I know the earthquake is old news already but I wanted to share this video. Something about it that I just cant quite put my finger on makes me laugh at it every time I watch it. I have to find out what show this is.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
HAHAHAHA!
I know that it is mean, but if I witnessed this first-hand i would be laughing way too hard to even think about helping the poor kid.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Cats On A Treadmill
Somebody sent me a link to this video and I was cracking up. I like the car that stands at the back and only has his two front paws on the treadmill.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The Inch Dumbell
Just a bit of interesting weightlifting stuff.
The Inch Dumbbell has a rich, interesting history that goes back as far as weights themselves. Thomas Inch (1881-1963) of Great Britain, requested three dumbbells to be made by Appleby and Brogdens Iron Works for his traveling circus show. Mr. Inch himself was no slouch in the strength game. Once Britain’s Strongest Man, he had a personal best overhead press of 356 lbs, could deadlift 560 lbs with one hand at the age of 69(!) and could easily lift the original Dumbbell at a bodyweight of only 168 lbs at the time. (Yup, he weighed less than the Dumbbell itself!)
So when Appleby and Brogdens Iron Works made his Dumbbells, because of the tremendous weight Inch wanted them to weigh, they figured the only way to keep them from bending was to make them with an extra thick handle. This is what would end up making them so popular and so difficult to lift. The three Dumbbells weighed 130, 153, and 172 pounds. The lighter two had 2″ diameter handles while the heaviest (now replicated) had a handle “as thick as an old glass milk bottle”. It’s actual measurements were: 20″ overall length, 8.5″ diameter of the spheres at each end, and the handle was 7.75″ in circumference, 2.47″ in diameter and 4″ long. (Distance between each sphere.)
Thomas once wrote an article entitled “Secret of the Unliftable Challenge Dumbbell”. He discussed that over 20,000 strongmen, gymnasts, boxers, wrestlers, bodybuilders, and powerlifters had tried it for over 40 years, all without budging it off the Earth.
The Inch Dumbbell has a rich, interesting history that goes back as far as weights themselves. Thomas Inch (1881-1963) of Great Britain, requested three dumbbells to be made by Appleby and Brogdens Iron Works for his traveling circus show. Mr. Inch himself was no slouch in the strength game. Once Britain’s Strongest Man, he had a personal best overhead press of 356 lbs, could deadlift 560 lbs with one hand at the age of 69(!) and could easily lift the original Dumbbell at a bodyweight of only 168 lbs at the time. (Yup, he weighed less than the Dumbbell itself!)
So when Appleby and Brogdens Iron Works made his Dumbbells, because of the tremendous weight Inch wanted them to weigh, they figured the only way to keep them from bending was to make them with an extra thick handle. This is what would end up making them so popular and so difficult to lift. The three Dumbbells weighed 130, 153, and 172 pounds. The lighter two had 2″ diameter handles while the heaviest (now replicated) had a handle “as thick as an old glass milk bottle”. It’s actual measurements were: 20″ overall length, 8.5″ diameter of the spheres at each end, and the handle was 7.75″ in circumference, 2.47″ in diameter and 4″ long. (Distance between each sphere.)
Thomas once wrote an article entitled “Secret of the Unliftable Challenge Dumbbell”. He discussed that over 20,000 strongmen, gymnasts, boxers, wrestlers, bodybuilders, and powerlifters had tried it for over 40 years, all without budging it off the Earth.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Sorry About The Delay
Out at Big Wangs on Monday night Casey mentioned that I need to update my blog. It's true. I have been seriously neglecting my blog posting duties. But, "NO MORE" I say! I will try and be better about, at the very least, putting up a funny YouTube or a link to an amusing website.
So lets start back up with a funny one that i saw a while back:
"No, that's my dick."
And here is a website that I saw and laughed at:
Sleeveface - one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion.
And one other item for you all today - CLICK HERE to see Mark playing some bass with BEARDO live in the KXLU studio on 4th of July.
Cheers,
Smidty
So lets start back up with a funny one that i saw a while back:
"No, that's my dick."
And here is a website that I saw and laughed at:
Sleeveface - one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion.
And one other item for you all today - CLICK HERE to see Mark playing some bass with BEARDO live in the KXLU studio on 4th of July.
Cheers,
Smidty
Monday, April 28, 2008
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