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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7188 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 07 December 2008 01:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Erika: What can I say? I aim to please? (I too have spent a lot of time there, although not recently. If I ever get the chance to teach French, though....)

b_twin_1: Yes, one of the things I love about that movie is that it has some really good lines in it. Like, "His destructive programming is taking effect. He will be irresistibly drawn to large cities, where he will back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone's left shoe." Or, "The manager's a vampire. He wanted me to join his legion of the undead." And the whole "mosquitoes as endangered species" thing always gets me too.

And here's a funny news article that a friend sent me: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328 480/Otto-the-octopus-wrecks-havoc.html

"Oh good! My dog found the chainsaw!"

-- Lilo ("Lilo and Stitch")
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7194 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 07 December 2008 05:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2008/12/i-cant-decid e-i.html

A foal lying down in the sun and eating grass from under the gate
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7236 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 07 December 2008 14:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Heh. That was great. Ingenuity!

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7270 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 07 December 2008 23:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Pride and Prejudice...Facebook style.
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7277 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 08 December 2008 01:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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XD--Oh that's good!

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7287 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 08 December 2008 06:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have long liked the 30-second movies with Bunnies - http://www.angryalien.com/ .

"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7315 is a reply to message #7287 ] Mon, 08 December 2008 17:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Ohhhh yes--Jennifer Shyman (angryalien.com) is a genius. Check her other stuff on the site as well as the bunnies; "Amy's Diary" makes me laugh every time I watch it. And Pigeoncam....hee hee hee....

"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7316 is a reply to message #7270 ] Mon, 08 December 2008 18:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Maureen E wrote on Sun, 07 December 2008 20:19

Pride and Prejudice...Facebook style.

Wonderful! Smile
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7320 is a reply to message #7287 ] Mon, 08 December 2008 18:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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AJLR wrote on Mon, 08 December 2008 06:07

I have long liked the 30-second movies with Bunnies - http://www.angryalien.com/ .


ROFL!!

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #7321 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 08 December 2008 18:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Those were great!

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8015 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 15 December 2008 00:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://mfrost.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncateg orized/2008/12/14/0125.jpg

The most astonishing dog photo I think I have ever seen!
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8018 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 15 December 2008 01:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That is amazing!

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8026 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 15 December 2008 06:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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it makes you sit back a bit when it come up.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8205 is a reply to message #8015 ] Wed, 17 December 2008 15:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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BlueRose wrote on Mon, 15 December 2008 00:59

http://mfrost.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncateg orized/2008/12/14/0125.jpg

The most astonishing dog photo I think I have ever seen!


* Quite amused * Thats great!!!

"You are your best resource for success"
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8208 is a reply to message #5895 ] Wed, 17 December 2008 17:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This - http://www.freerice.com/index.php - is an interesting site for developing one's vocabulary and other subjects, that also does some real good in the world. The more words/items you attempt, the more food gets sent to those in need through payments made by the advertisers on the site.

[Updated on: Wed, 17 December 2008 17:18]

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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8218 is a reply to message #8208 ] Wed, 17 December 2008 17:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I've done that one. It gets quite addictive. There's a ceiling I hit, and it's hard to go beyond a certain level. Or at least it is for me. Luckily I never remember what that level is from one time to the next (I have a terrible memory for numbers).

“I have always imagined heaven to be a kind of library.” –Jorge Luis Borges
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8309 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 17:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I guess folks in the US may have already seen this.... but for everyone else: This is advertising brilliance:

http://adage.com/brightcove/single.php?bcpid=1370868150& bctid=3130509001

LMAO

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8310 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 17:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I hadn't seen that before--thanks for posting it!

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8311 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 17:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This is one of my favorite videos--it's 8 minutes long but it's worth it. Tim Minchin,
Rock and Roll Nerd.

Warning, explicit language!

[Updated on: Thu, 18 December 2008 17:40]

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8338 is a reply to message #8309 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 21:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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b_twin_1 wrote on Thu, 18 December 2008 17:22

I guess folks in the US may have already seen this.... but for everyone else: This is advertising brilliance:

http://adage.com/brightcove/single.php?bcpid=1370868150& bctid=3130509001

LMAO


I don't get TV, so it's new to me! Thanks!

Smooshes!
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8345 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 22:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I really wanted to contibute something, so here are Animal Capers:

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

This isn't my favourite, though; I like the safari-one best, but cannot find it anywhere.

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8347 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 22:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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This gave me a bit of a giggle: How to Tell if Your Cat is Trying to Kill You

"...nothing is more fatal to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library."
— Robertson Davies
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8349 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 18 December 2008 22:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

Can't believe I forgot this - its ICONIC!!
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8373 is a reply to message #8349 ] Fri, 19 December 2008 03:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hehehe very much in the same vein as the Llama song:
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama

which never fails to make me laugh Wink

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8378 is a reply to message #5895 ] Fri, 19 December 2008 07:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Very...er...festive: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7791155.stm

"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8438 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sat, 20 December 2008 01:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Oh dear. I should never have tried to read this list in a public place! I had to stop reading on several occasions and fake a cough.

I offer you Fling the Cow, which used to have its own flash site but is now on myspace. http://www.monstergamez.net/game/6666788/Fling-The-Cow.html

You should also check out muffinfilms. She has a few other sites, but I haven't looked at most of them. http://www.muffinfilms.com/
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8449 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sat, 20 December 2008 11:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Be afraid...be very afraid: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_Msrdg3Hk&eurl=http://fu nnypictures.punt.nl/

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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8460 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sat, 20 December 2008 13:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That was great! Ooh, the black hole. Very clever.

"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8657 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 22 December 2008 13:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/doonething/christmas/

So many talented performers.

"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8671 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 22 December 2008 15:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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That was great!

(It said: "not available in your area" BUT there was a youtube link and it worked - odd.)

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8674 is a reply to message #5895 ] Mon, 22 December 2008 16:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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http://squid.tepapa.govt.nz/build-a-squid/interactive

Build a giant squid and release into the virtual wild for adventures!

Mine is called Squiggles Smile


OOOH and for the Lord of the Rings fans (and I know you are out there) this is a few years old but HILARIOUS!!!

http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/ - Very Secret Diaries of LOTR

[Updated on: Tue, 23 December 2008 02:35] by Moderator

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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8712 is a reply to message #5895 ] Tue, 23 December 2008 06:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have only this to say.

YOU ARE ALL EVIL.

[breathless] Mercy! Please! But DON'T STOP!!!!!

Life always, always finds a way.
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8716 is a reply to message #8712 ] Tue, 23 December 2008 14:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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NotLonely wrote on Tue, 23 December 2008 06:36


YOU ARE ALL EVIL.


Why thank you. We have a good leader. Very Happy

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8736 is a reply to message #5895 ] Tue, 23 December 2008 19:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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we aim to please.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8823 is a reply to message #5895 ] Thu, 25 December 2008 01:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I tend to get lost on this site. This would be the 'divert' aspect of the topic heading. Wink I couldn't think of a funny site to post.

http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/galindex.html

[Updated on: Thu, 25 December 2008 01:17]

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. ~Groucho Marx
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8849 is a reply to message #8736 ] Thu, 25 December 2008 14:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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holmes44 wrote on Wed, 24 December 2008 02:47

we aim to please.


oh you do, you do Very Happy

Life always, always finds a way.
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #8909 is a reply to message #5895 ] Fri, 26 December 2008 16:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Below is the Norad Santa Traker website. I meant to post this earlier, so those with little ones could enjoy it before and on Christmas, but it's still fun. I especially thought the bell ringing game (Merry Music Makers-the building on the bottom left) was appropriate for this forum:
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/countdown.html

Erika in Colorado

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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #9432 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 04 January 2009 16:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Seriously worrying language for 2009 (apparently...)

Smile

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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #9433 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 04 January 2009 16:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The only one I'd heard of was "staycation."

Member of Carpe Libris: http://carpelibris.wordpress.com/
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Re: Links to Amuse and Divert [message #9449 is a reply to message #5895 ] Sun, 04 January 2009 23:03 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22072/37887-wedding-ph otos-we-ll-remember--part?CMP=ILC-MstLkedWdgt - Wedding Photos you will never see in an album

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22296/41760-funny-chur ch-signs?CMP=ILC-MstLkedWdgt - Funny Church Signs

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/32649/62479-blood-type -determine-personality-/2 - Does your blood type define your personality?

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22256/46754-walk-heels ?CMP=ILC-MoreFromWdgt - how to walk in high heels
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