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Munch the Frog explains

2025-11-27T09:19:25Z

Sexual Orientations & Genders Simplified

(from ChibiGreen)

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oldy but goody

2025-05-18T07:43:37Z

I found some Good News but only in the internet archive.

I have so much I'd like to write here but still so little spare time considering the other things I want to do.

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The Daily Tism

2025-04-22T08:02:59Z

Video title: The Daily Tism - news by and for autistic people - EPISODE 2 - EASTER
Posted by: Turtle Canyon Comedy
Date posted: 2025/04/21

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Techniculty

2025-04-07T18:52:17Z

That is a typo I caught myself writing, but actually it seems like a pretty nice abbreviation.

Techniculty: Technical difficulty

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Ya Mahmud / Ya Mustafa

2025-03-15T09:17:39Z

I quite like this music album on Bandcamp:
Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955-69)

Padang Moonrise is the story of modern Indonesian music that emerged underneath the volcanoes of Java and Sumatra. Java, the most populous island in the archipelago of over 17,000 islands and 1300 distinct ethnic groups, and its capital city Jakarta, was where most of the post-colonial national identity, politics, administration and music production was centred.

Traditional songs from Java, Sumatra, Bali and beyond were re-imagined by a small group of state-sponsored musicians that also composed and arranged new music. These songs aimed at consolidating a geographically disparate country with a new language and new ideas of national character. This compilation brings together a handful of these recordings that combine elements of regional popular music, Islamic Gambus, Javanese & Balinese Gamelan and Kroncong, with jazz, Afro-latin music & instrumentation, and vocal harmonies influenced by banned American doo-wop and rock & roll.

Song #7 on the album is "Ya Mahmud" by "Orkes Kelana Ria". Most of the lyrics on the album are not English. So it was a surprise in the middle of the song to suddenly hear "I love you, Mister Mahmud; Come to me, Mister Mahmud!", especially as it was sung by a masculine voice. Intrigued, I tried to find a translation of the rest of the lyrics.

The Jakarta Post has an article on the band, Orkes Melayu (Malay Orchestra) Kelana Ria.

Between 1961 and 1964, Kelana Ria recorded 48 songs that were spread over four records, Kafilah, Yam El Shamah, Ya Mahmud and Ya Hamidah. The four recordings changed the trajectory of Indonesian popular music. Songs like "Termenung," written and performed by Ellya Khadam became an instant hit and were staples on the playlist of state-run broadcaster RRI. ...The album also turned Munif – who composed and sung a number of songs on the four records, including two with Arabic lyrics – into a superstar and his name will forever be associated with the mix of Arabic, Indian and Latin music that Kelana Ria popularized.

The "Ya Mahmud" song is mentioned in this book by Andrew Weintraub:
DANGDUT STORIES: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music

Munif Bahasuan brought a cosmopolitan ﬂavor to the music. One of his ﬁrst recordings was a version of the international hit “Ya Mustafa,” originally recorded in 1958 by Lebanese singer Bob Azam, who also recorded a version in French. The text includes the humorous bilingual opening line in French and Italian: “Chérie je t’aime, chéri je t’adore—como la salsa del pomodoro” (“Darling, I love you, darling, I adore you—like tomato sauce”). The song became such a hit for Munif that he recorded several more songs with “Ya” in the title (“Ya Mahmud” and “Ya Hamidah”). In “Ya Mahmud,” he sings in English: “I love you Mr. Mahmud, Come to me Mr. Mahmud.” There is also a section in Arabic.

Wikipedia has a page on the famous Ya Mustafa song. After listening to it, I realized I even have an instrumental version of it in my music collection!

Here is a video of Bob Azzam's version of the song, showing the lyrics in English (if you click to view it on YouTube):

Video title: Egyptian Arabic+French+Spanish: Bob Azzam - Ya Mustafa with Lyrics -
Posted by: Language Context
Date posted: Nov 9, 2019

LyricsTranslate has some details on the lyrics and on why the song was initially banned in Egypt.

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weird instructions

2025-03-11T01:39:43Z

"Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute 5 seconds or until hot. Turn sandwich over halfway through heating time."

So at 32.5 seconds, I'm supposed to pause the oven and turn over the sandwich.

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Introverts In The Wild

2025-01-01T20:25:33Z

OMG, much funny!

Video title: Introverts In The Wild
Posted by: Holderness Family Laughs
Date posted: 2023/04/14

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Holiday Night Fever ad

2024-12-14T08:12:38Z

I finished watching my DVR recording of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade today. It seems to have been raining during the parade as much as during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

This commercial was very good:

Video title: “Holiday Night Fever” :60
Posted by: CapitalOne
Date posted: 2024/10/29

This video shows the commercial side-by-side with corresponding parts from the Saturday Night Fever movie:

Video title: John Travolta: Capital One Ad (2023) vs Saturday Night Fever (1977) Movie - Spot the Similarities!
Posted by: BLUX
Date posted: 2023/12/10

Per the date on the 2nd video and another webpage I found, "Who Else From Saturday Night Fever Is In John Travolta's Santa Claus Commercial?, the ad is a year old already! Well, it seemed new to me.

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2003 Networking Conference

2024-11-25T04:23:11Z

I came across this old ad for a Cisco Systems user conference amongst Qiao's things and thought it amusing. (Cisco makes networking equipment.)

Text of ad:
I attend 3 keynotes.
I sit through 12 breakout sessions.
I visit 75 Cisco partners.
I transform business.
(And I still can't figure out the digital alarm.)
Networkers 2003
Register now

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Kamala and Kamala on Saturday Night Live

2024-11-04T21:34:54Z

Video title: 2024 Pre-Election Cold Open - SNL
Posted by: Saturday Night Live
Date posted: Nov 3, 2024

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a daily Waffle

2024-04-06T08:20:22Z

The zany example sentences are what I enjoy most about the daily Waffle word game. Getting to read them after solving the puzzle is always a treat.

From today:
"R2D2 was the naughtiest robot on set; they had to bleep out all of his lines."

From before:
"I tried a cow joke, but it just went in one ear and out the udder."

"I had a dream that I had invented a new colour; but it was just a pigment of my imagination."

Many puns. Some head scratchers.

Oh! And did you know that the word "robot" comes from Czech? It also comes from the same root as does the German word "Arbeit" (work).

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business names, signs

2023-07-30T21:44:22Z

Looking up a TA location (where they supposedly sell the Grape Chia flavor of Synergy kombucha drinks, which is my favorite flavor but I never see it anymore at the usual places I shop) on Google Streetview, I see a sign on the neighboring building which says GOASS.

I think to myself, they wouldn't really have named a business that, would they?

Nope, it is really GOASIS. The view of the "I" was blocked by a support column from the previous position.

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2:00

2023-02-07T07:03:19Z

Setting the microwave to run for 2 minutes at exactly 2am is a tad confusing. Oh I entered the numbers already? Oh I guess not.

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now I want a yodelling pickle

2022-04-09T21:58:56Z

Doing a search on Amazon, I got annoyed that it doesn't let you exclude certain words from the results. (I want chewable vegan vitamins that are NOT gummies!) So I ended up including a few profanities in my ever-lengthening search string.

The results made me laugh.

Yodelling Pickle Musical Toy, Fun for all Ages, Great Gift
"Are you sick and tired of trying to teach your pickles to yodel? Pickles can be so stubborn. At last, the yodeling pickle you've been waiting for. With a mere press of a button (yes, it has a button) this little pickle will yodel its heart out. You'll think you're in the Swiss Alps listening to a yodeling pickle!"

Mugs with witty things written on them:

Mug: "Of course I talk to myself. Sometimes I need expert advice"

(Amazon seems to be telling me, "With a search string like that, you must talk to yourself a lot")

Mug: "i before e. Except after C and also when you heinously seize your feisty foreign neighbor's conceited beige heifer from the ceiling. Weird."

(now I can't even remember any i-before-e words other than retrieve and believe/belief... sieve...)

Mug: "I Shall Purchase a Large Sword | and name it Kindness | and Kill People With Kindness"

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electric ad-venue

2022-02-09T18:29:02Z

I like this commercial, especially the "little Peggy" parts.

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Wonder Years

2021-12-30T04:04:53Z

I remember enjoying the original "Wonder Years" television show. I haven't had time to watch much of the new series till now. But I just watched 3 episodes, and I think it's been making me laugh as much the original series probably did.

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great name

2021-11-19T23:33:34Z

Woofenbark dog grooming

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Trees on the move

2021-09-19T17:11:26Z

This reddit shows a cool video of a landslide with trees sliding and tumbling down a mountainside: I see movement ahead

It is from 2004: Massive landslide in Japan, recorded on video!

YouTube has a more complete video of it with sound.

(It reminded me of the video of trees on the march linked to here.)

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Here's the funniest/cutest Cat video I've seen all week (says a person who doesn't regularly watch such videos, as otherwise I'd never get anything done).

And here's a funny/cute dog video: Family Tries To Convince Their Giant Alaskan Malamute To Get In The Bath

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awww... good doggy!

2021-07-19T06:57:16Z

Family dog stops traffic in Ottawa neighbourhood to help owner during a medical emergency (March 19, 2021)

While I'm at it, I'll post these other old links I saved... meant to do a "Good Stuff" links post with them after accumulating enough of them, so now it is. Several of these were via andrewducker.

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020 finalists revealed

Near Donegal the trees are on the march (surreal video)
More: Watch: thousands of tonnes of peat and trees slide downstream in Donegal

Quest Sprout: 'The most wholesome thing on the internet'
More: Quest Sprout - webcomic archive, Swords - webcomic

2020 Bulwer-Lytton winning entries and dishonorable mentions

Online meeting, when everyone starts turning their cameras on (funny video)

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MR. BIDEN (Bring My Vaccine)

2021-03-20T07:58:41Z

Video title: MR. BIDEN (Bring My Vaccine) - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
Posted by: Randy Rainbow
Date posted: Mar 9, 2021

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Resident Alien

2021-02-23T05:25:43Z

Any of you watching this new show on SyFy?
Resident Alien

Came across it today while watching TV at Qiao's house, episodes 3 and 4... it seems quite weird and funny so far. I'll have to go back and watch the first 2 episodes, unless something turns me off of it in the next half hour.

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yuck a yum

2021-02-12T06:39:09Z

This was the first time I've heard this expression (though apparently it is common), and after a brief mental moment of "huh?", it made me smile:
"I'd never yuck your yum".

It was in this Anna Akana video : When you and your friend are dating the same guy (ft. Julie Nolke)

Reading the video comments, some other viewers were likewise quite amused by the phrase, while others said they can't stand it. Which, if your exposure to the phrase was from a grade school teacher, I can understand.

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for your amusement

2021-01-30T07:19:26Z

Golden Retrievers are the stupidest geniuses in the Animal Kingdom

I thought this subreddit surely couldn't have more than a few posts on it...
Dogs on Roofs

Developers: The system is very intuitive, the users will know what to do. The users: ...

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amusing and touching Christmas adverts

2020-12-26T02:16:25Z

Via duskpeterson:

TK Maxx Xmas 2020 - The Lil' Goat

“The Greatest Gift” | Xfinity 2020 Holiday Commercial

Mog’s Christmas Calamity | Sainsbury’s Ad | Christmas 2015

"Come Together" - a H&M Holiday Short Film directed by Wes Anderson

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2016 (Buster The Boxer)

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my holiday cards aren't nearly so good

2020-12-21T08:50:33Z

Amusing/Stunning Christmas card

I tried using Reddit's embed to directly show the image in this post, but it didn't work. I wonder why.

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