Archive for September, 2009

Lie of the Day #1058

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Golden eagles were originally bred to assist in farming. Their feet face backwards and are therefore ideal for use as a pair of airborne trowels.

Haven’t done this in a while…

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Sketches!

Gah… doing this update makes me realize two things:

I need to draw more.
I should probably update my gallery software from Gallery2 and migrate to NextGen. Maybe when I find some time…

Lie of the Day #1057

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

When stored in large quantities (greater than 1 kilogram), earwax is the most volatile explosive known to man. Trash and sewer systems must be monitored on a constant basis to make sure there are no significant build-ups of discarded earwax in filters or near incinerators.

Lie of the Day #1056

Monday, September 28th, 2009

The flying squirrel is the mammal equivalent of the hermit crab. They actually have no skin of their own and instead pilfer skins from the carcasses of cats and opossum. This is the real reason for the extra skin around their legs that they use to glide from tree to tree.

Lie of the Day #1055

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Most skyscrapers are made of cedar and a special honey-based adhesive.

Lie of the Day #1054

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Every 13th child born in the state of Idaho has their left large toe ritualistically removed and placed in a small burlap sack for safe-keeping. At the age of 17, the toe is re-attached.

Lie of the Day #1053

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Zorro was actually a masked talking zebra. The zebra’s superior camouflage combined with the clever mask and hat made people simply assume that he was a human populist rebel when he was really the world’s first inter-species thief.

Lie of the Day #1052

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The continent of Australia is a gigantic floating chocolate chip cookie.

Lie of the Day #1051

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

In the future, robots will be powered exclusively by old cheese.

Lie of the Day #1050

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

It’s a little-known fact that the two sports which involve the most heavy use of performance enhancing steroids are billiards and tournament poker.