and Jon Pollard in her office during a Rededication Service of the Glory Hole Shelter on Wednesday.” (Via Friendly Atheist)

Nearly one million views in two days. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

1.4M views in three days. (Tipped by JMG reader Paul)

This is pretty good. Language!

774K views already. (Tipped by JMG reader Edward)

“I’m glad that it’s done and I’m sorry that I read Twitter.”

Winter 2015 in one GIF, everyone. RT @JJDodders: THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE BEST GIF. pic.twitter.com/LHXGhwybuR — The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) February 18, 2015

Via the Washington Post: The #Millennial-friendly Web site BuzzFeed has taken over for Zach Galifianakis as the White House’s preferred video venue for encouraging young people to sign up for health insurance. You remember the Galifianakis video, of course; Obama’s self-deprecating appearance on the fake interview show last year was credited with a big boost in traffic (however short-lived) to …

(Tipped by JMG reader Hairy Doc)

Half a million views. (Tipped by JMG reader Daddy Ray)

Hey, we’ve all made typos, particularly on Twitter where there’s no way to edit.

Via Wonkette: This may be the goofiest thing the Maddow Show has ever run. On the QVC shopping channel, host Shawn Killinger and designer Isaac Mizrahi got into a debate over the true nature of the moon, after Killinger remarked that the swirly pattern on a cardigan looked like the view of Earth from zillions of miles away, like “from …

So this happened in Florida: A rug has been removed from a sheriff’s office in Florida after it was noticed that it read “in dog we trust” instead of “in God we trust”. The $500 mat lay at the entrance to the office in Pinellas County for two months before someone noticed, a spokeswoman said. The error was made by …

Via Salon: On Tuesday morning, Twitter exploded when a link to a website called Ship Your Enemies Glitter started getting passed around. We first saw a link to the website posted to Reddit’s r/InternetIsBeautiful forum and later on startup discovery website Product Hunt. Ship Your Enemies Glitter was described by Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover as “the ultimate troll product.” …

From the website: “Finally, back side selfies! With our bendable stick, you can position your back side without the need of a mirror and shoot the exact angle you are looking for. Bend in ways you never thought possible with our patent-pending design!” Regular selfie sticks, of course, have been around for a decade. Yesterday the Guardian profiled the man …

“For a new multimedia show at Marianne Boesky Gallery, the perennially tongue-in-cheek provocateur reimagined his X-rated 1972 cult classic with a cast of children.”