A Guy Walks Into a Bar...

How many times have you heard a joke which begins, “A guy walks into a bar...” ? A zillion times? Then you know what you’re getting into, because I’ve got a lot more of those for you today! Starting a joke this way is a tradition, or maybe there is some hidden reason. I’m no expert, but I can find you someone who will be glad to explain. But why explain a joke when you can just enjoy it?


You can create your own “walked into a...” joke with the Random Joke Generator. They don’t make any sense, but that’s what’s so funny about them. (via the Generator Blog)

Here’s an example:

A blogger walks into a kitchen.
Says the blogger, “Give me two Playboy magazines please.”
Says the guy behind the counter, “You must be kidding me.”
Says the blogger, “Oh, that’s fine, I’m non-smoker.”

THE CLASSIC

A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar.

The bartender says, “What’s this? Some kind of joke?”

SCREWDRIVER

A screwdriver walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you!"

The screwdriver responds, "You have a drink named Murray?"

You'd Recognize Her

(via Bad Newspaper)

The Little Nordics

Take a mini-vacation in more ways than one! Damp Design filmed activities in Geiranger, Norway, in tilt-shift and time-lapse modes to make it seem like a miniature world of miniature holiday travelers, but a lovely world just the same. (via the Presurfer)

Don't Worry, I Won't

(via Buzzfeed)

Up Close and Personal with Cheetahs

Filmmaker Boris von Schoenebeck wondered if he would get close enough to the cheetahs of the Serrengeti in Tanzania to film them. He needn’t have worried. These cats are used to vehicles coming through their territory to look at them. And they looked back, taking over his vehicle and even chewing on one of his cameras! You have to wonder what effect all those tourists are having on the cheetah population and on their prey. Are they upsetting the balance of nature, or is the money they spend going to help animal conservation? (via Tastefully Offensive)

A Guide to Dashboard Lights

(via Steve Schuller)

Dust Devil at Rose Bowl Event

Wednesday, while people were attending a Rose Bowl fan festival outside the stadium in Pasadena the day before the game, strange wind conditions kicked up a “dust devil,” a small vortex that lifted tents and inflatables and tossed them around. Gary Knudson recorded the incident on video. You can see a Chick-fil-A cow fleeing the vortex, because you know what tornadoes can do to cows.

Three people sustained minor injuries from flying debris and were treated at the scene. (via Viral Viral Videos)

Miss Cellania's Links

10 Facts You May Not Know About Elvis Presley.

Comet Lovejoy Heralds the New Year. Better take advantage of this opportunity: Lovejoy takes 14,000 years to orbit the sun, so you won’t see it again. 

I Work at a Public Library. The strange and funny things that happen to a librarian, from Gina Sheridan’s book. 

In 2002, new European currency was designed with seven different fictional bridges, in order to remain geographically neutral. They are no longer fictional -they are in the Netherlands. (via Metafilter)

Margaret Hamilton, the Engineer Who Took the Apollo to the Moon.

The 100 Funniest Tweets of 2014. (via Neatorama)

A Brief History of the Movie Rating System. (via Digg)

10 Supernatural Relics And Their Turbulent Histories. (via Daily of the Day)

Reading His Own Mind

(via reddit)

Old Tricks

Joe Spano plays an old man in a wheelchair who is the victim of a home invasion. But he has some tricks up his sleeve! Never underestimate old folks. (via Neatorama)

Weather Prediction

(via Bad Newspaper)

2014 In Four Minutes

Ryan James Yezak edited tons of clips to condense 2014 into just four minutes, You’ll recognize a lot of them, but they go so fast you might have to watch it twice. (via Tastefully Offensive)

Holiday Recycling

(via reddit)

People Use A Bidet For The First Time

Using a bidet can be intimidating if you’ve never done it before. How much more intimidating can it be to use one for the first time while the camera is roiling, capturing your every reaction? Be warned, this video contains quips about anatomy and bathroom habits -as you could probably guess. (via Buzzfeed)

New Year's Day

Just one more greeting for the first holiday of 2015.

The Morning After

(via Bits and Pieces)

Charlie the Venus Flytrap

Charlie, the Venus Flytrap, raises a toast of champagne to wish you a Happy New Year! (via Tastefully Offensive)

Year-end Lists: Looking Forward in 2015

The series of year-end lists always ends with a look forward to the coming year. You can see all the lists here. Happy New Year, everyone!

An Astronaut's Guide to Optimism

Good news doesn’t make great headlines, especially when it happens gradually. Astronaut Chris Hadfield reminds us of the good news, and how we can contribute to make 2015 another year in which things get better for humanity.

Why 2015 won’t suck.

Sci-Fi Visions of 2015, Ranked.

12 Things That Back To The Future Promised We’d Have By 2015.

A Pessimist's Guide to the World in 2015.

Horrifying civil liberties predictions for 2015.

12 Big Geopolitical Events We Think Will Happen In 2015.

The Biggest Workplace and Career Predictions for 2015.

Five predictions for U.S. economy in 2015.

Spotify Predicts Music’s Stars Of 2015.

24 Books We Can't Wait To Read In 2015.

Here Are The 25 New Shows Coming To TV In 2015.

23 Movies We Can't Wait to See in 2015.

The most anticipated movies of 2015.

21 Things That Turned 21 This Year

John Green takes a look back at 2014 in a bit of a different way in this week’s mental_floss List Show. He looks all the way back to 1993 in order to count 21 things that turned 21 years old in 2014. I have no idea what inspired this odd list, but I enjoyed it, since I was busy having a mid-life crisis in 1993, and missed a lot of these things. I hope you enjoy it, too.

Happy New Year 2015!

Here's hoping for a joyous and prosperous 2015!