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Odd Sites for March 23

Diesel Sweeties -- "There might be funnier comics out there, but non are this lowbrow or low-rez."

Goats -- More cool comics!

Superosity -- And more comics!

Wigu -- A daily comic series by Jeffrey J. Rowland.
posted by Robbie 3/23/2002 07:39:00 PM

Odd Sites for March 22

Did anyone say "Wrestle!"

Midget Wrestling! -- Great promo photos of Ski Low Low, Little Beaver and many others with some history.

The Crusher -- Some of my fonder childhood memories were watching wrestling in Minneapolis and especially THE CRUSHER. Don't miss The Crusher, Milwaukee's favorite son, conducting the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

Great Article on Bob Mould, Vern Gagne and Nick Bockwinkel -- A great article from 1994 comparing the state of wrestling and music. Bob Mould actually worked awhile as a writer for the WWF.

Catfight! -- What wrestling info would be complete without a nod to apartment wrestling.

Check out my groovy archive of all our links to date. Just think in a year or so it'll be as long as the dead sea scrolls.
posted by Robbie 3/22/2002 08:54:00 PM

The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests last year. The hotel ended up submitting the letters to the Sunday Times.

Dear Maid,
Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Imperial Leather. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way.
Thank you,
S. Berman
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Dear Room 635,
I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as you requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my instructions from the management are to leave 3 soaps daily. I hope this is satisfactory.
Kathy,
Relief Maid
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Dear Maid,
I hope you are my regular maid. Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening, I found you had added 3 little Camays to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I am going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own bath-size Imperial Leather, so I won't need those 6 little Camays, which are on the shelf. They are in the way when shaving, brushing teeth etc. Please remove them.
S. Berman
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Dear Mr. Berman,
The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this morning that you called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will accept my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any future complaints, please contact me so I can give it my personal attention. Call extension 1108 between 8 AM and 5 PM.
Thank you,
Elaine Carmen
Housekeeper
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Dear Miss Carmen,
It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6.00 PM. That's the reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. You were already off duty. I only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new check in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my medicine cabinet, along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the bathroom shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars of soap. Why are you doing this to me?
S. Berman
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Dear Mr. Berman,
Your maid, Kathy, has been instructed to stop delivering soap to your room and to remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance, please call extension 1108 between 8 AM and 5 PM.
Thank you,
Elaine Carmen,
Housekeeper
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Dear Mr. Kensedder,
My bath-size Imperial Leather is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my room, including my own bath-size Imperial Leather. I came in late last night and had to call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets.
S. Berman
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Dear Mr. Berman,
I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap problem. I cannot understand why there was no soap in your room since our maids are instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they service a room. The situation will be rectified immediately. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience.
Martin L. Kensedder
Assistant Manager
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Dear Mrs. Carmen,
Who the hell left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in last night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars of Camay. I want my one damn bar of bath-size Imperial Leather. Do you realize I have 54 bars of soap in here? All I want is my bath-size Imperial Leather. Please give me back my bath-size Imperial Leather.
S. Berman
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Dear Mr. Berman,
You complained of too much soap in your room, so I had them removed. Then you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing, so I personally returned them. The 24 Camays which had been taken and the 3 Camays you are supposed to receive daily. I don't know anything about the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not know I had returned your soaps, so she also brought 24 Camays plus the 3 daily Camays. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel issues bath-size Imperial Leather. I was able to locate some bath-size Ivory which I left in your room.
Elaine Carmen
Housekeeper
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Dear Mrs. Carmen,
Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap inventory. As of today I possess:
* On the shelf under the medicine cabinet -18 Camay in 4 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
* On the Kleenex dispenser - 11 Camay in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 3.
* On the bedroom dresser - 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet, 1 stack of 4 hotel-size Ivory, and 8 Camay in 2 stacks of 4.
* Inside the medicine cabinet - 14 Camay in 3 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
* In the shower soap dish - 6 Camay, very moist.
* On the northeast corner of the tub - 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly used.
* On the northwest corner of the tub - 6 Camays in 2 stacks of 3.
Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the stacks are neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks of more
than 4 have a tendency to tip. May I suggest that my bedroom window sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future soap
deliveries. One more item, I have purchased another bar of bath-size Imperial Leather, which I am keeping in the hotel vault in order to
avoid further misunderstandings.
S. Berman


And on another note:

Subject: Prize winning essay


A creative writing class was asked to write a concise
essay containing these four elements:

1) religion
2) royalty
3) sex
4) suspense

The prize-winning essay read:

"My God," said the Queen. "I'm pregnant. I wonder who did it?"

*Thanks Don!*
posted by Robbie 3/21/2002 09:44:00 PM

Now you can comment on these sites--so leave a comment--that's right, you're cool!!
posted by Robbie 3/20/2002 09:23:00 PM

Odd Sites for March 20

Here's a few sites that pay tribute to my road trip from Austin Texas to Manhattan and back. Along with lots of flooding, saw two pretty good accidents--what is with people losing control of their cars and crossing the median and plowing into oncoming traffic--Yikes!! I'm gonna start driving in the right lane with the little old ladies and the guys towing three cars going to Mexico.

They shall take up serpents -- This is the real deal! Puts them feel good churches to shame. No matter what you think, this kind of commitment to anything is truly amazing. This radio show is 20 minutes long so set aside some time and listen. It takes awhile to download unless you're on one of them high speed hookups.

Trucker Slang

Individual Parking Violation Debtors -- New York City is brutal on parking tickets. On my recent road-trip I got two parking tickets in 30 minutes parked in the loading zone of an apartment building in Manhattan and I was even loading!

Parking Violations Delinquency Owed By Missions, Consulates, and Associated Staff By Country -- All I can say is "Holy Shit!!!"


Special Thanks to the Arkansas Highway Department for Interstates that ride like wash boarded dirt roads.

John & Charity Avera
Decatur, AL

June 17, 2001

Dear Jeff,

We finally arrived home safe with no damage to anything in or on our trailer! That was the first time we ever completed a trip and had no damage to some item in or on our fifth wheel. The air suspension system you installed worked perfectly and there has been no loss in air pressure since it was installed. I wish we had known about Kelderman Air Suspension when we bought the rig, as our first trip would have been to Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Having a new two-axle dual wheel 38-foot Newmar Country Air fifth wheel with a Newmar matching pattern stripped F550 Fontaine Ford draws attention anyplace we stop and for the first time we could tell everyone we had no damage in or to our rig. I know it pulls smoother now which is a real bonus considering the current poor condition of the roads. Every RV'er knows I-40 in Arkansas and I-10 in Louisiana are two of the worst interstates in the country, but they are no problem for the Kelderman Air Suspension you installed on our fifth wheel.

The Worst Highways In The Nation -- from About.com
As a matter of fact, there are only 3 states (New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey) with worse highways than Arkansas. Our rural interstates were ranked as the worst in the nation.

This is very obvious if you want to drive anywhere in Arkansas. The highways are indeed bumpy and covered with potholes. Plenty of cars with flat tires make up the scenery. Arkansas highways were ranked number 19 for congestion. The congestion is in part because not all of the highway is assessable. On the way to Memphis half of the lanes were blocked for repair in at least 3 places. It's good that the road are being repaired, but while being repaired they are an even bigger danger to drivers.

I've driven I-10 in LA many times-yeah it's bad, but nothing compares to Arkansas Interstates--I just started laughing it was so horrible.

posted by Robbie 3/20/2002 08:51:00 PM

Odd Sites for March 18

These first two are in honor of my weekend roadtrip to Manhattan. Now I'll be heading home in the morning, so don't expect anything magical here for a couple of days.

View From Empire State Building -- Here's the live view from "Justin's office" with weather info as well. Great if your wondering if your decision to move from NYC was on target--see the smog and the cold temp all at once!

Verrazano Narrows Bridge Cam -- See one of the great bridges live!

Funny.com -- Go here if you're looking for jokes to impress at your next get together.

Small Furry -- Okay someone please tell me why you'd take a hamster or a mouse!?!? in for adoption. Of course it gets tiring taking care of it or figuring out what to do with it when you go on vacation--just take it with you--I swear you won't feel like an idiot carrying your kid's hamster cage with the hamster inside into the hotel. Do what most sane parents do and pretend it escaped, never to be found in the house again, "I'm sad we lost Fluffy-Gerbil-Head too son, he must have snuck out while we were asleep--you know those little critters are real intelligent." So you just let it outside after the other little critter has gone to bed and sing Born Free... Of course it won't survive for more than a week, but at least you didn't kill it yourself! Just don't think about it--duh! The biggest question I have is why would you pay $5 for a mouse from the SPCA when you can get them for $3 less at Petsmart or some other pet factory. Or better yet go to a cool lizard and snake store and buy a couple of feeder mice for a dollar a pop--this way you'll actually be saving a life and saving some $$$!

Scary Squirrel world -- How to protect your bird feeder from squirrels.

I Brake For No Skwerl!

Fried Squirrel and Gravy -- "mmmmmm honey that smells good, what's for dinner?"
posted by Robbie 3/17/2002 07:13:00 PM