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In our never ending quest to be on top (I like it on top) of the latest trends in today's society we've stumbled upon (literally) the latest fad sweeping the nation. In an effort to help our readers get a foot in the door on this craze we're going to explain how it's caught on...step by step.  And we'll be simple and polite.  After all we wouldn't want to step on any toes. It seems the Ministry of Silly Walks, a sketch from 60s comedy troupe Monty Python, is making a resurgence.  Except this time around, people are taking it seriously.  From the runways of Paris... To the theatres of Broadway... ...the movement has taken on a life of it's own.  It has even influenced the world of sports. From the fairway... To the fairy way... Originator of the silly walk, John Cleese (no, not the dead, gay one) remarked recently, "It really is quite remarkable that this has caught on over 40 years after I first invented it.  What a complete bunch of dol...

There were a lot of great comments again this week.  Picking a winner was no slam-dunk I tell you.  No pre-game show; let's go right to the runners-up. Moooooog double-teamed us with: Aren't you glad you use dial?  Don't you wish everybody did? And... Jimmy misunderstood when the coach said they were going to "lick the competition" ba-hutch, who's blog I couldn't link to, must have been on a fast break when he came up with: How to keep the canaries away For any of you who saw the video in my post Monday , you'll know what he's talking about.  Good one ba-hutch! Chris@Knucklehead scored a 3-pointer, one of which was: Schwartz was whistled for setting a "moving lick" But previous winner Tgoette drove to the paint with: If you order second armpit lick, you get eggroll Thanks to all for playing the game.  See you next Wednesday.  And I only hope my Celtics can emulate Tgoette and come out on top in their series with...

I don't know about other bloggers but I'm always a tad conflicted when a colleague out there gives me an award.  I'm pleased to have been recognized for my work but I'm wary of the work involved in accepting the award. Usually these awards come with conditions and this involves some serious thought or research.  And often you have to pass these awards on to a number of bloggers of your choice which means going to their blogs to obtain their URL and then linking to them from your blog. That's work!  And for me - basically a somewhat lazy kind of guy - I'm pooped by the time I've finished my post of acceptance. I checked my awards page and in the last 14 months I've received 32 awards.  Isn't that nuts?  12 of those were for winning a caption contest and the majority of the rest were related to my writing. I'm beginning to think there are fewer humour bloggers out there than there are awards. I know I often run out of people to pass an awar...

The Monkees, perhaps, are the best example - or worst, depending upon your point of view - of a manufactured pop group who scored significant chart success. But  The Strangeloves  aren't that far behind. The Strangeloves were 3 guys from New York who said they were former sheep farmers from Australia. Their story went that they got rich over a new form of sheep crossbreeding and used their millions to start a rock group. Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer, at the time succesfull record producers, adopted the monikers Giles, Miles and Niles Strange and a musical conceit was hatched. The fictitious brothers ran into a bit of a problem in 1965 with the success of  I Want Candy . It ranked so high on the charts the demand to tour as live artists forced them to send out the session musicians who performed in the studio. But they could lip-sync, as this clip demonstrates... Hey, in 1965 what did I know. I was 13 and I thought they were kinda cool. The St...

Sometimes the world of sports can provide some of the most unintentionally funny photos. With the basketball playoffs under way what's more appropriate than the picture above.  Well maybe a pic of the Celtics hoisting the trophy but we'll save that for another time. Leave as many captions as you like in the comments section and then dribble on back Saturday and see who be dunkin' with dufus!

God bless dear old mom.  Growing up as a child, she really shaped - or tried to shape - my, and that of my brothers, table manners.  I say tried because it was difficult to convince three energetic boys to keep their elbows off the table, not to talk with their mouths full and not to chew with their mouths open.  We were also told to "eat everything off your plate - think of the poor starving children in Africa".  Of course, I always thought it would be a good idea to send my food to the children of Africa but I guess my mom couldn't afford the postage.  She also hated it when we liquified our jello.  This was a favourite.  We used to swish our jello around in our mouths till it turned to liquid and then gargle with it.  We thought it was hilarious.  My mother not so.  But it is something I've passed on to my children and my children's children.  It's like a time-honoured family tradition. I came across a story last week that mad...

People can be silly sometimes.  And when they drink too much they can be even sillier. I often review news sites for story ideas both for this blog and my political satire blog Slings and Arrows .  When I really get desperate for something to write about, I take a peak at the "Odd News" websites.  They're usually good for a laugh - kinda like a print version of America's Funniest Videos.  You know what I mean.  Whenever I watch that show I marvel at how stupid people can be.  Not only that but they record their half-brained efforts and send them in to share their stupidity with millions upon millions of television viewers around the world.  They should re-name that show "America's Got Stupid People" or "So You Think You Can Jump Off A Roof Onto a Trampoline and Dunk a Basketball".  Too bad "Biggest Loser" is already taken. Where was I?  Oh, yeah, people can be even stupider when they drink. Take for example, Oleksandr Nayda of ...

It seems pooh brings out the best in people.  Well, not literally.  What I mean is give you guys a picture having something to do with pooh and the comments submitted are the best and funniest I've ever had the pleasure to read. There were a shitload of good comments this week which made it hard to sort through them and pick a winner.  So this week, in addition to our runners-up, I've decided to do something a little different.  Yep, you heard me - another first here at nonamedufus - a three-way...a three-way tie that is. So, flush with excitement, here are our runners up: Everyday Goddess : I just swam up from China and boy are my arms tired. Canadian Blend : This is worse than New York's problem with rats coming up through the plumbing. Tgoette : But Mommy, I want to go see NEMO!!!! And here are our 3 winners... 00dozo was simple and to the point.  She dropped this caption: Revenge of the Turds Tom bowled me over with: I couldn't fi...

In a worldwide exclusive, our intrepid reporter nonamedufus has learned just how British Petroleum intends to successfully plug it's leaking oil well on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. BP, which most people believe stands for Big Problem Oil and Gas, has tried stemming the flow of oil with mud, cement and now golf balls.  WTF?  Yes, you read right - golf balls, even though there are many who feel the CEO of BP's balls should be used. But now an outsider has stepped forward to offer up a solution.  John Travolta, well-known American philanthropist, scientologist and thespian - and star of the oddly successful movie  Saturday Night Fever  - has offered to donate his dianetic disco dance record collection. "Disco saved my life," said Travolta, "not to mention my career.  Once I convinced the church to allow disco into their dianetic philosophy, my life was never the same.   I guess you could say it really is responsible for me stayin'...

Well, it's a new month and the folks over at Theme Thursday have chosen "white" for the month of June.  The concept behind Theme Thursday is to help give bloggers a little boot to their creative behinds once a week and hopefully prompt them into writing a post about the week's theme.  For the last little while they've been using colours at the outset of each month. When I saw this month's colour my mind immediately took me back to those old laundry and household cleaner commercials that used to air on TV. For example, does anyone old enough remember the Ajax commercials from the 50s?  Yeah, it was "stronger than dirt".  And Ajax was the white knight... That was the 50s, but by the 70s Ajax was "like a white tornado"... Meanwhile, who better to advertise a cleaning product than Betty "White". Here's her sales pitch from the 70s. But it's the 50s that provide us with the real classics. Here's an ad w...

It's that time of the week again.  I provide the pic and you provide the caption.  Don't let this opportunity go to waste.  You snooze you lose and your chance to win will go right down the crapper. You know the drill.  Leave your captions in the comments section and feel free to leave as many as you like between now and end of day Friday. Then come on back Saturday to see which lucky captioner will be flush with victory. See ya then.

Now get this.  It would seem that German soccer fans are a dedicated lot.  A survey there last week has revealed most Germans would prefer watching their team in the World Cup final than having sex with their partners. The survey indicated only 5 per cent of those questioned would prefer going all the way than watching their national soccer team, um, er, go all the way. Historically, aren't these the guys that were busy creating the master race.  Seems they're now into rooting for, what they hope is, the master soccer team. Meanwhile, in Argentina their soccer players will be able to enjoy the best of both worlds.  Their coach has decided to let team members have sex during the World Cup.  As the team doctor puts it: "Sex is part of everybody's social life and it's not a problem in itself.  Problems arise with the excesses: all the extra, a non-regular partner or in hours reserved for rest." No, no silly. Today's a game day! So the players will be abl...

Before today's business, a correction.  Last Monday was Victoria Day in Canada and for some reason I got it into my head that it was also Memorial Day in the States.  Of course today is Memorial Day.  My apologies.   Although, if I think of those veterans who gave their lives in the name of freedom two weeks in a row I guess there's nothing wrong with that.  Now on with the show... *** Canada's Minister of Finance was thinking out loud the other day.  Which tells us Canadians he can be a thoughtful person.  Who knew?  He was ruminating on the future of the Canadian penny.  Yeah that's right, the bane of my tailor's existence - the guy that has to sew my damaged pockets because I carry too much change around. Jim Flaherty says Canadians hoard pennies.  Well, yeah.  For most of us we keep them in jars at home rather than our pockets or purses. Apparently there are about 30 billion pennies in circulation in Canada but the ...