Greetings and Salutations, people! -
Would you rather:
-Your kid be a bully or be bullied?
-Be blind or deaf?
-Be able to fly or read peoples minds?
-Be able to predict the future or have all the money you’d ever need
-Have a foot-long eyelash that you would never be able to pluck or have one
ear-lobe the size of a basketball?
-Have every light you drive through be red for the rest of your life or always be wrong?
-Live an amazing life and die young or live an average life and live to 100.
-Punch your grandma in the face or drop a bowling ball on a baby?
-Never use the internet again or never use a cell phone again?
-Dress up as Mickey Mouse for a day or have to wear uncomfortably small clothes for a week?
Monday, January 31, 2011
Show Prep #92
Greetings and Salutations, people! - It’s the fake radio show that will make this deal with it’s listeners: We’ll fight through the pain of doing the show, if you fight through the pain of listening. This is Vertically Striped Radio, and unlike Jay Cutler, I am playing in pain this week. Okay, not REAL pain, I just have a cold, and I am sort of like Jay Cutler in that we both have diabetes, and I’m only going to do half of my normal work this week as we’re only going one hour instead of two. In fact, perhaps you should just slap a number six Bears jersey on my back right now, as apparently Jay Cutler and I am basically the same person. God, now I’m depressed…Well, the show must go on, and poste haste, as we’ve only got an hour to do this thing this week.
Tweet of the Week:
funnyordie
Dear guy w/ one leg in a wheelchair playing slots @ the Palms at 2AM: Haven't you lost enough? Sincerely, Too drunk to be passing judgement
Today on VSR – We’ll make some pre-emptive corrections to our next show that is being released on Tuesday, We’ll see if we can squeeze in a little bit of Canadian law breaking, Another edition of the Magnificent 7 will be unveiled today as I break down the Top 7 Coen Brothers movies, We’ll hop into the way back machine for a trip back to 1994 as people try to wrap their minds around the internet, and I also have a music recommendation that is far different in musical style from the usual VSR fare, but one that I had to include on the program today after hearing it this week.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777 – A Shoutout to Ronin in Ireland for listing me in a “Follow Saturday” tweet that sent today. Much appreciated, sir.
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
From the “This is more than just a little bit disturbing file…”
BERLIN (Reuters) – More than 65 years after World War Two, Adolf Hitler's last surviving bodyguard says that he can no longer respond to the continuous deluge of fan mail he receives from around the world, because of his advanced age.
Rochus Misch is 93 and uses a walking frame to move around his apartment. He told the Berliner Courier tabloid that, with most of the letters he receives asking for autographs, it was "no longer possible" to reply because of his age.
"The letters come from Korea, from Knoxville, Tennessee, from Finland and Iceland -- and not one has a bad word to say," said Misch, who is believed to be the last man alive to have seen Hitler and other top-ranking Nazis in the flesh.
In the past Misch used to send fans autographed copies of wartime photos of himself in a neatly pressed SS uniform. Now the incoming fan mail, including letters and packages, piles up in his flat in south Berlin's leafy Rudow neighborhood.
Misch also served as Hitler's telephone operator and courier. His memoirs, "The Last Witness," were published in 2008 in Germany and are in the works to become a feature film.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A convicted killer who escaped from an Arizona prison said after his capture that he had planned a rather unusual suicide attempt that he had been in position to attempt before backing out at the last minute. His plan was to overdose on heroin at Yellowstone National Park and let bears eat him to end the fear and panic he was experiencing while on the lam.
Convict Tracy Province told Mohave County sheriff's Detective Larry Matthews that he had wanted to go up on a mountain, shoot up a gram of heroin and then just (in his words) "be bear food." As he was preparing the drug, a voice told him not to go through with the plan, and he changed course in favor of trying to hitchhike to Indiana to see family.
"He called it divine intervention," said Detective Matthews
Al Nash, a spokesman at Yellowstone National Park, said while it's certainly possible that Province's plan would have worked, it was rather improbable.
"We have a fair number of bears in the ecosystem," Nash said. "While they will eat about anything. A bear would rather get an easy meal than a difficult meal, but human bear encounters are very infrequent."
From doing a little reading, I’ve found that only 1 in 20 suicide attempts are successful. But I’m guessing that even that modest 5% success rate is high for people who’s attempted method of killing themselves is suicide by Bear.
NACO, Arizona (Reuters) – In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. Border, authorities said..
The Mexican military seized 45 pounds of marijuana, a sports utility vehicle and a metal-framed catapult just south of the Arizona border near the small town of Naco last Friday, following a tip-off from the U.S. Border Patrol.
Surveillance video taken by National Guard troops deployed to support the Border Patrol caught a group of men apparently attempting to pull down a metal beam and load or test the catapult, which was powered by powerful elastic and mounted on a trailer close to the metal border fence.
"It looks like a medieval catapult that was used back in the day," said Tucson Border Patrol spokesman David Jimarez.
Arizona straddles a furiously trafficked corridor for human and drug smugglers from Mexico.
The U.S. Border Patrol seize hundreds of tons of marijuana and other drugs each year, smuggled over or under the line using a variety of means, including trucks, clandestine tunnels, horseback and even micro-light aircraft -- although the catapult was new.
"I have not seen anything like that in my time before as a Border Patrol agent ... although we are trained to handle any kind of a threat that comes over that border," he added.
Even odder are unsubstantiated rumors that the drug smugglers spoke with a French accent and were quoted saying, “Now go away, or I shall launch illicit drugs at you a second time!”
I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face and The Whale:
Weird movie I watched this week:
I think we’re alone now – Documentary: The story of two people, one a transvestite and one a guy with Ausbergers syndrome who are both obsessed with 80’s singer Tiffany.
Correcting myself before it happens:
Kenny Walker #90
– NOT Kenny Powers
– From University of Nebraska
– Played for Denver Broncos in the 1991+1992 Seasons
On the fly prediction:
Packers 28
Steelers 13
Skype craps out, which is why we had technical difficulties interruption.
What is Internet? – The Today Show from January 1994 (Clip 33) – Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric and some other woman discuss the internet…This was only 17 years ago…
Magnificent 7 – Top 7 Coen Brothers Movies:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Man Who Wasn’t There
4. O Brother Where Art Thou
5. Barton Fink
6. True Grit
7. The Hudsucker Proxy
8. Burn After Reading
9. Fargo
10. A Serious Man
11. Raising Arizona
Googling myself:
1. Dodge Dealership:
Craig Dodge in Gastonia, North Carolina (704) 864-7786
2. CraigDodge.com (NOT ME) – Post about squirrel eating
3. Deputy Craig Dodge – Nebraska Police officer shot in the line of duty in 1987
4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:
1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning
2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices
3. Reading, UK – IT (Account Manager at McAfee)
4. Price Edward Island, Canada – Video Game Composer/Sound Designer
5. Me
5. Me on Facebook
6. Me on Twitter
7. Police Officer shot
8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan
9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter
10. Real Estate listing on “Craig Dodge” road in Lincoln, NE. (Probably named after the cop shot in the line of duty)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian radio station have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing," after a complaint that the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song were derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "faggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog last year after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler as well as Sting.
The council said it realized Dire Straits uses the word sarcastically, and its use might have been acceptable in 1985 when the best-selling "Brothers in Arms" album was released, but said it was now inappropriate.
"The decision doesn't really relate to the Dire Straits song at the end of the day, the decision relates to the word in question," Ron Cohen, the council's chairman, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
OZ FM argued unsuccessfully that the song has been played countless times since it was released more than 25 years ago, has won various industry awards, including a Grammy in 1986, and remains popular with listeners around the world.
The ruling comes in the wake of an uproar sparked by a U.S. scholar who decided to publish an edition of Mark Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn" that would remove the N word to make it less offensive to some readers.
Although the Dire Straits ruling only sanctions the St John's station, it means other Canadian radio stations could get in trouble it they air the song without censoring it.
The Broadcast Standards Council is a non-governmental industry group that administers ethical standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters
Play Dire Straits – Clip 31 (Money for Nothing)
Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.
The reception was anything but immaculate Friday, when seventh-grader Grendon Bailie wore a Franco Harris Steelers jersey to his middle school in Tacoma, Wash., on Seattle Seahawks Appreciation Day.
Grendon, 13, scored no points with administrators, who barred him from classes for not following Truman Middle School's directive that Seahawks jerseys or colors would be the only permitted exceptions from the dress code at the public school.
This time, unlike in the 2006 Super Bowl, the Steelers fell to the Seahawks -- Grendon decided to just go home rather than change out of Steelers attire. And that was fine with his parents who are diehard Steeler fans.
The school's reaction wasn't totally unexpected by Mr. Bailie, who had encouraged his son to support the team he loved even though the school had made clear the preceding day that only Seahawks or regular school clothing would be permitted.
Grendon took with him to school a note for administrators that his father had written in support of his attire. "We have taught our children many things over the years and one of the most important values that we hold true is loyalty," Mr. Bailie wrote. "I very much stand behind Grendon's right to support the team of his choice at public taxpayer funded events."
Grendon said administrators refused to read the note.
Mr. Bailie conceded he "planted the seed" for his son's blitz of Seahawks Appreciation Day because he and his family have no appreciation for Seattle fans constantly bellyaching that Pittsburgh won Super Bowl XL by a score of 21-10 only because of blown referee calls.
"We take a lot of abuse from Seattle fans. I can't go to a grocery store if I'm wearing Steeler stuff -- which is always -- without hearing from little old ladies, 'You cheated in the Super Bowl.'
"Look, I'm not trying to change the world," said Mr. Bailie, who contacted the Post-Gazette about the incident. "I'm just poking back because I take so much grief for being a Steelers fan.
"People say I should call the ACLU, but I'm not interested in that. I'm just surprised because I didn't think the school would carry it that far."
For his part, Grendon said it was "kind of stupid" he wasn't allowed to support his favorite team by wearing their gear.
But Stacy Flores, public information officer for Tacoma School District, said it was made abundantly clear to the school's 600 students the preceding day that only Seattle Seahawks jerseys were permitted as part of the community-wide show of support for the hometown team.
Otherwise, students had to abide by the dress code, which for boys includes solid-colored polo shirts and either black, blue or tan slacks.
"No student was forced to wear Seahawks colors. If they chose not to do so they were asked to abide by the dress code. From what principals [at Truman] said, mostly all of the students and even some staff participated. There was just one student who did not abide by the rules."
She said there were no disciplinary consequences for Grendon given that his parents permitted him to leave school. He simply would be marked absent for the day.
Ms. Flores added that Grendon could have complied with school rules and still supported the Steelers by wearing black pants and a yellow polo shirt.
But Mr. Bailie noted, "He doesn't have a yellow polo shirt. Everything is black and gold."
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Though Shalt Always Kill (Clip 32)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Tweet of the Week:
funnyordie
Dear guy w/ one leg in a wheelchair playing slots @ the Palms at 2AM: Haven't you lost enough? Sincerely, Too drunk to be passing judgement
Today on VSR – We’ll make some pre-emptive corrections to our next show that is being released on Tuesday, We’ll see if we can squeeze in a little bit of Canadian law breaking, Another edition of the Magnificent 7 will be unveiled today as I break down the Top 7 Coen Brothers movies, We’ll hop into the way back machine for a trip back to 1994 as people try to wrap their minds around the internet, and I also have a music recommendation that is far different in musical style from the usual VSR fare, but one that I had to include on the program today after hearing it this week.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777 – A Shoutout to Ronin in Ireland for listing me in a “Follow Saturday” tweet that sent today. Much appreciated, sir.
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
From the “This is more than just a little bit disturbing file…”
BERLIN (Reuters) – More than 65 years after World War Two, Adolf Hitler's last surviving bodyguard says that he can no longer respond to the continuous deluge of fan mail he receives from around the world, because of his advanced age.
Rochus Misch is 93 and uses a walking frame to move around his apartment. He told the Berliner Courier tabloid that, with most of the letters he receives asking for autographs, it was "no longer possible" to reply because of his age.
"The letters come from Korea, from Knoxville, Tennessee, from Finland and Iceland -- and not one has a bad word to say," said Misch, who is believed to be the last man alive to have seen Hitler and other top-ranking Nazis in the flesh.
In the past Misch used to send fans autographed copies of wartime photos of himself in a neatly pressed SS uniform. Now the incoming fan mail, including letters and packages, piles up in his flat in south Berlin's leafy Rudow neighborhood.
Misch also served as Hitler's telephone operator and courier. His memoirs, "The Last Witness," were published in 2008 in Germany and are in the works to become a feature film.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) -- A convicted killer who escaped from an Arizona prison said after his capture that he had planned a rather unusual suicide attempt that he had been in position to attempt before backing out at the last minute. His plan was to overdose on heroin at Yellowstone National Park and let bears eat him to end the fear and panic he was experiencing while on the lam.
Convict Tracy Province told Mohave County sheriff's Detective Larry Matthews that he had wanted to go up on a mountain, shoot up a gram of heroin and then just (in his words) "be bear food." As he was preparing the drug, a voice told him not to go through with the plan, and he changed course in favor of trying to hitchhike to Indiana to see family.
"He called it divine intervention," said Detective Matthews
Al Nash, a spokesman at Yellowstone National Park, said while it's certainly possible that Province's plan would have worked, it was rather improbable.
"We have a fair number of bears in the ecosystem," Nash said. "While they will eat about anything. A bear would rather get an easy meal than a difficult meal, but human bear encounters are very infrequent."
From doing a little reading, I’ve found that only 1 in 20 suicide attempts are successful. But I’m guessing that even that modest 5% success rate is high for people who’s attempted method of killing themselves is suicide by Bear.
NACO, Arizona (Reuters) – In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers tried to use a catapult to hurl drugs north over the U.S. Border, authorities said..
The Mexican military seized 45 pounds of marijuana, a sports utility vehicle and a metal-framed catapult just south of the Arizona border near the small town of Naco last Friday, following a tip-off from the U.S. Border Patrol.
Surveillance video taken by National Guard troops deployed to support the Border Patrol caught a group of men apparently attempting to pull down a metal beam and load or test the catapult, which was powered by powerful elastic and mounted on a trailer close to the metal border fence.
"It looks like a medieval catapult that was used back in the day," said Tucson Border Patrol spokesman David Jimarez.
Arizona straddles a furiously trafficked corridor for human and drug smugglers from Mexico.
The U.S. Border Patrol seize hundreds of tons of marijuana and other drugs each year, smuggled over or under the line using a variety of means, including trucks, clandestine tunnels, horseback and even micro-light aircraft -- although the catapult was new.
"I have not seen anything like that in my time before as a Border Patrol agent ... although we are trained to handle any kind of a threat that comes over that border," he added.
Even odder are unsubstantiated rumors that the drug smugglers spoke with a French accent and were quoted saying, “Now go away, or I shall launch illicit drugs at you a second time!”
I’m Craig, and that is the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face and The Whale:
Weird movie I watched this week:
I think we’re alone now – Documentary: The story of two people, one a transvestite and one a guy with Ausbergers syndrome who are both obsessed with 80’s singer Tiffany.
Correcting myself before it happens:
Kenny Walker #90
– NOT Kenny Powers
– From University of Nebraska
– Played for Denver Broncos in the 1991+1992 Seasons
On the fly prediction:
Packers 28
Steelers 13
Skype craps out, which is why we had technical difficulties interruption.
What is Internet? – The Today Show from January 1994 (Clip 33) – Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric and some other woman discuss the internet…This was only 17 years ago…
Magnificent 7 – Top 7 Coen Brothers Movies:
1. The Big Lebowski
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Man Who Wasn’t There
4. O Brother Where Art Thou
5. Barton Fink
6. True Grit
7. The Hudsucker Proxy
8. Burn After Reading
9. Fargo
10. A Serious Man
11. Raising Arizona
Googling myself:
1. Dodge Dealership:
Craig Dodge in Gastonia, North Carolina (704) 864-7786
2. CraigDodge.com (NOT ME) – Post about squirrel eating
3. Deputy Craig Dodge – Nebraska Police officer shot in the line of duty in 1987
4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:
1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning
2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices
3. Reading, UK – IT (Account Manager at McAfee)
4. Price Edward Island, Canada – Video Game Composer/Sound Designer
5. Me
5. Me on Facebook
6. Me on Twitter
7. Police Officer shot
8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan
9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter
10. Real Estate listing on “Craig Dodge” road in Lincoln, NE. (Probably named after the cop shot in the line of duty)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian radio station have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing," after a complaint that the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song were derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "faggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog last year after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler as well as Sting.
The council said it realized Dire Straits uses the word sarcastically, and its use might have been acceptable in 1985 when the best-selling "Brothers in Arms" album was released, but said it was now inappropriate.
"The decision doesn't really relate to the Dire Straits song at the end of the day, the decision relates to the word in question," Ron Cohen, the council's chairman, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
OZ FM argued unsuccessfully that the song has been played countless times since it was released more than 25 years ago, has won various industry awards, including a Grammy in 1986, and remains popular with listeners around the world.
The ruling comes in the wake of an uproar sparked by a U.S. scholar who decided to publish an edition of Mark Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn" that would remove the N word to make it less offensive to some readers.
Although the Dire Straits ruling only sanctions the St John's station, it means other Canadian radio stations could get in trouble it they air the song without censoring it.
The Broadcast Standards Council is a non-governmental industry group that administers ethical standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters
Play Dire Straits – Clip 31 (Money for Nothing)
Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.
The reception was anything but immaculate Friday, when seventh-grader Grendon Bailie wore a Franco Harris Steelers jersey to his middle school in Tacoma, Wash., on Seattle Seahawks Appreciation Day.
Grendon, 13, scored no points with administrators, who barred him from classes for not following Truman Middle School's directive that Seahawks jerseys or colors would be the only permitted exceptions from the dress code at the public school.
This time, unlike in the 2006 Super Bowl, the Steelers fell to the Seahawks -- Grendon decided to just go home rather than change out of Steelers attire. And that was fine with his parents who are diehard Steeler fans.
The school's reaction wasn't totally unexpected by Mr. Bailie, who had encouraged his son to support the team he loved even though the school had made clear the preceding day that only Seahawks or regular school clothing would be permitted.
Grendon took with him to school a note for administrators that his father had written in support of his attire. "We have taught our children many things over the years and one of the most important values that we hold true is loyalty," Mr. Bailie wrote. "I very much stand behind Grendon's right to support the team of his choice at public taxpayer funded events."
Grendon said administrators refused to read the note.
Mr. Bailie conceded he "planted the seed" for his son's blitz of Seahawks Appreciation Day because he and his family have no appreciation for Seattle fans constantly bellyaching that Pittsburgh won Super Bowl XL by a score of 21-10 only because of blown referee calls.
"We take a lot of abuse from Seattle fans. I can't go to a grocery store if I'm wearing Steeler stuff -- which is always -- without hearing from little old ladies, 'You cheated in the Super Bowl.'
"Look, I'm not trying to change the world," said Mr. Bailie, who contacted the Post-Gazette about the incident. "I'm just poking back because I take so much grief for being a Steelers fan.
"People say I should call the ACLU, but I'm not interested in that. I'm just surprised because I didn't think the school would carry it that far."
For his part, Grendon said it was "kind of stupid" he wasn't allowed to support his favorite team by wearing their gear.
But Stacy Flores, public information officer for Tacoma School District, said it was made abundantly clear to the school's 600 students the preceding day that only Seattle Seahawks jerseys were permitted as part of the community-wide show of support for the hometown team.
Otherwise, students had to abide by the dress code, which for boys includes solid-colored polo shirts and either black, blue or tan slacks.
"No student was forced to wear Seahawks colors. If they chose not to do so they were asked to abide by the dress code. From what principals [at Truman] said, mostly all of the students and even some staff participated. There was just one student who did not abide by the rules."
She said there were no disciplinary consequences for Grendon given that his parents permitted him to leave school. He simply would be marked absent for the day.
Ms. Flores added that Grendon could have complied with school rules and still supported the Steelers by wearing black pants and a yellow polo shirt.
But Mr. Bailie noted, "He doesn't have a yellow polo shirt. Everything is black and gold."
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip - Though Shalt Always Kill (Clip 32)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Show Prep 91
Greetings and Salutations, people! -
Tweet of the Week:
jordanrubin -
I'm so rich that I play Angry Birds with real birds and pigs.
Today on VSR – In what is becoming a January VSR tradition of recapping the previous year, we’ll do a magnificent Seven of the top seven sports stories from 2010 and the top seven news stories of 2010. I’ve done some investigative reporting into the military status of Cap’n Crunch (without much success), but I’ll share the struggle it’s been, and of course the main event in the second hour…The He-man movie watchers club discusses Cool Hand Luke.
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A Tucson taco restaurant already has served up python, alligator, elk, kangaroo, rattlesnake and turtle.
What's next? Lion meat.
Boca Tacos y Tequila says it's accepting prepaid orders for African lion tacos, to be served starting Feb. 16. Orders must be placed by Feb. 7 and owner Bryan Mazon says there are already a few reservations from curious customers.
Mazon says his restaurant started offering exotic tacos on its menu every Wednesday about six months ago and has tried "just about anything we can get our hands on."
According to the Food and Drug Administration, lion and other game meat can be sold as long as the species isn't endangered.
The Arizona Daily Star says most of Boca's exotic tacos range between $3 and $4. The lion tacos will cost $8.75 apiece.
BOSTON – A pet cat has been summoned for jury duty - and has been told by courts he 'must attend.'
Despite owner Anna Esposito's protestations that a mistake has been made, a jury commissioner has ruled that Sal must attend the court.
She wrote that Sal was 'unable to speak and understand English' - and included a letter from her vet saying that the animal was a 'domestic short-haired neutered feline'.
Bizarrely, the court ruled the animal must report to the courtroom. If the matter is not resolved he will have to report to Suffolk Superior Crown Court in Boston, U.S. on March 23.
Anna wrote her Sal's name under 'pets' on the last census - she crossed out 'dogs' and said he was a cat.
She said: 'When they ask him guilty or not guilty? What's he supposed to say - miaow?
'Sal is a member of the family so I listed him on the last Census form under pets but there has clearly been a mix-up.'
Case closed? Sal's details were recorded when there was a Boston state census - and he appears to have been mistakenly identified as a human when the forms were processed
Husband Guy added: 'I said, Sal, what's this? I was shocked. He likes to sit on my knee and watch crime shows with me but even so he's still under qualified for jury duty if you ask me.'
There are ten statutory disqualifications preventing people from serving on a jury - and Mrs Esposito said Sal was not suitable because he could not understand the language.
However, jurors are 'not expected' to have a perfect command of the English language.
The other exemptions did not apply because Sal was not ill, too old or a convicted felon.
It is thought he accidentally ended up on the juror list when paperwork was misread at the last census.
MIAMI (Reuters) – Burglars snorted the cremated remains of a man and two dogs in the mistaken belief that they had stolen illegal drugs, Florida sheriff's deputies said on Wednesday.
The ashes were taken from a woman's home in the central Florida town of Silver Springs Shores on December 15. The thieves took an urn containing the ashes of her father and another container with the ashes of her two Great Danes, along with electronic equipment and jewelry, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.
Investigators learned what happened to the ashes after they arrested five teens in connection with another burglary attempt at a nearby home last week.
"The suspects mistook the ashes for either cocaine or heroin. It was soon discovered that the suspects snorted some of the ashes believing they were snorting cocaine," the sheriff's report said.
Once they realized their error, the suspects discussed returning the remaining ashes but threw them in a lake instead because they thought their fingerprints were on the containers, sheriff's spokesman Judge Cochran said.
Police divers were trying to recover the ashes. The suspects were jailed on numerous burglary and other charges.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Bring on Face and The Whale:
Would you rather:
Your kid be a bully or be bullied?
Have your team lose in the Super Bowl or the Conference Championship round?
Be blind or deaf?
Did you see a picture of Al Davis introducing Hue Jackson as the new Raiders head coach? SCARY!
VSR Hall of Fame Induction:
Paul Newman
Craig’s letter to the Cap’n Crunch HQ:
Regarding the Military Status of Cap’n Hook
Hello,
I have a question of the utmost importance that I was hoping you, the good people at Cap'n Crunch, could assist me with.
You see, my name is Craig Dodge, and I host a weekly podcast called Vertically Striped Radio (found at www.blogtalkradio.com/verticallystripedradio) and a while back we were unveiling our list of the Top 7 Pirates of all time, and the good Cap'n made the list at number 2. I was then contacted by a listener who informed me that Cap'n Crunch was in fact not a pirate, but rather was a Naval military officer.
Well, I don't have to tell you that this sent my world spiraling into a muddled existential quandary. I had lived my entire life under the impression that our fearless leader Cap'n Crunch was in fact a pirate. I was not sure then, and still weeks later I am still not certain now that I am prepared to live in a world where my beloved Cap'n is not a pirate.
It's not that there is any shame in being a naval captain, however, I found there to be a certain Je ne sais quoi in believing Mr. Crunch to in fact be simultaneously pitching a delicious cereal and also endeavoring in heroic feats of piracy.
I bring up this excessive back story in order that I might ask a simple question as well as make a simple proposition.
The question: Can you settle this question and bring peace to my troubled countenance once more...Is Cap'n Crunch a Navy captain or a pirate.
The proposition: Would you consider allowing Vertically Striped Radio to be the official podcast of Cap'n Crunch cereal, in return, we will gladly make Cap'n Crunch the official cereal of the show.
I thank you for your dedication to deliciousness, All Hail the good Cap'n and his delicious cereal. I'm a big fan of the Cap'n's work.
Sincerely,
Craig Dodge
Host, Vertically Striped Radio
Craig:
Thanks for letting us know about your weekly podcast. To get answers to your questions please click on the link below:
* http://www.quakeroats.com/contact-us.aspx (then select Media Contacts on the right margin of the screen)
We're so glad that you're a fan of Cap'n Crunch, Craig, and I hope this is helpful.
Geri
Quaker Consumer Relations
A Division of PepsiCo
Ref# 027403815A
Magnificent Seven:
Top 7 Sports stories of 2010:
7. Lakers-Celtics goes 7
6. Armando Galaraga gets robbed of a perfect game by a bad call by Jim Joyce
5. Spain wins the World Cup
4. Canada wins hockey gold over USA in Vancouver
3. Saints win Super Bowl over Colts
2. Landon Donovan’s goal against Algeria
1. Lebron to Miami
Reggie Bush gives back his Heisman
Duke beats Butler (but almost doesn’t)
Brett Favre’s fall from grace
Underdog Giants win World Series
Blackhawks win Stanley Cup
Top 7 News stories of 2010:
7. Flight Attendant Steven Slater has enough of annoying customers, he grabs two beers opens the emergency escape hatch and slides off the plane on the emergency slide.
6. Mel Gibson’s ranting phone calls released
5. Conan O’Brien-Jay Leno spat
4. Weird Gunman breaks into a Florida School board meeting and shoots people, but doesn’t kill anyone but himself.
3. Haiti Earthquake
2. Chilean Miners trapped for 69 days and then rescued
1. BP Oil Spill
Movies I watched this week:
Superman (from 1978) – It’s really really bad
I think we’re alone now – Documentary: The story of two people, one a transvestite and one a guy with Ausbergers syndrome who are both obsessed with 80’s singer Tiffany.
Googling myself:
1. Dodge Dealership:
Craig Dodge in Gastonia, North Carolina (704) 864-7786
2. CraigDodge.com (NOT ME) – Post about squirrel eating
3. Deputy Craig Dodge – Nebraska Police officer shot in the line of duty in 1987
4. Craig Dodge on Linked In:
1. Portland, Oregon – Architecture and Planning
2. Boston, Mass - Medical Devices
3. Reading, UK – IT (Account Manager at McAfee)
4. Price Edward Island, Canada – Video Game Composer/Sound Designer
5. Me
5. Me on Facebook
6. Me on Twitter
7. Police Officer shot
8. Dude teaching English in Taiwan
9. Craig “Dodge” Lile – Indie Music promoter
10. Real Estate listing on “Craig Dodge” road in Lincoln, NE. (Probably named after the cop shot in the line of duty)
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian radio station have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing," after a complaint that the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song were derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "faggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog last year after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler as well as Sting.
The council said it realized Dire Straits uses the word sarcastically, and its use might have been acceptable in 1985 when the best-selling "Brothers in Arms" album was released, but said it was now inappropriate.
"The decision doesn't really relate to the Dire Straits song at the end of the day, the decision relates to the word in question," Ron Cohen, the council's chairman, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
OZ FM argued unsuccessfully that the song has been played countless times since it was released more than 25 years ago, has won various industry awards, including a Grammy in 1986, and remains popular with listeners around the world.
The ruling comes in the wake of an uproar sparked by a U.S. scholar who decided to publish an edition of Mark Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn" that would remove the N word to make it less offensive to some readers.
Although the Dire Straits ruling only sanctions the St John's station, it means other Canadian radio stations could get in trouble it they air the song without censoring it.
The Broadcast Standards Council is a non-governmental industry group that administers ethical standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters
Play Dire Straits – Clip 31 (Money for Nothing)
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Peter Cook – Sketch?
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.
He-Man Movie Watchers Club:
Cool Hand Luke
Division of Corrections, Road Prision #36
I read that Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible - Luke 1:37. ("For with God nothing shall be impossible."), but I think it has to do with him being determined to be better than the prison.
In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.
The opening scene, where Luke is cutting off the heads of parking meters, was filmed in Lodi, California. After the filming, the city did not replace the meters, and for many years afterward, you could go there and see a block long row of metal posts, sans meters.
Although she played his mother in the film, Jo Van Fleet was only 11 years older than Paul Newman.
Mom Scene: (So well written we get a whole amazing back story on Luke without much of the details being directly stated in less than six minutes of screen time.)
-She still loves Luke even though he has broken her heart.
-Luke has screwed up, and feels guilty about it.
-She is dying
-Luke’s dad left her so young Luke never knew him.
-Luke tried to live a normal life, but he wasn’t good at it.
-He had a good job and a wife, but she left him for another man. Very likely what drove him to drinking and what made him cut the heads off of parking meters
-He has a brother named John who seems to resent him, likely because his mom loved Luke more than him.
-Luke’s mom never loved John as much as Luke
-The family has trouble expressing their emotions.
-John never wants to see Luke again. (Gives him his banjo and says, “Now there ain’t nothin’ to come back for.
A Southern prison camp was built for this movie just north of Stockton, California. A dozen buildings were constructed, including a barracks, mess hall, warden's quarters, guard shack, and dog kennels. Truckloads of Spanish moss were shipped from Louisiana to the set in California to hang in the trees around the prison. While passing by the prison camp set, a San Joaquin County building inspector thought it was a recently constructed migrant worker's complex, and posted "condemned" notices on the buildings for not being up to code.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
The Decemberists – January Hymn (Album – The King is Dead)
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Yellow:
Green:
Red:
Magnificent 7 – Seven Songs that define you
-Falling for the First Time – BNL
-Ana Molly - Incubus
Podcast Power Rankings
Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Show Prep 89
Greetings and Salutations, people! - This golden radio voice is never going to rehab, because rehab is for quitters…I am Craig Dodge, and this is Vertically Striped Radio on the Fake Radio Network
Tweet of the Week:
indecisiviously
Waiting for the audio version of Snooki's book, because I think she should probably read it before I do.
Today on VSR – NFL Divisional playoffs are here, and we are coming to you live as the Steelers and Ravens are doing battle in Pittsburgh. The Broncos have made a coaching hire, and Trace Smith will be calling in to give us the scoop on John Fox. Trace is a Panthers fan, and his initial report to me was glowing, so we should hear from him and hopefully he’ll give me some hope for a speedy rebuilding process. I am going to attempt to break Canadian law on the show today, And of course, after a week’s delay, the He-Man movie watchers club will be discussing the Paul Newman’s epic flick “Cool Hand Luke”
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court announced Friday it will retry a farmer sentenced to life in prison for evading highway tolls after a massive public outcry over his heavy punishment.
The court in central Henan province had sentenced Shi Jianfeng to life imprisonment for fraud for avoiding highway tolls that added up to more than 3.68 million yuan ($560,000), the official Xinhua News Agency reported. He was also fined 2 million yuan ($302,000).
Shi mounted fake military license plates on his two trucks so they could avoid paying tolls more than 2,300 times between May 2008 and January 2009 when he ran a business transporting gravel. Military vehicles don't have to pay highway tolls.
News of the verdict triggered an uproar among Chinese who argued in online postings and commentaries that shorter sentences were given out for the more serious crimes of rape or murder. The comments also strayed beyond Shi's case to popular complaints that highway tolls are too high, especially for a farmer.
ROSCOMMON, Mich. (AP) -- A northern Michigan woman has put her own spin on Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" by making a replica out of laundry lint.
Laura Bell of Roscommon collected lint from her dryer and fashioned it into a 14-foot-long, 4-foot tall reproduction of the Italian Renaissance painter's masterpiece.
Bell says she needed about 800 hours to do enough laundry to get the lint, and 200 hours to recreate the mural. She bought towels of the colors she wanted and laundered them separately to get the right shades of lint.
Her artwork has caught the eye of Ripley's Believe It or Not! The company plans to put it on display at one of its museums.
Ripley's says it also has Last Supper replicas made from a grain of rice, a dime and burned toast.
BERLIN - (Reuters) - Two would-be thieves called in their own crime to police in Germany after they could not escape from a broken-down elevator over the weekend, police said in a statement.
"This sounds really dumb," one of the thieves told police in Cologne over the elevator's emergency phone, "But I'm afraid that we wanted to break in and the elevator has gotten stuck."
When police arrived they found the two thieves aged 31 and 37 stuck in the elevator of an office building.
The thieves allegedly broke into the building and were attempting to reach a higher floor when the elevator became stuck, the police said.
They decided to phone for help when one thief injured his hand attempting to pry open the door.
Firemen eventually freed the men and they were arrested.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Rex Ryan – Foot Fetish Video Audio (Clip 24)
Wes Welker Press Conference – 11 Foot references in 9 minutes (Clip 26)
Working on getting Ken Karcher, the guy who played quarterback for the Broncos during the 1987 NFL strike.
William Shatner: CeLo’s F You song on The George Lopez Show
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
Craig’s letter to the Cap’n Crunch HQ:
Regarding the Military Status of Cap’n Hook
Hello,
I have a question of the utmost importance that I was hoping you, the good people at Cap'n Crunch, could assist me with.
You see, my name is Craig Dodge, and I host a weekly podcast called Vertically Striped Radio (found at www.blogtalkradio.com/verticallystripedradio) and a while back we were unveiling our list of the Top 7 Pirates of all time, and the good Cap'n made the list at number 2. I was then contacted by a listener who informed me that Cap'n Crunch was in fact not a pirate, but rather was a Naval military officer.
Well, I don't have to tell you that this sent my world spiraling into a muddled existential quandary. I had lived my entire life under the impression that our fearless leader Cap'n Crunch was in fact a pirate. I was not sure then, and still weeks later I am still not certain now that I am prepared to live in a world where my beloved Cap'n is not a pirate.
It's not that there is any shame in being a naval captain, however, I found there to be a certain Je ne sais quoi in believing Mr. Crunch to in fact be simultaneously pitching a delicious cereal and also endeavoring in heroic feats of piracy.
I bring up this excessive back story in order that I might ask a simple question as well as make a simple proposition.
The question: Can you settle this question and bring peace to my troubled countenance once more...Is Cap'n Crunch a Navy captain or a pirate.
The proposition: Would you consider allowing Vertically Striped Radio to be the official podcast of Cap'n Crunch cereal, in return, we will gladly make Cap'n Crunch the official cereal of the show.
I thank you for your dedication to deliciousness, All Hail the good Cap'n and his delicious cereal. I'm a big fan of the Cap'n's work.
Sincerely,
Craig Dodge
Host, Vertically Striped Radio
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian radio station have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing," after a complaint that the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song were derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "faggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog last year after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler as well as Sting.
The council said it realized Dire Straits uses the word sarcastically, and its use might have been acceptable in 1985 when the best-selling "Brothers in Arms" album was released, but said it was now inappropriate.
"The decision doesn't really relate to the Dire Straits song at the end of the day, the decision relates to the word in question," Ron Cohen, the council's chairman, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
OZ FM argued unsuccessfully that the song has been played countless times since it was released more than 25 years ago, has won various industry awards, including a Grammy in 1986, and remains popular with listeners around the world.
The ruling comes in the wake of an uproar sparked by a U.S. scholar who decided to publish an edition of Mark Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn" that would remove the N word to make it less offensive to some readers.
Although the Dire Straits ruling only sanctions the St John's station, it means other Canadian radio stations could get in trouble it they air the song without censoring it.
The Broadcast Standards Council is a non-governmental industry group that administers ethical standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters
Play Dire Straits – Clip 31 (Money for Nothing)
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Peter Cook – Sketch?
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.
He-Man Movie Watchers Club:
Cool Hand Luke
Division of Corrections, Road Prision #36
I read that Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible - Luke 1:37. ("For with God nothing shall be impossible."), but I think it has to do with him being determined to be better than the prison.
In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.
The opening scene, where Luke is cutting off the heads of parking meters, was filmed in Lodi, California. After the filming, the city did not replace the meters, and for many years afterward, you could go there and see a block long row of metal posts, sans meters.
Although she played his mother in the film, Jo Van Fleet was only 11 years older than Paul Newman.
Mom Scene: (So well written we get a whole amazing back story on Luke without much of the details being directly stated in less than six minutes of screen time.)
-She still loves Luke even though he has broken her heart.
-Luke has screwed up, and feels guilty about it.
-She is dying
-Luke’s dad left her so young Luke never knew him.
-Luke tried to live a normal life, but he wasn’t good at it.
-He had a good job and a wife, but she left him for another man. Very likely what drove him to drinking and what made him cut the heads off of parking meters
-He has a brother named John who seems to resent him, likely because his mom loved Luke more than him.
-Luke’s mom never loved John as much as Luke
-The family has trouble expressing their emotions.
-John never wants to see Luke again. (Gives him his banjo and says, “Now there ain’t nothin’ to come back for.
A Southern prison camp was built for this movie just north of Stockton, California. A dozen buildings were constructed, including a barracks, mess hall, warden's quarters, guard shack, and dog kennels. Truckloads of Spanish moss were shipped from Louisiana to the set in California to hang in the trees around the prison. While passing by the prison camp set, a San Joaquin County building inspector thought it was a recently constructed migrant worker's complex, and posted "condemned" notices on the buildings for not being up to code.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
OAR – This Town
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Yellow:
Green:
Red:
Magnificent 7 – Seven Songs that define you
-Falling for the First Time – BNL
-Ana Molly - Incubus
Podcast Power Rankings
Audio: Arrested Development
Sword of Destiny (Episode 15 Season 2)
Gob: Michael, I've been looking for you.
Michael: Looks like you're looking for dragons... In the future.
Gob: I wouldn't mock the Sword of Destiny, Michael.
Michael: Careful with that Gob.
(Gob sticks the sword into his side)
Michael: Bleeding?
Gob: Nope.... Yeah, that's blood.
Michael: ...But I can't. I have to teach George Michael how to drive.
Gob: Michael if I make this comeback I'll buy you one hundred George Michael's you can teach to drive.
Michael: You're losing blood aren't you?
Gob: Probably. My socks are wet.
Michael: I'm sorry.
Gob: You'll be sorry! Wait that doesn't work after his line.
-Okay. You know what you do? Buy yourself a tape recorder. Record yourself for a whole day. I think you're gonna be surprised at some of your phrasing.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.
(Clip 50) Onion News story about the Hamburglar.
Magnificent 7: Top Seven McDonalds Characters
7. Birdie the Early Bird - She was the first identifiably female character, introduced in February 1980 to promote the company's new breakfast items. She is a yellow bird wearing a pink jumpsuit and flight cap and scarf. In the ads she is frequently portrayed as a poor flyer, and somewhat clumsy in general. Birdie's origin is explained in one old commercial: a giant egg falls from the night sky into McDonaldland, and Ronald McDonald decides to show the egg love.
6. Ronald McDonald – The original Ronald was actually Willard Scott.
5. Uncle O'Grimacey - He was created in 1977 and even appeared in 1986 for an advertising narrative of McDonald's both in celebration of Saint Patrick's Day and to mark the annual appearance of the Shamrock Shake. O'Grimacey is the Irish uncle of the character Grimace and is a variant of the Grimace-design in that he is green instead of purple, sports a frock coat covered with several four-leaf clovers, and carries a shillelagh. His design motif is not unlike that of a stereotypical depiction of the Irish folkloric leprechaun. O'Grimacey resides in his home country for eleven months of the year and visits his nephew Grimace in March, bringing with him his "incredibly delicious" shake. Uncle O'Grimacey is no longer used by the chain for its promotions of the shake.
4. Fry Guys - They are characters used to promote McDonald's french fries. When they first appeared in 1972, they were called Gobblins and liked to steal and gobble up the other characters' french fries. Accompanying them was the "Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries" jingle. Their name was later changed to the Fry Guys in 1983, then the Fry Kids in 1987, as female characters (the "Fry Girls") were introduced. They are differently-colored, shaggy, ball-like creatures with long legs and no arms, almost resembling a pom-pon with legs and eyes.
3. Hamburglar
2. Grimace - Grimace is a large, purple character who was first introduced in November 1971 as the "Evil Grimace". In his first two appearances, he was depicted with two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes and sodas. "Evil" was soon dropped from his moniker, and he was reintroduced in 1972 as one of the good guys. In 1974, he was redesigned, going from two pairs of arms to the single pair he has today. His role continued to grow, and by the mid 1970s, he was a major character in McDonaldland. Commercials and merchandise generally portray Grimace as a well-meaning simpleton whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to Ronald McDonald.
1. Mayor McCheese - Mayor McCheese was an enormous cheeseburger who appeared from 1971–1985, he has a burger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor.
BERLIN – Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to World War II: the Nazis' dogged obsession with a Finnish mutt who gave not a howl, but a heil. And, just as absurdly, the totalitarian state that dominated most of Europe was unable to do much about the canine's paw-raising parody of Germany's Fuehrer.
In the months preceding Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, Berlin's Foreign Office commanded its diplomats in the Nazi-friendly country to gather evidence on the dog and its owner — and even plotted to destroy the owner's pharmaceutical business.
Historians were unaware of the scheme until some 30 files containing correspondence and diplomatic cables were found by a researcher in the Foreign Office archives.
Klaus Hillenbrand, an expert on the Nazi period who examined the documents, called the episode "completely bizarre."
"Just months before the Nazis launched their attack on the Soviet Union, they had nothing better to do than to obsess about this dog," he told The Associated Press.
The Dalmatian mix named Jackie was owned by Tor Borg, a businessman from the Finnish city of Tampere. Borg's wife Josefine, a German citizen known for her anti-Nazi sentiments, dubbed the dog "Hitler" because of the way it raised a paw high in the air, much like Germans greeting the Fuehrer with a cry of "Heil Hitler!"
In one photo, Borg, a jovial businessman known for his sense of humor, appears with Jackie by his side wearing a pair of round sunglasses.
On Jan. 29, 1941, the German vice consul in Helsinki, Willy Erkelenz, wrote that "a witness, who does not want to be named, said ... he saw and heard how Borg's dog reacted to the command 'Hitler' by raising its paw."
Borg was ordered to the German Embassy in Helsinki and questioned about his dog's unusual greeting habits.
The businessman denied ever calling the dog by the German dictator's name, but acknowledged that his wife called the dog Hitler. He tried to play down the accusations, saying the paw-raising only happened a few times in 1933 — shortly after Hitler came to power.
Borg assured the Nazi diplomats that he never did anything "that could be seen as an insult against the German Reich," according to the documents.
The zealous diplomats in Helsinki did not believe him and wrote back to Berlin that "Borg, even though he claims otherwise, is not telling the truth."
The ministries involved — the Foreign Office, the Economy Ministry and even Hitler's Chancellory — meticulously reported all their findings about the hound.
The Economy Ministry announced that the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben, which supplied Borg's wholesale trade with pharmaceuticals, agreed to cut all ties, which would have destroyed his business.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office was looking for ways to bring Borg to trial for insulting Hitler. But in the end, none of the witnesses were willing to repeat their accusations in front of a judge.
So, when on March 21, 1941, the Foreign Office asked the Chancellory whether to press charges against Borg, the reply came back: "Considering that the circumstances could not be solved completely, it is not necessary to press charges."
There's no evidence Hitler, who owned a German Shepherd named Blondi, was ever told of the case, even if it made it all the way to his Chancellory, Hillenbrand said.
Finland cooperated with Nazi Germany during WWII, and Helsinki was one of the few European capitals the Nazis never occupied.
As for Borg, he and his company survived the war unscathed. He died in 1959 at age 60; his wife Josefine passed away in 1971.
Borg's company Tampereen Rohduskuppa Oy went on to become Tamro Group, the leading wholesale company for pharmaceuticals in the Nordic countries.
And Jackie, the Hitler-saluting canine, also died a natural death, according to Tamro spokeswoman Margit Nieminen.
She said the company was not aware of the dog's place in history until the recent archive discovery.
Tweet of the Week:
indecisiviously
Waiting for the audio version of Snooki's book, because I think she should probably read it before I do.
Today on VSR – NFL Divisional playoffs are here, and we are coming to you live as the Steelers and Ravens are doing battle in Pittsburgh. The Broncos have made a coaching hire, and Trace Smith will be calling in to give us the scoop on John Fox. Trace is a Panthers fan, and his initial report to me was glowing, so we should hear from him and hopefully he’ll give me some hope for a speedy rebuilding process. I am going to attempt to break Canadian law on the show today, And of course, after a week’s delay, the He-Man movie watchers club will be discussing the Paul Newman’s epic flick “Cool Hand Luke”
Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1
To contact VSR via email:
Email address: radio@verticallystripedsocks.com
Twitter: @socnorb777
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court announced Friday it will retry a farmer sentenced to life in prison for evading highway tolls after a massive public outcry over his heavy punishment.
The court in central Henan province had sentenced Shi Jianfeng to life imprisonment for fraud for avoiding highway tolls that added up to more than 3.68 million yuan ($560,000), the official Xinhua News Agency reported. He was also fined 2 million yuan ($302,000).
Shi mounted fake military license plates on his two trucks so they could avoid paying tolls more than 2,300 times between May 2008 and January 2009 when he ran a business transporting gravel. Military vehicles don't have to pay highway tolls.
News of the verdict triggered an uproar among Chinese who argued in online postings and commentaries that shorter sentences were given out for the more serious crimes of rape or murder. The comments also strayed beyond Shi's case to popular complaints that highway tolls are too high, especially for a farmer.
ROSCOMMON, Mich. (AP) -- A northern Michigan woman has put her own spin on Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" by making a replica out of laundry lint.
Laura Bell of Roscommon collected lint from her dryer and fashioned it into a 14-foot-long, 4-foot tall reproduction of the Italian Renaissance painter's masterpiece.
Bell says she needed about 800 hours to do enough laundry to get the lint, and 200 hours to recreate the mural. She bought towels of the colors she wanted and laundered them separately to get the right shades of lint.
Her artwork has caught the eye of Ripley's Believe It or Not! The company plans to put it on display at one of its museums.
Ripley's says it also has Last Supper replicas made from a grain of rice, a dime and burned toast.
BERLIN - (Reuters) - Two would-be thieves called in their own crime to police in Germany after they could not escape from a broken-down elevator over the weekend, police said in a statement.
"This sounds really dumb," one of the thieves told police in Cologne over the elevator's emergency phone, "But I'm afraid that we wanted to break in and the elevator has gotten stuck."
When police arrived they found the two thieves aged 31 and 37 stuck in the elevator of an office building.
The thieves allegedly broke into the building and were attempting to reach a higher floor when the elevator became stuck, the police said.
They decided to phone for help when one thief injured his hand attempting to pry open the door.
Firemen eventually freed the men and they were arrested.
I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)
Rex Ryan – Foot Fetish Video Audio (Clip 24)
Wes Welker Press Conference – 11 Foot references in 9 minutes (Clip 26)
Working on getting Ken Karcher, the guy who played quarterback for the Broncos during the 1987 NFL strike.
William Shatner: CeLo’s F You song on The George Lopez Show
Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)
Craig’s letter to the Cap’n Crunch HQ:
Regarding the Military Status of Cap’n Hook
Hello,
I have a question of the utmost importance that I was hoping you, the good people at Cap'n Crunch, could assist me with.
You see, my name is Craig Dodge, and I host a weekly podcast called Vertically Striped Radio (found at www.blogtalkradio.com/verticallystripedradio) and a while back we were unveiling our list of the Top 7 Pirates of all time, and the good Cap'n made the list at number 2. I was then contacted by a listener who informed me that Cap'n Crunch was in fact not a pirate, but rather was a Naval military officer.
Well, I don't have to tell you that this sent my world spiraling into a muddled existential quandary. I had lived my entire life under the impression that our fearless leader Cap'n Crunch was in fact a pirate. I was not sure then, and still weeks later I am still not certain now that I am prepared to live in a world where my beloved Cap'n is not a pirate.
It's not that there is any shame in being a naval captain, however, I found there to be a certain Je ne sais quoi in believing Mr. Crunch to in fact be simultaneously pitching a delicious cereal and also endeavoring in heroic feats of piracy.
I bring up this excessive back story in order that I might ask a simple question as well as make a simple proposition.
The question: Can you settle this question and bring peace to my troubled countenance once more...Is Cap'n Crunch a Navy captain or a pirate.
The proposition: Would you consider allowing Vertically Striped Radio to be the official podcast of Cap'n Crunch cereal, in return, we will gladly make Cap'n Crunch the official cereal of the show.
I thank you for your dedication to deliciousness, All Hail the good Cap'n and his delicious cereal. I'm a big fan of the Cap'n's work.
Sincerely,
Craig Dodge
Host, Vertically Striped Radio
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Canadian radio station have been warned to censor the 1985 Dire Straits hit "Money for Nothing," after a complaint that the lyrics of the Grammy Award-winning song were derogatory to gay men.
A St. John's, Newfoundland, station should have edited the song to remove the word "faggot" because it violates Canada's human rights standards, according to ruling this week by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.
A unnamed listener to OZ FM in the Atlantic Coast province complained to the industry watchdog last year after hearing the song, which features Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler as well as Sting.
The council said it realized Dire Straits uses the word sarcastically, and its use might have been acceptable in 1985 when the best-selling "Brothers in Arms" album was released, but said it was now inappropriate.
"The decision doesn't really relate to the Dire Straits song at the end of the day, the decision relates to the word in question," Ron Cohen, the council's chairman, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
OZ FM argued unsuccessfully that the song has been played countless times since it was released more than 25 years ago, has won various industry awards, including a Grammy in 1986, and remains popular with listeners around the world.
The ruling comes in the wake of an uproar sparked by a U.S. scholar who decided to publish an edition of Mark Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn" that would remove the N word to make it less offensive to some readers.
Although the Dire Straits ruling only sanctions the St John's station, it means other Canadian radio stations could get in trouble it they air the song without censoring it.
The Broadcast Standards Council is a non-governmental industry group that administers ethical standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters
Play Dire Straits – Clip 31 (Money for Nothing)
Toilet Paper: Crumple or Fold?
What would be the scariest animal if it turned into a vampire?
Vampire Walrus
Band Name of the Week: Vampire Walrus
Wells Fargo has an odd business plan: Just got my free iPod Shuffle, and I’ve on two separate occasions gotten 50 bucks from them just for opening a checking account.
Peter Cook – Sketch?
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? – Egregious omission.
He-Man Movie Watchers Club:
Cool Hand Luke
Division of Corrections, Road Prision #36
I read that Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible - Luke 1:37. ("For with God nothing shall be impossible."), but I think it has to do with him being determined to be better than the prison.
In the "road-tarring" sequence, the actors actually blacktopped a mile-long stretch of highway for the county.
The opening scene, where Luke is cutting off the heads of parking meters, was filmed in Lodi, California. After the filming, the city did not replace the meters, and for many years afterward, you could go there and see a block long row of metal posts, sans meters.
Although she played his mother in the film, Jo Van Fleet was only 11 years older than Paul Newman.
Mom Scene: (So well written we get a whole amazing back story on Luke without much of the details being directly stated in less than six minutes of screen time.)
-She still loves Luke even though he has broken her heart.
-Luke has screwed up, and feels guilty about it.
-She is dying
-Luke’s dad left her so young Luke never knew him.
-Luke tried to live a normal life, but he wasn’t good at it.
-He had a good job and a wife, but she left him for another man. Very likely what drove him to drinking and what made him cut the heads off of parking meters
-He has a brother named John who seems to resent him, likely because his mom loved Luke more than him.
-Luke’s mom never loved John as much as Luke
-The family has trouble expressing their emotions.
-John never wants to see Luke again. (Gives him his banjo and says, “Now there ain’t nothin’ to come back for.
A Southern prison camp was built for this movie just north of Stockton, California. A dozen buildings were constructed, including a barracks, mess hall, warden's quarters, guard shack, and dog kennels. Truckloads of Spanish moss were shipped from Louisiana to the set in California to hang in the trees around the prison. While passing by the prison camp set, a San Joaquin County building inspector thought it was a recently constructed migrant worker's complex, and posted "condemned" notices on the buildings for not being up to code.
Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
OAR – This Town
Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
Yellow:
Green:
Red:
Magnificent 7 – Seven Songs that define you
-Falling for the First Time – BNL
-Ana Molly - Incubus
Podcast Power Rankings
Audio: Arrested Development
Sword of Destiny (Episode 15 Season 2)
Gob: Michael, I've been looking for you.
Michael: Looks like you're looking for dragons... In the future.
Gob: I wouldn't mock the Sword of Destiny, Michael.
Michael: Careful with that Gob.
(Gob sticks the sword into his side)
Michael: Bleeding?
Gob: Nope.... Yeah, that's blood.
Michael: ...But I can't. I have to teach George Michael how to drive.
Gob: Michael if I make this comeback I'll buy you one hundred George Michael's you can teach to drive.
Michael: You're losing blood aren't you?
Gob: Probably. My socks are wet.
Michael: I'm sorry.
Gob: You'll be sorry! Wait that doesn't work after his line.
-Okay. You know what you do? Buy yourself a tape recorder. Record yourself for a whole day. I think you're gonna be surprised at some of your phrasing.
NEW YORK -- Tom Fenton was getting a haircut and planned to watch the Rangers game Thursday night from his couch. He got a better seat than that.
When Phoenix Coyotes No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov came down with the flu shortly before facing New York at Madison Square Garden, the team didn't have time to call up a goalie from the minors. Coyotes head of pro scouting Frank Effinger scoured the area for an amateur goalie and came up with Fenton, who lives in Purchase, N.Y., and coaches hockey at Manhattanville College. Effinger lives in the same area.
"My phone rang, I didn't pick it up," Fenton, 26, said, according to the Coyotes' website. "I eventually saw who it was so I picked it up after the haircut and called them right back. They basically said I have to get my butt down to MSG as soon as I can."
The Coyotes signed Fenton to an emergency contract and gave him jersey No. 35. He hadn't played since his senior year at American International College in Springfield, Mass., in 2009. He went 1-12-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average that season.
Fenton said he felt a little shaky when he took the ice for warmups, but he did make one observation.
"Good ice," Fenton cracked, according to the Coyotes site. "I wasn't expecting that, to be honest with you. It was great. This whole place was electric. I know we always say that cliche, but once you're out there, it's a totally different experience. Words can't really describe it."
Fenton spent the game -- a 4-3 Rangers' win in a shootout -- on the bench, but there was a point he thought he might get in.
"There was one point Barbs came across and made a pretty good save and he was kind of favoring his groin and I immediately started sweating on the bench," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site.
"Goaltending's a little different. Just seeing these guys shoot in warmups was pretty spectacular. A lot of the guys can really wind up the puck. I don't know about [Marian] Gaborik coming down on me or anything like that."
Fenton was asked if he knew how much money he'd make for his NHL appearance.
"Oh, I don't know. I just signed the paper," Fenton said, according to the Coyotes site. "I don't care if there is anything involved there. Great story just to go home with for Christmas."
He did get one thing. The team let him keep his jersey. Oh, and another thing ... he can always say he was on an NHL team, if only for a night.
Are you uncomfortable entering Wal-Mart? We have a greeter at my local Wal-Mart who makes me super deluxe uncomfortable when I walk in.
(Clip 50) Onion News story about the Hamburglar.
Magnificent 7: Top Seven McDonalds Characters
7. Birdie the Early Bird - She was the first identifiably female character, introduced in February 1980 to promote the company's new breakfast items. She is a yellow bird wearing a pink jumpsuit and flight cap and scarf. In the ads she is frequently portrayed as a poor flyer, and somewhat clumsy in general. Birdie's origin is explained in one old commercial: a giant egg falls from the night sky into McDonaldland, and Ronald McDonald decides to show the egg love.
6. Ronald McDonald – The original Ronald was actually Willard Scott.
5. Uncle O'Grimacey - He was created in 1977 and even appeared in 1986 for an advertising narrative of McDonald's both in celebration of Saint Patrick's Day and to mark the annual appearance of the Shamrock Shake. O'Grimacey is the Irish uncle of the character Grimace and is a variant of the Grimace-design in that he is green instead of purple, sports a frock coat covered with several four-leaf clovers, and carries a shillelagh. His design motif is not unlike that of a stereotypical depiction of the Irish folkloric leprechaun. O'Grimacey resides in his home country for eleven months of the year and visits his nephew Grimace in March, bringing with him his "incredibly delicious" shake. Uncle O'Grimacey is no longer used by the chain for its promotions of the shake.
4. Fry Guys - They are characters used to promote McDonald's french fries. When they first appeared in 1972, they were called Gobblins and liked to steal and gobble up the other characters' french fries. Accompanying them was the "Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries" jingle. Their name was later changed to the Fry Guys in 1983, then the Fry Kids in 1987, as female characters (the "Fry Girls") were introduced. They are differently-colored, shaggy, ball-like creatures with long legs and no arms, almost resembling a pom-pon with legs and eyes.
3. Hamburglar
2. Grimace - Grimace is a large, purple character who was first introduced in November 1971 as the "Evil Grimace". In his first two appearances, he was depicted with two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes and sodas. "Evil" was soon dropped from his moniker, and he was reintroduced in 1972 as one of the good guys. In 1974, he was redesigned, going from two pairs of arms to the single pair he has today. His role continued to grow, and by the mid 1970s, he was a major character in McDonaldland. Commercials and merchandise generally portray Grimace as a well-meaning simpleton whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to Ronald McDonald.
1. Mayor McCheese - Mayor McCheese was an enormous cheeseburger who appeared from 1971–1985, he has a burger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor.
BERLIN – Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to World War II: the Nazis' dogged obsession with a Finnish mutt who gave not a howl, but a heil. And, just as absurdly, the totalitarian state that dominated most of Europe was unable to do much about the canine's paw-raising parody of Germany's Fuehrer.
In the months preceding Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, Berlin's Foreign Office commanded its diplomats in the Nazi-friendly country to gather evidence on the dog and its owner — and even plotted to destroy the owner's pharmaceutical business.
Historians were unaware of the scheme until some 30 files containing correspondence and diplomatic cables were found by a researcher in the Foreign Office archives.
Klaus Hillenbrand, an expert on the Nazi period who examined the documents, called the episode "completely bizarre."
"Just months before the Nazis launched their attack on the Soviet Union, they had nothing better to do than to obsess about this dog," he told The Associated Press.
The Dalmatian mix named Jackie was owned by Tor Borg, a businessman from the Finnish city of Tampere. Borg's wife Josefine, a German citizen known for her anti-Nazi sentiments, dubbed the dog "Hitler" because of the way it raised a paw high in the air, much like Germans greeting the Fuehrer with a cry of "Heil Hitler!"
In one photo, Borg, a jovial businessman known for his sense of humor, appears with Jackie by his side wearing a pair of round sunglasses.
On Jan. 29, 1941, the German vice consul in Helsinki, Willy Erkelenz, wrote that "a witness, who does not want to be named, said ... he saw and heard how Borg's dog reacted to the command 'Hitler' by raising its paw."
Borg was ordered to the German Embassy in Helsinki and questioned about his dog's unusual greeting habits.
The businessman denied ever calling the dog by the German dictator's name, but acknowledged that his wife called the dog Hitler. He tried to play down the accusations, saying the paw-raising only happened a few times in 1933 — shortly after Hitler came to power.
Borg assured the Nazi diplomats that he never did anything "that could be seen as an insult against the German Reich," according to the documents.
The zealous diplomats in Helsinki did not believe him and wrote back to Berlin that "Borg, even though he claims otherwise, is not telling the truth."
The ministries involved — the Foreign Office, the Economy Ministry and even Hitler's Chancellory — meticulously reported all their findings about the hound.
The Economy Ministry announced that the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben, which supplied Borg's wholesale trade with pharmaceuticals, agreed to cut all ties, which would have destroyed his business.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office was looking for ways to bring Borg to trial for insulting Hitler. But in the end, none of the witnesses were willing to repeat their accusations in front of a judge.
So, when on March 21, 1941, the Foreign Office asked the Chancellory whether to press charges against Borg, the reply came back: "Considering that the circumstances could not be solved completely, it is not necessary to press charges."
There's no evidence Hitler, who owned a German Shepherd named Blondi, was ever told of the case, even if it made it all the way to his Chancellory, Hillenbrand said.
Finland cooperated with Nazi Germany during WWII, and Helsinki was one of the few European capitals the Nazis never occupied.
As for Borg, he and his company survived the war unscathed. He died in 1959 at age 60; his wife Josefine passed away in 1971.
Borg's company Tampereen Rohduskuppa Oy went on to become Tamro Group, the leading wholesale company for pharmaceuticals in the Nordic countries.
And Jackie, the Hitler-saluting canine, also died a natural death, according to Tamro spokeswoman Margit Nieminen.
She said the company was not aware of the dog's place in history until the recent archive discovery.
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