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Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.

The Rocky and Bullwinkle Horror Picture Show

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I’m torn between being impressed and frightened, but I have to admit, it’s quite a piece of work: the script for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Horror Picture Show!

Snagglepuss was okay\
But he was prob’ly gay\
‘Cause his fur was — shocking pink

And Bugs Bunny would gloat

When he got Elmer’s goat

Then he’d turn to the camera and wink

That Daffy’s a riot

I wanted to try it

When he shot off his beak with a gun

Whenever Scooby-Doo

Was searching for a clue

I’d always shout, “Run, stupid, run!”

[Chorus]

Animated — cartoon features

Elmer Fudd — will shoot at creatures

See Foghorn Leghorn — and Chilly Willy

Speedy Gonzales — acted so silly

Woah oh oh ohhhhhh

On those great, old — early morning — cartoon shows

Oh, I really loved Porky

Who talked kinda dorky

When he tried to say really long words

And that mean cat, Sylvester

Who’d constantly pester

That poor little innocent bird

In the eighties, the Smurfs

Conqured ‘toon turf

But now they’ve been pulled off the air

And when Mel Blanc died,

Said Chuck Jones to his bride,

“Now we’ll never hear Daffy Duck swear.”

Too bad!

[Chorus]

Animated — cartoon features

Elmer Fudd will shoot at creatures

See Foghorn Leghorn — and Chilly Willy

Speedy Gonzales — acted so silly

Woah oh oh ohhhhhh

On those great, old — early morning — cartoon shows

Remember those? Woah ohhhh

I love all them — early morning — cartoon shows

Don’t pick your nose! Woah ohhhh

On those great, old — early morning — cartoon shows

They don’t wear clothes! Ah-ohhhh

On those great, old — early morning — cartoon shows

(via MeFi)

Still looking

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I could have sworn that I linked to this before (it’s been on the ‘net for months), but I can’t find it now, and it’s bouncing around the ‘net again. So…

  1. Go to Google.
  2. Type in “weapons of mass destruction” (without the quotes) as your search phrase.
  3. Click the “I’m feeling lucky” button.

Or, just click here. ;)

The hat?!?

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No one wants to put words in J. K. Rowling’s mouth, but it’s safe to assume that when she hails her readers’ creativity, she has in mind something other than tales wherein Professor Snape is fellated by the Sorting Hat.

— from Taking Liberties with Harry Potter, an article on the explosion of Potter fanfic

(via Jason Kottke)

Great Wall of China disappearing

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This was a little distressing to read about: the Great Wall of China is falling apart.

Dong Yaohui, secretary-general of the Great Wall Society of China, delivers the wake-up call. “Believe it or not, the Great Wall is crumbling, unable to withstand natural deterioration and calamities caused by people.”

Dong, who has personally surveyed huge sections of the structure originally built as a defensive barrier against marauding invaders, says he believes that of the portion built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), less than 20 percent is still intact.

A probe of 100 sections drew the alarming conclusion that a third of the structure has already vanished, subject to the natural ravages of the weather and the encroaching Gobi Desert, as well as the attention of peasants and farmers living in its shadow.

The Great Wall is just one of the many, many places I’d like a chance to visit someday. While it’s not likely that the entire wall is going to suddenly up and disappear overnight, it’s a shame that we’re in danger of losing major portions of such an astounding monument.