January 01, 2019

Good Afternoon:

Happy New Year! Wow, it's 2019! Can you believe it? I can't. Well, enough of that, that's old news.

Today, it's all about quotes, 50 cleverly-disguised cameos, and strange competitions.

Speaking of strange competitions, I was in a very strange competition just last week. I was a contestant in the Tri-County Bi-Annual International Speediest Phone Dialers Competition. I wasn't the speediest dialer, but I call in a pizza order like nobody's business.

Hey, wanna slice?

Mouthing Off,
Carl

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[m] q u o t e s . o f . t h e . d a y

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
--Groucho Marx

"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners."
--Johnny Carson

"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?"
--Steven Wright

[m] What's On the Web?

Here Are 50 Cleverly-Disguised Actors & Killer Cameos
From Cracked.com: There are also some next-level cameos that are objectively amazing. It's a famous person showing up in their own biopic. It's the director turning up to make a meta-reference about their career. Or a ridiculously famous celebrity trying to sneak in under the radar. The result is a brilliant cameo that can rightfully be called an Easter egg. From example...

Visit: Here Are 50 Cleverly-Disguised Actors & Killer Cameos

[m] b i t s . n . b o b s

*-- Top 10 Strange Competitions --*
1. Extreme Ironing

2. Cheese Rolling

3. Curling

4. Rock Paper Scissors World Championship

5. Air Guitar Championships

6. Nettle-eating Championships

7. The World Beard and Mustache Championships

8. World Pea Shooting Championships

9. World Gurning Championship

10. Wife Carrying