Banning the balls

You've probably seen them on the road: nutsacks hanging from the trailer hitches of pickup trucks.

The good ol' boys who drive those big Dodge Ram 4x4s think it's pretty clever to throw a start into the motorist in the rearview mirror.

A lawmaker from Virginia is trying to get them banned. The story is here.

Why? He's probably doing it before the babes start hanging rubber hooters on their grilles.

Pfft!

Athletes with really bad names

All of these guys are in sports (if you consider Nascar a sport).

All of these guys have names that make sportscasters and fans chuckle.

What were their mothers thinking?

Check 'em out here.

Strange sightings on Google Earth

They've got all those satellites buzzing around up there. It makes you wonder if they really see everything.

Maybe they do. There's some strange things on Planet Earth that we didn't even know existed.

Until now.

Check out this pictorial.

State mottos as they should be

Regardless of what your state motto is, this list will clue you in to what it should be.

Sorry, none of these say, "Where men are men and women are double-breasted".

Maybe if Canada became a state... Naaah!







State Mottos

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Alaska: Jeez, it's cold.
Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat
Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedys Don't Own It Yet
Delaware: Everything is smaller here!
Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)
Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes. Well Okay, Not Really, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)
Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else
Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada: Whores and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Hampshire: Just like Old Hampshire, but newer
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent Pets
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio: At Least We're Not Michigan
Ohio: Where one of your dad's friends lives
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
Oregon: Spotted Owl - It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We're Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Educashun State
Texas: Si' Hablo Ing'les (Yes, I Speak English)
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: Yep
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family - Really!
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
Wisconsin: Come Smell our Dairy Air
Wyoming: Where Men Are Men (And The Sheep Are Scared)

World's thinnest TV

Years ago, when I was a pimply faced teen, I told my mom, "One day, Mom, they're gonna make a TV so thin that you'll be able to hang it on the wall like a picture frame."

She replied, "You talk like a sausage." (????!!!!)

Sharp has introduced a TV, the Aquos X, which is about 1 1/4" thick. All ya gotta do is go to Japan and plunk down some yen. Get a 37, 42 or 47-incher. Stuff it in your carry-on, and head home.

More info and pictures are here.

Coming soon to a Walden Books near you: "How to Talk Like a Sausage" by FCGrabo.

(Gizmodo)