FRIDAY FUNNIES

SERIOUSLY...CHEESE?

A Canadian police officer is among three people charged as the country's authorities announce they have busted a major cheese-smuggling ring. (from BBConline)

FRIDAY FUNNIES

HMMMM, WONDER HOW THEY MANAGED THAT???

Bill Gates is the wealthiest American for a 19th year, while the wealth of the top 400 grew faster than the economy, Forbes magazine says.

SIX FLAGS/GREAT ADVENTURES

The current drive-thru safari in Jackson, N.J., situated between the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, is ending Sept. 30, but guests will be driven through a revamped safari area next year on park-provided open-air vehicles. They'll even be able to pet or hand-feed some of the animals, and can

ride a zip line above them for an extra fee.

Oh, yeah, appetizers for the lions...that's what I want to be...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK

 And a gentleman never, ever, tells a lady's age! But happy birthday to Elvira, and a photo of one of my favorite Elvira poses...

And of course, my personal favorite Elvira picture, the one on this check she signed for me, yup for a cool $1,000,000

And may she have many, many more...

AS OPPOSED TO...?

"Illegal rat meat 

'sold to public'

in Ridley Road Market" (London)

(From BBCOnline)

FRIDAY FUNNIES

DIANA DORS

"They asked me to change my name. I suppose they were afraid that if my real name Diana Fluck was in lights and one of the lights blew" ...

(1931 - 1984: Known as the English Marilyn Monroe; I remember her from the Vincent Price movie Theatre Of Blood)

PAN AM FLIGHT ZERO

Well, driving down US441 through Zellwood, and saw this plane over near what passes as Zellwood Airport. Reminded me of when Pan Am used to be one of the big airlines, even had a building in NYC named after it. Now it's the Metlife Building. Back in the day, businessmen (like my Dad), could take a helicopter from there to Idlewild Airport, name later changed to JFK. I used to fly to London and back on Pan Am flight numbers 1 & 2; one circled the globe East to West, and the other vice-versa. Of course, back then I flew on a 747, what a great plane that was, and the flights were never crowded like they are nowadays. Used to love flying to London, you would leave in the evening from NY and arrive in London Heathrow in the morning. The best part was watching the sun come up - first it would be pitch black, and then a red line on the horizon would appear and pow! there was the sun, really cool. And flying back to NY, you would pretty much arrive the same time you left London since there was a 6 hour time difference and it was a 6 hour flight. How cool was that?
 So it turns out, this plane probably didn't belong to Pan Am; couldn't match the picture up to an online guide to Pan Am aircraft, and it may just be an ad for the Pan Am Flying School.
 Pretty neat plane though, and in the early 60s, I may have flown on planes quite like this one...

I'M JUST SAYING...

"If liberals hated America,
 we would vote Republican."

FRIDAY FUNNIES

ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE REAL THING

 A zoo owner in Gaza has had to resort to displaying stuffed 

animals, because of a shortage of live ones.

Mohamed Owaida from the Khan Younis Zoo says it is

proving too costly to feed his living animals, and he can not

always get live specimens through the Israeli blockade of

the Gaza strip.

zoo animal video

RIP: MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN

1957 - 9/03/12:  After a July 13th heart attack and 2 months of treatment. Perhaps best known for his role in The Green Mile, he also acted in Armageddon and Sin City, among others. His voiceover work included Kung-Fu Panda, Family Guy and King Of the Hill.  

A truly distinctive character, he will be sorely missed...