I Love Elisabeth

We try not to get too political on this blog...but when it comes to Rosie O'Donnell I am willing to venture into that arena. I am a firm believer that she hates America and wishes it defeat in Iraq. Anyway, Elisabeth takes her down a few notches on The View today.

Game Break - Tecmo Bowl is Back

If you grew up in the 80's and early 90's and you owned a Nintendo, more then likely you owned one of the versions of Tecmo Bowl or Tecmo Super Bowl. Personally, my favorite was the original where you could line up with the Raiders and dominate with Bo Jackson. I also enjoyed lining up with the 49ers, dropping back a good 60 yards with Montanna and throwing a touchdown pass to Rice in the end zone.

Now you can re-live your childhood days with Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl. Let me know if you guys are interested in any other games. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Mike Tyson's Punch Out.

"She's Gotten Me Through A lot of Tough Times."

I have been told that I have not posted anything about American Idol since Sanjaya got voted off, and the reason is because the show is just not that interesting anymore that Sanjaya is gone. However, I tuned in last night because I was told they were going to show Melinda going home, and I knew Belmont was one of her stops.

The highlight of the show was when they showed the clip of Melinda going home, and they interviewed a girl who was about 12 or 13, and she said, "She has gotten me through a lot of tough times." I was shocked when she said this, and thought to myself what tough times? She has only been on the show for 2 months. Did this girl get dumped by her boyfriend, did her copy of High School Musical get stolen? What tough times could she be talking about. Below is the video evidence of this girl. It is about a minute and twenty seconds into the clip.

Michael Bolton Sings the Anthem

We've all been to ballparks around the country and all games start out the same, with the singing of the National Anthem. Some of the singers are good, some are okay, and some are really bad. Roseanne and Carl Lewis have been some of the worst singers in the history of singing the National Anthem.

There is also video of kids singing the Anthem, and not doing so well. Their voice cracks or they forget the words. Michael Bolton, a professional, goes out and sings the National Anthem, and he does his best impression of a fifth grader by forgetting the words. Don't you think he has sung this song a number of times at other sporting events. How do you not know the words to this song.

Test Your Memory

The people over at the Brain Fitness Channel have developed a test to see how well you are able to use your short term memory. They show you 15 words in 15 seconds. Your job is to look at the words, and once the list is completed you need to write down all the words you remember.

The average 20 year old will remember 8 of the 15 words, and the average 80 year old will remember 4. Give it a try. I scored a respectable 10 out of 15.

Test Your Memory

Link found via Lifehacker.

That Painting Sold for How Much?

According to MSNBC.com a Mark Rothko painting set the record price for a post-war art piece at $72.8 million. I believe that is a extremely large amount of money to pay for anything, especially a piece of art. After seeing the piece I truly thought that anybody with any level of artictic ability could paint a better picture if they watned to. I am sure there is a story behind this piece of art but the MSNBC article did not mention any.

So I wanted to know if you guys could choose the painting that sold for $72.8 million. Below are two paintings, one is the Rothko piece the other I got off the internet and it was said it was done by a artist between the ages of 13-17. Choose wisely.

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Flickrvision

Flickr is a web-site much like youtube but for photographs. Anyone from around the world can go to Flickr and upload pictures for the world to see. It is a pretty interesting web-site, and quite useful when you are looking for a new desktop picture or just want to look at pretty pictures.

This new web-site, which I found threw Pop Candy, shows all of the pictures that are being uploaded on Flickr and where they are being uploaded from. Pretty addicting web-site to sit and watch.

Click Link

Rickwood Field

Rickwood Field is America's oldest ballpark and is located in downtown Birminham, Al. It has seen some great baseball players come through and play on it's field. Namely Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and Drew Rodgers.

Playing baseball while I lived in Birmingham meant that I got to play a number of games at Rickwood and it was always fun to show up at the ballpark and think about some of the greats that have also played there.

ESPN reporter Jim Caple recently wrote a story about Rickwood and its long history.

Click Link for story

Scientology (The Celebrity's Religion)

Scientology, what a religion. Founded by science fiction writer, Ron L. Hubbard it is the religion for the stars. I think Southpark did a pretty good job of shedding light on the Scientologist beliefs and Xenu.

Below is a video of 48 hours mystery which tells the story of Elli Perkins. Elli was a Scientologist who had a son that showed signs of strange and disturbing behavior. We all know that Scientologist do not believe in solving mental disorders with medication, but instead using their own methods of treatment.

Elli's son suffered from schizophrenia and started to believe his mom was poisoning him. After a failed suicide attempt he went on to kill his mother. It is a sad story and one that you would think could have been avoided if the son was given proper treatment.

Below is the video of her story which appeared on 48hours Mystery. It is kind of long, so you may want to watch when you are bored in your hotel room, or something.

Video Link

Not Very Flattering.

I am not real sure the story behind this picture, but I do know that it is of a tattoo that turned out pretty bad for the recipient. I am guessing that the lady in the picture has died, since the tattoo reads "In Loving Memory," but it seems that the tattoo artist decided to draw the person as a zombie, not as the picture depicted.

I really hope this is what the guy wanted or that this is a fake picture, but I don't think it is. Just be warned that if you are going to get a tattoo of somebody's face, make sure the artist is a skilled one. Take a look at this bad tattoo.

Leeeeeroy Jenkins! Returns

Many of you called or commented about yesterdays post involving Leeroy Jenkins. By many I mean Bobby, but that does account for 25% of our readership. Anyway we can't help but laugh at Leeroy's antics in ruining the day of all of his cyber friends.

This video shows what the equivalent would be in real world terms. I think it is pretty accurate.

Game Break.

Can you save this bunny's life, would you want to? That is what this game break is all about. This game puts you in charge, and makes you the veterinarian. You have 60 seconds to take this stuffed bunny and save its life. You will first have to shock the bunny a couple of times and then use the tools given to perform surgery and save it's life. Good luck, and may God be with you on your journey.

Click link to play this game.

Sexual Chocolate...Sexual Chocolate!

Who doesn't love a good Gospel singer? I know that my dad will attend a church solely based on the talent of the choir and the taste of the Communion wine. He went to a church were he believed that all the sinners who went to Confession that week were sent to the choir for their penance.

However, the singers at his Church do not compare to the talent of this Gospel singer. I am not sure where he is from, but he does a beautiful rendition of O'mazing Grace. He takes the old gospel hymn Amazing Grace and makes it his own. Truly wonderful. The best part is at the end when he really brings it home.


I think this guy might have watched the movie, Coming to America, one to many times and took some singing lessons from the band Sexual Chocolate. What do you think? At the end of that song I wasn't expecting him to say Amen, but rather, "Sexual chocolate...(feet stomping) Sexual Chocolate!"

For All The Brewer Fans Out There

I found this link via Deadspin today. As you may or may not know the Milwaukee Brewers are in first place in the NL Central. That is not saying much, but it is still respectable. Especially since no one gave them a chance to win anything at the beginning of the season.

The Brewer fans can't help but be impressed and are trying to show their support in different ways. Some make signs to bring to the stadium, some are going to more games to cheer on the team, and some are pledging to pee their pants if they win the NL Central. You to can show your support and go here to sign the pledge yourself. All you have to do is answer simple questions like your name, age, and the last time you peed your pants, you know important questions. Judging by their list at least 420 people will be relieving themselves if the Brewers make it to the playoffs.

Leeeeeroy Jenkins!

I was listening to Dan Patrick today at work, and he mentioned this video that I had seen a little while ago. I had forgot about it, but once Dan mentioned it, it brought back a few laughs. World of Warcraft is a online game that never ends. I believe it is one of those online communities where people spend a lot of money on their characters and can become quite addicted to the game itself. You basically are living a second life through this game.

The video shows a group of people that have teamed up to fight evil doers and make a better life for themselves in the community, uhh...Nerds. They are deciding if they want to go in and start a fight with these people. What makes it so funny is that the leader strategies for a good two minutes until Leroy Jenkins ruins it for all of them by rushing into battle (it should also be noted the leader does a good job of making eye contact with all of his underlings, by turning constantly while talking, I don't know why but I thought that was funny.) The leader's reaction and Leroy's battle cry are both great.

Warning: There is some spicy language in this video. You should not watch at work.

They Can't All be Blockbusters

Spiderman 3 scored big again this weekend taking the number 1 spot again for best box office draw. However, for every Spiderman that is released there are 100's of other movies that are so poorly put together they never should have been released in the first place, does Last Action Hero ring any bells.

This video is making the rounds and it compiles footage of the worst scenes in cinematic history, and I say I think they did a pretty good job. The best one is the "Worst Reaction" winner from Trolls 2. It should also be noted that the "Most Random Line" footage has a dirty word in it, but it is bleeped out. Just incase you are watching this at work with your boss, you may want to turn the volume down during that scene.

The Eagle Man

If any of you are watchers of Best Week Ever or The Soup you might have seen this next clip, but it is well worth watching again. This is a commercial for a REAL company (here is the website). How could anyone screen this commercial and think that it is a good way to showcase your company and its products. This is a Chicago area insurance company who likes to compare its insurance products to eagles laying eggs on cars. I love crappy local television commercials. The women in this commercial have a bright future ahead of them in Cinemax late night movies. Thank you Eagle Man.




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"Abraham Lincoln once said that "if you are a racist I will attack you with the North"...and those are the principles I carry with me in the workplace."---Michael Scott

Blind Item of the Week

This is a special Mother's Day edition of the Blind Item of the Week. Before we get to it, we would like to extend a very Happy Mother's Day to all of our readers who are mothers but especially to our own mother who brought us into this world so we could post at D&F (I know she is so proud).

What soon to be international high school graduate and future X-man once ruined Mother's Day by refusing to give his own mother the gift pictured to the left because she made him clean his room instead of watching Pokemon on Mother's Day, thereby denying her the chance at the title "World's Best Mother."


The heated exchange happened as so:

Mother: Will you please clean your room?
X-man: I am watching Pikachu fight Bulbasaur
Mother: Please clean your room
X-man: (going to get the present and showing it to mom) THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU, BUT NOT ANYMORE!!! I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
Mother: (sobbing, sobbing, sobbing)

I for one know that our mother is The Worlds Best Mother however she does not have the trophy to prove it to her friends because of a certain someone. All because of Pokemon. Disgraceful.

A Great Time Waster

As you know we are HUGE fans of The Office (Thursday night is the season finale...it is on at 8pm Eastern time) and as I was perusing their website I came across this great game. It is The Office quote game. My brothers and I basically came up with this game last year and NBS stole it. They start a quote out for you and you have to finish it word for word. Even as someone who watches each episode multiple times I can not finish most of the quotes...but it is a great time waster.

In the comment section we can start our own favorite quote string. I will post one of my favorite Office quotes below.


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"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here."--Michael Scott speaking to Toby during Diversity Day

I Feel Cheated

We are all familiar with the man pictured to the left. He is The Subway Guy Jared. We were all very impressed when he was able to shed 200 pounds by just eating Subway sandwiches. Its the American Dream...kind of...not really, but basically he used to be really fat and now he is kinda in shape with a hot wife.

Unfortunately, the story has taken a disappointing turn. Best Week Ever's Blog is reporting that while Jared was in college he was known as the Fat Kid Who Had A Lot Of Porn And Rented It Out (I just made up that nickname...its catchy). And while you may be disappointed to know that our little or big Jared was ready to become the next Larry Flint the most devastating part of the story is why he started to eat Subway.

"In fact, what got Jared hooked on Subway in the first place was laziness. The sandwich chain had opened a branch on the first floor of Jared’s dorm, and what with his busy porn company, Jared began eating the sandwiches out of extreme laziness. It was the closest fast food available!"

As someone who has eaten dinner at Subway 6 of the past 7 nights I feel used and dirty. However I am lazy (and am unable to catch fly balls) so until a closer sub place opens by my hotel, I will continue to eat there, but I will be sure to show my displeasure in the form on a frown when I order. I urge everyone to follow suit.


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"May God guide you on your journey"--Michael Scott talking to his boss

Mythbusters Solutions

I like the show Mythbusters, I think it comes on Discovery Channel. However, whenever I sit down and watch the show it seems like they continually show the same two or three shows. Another thing they do is they jump around throughout the show and never show the solution till the very end, which obviously makes you watch the whole show.

That is why I was happy when I found Mythbuster Results.com. It will show you all of the myths the two hosts tried out and what the resulsts were.

Peter Does Not Lie!

Peter Answers is a fun web-site to help you mess around with your friends. Especially if your friends are really gullible. This site was brought to my attention by frequent Dink & Flika reader Courtney.

With Peter Answers you type in a question and it will guess the correct answer to that question. For example you can type in, "What color shirt am I wearing?" When you hit enter it will guess the correct answer. However, if you do not know the secret, or if you do not believe in Peter's power it will not give you the correct answer.

Because it is not fun not knowing the trick, you can go here for the solution. Now you can fool all your friends.

Dog the Bounty Hunter as a Child

Now I know that this is not a video of a young Dog the Bounty Hunter, but I believe their is a striking resemblance. And if it is not him, I am sure that there is some relation somewhere.

This video actually comes from the television show Wife Swap, and is probably one of the greatest reactions ever. This child has just been told that he cannont wear dark and dirty clothes anymore. Most kids would either cry or would drop a few F bombs, now that we live in a time were kids are sent to boot camp on Maury. Not this kid he sits their patiently and thinks out a well constructed counter-argument and they talk it out like adults.

The ladies reaction is priceless at the end of the video. I think she is thinking how did this kid come up with that comparison.

For All The Ricky Gervais Fans: Part 2

This is the second part of Microsoft video starring David Brent. If you have not watched the first one, I suggest you scroll down and watch that one first.

This video picks up where the first one left off. It is more of David sharing his thoughts and wisdom with the fine people of Microsoft. Enjoy.

Just in case the video does not load, here is the direct link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=959125392868390030&q=Ricky+Gervais+Part+2

For All The Ricky Gervais Fans: Part 1

For those of you who don't know, Ricky Gervais is the British comedian who is responsible for the hit television show, The Office. He and his writing partner Stephen Merchant first created The Office for the BBC before ending the series, and letting NBC create it over here in the US. The US version is similar in ways to the British version, but they are both hilarious in their own unique ways. If you haven't watched the British version I highly reccomend it.

The best part is that Ricky's charachter, David Brent, thinks he is the world's best boss, is the funniest person around, and is a very deep and philosophical thinker.

The video below is something Microsoft put out in their British offices. It is supposed to be a training video for Microsoft employees with David Brent sharing his wisdom. It is quite funny and worth your time to watch. It is long, but as I said it is very funny.

Just in case the video doesn't load, here is the direct link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9076288729387457440&q=Ricky+Gervais+Part+1

Worst Then A Terrorist?

This woman is crazy...I mean good crazy. The video starts in the middle of the call and she is going berserk because she was called by a telemarketer. I don't like getting called by them but I don't think they are "worst than a terrorist".

She claims that she knows 3 people who have died because of stress caused from telemarketers and a girlfriend that was "gangraped" by telemarketers. There are so many good lines that I can't write them all down. The video is kinda long, but it is good. I would not watch at work because there is some bad language.


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P.S. I just want to publicly apologize for my performance at the softball game on Sunday. I basically am not good. I hope people that saw me play do not hold this against me...I am really good at ping pong so that should count for something. Good day.

There Goes the Worst Ballboy in the History of Baseball

I thought that ballboys were there to retrieve any foul balls that may have entered the playing field, and to protect the people sitting in the front row from line drives. Now I know that these are Major League Baseball players, and you can't always catch the balls that may come your way, but you have to at least try, right? This St. Louis Ballboy embarrassed himself, and all ballboys around the country with this play. At first it looks like he makes a diving stab for the ball, but when they slow it down you see he didn't even attempt to make the catch. I figure this would be the type of guy that would see smoke in his house and run out screaming like a little girl.

Enjoy the video, even the old lady looks at him with disgust and is thinking to herself that this guy needs to start acting like a man for goodness sake.

Andrew's Prayers Answered

If you know my brother Andrew, you know he has a strange addiction with the crane games that are often found in malls, small family owned restaurants and Chucky Cheeses around the world. Andrew cannot pass one of these without either putting in a few dollars or, if he doesn't have any money, asking those around him for some quarters to partake in the crane game. It's not like he even likes the toys that come out of them. He doesn't keep them, he will either give it away or give it to one of our dogs to chew up in a matter of minutes.

It gives me great pleasure to introduce this video to everyone, and especially Andrew. It will show you how to master the crane game. It does involve a little homework and studying the machine. Also if you do watch this video in its entirety, you will see the guy celebrate when he gets the toy. His reaction is the same reaction Andrew has when he beats the game.

Dink & Flika - Reaches 100

It is time to celebrate here at Dink & Flika because this is officially the 100th post in our young blog's life. If you don't believe us you can go back and count all the hilarious entries or you can look to your right and see that this is the 100th post.

Regardless we figured we could not let this past without some celebration. That is why you can go here and celebrate with us. You can put on your own firework show over New York. What better way to celebrate, it is childish, yet somewhat addicting.

What A Coincidence!

This is a pretty cool link that gives the 20 most amazing coincidences...ever. There are some pretty good ones, and my favorite has to be the one involving a gun, bullet, and a tree, it is amazing. Enjoy.

Click Link to read.

-Sean

Did You Get a Free Bowl of Soup With Those Pants?

According to this story from ABC news a judge from Washington D.C. is suing a dry cleaner for $67 million. Why do you ask, did his child get hurt or mangled while in the store, or did he suffer some physical injury that will prevent him from doing his job? Not exactly according to the story the dry cleaners lost a pair of his favorite pants. The same pants he wanted to wear during his first day on the bench.

He says in court papers that he has endured "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort." He says he was unable to wear that favorite suit on his first day of work. He's suing for 10 years of weekend car rentals so he can transport his dry cleaning to another store.

What is even more absurd later in the story it mentions that the owners of the dry cleaners offered this man $12,000, but he would not budge. I guess you shouldn't mess with a Judge's pants. What's worse is that nobody was going to see his suit anyways, he is wearing a robe for God's sake.

Blind Item of the Week

What recent Sigma Cum Laude college graduate is a big fan and big proponent of Pay Day loans? What’s worse is that this wannabe Charles Schwab graduated with a Finance degree. If you happen to be riding with this person hope that you don’t drive past a Cash Advance store because if you do you will be listening to a 5 minute narrative about the wonderful attributes of Pay Day Loans. He looks at these stores as if he is looking into the eyes of his one true love, and this reporter believes they are a match made in heaven. This college graduate swears up and down that he will be visiting these stores once he gets his first pay check (which is long overdue) because as he puts it, “It is a great way to get some extra income for when I want to go out to eat, or when I want to buy that extra copy of the Macarena or Backstreet Boys CD.”

The love and affirmation doesn’t stop there, he is also trying to recruit other people to share the same feelings he has about these sharks. His younger brother has already been brain-washed into believing these loans are the best thing since sliced bread. This is absolutely disgusting.

Oldie but a Goodie!

It is time for another installment of Oldie but a Goodie. This video comes from the Conan O'brien show which is always good for a laugh or two. If you watch Conan at all he is a big fan of Chuck Norris, and he could be responsible for turning Chuck Norris into a folk hero. Conan will frequently show clips of Chuck's television shows and point out how "cool" Chuck is.

He was hesitant to show this clip, and I think after watching it you will realize why.

Is "Ping Pong" a Racist Name? (A Dink & Flika Exclusive)

It has been brought to my attention that many schools around the country do not allow the word "Ping Pong" to be used when describing the sport we all love to play for fear that it is a racist term. If I had my way Ping Pong or Table Tennis would be known only as, "The rich man's tennis," however I don't think that name will stick.

I was further shocked to learn that this was not limited to grade schools and high schools but also well respected colleges and universities. These institutions of higher learning banned the intramural leagues from forming Ping Pong leagues and made them form table tennis leagues. I think we are becoming much to politically correct and this needs to stop.

I went to the find folks at Wikipedia to shed some light on the subject, and the whole article can be read here, but the meat and potatoes is below:
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Table tennis has its origins in England as an after dinner amusement for upper class Victorians in the 1880s... Early bats were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of "whiff whaff" and "Ping pong..." The name ping pong then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaques equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis.

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As you can see ping pong is not a racist name and somebody needs to tell these institutions of higher learning to quit being so politically correct. Give me a break. On a side note I think this would make a great piece for those local news stations that love to do undercover reports that aren't that scandalous but they make it sound like it is the next BIG news story.