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Greetings and Salutations, people! -

DING DONG, the witch is Dead. (Clip 31)

The Ed’s insider: Elway to Coach Broncos (Clip 32)

Today on VSR – The VSR Holiday Gift Guide, when you just can’t figure out what to give that special someone in your life, we can help! With the NFL Season heading down the home stretch of the final Month of the season, We’ll play Contender or Pretender with the teams that have a chance to make the playoffs, The Magnificent Seven list is back again this week and we’ll do a little bit of navel gazing with the list this week as we discuss our own show with the Top Seven VSR intros of all time. Also, I’ve been pondering retirement from fantasy football for weeks now, and I’ve come to a decision which I’ll announce today, all that plus the news and a music recommendation and whatever else pops up on our radar today.

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Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Let’s get to the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin woman bit off half her husband's tongue during a kiss and has been arrested, authorities said on Tuesday.

The bitten piece of the husband's tongue was recovered, and he was taken to a hospital following the incident late on Monday, Sheboygan, Wisconsin police said in a statement.

The woman, 57, told emergency workers she had "bit her husband's tongue off," police said in a statement. She had blood on her clothing, they said.

The 79-year-old victim said his wife bit his tongue while he was kissing her, police said.

The woman was singing Christmas carols and blowing a New Year's horn when police arrested her on charges of felony mayhem. She was being held pending formal charges by the District Attorney's Office.

The victim was transported to an area hospital where doctors were trying to reattach his tongue, police said. About half his tongue was bit off, they said.

The victim said his wife had been acting strangely in recent days, said the police in Sheboygan, roughly 50 miles north of Milwaukee.

BRIGHAM, Utah - A family holding an Idaho Lottery ticket worth $8 million wasn’t taking any chances while traveling from their home in Brigham City, Utah,to claim their lottery winnings in Boise. But as fate would have it, things didn’t go quite as planned.

Sisters Cindy Flintt and Carol Olven, along with their mother Donna Flintt, made the nearly 300-mile trip to Idaho with their ticket locked in a fireproof safe. But when they got to the lottery office they realized the safe had fallen through the back floor of their rusty old 1982 Datsun

Cindy Flintt says, “We were pretty broke, none of us have worked in more than 2 years”. “We took our last $74 and bought a fire proof safe from the local WalMart and loaded it into the back seat with the lottery ticket locked inside.”

When they got to the lottery office on Monday they were shocked to see the safe gone and a huge gaping hole in the rear floor of the car! Mom Donna Flintt said, “We just hugged each other and cried for almost an hour.”

Lottery spokesman David Workman says other winners have taken precautions, but the Flint family may be the first to have lost out on their multi-million dollar prize because of over-protecting it. “Apparently there was a car mat covering the substantial hole and they had no idea.” “I feel terrible for them, but there is nothing we can do about it.”

The women bought their ticket at a store in Franklin, Idaho, near the state border with Utah. But apparently the ticket is unsigned so whomever finds this treasure (and gets the safe open) will have full claim to the $8 million dollar grand prize.

BERLIN (Reuters) – A wild boar tore through the store of a small shop in a small German town last week.

The shop owner said on Monday he faces steep bills after a wild boar tore through his establishment in an hour-long rampage. The boar wandered out of a nearby forest and into the shop and caused about 5,000 euros ($6,600) in damage.

"Insurance covers theft and fire, but the shop isn't covered for a wild boar attack," said Kraemer, whose business is in the town of Hoar Grin Hausen (Hoehr-Grenzhausen) near the western city of Co Blens (Koblenz.)

"Once the boar pushed through the door, I quickly helped the customer out of store and then went to try to guard the store equipment," said Kraemer. He and a sales clerk were unhurt in the rampage but unable to stop the boar.

A disaster like this is bad for the shopkeeper of course, but but believe it or not it was even worse for the boar, who may have the worst luck of any wild boar in rampaging a storefront in recorded history. You see, the shop that the boar broke into is a butcher shop, the butcher had the animal shot in his store after an hour of rampaging destruction and the butcher plans to at least recover a small portion of his losses by selling slices of the slain beast.

The 130-kg (290 lbs) boar will only fetch about 400 euros in ham and wurst sales after he finishes carving it up.

I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face:

The Decision: Should I retire from fantasy football?

Is self-awareness a business liability in America today?

Contender or Pretender:

Christmas Gift Guide:

Chocolate Covered Bacon

Snooki Bobblehead doll

Awkward Family Photos Book – AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com

Hamburger Phone

Universal TV remote…and bottle opener

Magnificent Seven – Top 7 VSR Intros

Skin Failure Intro

Much More Vertical Than Usual Intro

Day After Christmas, Christmas Spectacular Intro

Two Co-Hosts and Counting Intro

First Show Intro

Talk Like a Pirate Intro

Field of Dreams Intro

Austin Powers Intro

Let’s give em Something to talk about Intro

Face’s Premiership Decision Show Intro

Face Hosts while Craig is in Boston Intro

7. Welcome to the Internet my Friends Intro

6. Swedish Chef Intro

5. 3 Stooges Intro

4. Talk Radio Intro

3. Sesame Street Aliens Intro

2. Communist Intro

1. Muppet Show Intro

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.

Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:

-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot

-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery – Left halfway through taking our order…for like 10 minutes

-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.

Red Card

Buying a Christmas Tree

Man of the Match:

Having a Christmas Tree

-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

TSA – Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration: New scanning machines and procedures: I’m okay with them seeing me naked (That is it’s own punishment for TSA) and the tiny bit of radiation doesn’t bother me, but the idea of them doing intensive frisking (groin area) makes me queasy. (Clip 53 – Dave Barry vs TSA)

Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament

5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus

5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.

Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)

-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)

Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)

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.

On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.

The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:

Caspar Babypants – 9.99 and Googly Eyes

Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

(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.

Why do we have new pennies? – The new Lincoln pennies celebrating the life of our 16th president.

Coins are getting dumb:

Penny – Worth 1 cent, costs almost 2 cents to make

Nickel – Worth 5 cents, costs 7.7 cents to make

Now we are minting NEW Lincoln pennies? Why? I get it’s to honor Lincoln, but seriously, pennies?

In fact, penny melting is becoming popular, and a regular cottage industry of melting down pennies to sell the copper and zinc (97.5% Zinc 2.5% copper) has arisen due to the fact that the pennies are worth more melted than as money. The government has actually had to make it a crime to melt pennies, and if you’re caught doing so, you can be imprisoned for as much a five years for the crime.

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Greetings and Salutations, people! -

Pearls of Wisdom: M&M Cookies are NEVER as good as they look.
Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody

Today on VSR – The He-Man Movie Watchers Club will break down The Sting, Magnificent 7 is back with the Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms

Give out the phone number - (646) 716-6831 OR 6-HOP-1-MOVE-1

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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)

11-year-old girl became a mother during her wedding. (Ten words)

Years ago and still today in a few countries, marriage to a girl under the age of 18 is still the norm. Bulgaria however frowns on such a thing, especially when the groom is a legal adult. The case gets a little more bizarre with a twist when an 11-year-old girl became a mother during her wedding.

11-year-old Kordeza Zhelyazkova was taken to the hospital in a wedding dress and tiara. There she gave birth to her baby daughter, who was named Violeta.

The Schoolgirl, from the town of Sliven in Bulgaria, became pregnant just two weeks after she turned 11 years old. The girl became a mother when childbirth started right during the wedding of the young groom, 19-year-old husband Zheljazko Dimitrov.

Kardeza says that she is not going to play with toys anymore because she now has a new duty. “She’s so beautiful, I love her very much. Violeta is my child, and apparently, it’s time to for me to grow up.” It is doubtful she will return to school, because now she just wants to be a mom.

The 11 and 19 year old met on the playground of his Roma School, he saved her from bullies.

Kordeza admits: “We have not had sex education, and I did not know how I got pregnant. I had never been a friend and I had never heard of condoms. I did not know I was pregnant until my grandmother brought attention to something, I strongly attested I thought that eaten too many hamburgers.”

The young couple united by marriage in the traditional Gypsy wedding, However Zheljazko under the laws of Bulgaria, faces up to six years in prison for seducing a minor.

Clip 38

 


HAYDEN, Idaho - A White separatist drew complaints from neighbors and a visit from law enforcement officers after building a snowman shaped like a member of the Ku Klux Klan on his front lawn.

County sheriff's deputies told Mark E-luh-son Wednesday that he could be charged with a crime because the 10-foot-tall snowman was holding what appeared to be a noose. Deputies were called by neighbors who were appalled by the pointy-headed snowman with two dark eyes.

Hayden for decades earned notoriety for being near the former rural compound of the Aryan Nations.

E-luh-son could have been charged with creating a public nuisance. Idaho law defines such a nuisance as anything "offensive to the senses" or that interferes with the comfort of an entire neighborhood. E-luh-son removed the noose and toppled the snowman after he talked with officers.

E-luh-son told KXLY-TV of Spokane that he sees nothing wrong with the snowman. But other people did.

"It's such a message of hate," said Amber Caldwell, who saw the snowman while visiting her cousin in the neighborhood. "My kids asked me about it and I had to explain what that symbol means."

E-luh-son has angered neighbors in the past by flying Aryan Nations flags at his home. At Halloween he passed out bullet casings after he said he ran out of candy.
 

Kent, England: As Arctic blizzards swept across southeast England, stranding hundreds in their cars and bringing motorways to a virtual halt in whiteout conditions, Kent police received a strange call on their emergency number.

"I haven't been out to check on him for five hours but I went outside for a fag (cigarette) and he's gone," said the female caller.

When the operator asked who had gone she replied: "My snowman. I thought that with it being icy and there not being anybody about he'd be safe.

"It ain't a nice road but you don't expect anybody to nick your snowman," she added.

Police were most definitely not amused.

"This call could have cost someone's life if there was a genuine emergency and they couldn't get through. It was completely irresponsible,' said Chief Inspector Simon Black.

A transcript of the call was released by the force to highlight what they said was misuse of the emergency number 999 system.


I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face:

The Ed’s insider: Elway to Coach Broncos (Clip 32)

Derek Anderson Freakout – Cut the guy some slack (Clip 31)

Contender or Pretender:
 


Magnificent Seven – Top 7 NFL throwback uniforms:
Curious about: The Packers throwbacks

Honorable Mention
Rams – Royal blue and yellow
Buccaneers – Bucco Bruce Butterscotch pudding uniforms
Broncos – Vertically Striped Socks
Bengals – Boomer Esiason era uniforms
Colts – Weird helmets
Falcons red helmets/red jerseys

Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms:
7. Raiders AFL Throwbacks
6. Broncos – 80’s era
5. Bills White Helmets
4. Cowboys White Helmets
3. Chargers white helmets with numbers and baby blue
2. Pat Patriot
1. Eagles Green


Should I retire from fantasy football?


Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-My waitress at Rock Bottom Brewery
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.

Red Card
Buying a Christmas Tree

Man of the Match:
Having a Christmas Tree

-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

He-Man Movie Watchers Club: (Clip 4)

On the docket for today: The Sting

Fantastic theme song: The Entertainer written by Scott Joplin in 1902, oddly 30 years or so before the time “The Sting” was set

Paul Newman: Henry Gondorff
Robert Redford: Johnny Hooker
Robert Shaw: Doyle Lonagan
Eileen Brennan: Billie
Robert Earl Jones: Luther Coleman
Dimitra Arliss: Loretta Salino – THAT is the best they could do?

Dana Elcar: FBI Agent Polk

Random that he was in this classic movie, as the dude was an all time “That guy”
-Most famously “Pete” from McGyver
-Also had roles in a LOT of TV shows:
ER, Law and Order, Matlock, Trapper John, M.D.; The A Team, Hill Street Blues, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Fall Guy, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hart to Hart, Knight Rider, Newhart, Herbie the Love Bug, Falcon Crest, Benson, Eight is Enough, BJ and the Bear, The Incredible Hulk, Police Story, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files, Baretta, The Waltons, Columbo, Kung Fu, The Partridge Family, Mannix, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, MD, Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, Get Smart, Hawaii Five-O, The Patty Duke Show, Guiding Light; Car 54, Where are you?;

Box Office Success, I’d say:
Budget 5.5 Million
Gross: 156 Million

40 – The Entertainer
41 – I already know how to drink: First meeting between Newman and Redford
42 – He’s not as tough as he thinks, Neither are we
43 – Sorry I’m late, I was taking a crap
44 – What was I supposed to do? Call him out for cheating better than me?
45 – He Cheats
46 – Doing anything tonight?
47 – Everything will be Jake
48 – I’d only blow it


TSA – Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration: New scanning machines and procedures: I’m okay with them seeing me naked (That is it’s own punishment for TSA) and the tiny bit of radiation doesn’t bother me, but the idea of them doing intensive frisking (groin area) makes me queasy. (Clip 53 – Dave Barry vs TSA)

Super Mario Brothers Music Tournament
5 Seed RC Car advances against the 4 Seed Beatboxer Poizunus

5 Seed vs. 8 Seed: RC Car vs. Accordion for the first spot in the finals.

Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)
-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)

Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)


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.


On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.

Apparently Laptop computers cook your testicles. You’re less likely to be fertile if you use a laptop regularly.



The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Caspar Babypants – 9.99 and Googly Eyes

Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

(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.

Why do we have new pennies? – The new Lincoln pennies celebrating the life of our 16th president.

Coins are getting dumb:
Penny – Worth 1 cent, costs almost 2 cents to make
Nickel – Worth 5 cents, costs 7.7 cents to make
Now we are minting NEW Lincoln pennies? Why? I get it’s to honor Lincoln, but seriously, pennies?

In fact, penny melting is becoming popular, and a regular cottage industry of melting down pennies to sell the copper and zinc (97.5% Zinc 2.5% copper) has arisen due to the fact that the pennies are worth more melted than as money. The government has actually had to make it a crime to melt pennies, and if you’re caught doing so, you can be imprisoned for as much a five years for the crime.

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Greetings and Salutations, people! - Much too early for a Christmas Special Christmas Special.

Today on VSR –

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)

Investigators from the Florida Fire Marshal's office are trying to determine why a naked man sitting in a lawn chair outside an apartment building was laughing while a fire destroyed four units.
The detectives think the man might have started the fire, which was the cause of his enjoyment. Four families lost their homes when flames burned through the apartments in the Maitland complex on Tuesday. Six other units were filled with smoke.
Everyone got out of their apartments before the flames spread and there were no injuries, but several witnesses noticed the naked man sitting in a chair in front of his home and laughing. A neighbor said the 56-year old man was "on his porch butt-naked and laughing at the whole thing."
While ten residents try to find a new place to live and make new holiday plans, police and fire investigators are considering arson charges for the naked man with the strange sense of humor.


An Illinois man who was stopped with a pipe bomb in his backpack told police he had been carrying it for two years, chicagobreakingnews.com reported Tuesday.

Ryan Barton, 20, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon after police discovered the bomb when questioning him about a series of auto burglaries in Wheeling, Ill.

Police said he was not linked to the thefts.

Barton, of Arlington Heights, Ill., gave no reason for carrying the bomb but said a former friend helped him build it.





A German woman who splashed out on breast implants with a loan from her then boyfriend now fears her assets could be re-possessed after she failed to fully reimburse him, the 20-year-old woman told a German newspaper.

Her ex-boyfriend is demanding that she return the 4,379 euros ($5,865 USD) he gave her to pay for her breast enlargement surgery in 2009 or he'll call the police and get the repossessors involved, Bild reported on Wednesday.

"It's true that Carsten signed a loan agreement shortly before the operation," the woman named only as Anastasia is quoted saying. "The condition was that I wouldn't have to pay him back if I stayed with him for a year."

But the pair split shortly after she underwent the plastic surgery. The woman said she had transferred 3,000 euros into her ex-boyfriend's account last week.


I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face:

Best and Worst things about Christmas:
Best – Aaron
Worst – Aaron
Both – Whale

Simultaneously the best and worst thing about Christmas is this song: (Clip 93)

Black Friday: Insanity (Clip 31 – Lori Davenport) – St. Petersburg, Florida

Need a terrible gift? Smittens.biz



 

He-Man Movie Watchers Club: (Clip 4)

On the docket for today, a Christmas movie…sort of:

- Today: Die Hard
- Next week: The Sting
- Open to future suggestions:

Die Hard:

This movie is totally of the 80’s:
Ellis doing Coke in John McClane’s wife’s office
McClane is shocked by a touch screen – Super Deluxe fancy
Crappy Rap in the tape deck of the limo driven by “Argyle” the limo driver
McClane lights up a cigarette right in the airport baggage claim area

Alan Rickman is awesome in this and Bruce Willis is very cool too, but apart from that…Kind of a goofy movie.

Multitude of hateable characters:
-Blonde dude (Carl) who has it out for McClane because McClane kills his brother
-Ellis: The stock broker (Hans, Boobie – Clip 36)
-BOTH Television guys – The Anchor (Clip 40) and the reporter who breaks in on the McClane housekeeper with the kids so he can interview them.
-The Cop from LA who is running things (Also he is the principle from Breakfast Club)

Interesting that with all the people dying in this one, all three of the black characters live to see the end. It kind of goes against the Action Flick rule that the black dude dies quickly. Although, all three black characters are kind of lame.
-There is Argyle - the Limo driver
-Al, A.K.A. Carl Winslow from Family Matters, the good but chunky desk ridden cop who killed a 13 year old kid and now pushes a pencil. (Saves McClane at the end, though)
-Theo – The Terrorist’s hacker (QB is toast – Clip 35)









Magnificent Seven – Top 7 NFL throwback uniforms:
Honorable Mention
Rams – Royal blue and yellow
Buccaneers – Bucco Bruce Butterscotch pudding uniforms
Broncos – Vertically Striped Socks
Bengals – Boomer Esiason era uniforms
Broncos – 80’s era
Colts – Weird helmets

Top 7 NFL Throwback Uniforms:
7. Falcons red helmets/red jerseys
6. Raiders AFL Throwbacks
5. Bills White Helmets
4. Cowboys White Helmets
3. Eagles Green
2. Pat Patriot
1. Chargers white helmets with numbers and baby blue


TSA – Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration: New scanning machines and procedures: I’m okay with them seeing me naked (That is it’s own punishment for TSA) and the tiny bit of radiation doesn’t bother me, but the idea of them doing intensive frisking (groin area) makes me queasy. (Clip 53 – Dave Barry vs TSA)


Should I retire from fantasy football?


The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Frank Sinatra – Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Clip 91)

Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

(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.

Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-The brainiac team that runs the Invesco Field Escalators
-The US Mint: New Pennies? (See Below)
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.

Man of the Match:
-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

Red Card
Josh McDaniels


Why do we have new pennies? – The new Lincoln pennies celebrating the life of our 16th president.

Coins are getting dumb:
Penny – Worth 1 cent, costs almost 2 cents to make
Nickel – Worth 5 cents, costs 7.7 cents to make
Now we are minting NEW Lincoln pennies? Why? I get it’s to honor Lincoln, but seriously, pennies?

In fact, penny melting is becoming popular, and a regular cottage industry of melting down pennies to sell the copper and zinc (97.5% Zinc 2.5% copper) has arisen due to the fact that the pennies are worth more melted than as money. The government has actually had to make it a crime to melt pennies, and if you’re caught doing so, you can be imprisoned for as much a five years for the crime.

 
Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)
-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)

Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)

Pearls of Wisdom: M&M Cookies are NEVER as good as they look.

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.

Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody

Subway for Breakfast?

On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.

Apparently Laptop computers cook your testicles. You’re less likely to be fertile if you use a laptop regularly.

Show Description

OLD:
Vertically Striped Radio is the least helpful Self-Help show in American History. It's a fun combination of Internet Memes, Sports, Movies, Pop Culture, Music, and things that make you think. VSR is a heaping slice of the goofy side of American life. Join host and Denver Bronco fan Craig Dodge and his most regular caller and devout hockey fan Face Ventura on this not to be missed show, and don't forget to check out www.VerticallyStripedSocks.com, the blog companion to the show.
NEW: (As of November 4, 2010)
Vertically Striped Radio (Brought to you by VerticallyStripedSocks.com) is half sports, half pop culture, and half really bad at fractions. Basically it’s a combination of Internet Memes, Sports, Movies, Pop Culture, Music, and things that make you think. Join host and Denver Bronco fan Craig Dodge and his most regular caller Face Ventura (don’t call him a co-host) along with all the VSR regulars as we strive to put right what once went wrong, and hope each time that our next leap…will be the leap home.

Show Prep 82

Greetings and Salutations, people! - Colorado Rapids time in America, people! MLS Cup is tomorrow, and for just the second time in MLS history, the Rapids are in the Final. Against FC Dallas…the former Dallas Burn.

Today on VSR – Only an Hourish long show today, I’m getting ready to go to Breckenridge with the family and my mother-in-law. We have a free condo because my mom-in-law has agreed to sit through a time-share presentation, so this should be great so long as we can deal with keeping the time-share sales people from convincing her to buy. We’ll have our first edition of our yet unnamed movie segment, and the final first round matchup of the Super Mario music tourney, we may talk a bit about pennies and the TSA and whatever else we can squeeze into an hour. Of course we’ll have the music recommendation and the news, and if you’d like to chime in, feel free to call…

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)

 

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – An Idaho judge has set bond at $100,000 for a Boise woman police say posed as a physician and duped at least two other women into having their breasts examined by her at Boise-area nightclubs.

Kristina Ross, 37, remains in Ada County Jail in Boise on two felony counts of practicing medicine without a license.

Police say Ross introduced herself to victims -- one at a downtown Boise bar and the other at a nightclub in a Boise suburb -- as a plastic surgeon named Berlyn Aussieahshowna, a name that turned out to be bogus.

The two women told Boise officers they believed Ross was a physician because of her apparent medical knowledge, and they agreed to undergo what they thought were breast exams, which happened at the bars.

As part of her ruse, Ross gave the women the telephone number of a real licensed plastic surgeon in Boise, the state capital, authorities said.

Staff at that medical office became alarmed at the number of calls they received from women in recent weeks attempting to confirm appointments or surgeries with a Berlyn Aussieahshowna, according to charging documents.

Medical workers on Tuesday alerted Boise police about the pattern, and they later arrested Ross.

The suspect's gender is unclear. Idaho court records show that Ross was arrested for petty theft in the spring and that the arrest warrant was issued to a Kristoffer Jon Ross.

The Idaho Statesman website reported that Ross has a previous criminal record as a man but identifies herself as a woman and was booked into Ada County Jail as a female.

Cosmetic surgical procedures Ross discussed with victims after she touched their breasts under the guise of a medical evaluation included breast augmentation and liposuction.









MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – New Hampshire woman Bonnie Usher robbed a Rite Aid Friday morning, but her getaway was hampered by her own vanity. You see, despite a successful robbery and getaway, Ms. Usher made one small mistake:

Police say a motorist watched the woman flee from the Rite Aid parking lot in Manchester. The witness also reported seeing the woman toss items from her car Friday morning this odd behavior was even easier to remember due to Bonnie Usher’s license plate.

The vanity plate read "B-USHER." That’s right, Her name was on the license plate of the getaway car.

Police were able to use that distinctive license plate to determine that the car was registered to 43-year-old Bonnie Usher, who was arrested at her home. Police also recovered stolen money and found a ski mask tossed from the car. Oops.

AUSTRALIA - Sometimes you just have to find the girl. Steve Tucker, a government worker in Australia, met a mysterious and enchanting woman at a party. He was smitten with her, yes…he was in deep smit. He couldn’t forget her, even though the only thing he knew about her was that her name was Olivia. So what’s a obsessed and slightly creepy young lad to do? Why, start a carpet bombing email campaign to try and find her, of course. Steve emailed everyone in the entire Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship…All 7,000 employees.

He couldn't forget the enchanting person he knew only as Olivia. So in a move that is hard to categorize as anything but desperate, he emailed ALL his colleagues for help. Steve has not apologized for spamming the entire Department of Immigration and Citizenship, and in a way, he was even successful. Olivia did come forward. However, this story falls just shy of a happy ending. Yes, Olivia DID come forward, but only to say she wasn't interested in Steve.

I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face:



NEXT WEEK: “The much too early for a Christmas Special Christmas Special”
-Holiday music, perhaps some holiday themed list, and most important YOUR INPUT!





Super Mario Bros. Tournament: (Intro Clip 70)
Last matchup:
3 Seed Violin advances over the 6 Seed Banjo

This Week:
4 Seed – Poizunus - Super Mario Beatbox
vs.
5 Seed – Super Mario RC Car

 


Movie Segment:
What should we call the movie segment?
-Men on Film (2 snaps in a circle) (Clip 88)
-VSR at the movies
-VSR Movie Club
-Vertically Striped Movies

What movies do we want to put on the docket?
-Today: Rocky
- Next week: The Sting
-Open to future suggestions

Rocky:
Weird Theme Song: Simultaneously one of the best and worst theme songs in movie history. Best – (Clip 90) Worst – (Clip 91) – Gonna Fly Now: Brass music mixed with Disco mixed with weird choral arrangement. Just weird. Yet it works beautifully, just so long as you don’t linger on the vocals.

Rocky – Just a bonehead

Mickey – Spouts some of the best dialogue in the film.

City of Philadelphia – Worst place on earth? Nothing but garbage stacked up and fires in barrels everywhere. Very bleak. It’s almost a character in the movie all by itself.

Rocky – Random scene where he gives advice to the fat girl

Rocky – Beating the crap out of sides of beef

Rocky – Doesn’t keep his hands up, blocks punches with his face

Adrian – Is there a more awkward woman on earth than Adrian?

Adrian – She waits in the dressing room for most of the fight with Apollo instead of in the arena?

Adrian – She cleans up the apartment once she moves in with Rocky, although Rock lets her go a little nuts. Dog posters and flowery wall paper all over everything.

Apollo – More businessman than fighter for most of the film.

Rocky and Adrian: Strangest date in movie history?

The whole theme of the movie: Redemption and 2nd chances: Rocky gets to redeem his life, Adrian gets redemption by leaving Pauly, Mickey gets redemption by Philadelphia gets redemption by hosting the bicentennial party, Apollo gets redemption by remembering that he is a fighter and what it takes to be great, Pauly gets redemption by…Getting advertising on Rocky’s robe?

Should I retire from fantasy football?


Why do we have new pennies? – The new Lincoln pennies celebrating the life of our 16th president.

Coins are getting dumb:
Penny – Worth 1 cent, costs almost 2 cents to make
Nickel – Worth 5 cents, costs 7.7 cents to make
Now we are minting NEW Lincoln pennies? Why? I get it’s to honor Lincoln, but seriously, pennies?

In fact, penny melting is becoming popular, and a regular cottage industry of melting down pennies to sell the copper and zinc (97.5% Zinc 2.5% copper) has arisen due to the fact that the pennies are worth more melted than as money. The government has actually had to make it a crime to melt pennies, and if you’re caught doing so, you can be imprisoned for as much a five years for the crime.

TSA – Our friends at the Transportation Security Administration: New scanning machines and procedures: I’m okay with them seeing me naked (That is it’s own punishment for TSA) and the tiny bit of radiation doesn’t bother me, but the idea of them doing intensive frisking (groin area) makes me queasy. (Clip 95 – Dave Barry vs TSA)



Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)
-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)





Garfield Cartoon: No issue at all, if it wasn’t published on Veterans Day



Dick Van Dyke singing Dick Van Dyke show theme: (Clip 79)

Pearls of Wisdom: M&M Cookies are NEVER as good as they look.

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.

Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody

Subway for Breakfast?

On Average, Right handed people live nine years longer than lefties.

Apparently Laptop computers cook your testicles. You’re less likely to be fertile if you use a laptop regularly.







Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-The brainiac team that runs the Invesco Field Escalators
-The US Mint: New Pennies?
-Oversensitive NFL Refs – I’m all for protecting players, I really am, but some of these penalties are getting ridiculous.

Man of the Match:
-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

Red Card
Josh McDaniels







The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
“Do You Realize” by the Flaming Lips (Clip 97)

Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!

(Clip 40) 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.

LONDON (AP) -- He missed the plane. Now thousands of annoyed Internet users say authorities missed the joke.

When Paul Chambers was arrested and fined for posting a jocular message to micro-blogging site Twitter in which he threatened to blow up northern England's Robin Hood Airport if it didn't reopen in time for his flight, it caused a minor stir.

Now that a court has turned down his appeal, the Internet has come alive with outrage, with thousands of online fans posting comic threats to the regional airport out of solidarity.

Many have added the tag "IAmSpartacus" to their posts - a reference to the Stanley Kubrick's 1960 epic "Spartacus," in which the titular hero's fellow rebels all assume his identity in a gesture of solidarity.

The act of online revolt - the AP counted some 5,000 posts carrying the "IAmSpartacus" tag within two hours - seems to have cowed authorities. A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Police, which originally arrested Chambers, scoffed and said "no" when asked if police planned on arresting any of Chambers' online fans.

But she refused to answer when asked why the thousands of jokey threats to blow Robin Hood Airport "sky high" would be treated any differently than Chambers' original tweet, which resulted in his arrest.

The Spartacus reference was Twitter's top trending subject worldwide, while rights groups back in Britain weighed the implications of Chambers' failed appeal - warning that the so-called "Twitter Joke Trial" had set an ugly precedent for free speech online.

Police and prosecutors "seem to have completely ignored the notion of context, which is a very dangerous thing," said Padraig Reidy of the London-based Index on Censorship. "If he genuinely intended to blow up the airport, he wouldn't have tweeted it. It's obviously a joke."

Chambers' lawyer, David Allen Green, said his client's case should never have gone to court.

According to accounts carried on Green's blog and in the British media, the 27-year-old was alarmed when heavy snow closed Robin Hood Airport, which he was due to fly out of in order to see a friend he'd met online.

In a profane message posted to dozens of followers on Jan. 6, he stated: "Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get (it) together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!"

The tweet might've faded into the obscurity of Internet had it not been discovered by an airport duty manager browsing the Internet five days later. The manager forwarded the offending tweet on to his station manager, and - even though the threat was deemed "non-credible" - it was passed on to police.

On Jan. 13, a week after Chambers' intemperate post, he was arrested and questioned. Chambers' case file notes that "there is no evidence at this stage that this is anything other than a foolish comment posted on Twitter as a joke for only his close friends to see," but he was charged and convicted in any case.

Rejecting Chambers' appeal Thursday, Judge Jacqueline Davies at Doncaster Crown Court ordered him to pay 2,000 pounds ($3,225) in prosecution costs, in addition to a 385 pound fine.

Writer and actor Stephen Fry - one of several celebrities backing Chambers' cause - offered financial help, tweeting "whatever they fine you, I'll pay."

Green said his client, who has since lost his job, is still considering his legal options.

Show Prep 81

Greetings and Salutations, people! - It’s the show that’s freaky like my lady pyramid! (Clip 27 – Nice, that’s nice!) This is Vertically Striped Radio. I am your slowly shrinking host, Craig Dodge, 257.5 lbs as of my 3:00 weigh in, which is still fat, but it is down exactly ten pounds from where I started October, so that’s going well. Welcome to the 80th edition of VSR. I know global warming is supposed to be this global disaster, but it’s 73 degrees outside today here in Denver, and it has yet to snow on us, so I’m enjoying it tremendously.

Today on VSR – A little sports talk as the entire sports world appears to be going insane, The Magnificent Seven will break down seven magnificent Beer Commercials, our second matchup in the Super Mario Bros Music Tourney, we will dust off a great moment in the history of Blogtalk Radio and best of all, the debut of the greatest commercial I’ve ever created will go down today.

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)
 

SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) -- Having a safe Halloween took on a different meaning in one Oregon neighborhood, where trick-or-treating teenagers received condoms in their goodie bags. Daniel and Kathleen Harris, of Silverton, told The Statesman Journal the free condoms were part of their effort to promote health. They also handed out toothbrushes as well as candy bars.

The father of one 14-year-old girl who received the condoms, Daniel Cote, was offended and says it was inappropriate to give them to children without parents' consent.

Kathleen Harris said giving the condoms to the 14-year-old was a mistake. She said their usual practice is to ask teens if they're 16 or older and to give them a speech on safe sex.


Surprise, ARIZONA: Surprise police said a boy pulled a knife on his mother who refused to let him go trick-or-treating as a "gay Justin Bieber," the singer and teen idol.

The 12-year-old boy had been grounded Halloween night after an argument with his mother, who said his costume idea was disrespectful, police spokesman Sgt. Mark Ortega said.

After throwing a tantrum and getting grounded from trick-or-treating, he grabbed a knife from his room and threatened to kill her, Ortega said.

The mother disarmed her son without injury and called police.

Police arrested the pre-teen on suspicion of threatening his mother with a knife.

I can’t decide which is more disturbing, the fact that he pulled a knife on his mom over his Halloween Costume, or the fact that he wanted to dress as Justin Bieber in the first place.
 

AND FINALLY…LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- A central Pennsylvania man faces shoplifting charges after police said he tried to steal a pair of shoes by wearing them out of a department store. Lancaster police said 22-year-old Kyle Eckman went into a store dressing room and put on a pair of size-10 shoes then walked out without paying. He was quickly stopped outside the store with his own shoes inside the shoebox in a shopping bag.

Police said Eckman faces felony charges because of two prior retail theft convictions. He is being held on $50,000 bail.

Police were quickly able to identify this man as a shoplifter and nab him. It wasn’t that he looked shifty, was sweating profusely, or just looked generally untrustworthy. No, the major flaw in Mr. Eckman’s theft plan was that the shoes he was trying to wear out of the store were women’s high heels…I’m Craig, and THAT is the news.



I’m Craig, and that’s the news… (Play News Music – Clip 03)

Bring on Face:

I have heard the cries of the people, and I am a little worried to announce that my cousin Tawni will appear on VSR.

Political Ad Game: - He Hates Children!
 

Randy Moss –
Not a fan of catering: How bad does free barbeque have to be before you complain about it? We’re talking BBQ chicken and ribs. How do you screw up chicken and ribs?
What exactly does Randy Moss feed his dogs if that wasn’t good enough for them?
How I can tell he his skills have diminished: If he were still good they wouldn’t have dumped him

Kevin Garnet vs. Charlie Villanueva:
-Either KG is an insensitive punk, or he is the worst trash talker in NBA history.
-You look like a Cancer Patient vs. You are cancerous to your team and our league. (Good day, sir!)

Mike Shanahan vs. Donovan McNabb:
Are we really supposed to believe that Shanny thought that Rex Grossman gave him his best chance to win?

Brett Favre:
-I almost felt sorry for him
-Was he playing it up? He looked like he had one foot in the grave as he was being carted off on Sunday
-Wow, he looks old and gray


Super Mario Bros. Tournament: (Intro Clip 70)
Last matchup:
8 seed Accordion shocks the 1 Seed, Japanese Beatboxer Hikakin, and moves on to the semi-finals

This Week:
2 Seed - Eminence Symphony Orchestra (Clip 72) – Almost 4 minutes long, but it’s good, so I’ll play it.
vs.
7 Seed - Brandon Urie (from Panic at the Disco) (Clip 77)


 


Magnificent Seven – Top 7 Beer Commercials:

7. Bud Light – Limo (Yes, I am!)
6. Molson Ice – Bob and Doug McKenzie with Guy LaFleur
5. Red Stripe – Hooray Beer!
4. Bud Light – Swear Jar
3. Molson Canadian – Chasing Beaver
2. Heineken – Oops – The best thing about this commercial is how all the men in the commercial act like Obi-Wan reacting to the destruction of Aalderan. They don’t know what has happened, but they feel the disturbance in the force.

The commercial begins with a guy working in a bar is trying to carry too many crates of Heineken and he drops the top case, bottles fall in slow motion with the epically sad music in the background. Cut to a boxing match where suddenly one of the boxers stops mid-fight and looks off in the distance sadly and then gets whalloped by the other guy. Cut to a swearing in ceremony where a dark skinned guy is happily being sworn in as a citizen and suddenly stops mid-oath sadly, a doctor in an operating room working suddenly stops and looks up, a punk rocker does the same and a guy standing in the street in the rain stops and starts looking around as if he is expecting to see something horrific, we then cut to two lovers lying in bed, the man is snuggling with his woman and suddenly recoils in horror to his side of the bed and when she tries to comfort him, he says “Don’t” Final cut to the beer bottles crashing to the ground and smashing.
1. Dos Equis – The Most Interesting Man in the World.


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.

Great Moments in the history of Blogtalk Radio: (Intro Clip 11)
-The Ed finds a special dog (Clip 25)

Salute to a crazy name: Peter Doody

I work for a fun, but somewhat nutty company:
Halloween:
Set Director
Theme Advisor
Construction Superintendent
Prop Master
Treasurer
Lighting Technician

Flag Football Game: Annual Tradition
 

Week in Wankery:

Yellow Card:
-Woman who almost killed me backing up in the grocery story parking lot
-The brainiac team that runs the Invesco Field Escalators

Man of the Match:
-My unknown friend in a Jeep – I was driving down Arapahoe Road on Thursday when this hero flashed his lights at me several times. I figured he may be trying to warm me of a speed trap, so I slowed down. I had been going 15 over the limit, but I slowed to the speed limit, and the motorcycle cop on the median just let me fly on by.

Red Card
Josh McDaniels







The Vertically Striped Music Recommendation:
Tired Pony “I Finally Love this Town” and “Dead American Writers”


Thanks to: (Whoever called)


Shalom and Good Evening to you all!
 

(Clip 40) 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.