***The Official Friday Silliness Thread****

[Lucky9teen]

Get ready to send out those Christmas cards (and letters)....

The first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned by Sir John Callcott Horsley in London, 1843, and featured an illustration by Henry Cole. The picture, of a family with a small child drinking wine together, proved controversial, but the idea was shrewd.

Early English cards rarely showed winter or religious themes, instead favoring flowers, fairies and other fanciful designs that reminded the recipient of the approach of spring. Humorous and sentimental images of children and animals were popular, as were increasingly elaborate shapes, decorations and materials.

The production of Christmas cards was, throughout the 20th century, a profitable business for many stationery manufacturers, with the design of cards continually evolving with changing tastes and printing techniques. The World Wars brought cards with patriotic themes. Idiosyncratic "studio cards" with cartoon illustrations and sometimes risque humor caught on in the 1950s. Nostalgic, sentimental, and religious images have continued in popularity, and, in the 21st century, reproductions of Victorian and Edwardian cards are easy to obtain. Modern Christmas cards can be bought individually but are also sold in packs of the same or varied designs.

In recent decades changes in technology may be responsible for the decline of the Christmas card. The estimated number of cards received by American households dropped from 29 in 1987 to 20 in 2004.[1] Email and telephones allow for more frequent contact and are easier for generations raised without handwritten letters - especially given the availability of websites offering free email Christmas cards. Despite the decline, 1.9 billion cards were sent in the U.S. in 2005 alone. [2] Some card manufacters, such as Hallmark, now provide E-cards.

[egannacht]

BOO!

[unique]

Actually, I would have preferred McCain on the ass end of this, but what the hey........

[egannacht]

Costanza went in to work after being fired and Kramer went to work for a company that never hired him, then he was fired.

[RichInOC]

I remember reading about a sexual-battery-on-a-child case down in Florida where the forty-something woman had supposedly been doing the deed with an eight-to-eleven-year-old boy. The woman looked, and by God, I wish I were kidding, like Milton’s twin sister. I feel sorry for the kid.

[Girlene]

LOL on posts 87,88 and 89. They're doing it right!

[weegee]

I don't think they'd be so likely to climb an aluminum tree.

[ErnBatavia]

I remember when this Los Angeles TV dolt Paul Moyer was reporting on that chase.....as the chopper finally got a close-in shot of Al Cowlings driving up the 405, he breathlessly reported, "We can now confirm that there is at least one person in that Bronco!!"

[weegee]

"One thing's sure: Inspector Clay's dead, murdered, and somebody's responsible." < /Plan 9 From Outer Space >

(ps that thing in his right hand is a gun and he's scratching his shoulder with the barrel...)

[Lady Jag]

[BenLurkin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtgWDtGjPRU

[Daffynition]

Yep. He's the man.

[sunny48]

Must have, she’s riding the train now.

A man and a woman who had never met before, but were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train.

Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly... he in the upper bunk and she in the lower.

At 1:00 AM, the man leaned over and gently woke the woman saying, “Ma’am, I’m sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I’m awfully cold.”

“I have a better idea,” she replied. “Just for tonight, let’s pretend that we’re married.” “Wow! That’s a great idea!” he exclaimed.

“Good,” she replied. “Get your own dam blanket.”

After a moment of silence, he farted.

[spotbust1]

Don’t know if this has been posted already, but it made me laugh.

Happy Friday all.

With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and
Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good
advice.

For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so
that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.

Watch for these consolidations later this year:

1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R. Grace Co.
Will merge and become:
Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

2.) Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and
become:
Poly, Warner Cracker.

3.) 3M will merge with Goodyear and become:
MMMGood.

4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge
and become:
ZipAudiDoDa .

5. FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become:
FedUP.

6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become:
Fairwell Honeychild.

7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become:
PouponPants.

8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become:
Knott NOW!

And finally...

9. Victoria’s Secret and Smith &Wesson will merge under the new name:
TittyTittyBangBang

[Mr. Jazzy]

Alright, this video made me laugh in a twisted and demented sort of way ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-tOh1hMCs

[Girlene]

"We can now confirm that there is at least one person in that Bronco!!"

LOLOLOL. I missed that piece of breathless reporting.

[Girlene]

You forgot to add, “loudly” to “After a moment of silence, he ......” ——LOL. Good one.

[lilycicero]

I was stuck on #113....Poupon Pants....thanks for the humor pings....

[Yorlik803]

Ronin....Hands down this movie has some really great car chases, gunfights and plot twists.
Bullitt
the Seven-ups
Vanishing point
Real Mans Movies all.....

[Rummyfan]

Oddly, with all the progress in technology since then, nothing has come close, and in fact all the CGI tricks have lead filmmakers to generate stuff that is less realistic than before - essentially cartoonish.

Yes just watch any Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie.....

[Rummyfan]

Like Steve McQueen
All I need is a fast machine....