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Goodwill wedding
Posted by admin on Oct 1, 2010 in Found photos
Found near a Goodwill store. I think every bride (and groom) closes their eyes a little it before they get married.
Found photo-trash picked amp couple
Posted by admin on Sep 17, 2010 in Found photos
Not long ago, I trash picked a relatively new amp. This photo was tucked in the back of the amp.
I imagine the amp belonged to the young man, perhaps a gift from the lady.
Since the amp and this pic were in the trash I imagine they are both are reminders of youth no longer needed or welcome in the grown up home. A home that may feature a different leading lady.
Her hug is so sincere in this picture. And then she was in the trash.
The honesty of children-random silly photo
Posted by admin on Jun 4, 2010 in Foolery, Found photos
This random image was posted on a social networking site. No idea who these people are or where it was taken. Enjoy.
Luke I am your Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit
Posted by admin on Apr 16, 2010 in Foolery, Found photos
Some amazing photos one finds on the internet never get explained or get attribution. Sometimes, however, a back story emerges. Apparently Iceland has a state religion and Darth Vader joined/crashed one of their processions. Your editor enjoys a funny image as much as the next fool but cherishes first hand accounts, attributions and information that make things REAL.
Thanks to Mr Karl Gunnarsson for posting info about the event with his flickr set of photos. I’m kicking myself for not publishing these Good Friday.
Photo by Karl Gunnarsson.
Photo by Karl Gunnarsson.
Photo by Karl Gunnarsson.
Text below from Karl Gunnarsson’s Flickr setDarth Vader seems to want to join the priests of the State Church of Iceland as they marched in procession to the cathedral for their annual congress.
Unfortunately, the priests didn’t want to play with Darth. Fortunately, I was there to capture it in photographs with a friend’s Nikkor 18-200VR lens. Unfortunately, the more a lens does the less I seem to remember to keep tabs on it (I’m supposed to zoom this thing as well?) and the photos suffer.
I didn’t notice that the light was a lot worse by the cathedral (it sucks in light, I swear) and the photos from there, on top of everything else, are shot at a much too low shutter speed. Fortunately (sorry!) the VR saved me from my own shakes.
Darth Vader in Iceland. Unattributed.
Darth Vader in Iceland. Unattributed.
1978 Woolworth Halloween Commercial
Posted by admin on Oct 16, 2009 in Foolery, Found photos
Happy Friday.
Halloween
Bull in a Supermarket
Footage of a bull in a supermarket, Cummins SuperValu in Ballinrobe Co. Mayo to be exact. This would be much better if it were set to “Yakkedty Sax.” Love when the guy runs down the aisle then realizes, whooopss, wrong aisle, here comes the bull!
Students Rally Round Suspended Pranksters
Nice simple prank, seniors sneak over a wall and set up camp in the middle of the school’s courtyard. The administration took a very hard line and doled out 5 day suspensions, not only from school but from school related activities like banquet and awards ceremonies. Not only did the school crack down on the camping pranksters (many of whom were National Honor Society Members) they also punished kids who tipped off the local media on school computers.
The spunky student body wasn’t pleased and exercised their rights to peaceful demonstration and IT WORKED! The punishment was whittled down. Congrats to you wonderful kids-great team work.
Jessica Corvino, senior, and Addie Kirsch, senior, lead a line up a student protesters in front of Southern Lehigh High School. Students held a protest Friday in response to fellow students who were suspended after a senior prank earlier this week. (Emily Robson / The Morning Call / June 5, 2009)
Southern Lehigh High School students cry foul over crackdown on campers and those who tipped media
17 suspended for campus prank
By Marion Callahan and Andrew McGill | June 4, 2009 | themorningcall.com
Outraged that their friends were suspended for five days over an end-of-year prank, two Southern Lehigh High School seniors sent an e-mail to The Morning Call accusing administrators of grossly overreacting.
Next thing they knew, they were suspended for five days, too.
On Wednesday night, the Southern Lehigh School Board held an emergency executive session to discuss the suspensions. But after meeting behind closed doors for two hours, the directors would not say what, if anything, they had decided.
District solicitor James Bartholomew declined to comment, saying this is a disciplinary matter.
The meeting was held hours after school board President Elizabeth Stelts described the decision to suspend the e-mailers as ”very harsh.”
The two students, whose names are being withheld by The Morning Call, were upset that 17 seniors were punished for camping in the school courtyard Monday night. They alerted the newspaper Tuesday afternoon in an e-mail titled ”Free the Campers.”
Mormon Typo Turns Apostles into Apostates
Oh dear. Hey kids, this sort of typo is why we all have to sweat the details every day.
Typo circled in red.
Papers pulled after typo
chicagotribune.com | Paul Richter, Washington Bureau | April 8, 2009 | Utah
PROVO — Thousands of issues of Brigham Young University’s student newspaper were pulled from newsstands because a front-page photo caption misidentified leaders of the Mormon church as apostates instead of apostles.
An apostate is a person who has abandoned religious faith, principles or a cause.
The photo in The Daily Universe on Monday was of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at the weekend general conference.
The caption called the group the “Quorum of the Twelve Apostates.” The mistake happened when a copy editor ran a computer spell check and apostate was suggested as the replacement for a misspelling of apostle.
Kids Homework Funnies
Posted by on Apr 10, 2009 in Foolery, Found photos
This was sent to me as an email by a dear, old friend and my favorite Mary Kay Rep Jina Camille. Who can ever be sure that things on the internet are REALLY real but it’s really funny and perfect for a Friday.
First-a story about Horses.
Second-a drawing about Mommy’s job
When asked to draw a picture of what they wanted to be when they grew up, second-grader “Sarah” turned in the lovely drawing shown below. Needless to say, the teacher was a bit surprised — Mrs. Smith had always seemed like such a conservative woman. So she sent a note home to the girl’s mother asking for clarification as to the picture’s meaning. (read Mom’s reply below the picture)
Dear Mrs. Jones,
I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.
I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it. Her picture doesn’t show me dancing around a pole. It’s supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.
From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Smith
Ta Da Bike Kid
Posted by on Apr 4, 2009 in Found photos
The back is blank, but I can write up a story for you.
Jack and Dianne get married in a lavish ceremony with a chocolate fountain and move to the burbs, buy their dream house, an oversize McMansion that Dianne pleads for. Jack indulges her and borrows money from Uncle Nick to pay the down payment.
They work, they shop, they consume. They are good Americans. They have a kid and Dianne is more excited about it than Jack. Being a father makes Jack feel old. He’s not sure how he feels about Dianne being a mother and wearing Mom jeans. He hates his job and grows to resent the large house and the neighborhood of people who so effortlessly enjoy lawn mowing and suburban life. His lawn is patchy and yellowed no matter how much he spends on lawn services or chemicals.
It’s a cold day. The kid drags Jack outside to see her ride a bike. Jack reluctantly leaves the cocoon of his overstuffed leather comfy chair and wide screen hi def tv that he’s still paying for. He stands on the cement slab that serves as a front porch, but they never linger on this porch. He waves at the kid. She waves back. “Can you see me Daddy?”
“YES” She flings her arms wide in joy. Ta-Da!
Shareef Abraham Jr. – Found Photo
Posted by on Feb 27, 2009 in Found photos
Written on the back it says, “Shareef Abraham Jr., Thursday June 29th, 2006, 7 1/2 months”
Click for larger view.
Photog Suspended After Snapping Pantless Ski Lift Mishap
Poor Marty Odom. Most photographers who work snapping pics of skiers and then hawking them to rich fat cats DREAM of getting the shots he did. When a poor schmuck got his pants stuck on a chair lift and was left dangling bare bottomed and upside down Marty did what ANYBODY would do, he took some great photos. Now it looks like he may lose his job, AND have to apologize… Sorry Marty, great pics though.
From the SmokingGun.com
JANUARY 14–Embarrassed that one of its employees took–and then distributed–photographs of a skier dangling upside down and pantsless from a Vail ski lift, a Colorado firm is threatening legal action in a bid to suppress any further publication of the now world famous images. In a cease and desist letter e-mailed today to The Smoking Gun, SharpShooter Imaging (SSI) claims that its employee took the photos “while on duty” and that he violated the firm’s “commitment to respect the privacy of all resort guests at every resort SSI represents.” The company, which employs photographers to take photos of visitors at various ski resorts and other attractions, contends that it owns the copyright to photos taken by Marty Odom of the January 1 mishap on a high-speed lift in Vail’s Blue Sky Basin. Odom, who initially told TSG and other news outlets that he was not working when he took about six photos of the dangling skier, has since changed his story to say that he was on the SSI clock when he stumbled across the newsworthy incident. Odom was suspended from his job after one of his photos appeared in the Vail Daily News along with a photo credit. Two of Odom’s photos–along with three other images of the dangling skier–were published on January 6 by TSG, triggering stories worldwide about the bizarre Vail accident. The coverage was a black eye for the ritzy Vail ski retreat, which is operated by Vail Resorts, Inc. Since TSG’s publication of the dangling skier story, the firm’s stock price has dropped more than 20 percent (though disappointing early-season visitor numbers at its ski resorts were likely more responsible for that price dip).