MUCHO MARVIN LINKAGE

RIP Marvin - you did a lot of good for a lot of people.

Us little people lost us a good one.

He's a priceless local treasure...and I'm really, really gonna miss his Rat n' Roach™ reports.

MAAAAAAARVIN ZINDLER!

Click on the rat n' roach report vids to see what we Ewwstunkians get to look forward to every Friday night.



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"Marvin Harold Zindler (born August 10, 1921 in Houston, Texas) is a news reporter for KTRK ABC-13 in Houston, Texas, USA. His hard-hitting investigative journalism, through which he has mostly represented the city's elderly and working class, has made him one of the city's most influential and well-known media personalities....Zindler is also famed in Houston for his self-described Rat and Roach Report, where he reads details from his controversial City of Houston Food Inspection Program restaurant reports on the air. These reports conclude with restaurants that were reported to have slime in their ice machines, which is referred to on the air by Zindler as "Sliiiime in the Ice Machine!".
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Sliiiime in the Ice Machine!.

ROCK BLUFF, Fla. — A woman was injured over the weekend by a leaping sturgeon, the latest incident involving the flying fish on Florida's Suwannee River, officials said.

Tara Spears, 32, was knocked unconscious by the animal on Sunday while boating on the river north of Rock Bluff, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported.

She was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was expected to recover, the agency reported.

The large, prehistoric-looking sturgeon have hard plates along their backs. They can grow up to 8 feet long and up to 200 pounds.

In April, a leaping sturgeon severely injured a 50-year-old woman from St. Petersburg who was riding a personal watercraft on the Suwannee River. She suffered a ruptured spleen and had three fingers reattached by surgeons, but she lost her left pinkie finger and a tooth.

holy crap!

Own a piece of American Television History!

"Since his very first show on September 4th, 1972, Bob’s corded microphone has become a fixture on television and in American pop culture. From the early days of the Chevrolet Vega to the first drop of a Plinko Chip to today’s thrilling Million Dollar Spectaculars, Bob Barker’s famous microphones have been along every step of the way."

"All proceeds, 100%, generated through the sale of this microphone will be given to United Activists for Animal Rights -- an organization that is near and dear to Bob's heart."


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I've never heard of the United Activists for Animal Rights, but if they support caring for animals in a responsible way like the SPCA, then it sounds like a good thing.

I know y'all have been layin' awake nights waitin' on this, so without further ado I give you...

The Roach Hole

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(CBS) BERKELEY, Calif. A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.

Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS station KPIX-TV in San Francisco that military leaders had considered, and then subsequently rejected, building the so-called gay bomb.

Edward Hammond, of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, had used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain a copy of the proposal from the Air Force's Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio.

As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."

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I stared, heavy lidded, at a biography of the Bee Gees on A&E.

Which got me to thinking...

Man, people had big hair in the 70s.

I mean look at Barry Gibb.



He is fairly easy on the eyes, but, man, his hair has a life of its own. I mean, it coulda had its own fan club (and probably did, back in The Day™).

It's a well-known fact among die-hard fans that the Hair of Barry is acknowledged as the Fourth Bee Gee, with unlisted songwriting credits on many of their hits. Which goes a long way towards explaining their popularity.

He was also involved, a la Fabio, in a little-known mishap with a low-flying bird, which became hopelessly entangled in his chest hair. The Head G-Unit subsequently had the wayward avian preserved in platinum and gold and wore it perpetually about his bearded neck, much like the infamous Albatross, to memorialize the event.

Tragedy, indeed (for the bird).
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I am currently assaulting my earbulbs with 'Nights On Broadway' courtesy of the original G-Units, which is the disco-i-est song about a creepily relentless stalker who refuses to take responsibility for his actions ("It's all those nights on Broadway that made me do it!") ever to ambush the charts.

'You Should Be Dancing' is pretty frickin' nasty, as well - "Whatcha doin' on yer back, ya skank? Get up and start dancin', maybe we'll win the contest down at Disco Beach!"
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The 80s weren't much better.

Dutch students invent powdered alcohol

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch students have invented powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors.

The latest innovation in inebriation, called Booz2Go, is available in 20-gramme packets that cost 1-1.5 euros ($1.35-$2).

Top it up with water and you have a bubbly, lime-colored and -flavored drink with just 3 percent alcohol content.

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...and put on The Wrong Trousers.

They're sweet, they're salty, they're spicy, they're crunchy, they're greasy...damn, they're good!



Yummm!
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These chips include three of the four major food groups (salt, sugar, and grease). Wash 'em down with a beer and you got all four covered.

Cops raid wrong place, kick man in groin

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Annapolis police raided the wrong apartment Wednesday night, using flash grenades and kicking a resident in the groin before they realized their mistake, police and the family said.

Police spokesman Hal Dalton said something must have gone amiss in the briefing beforehand. "We don't know how the mistake was made," Dalton said.

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Michigan man in wheelchair takes wild ride

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Ben Carpenter got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph. His father, Donald Carpenter, was incredulous when police called to tell him his 21-year-old son was OK after the wild ride.

"I said, 'What happened?'" Donald Carpenter recalled Thursday.

He said his son had started to cross Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in Paw Paw, about 140 miles west of Detroit, where the truck had stopped for a red light. The light changed to green while Carpenter was still in front of the semi, which started moving forward.

The truck bumped into the side of the wheelchair, which then started turning forward, its handles becoming lodged in the grille, the father said. The wild ride had started.

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circa 5:30 this morning...



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No, I haven't checked.

inspired by an email from da Stephinator, eppylover's way cool kid.

According to a 60 Minutes report, the youngest brother in a family has the highest chance to be gay, and the more brothers, the more likely the youngest is to be gay - especially if they're all right-handed. If the youngest brother has gay relatives, that also influences the likelihood of his being gay.

The report in two parts:

Part 1 - Twins

Part 2 - Rats
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Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
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I switched the AC on today for the first time this year, and it is running as I type.

I would have been content to just run the fan with the windas open and be a little sticky and humid, as I am well inured to heat-n-yoomididdy, but a friend of my mother stopped by earlier to check out the Roach Hole for possible purchase (yay!), so I cut the AC on to prove it worked (since so many other things don't - like me, today).

She brought her camera and was just snappin' pics and gigglin' like a schoolgirl - I think she wants to buy the ol' RH.

Both people who have looked at this thing think it's muy fabuloso.

One way or t'other, it's sold - and soon.

Yay!

I stopped by the apartments I want to move into and put my name on a waiting list for a 3rd floor 1-bedroom. As soon as one becomes available, I'm outie like an ugly bellybutton.

Docs: Many Men Have "Small-Penis Syndrome"
Study: 85% Of Women Are Pleased With Partner’s Penis Size, But 45% of Men Wish Theirs Were Bigger

Eighty-five percent of women are pleased with their partner's penis proportions — yet many normal men suffer "small-penis syndrome," urologists report. ( Read more... )



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