Friday, May 20, 2022

FUNNY FRIDAY

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Ugly Week continued . . . 

Caution: risque content ahead.


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SOME HUMOUR:

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An ugly arrogant woman walked into a store with her two kids, yelling at them.

The store clerk pleasantly said, "Good morning ma'am and welcome. Nice children, are they twins?"

The ugly woman stopped yelling and said, "Hell, no they are not, one is 9 and the other is 7. Why the Hell would you think they're twins, Are you blind or just bloody stupid?"

The clerk replied, "I'm neither blind nor stupid ma'am, I just can't believe someone would have sex with you twice!!”

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Prince Charles is driving around his mother’s Scottish estate when he accidentally runs over her favourite dog, a Corgi, crushing it to a pulp.

He gets out of his Range Rover and sits down on the grass, totally distraught.

He knows his mother will go ballistic.

Suddenly he notices a lamp, half-buried in the ground.

He digs it up, polishes it, and immediately a genie appears.

“You have freed me from a thousand of years of imprisonment”, says the genie. “As a reward I shall grant you one wish.”

“Well,” says the Prince, “I have all the material things I need, but let me show you this dog.”

They walk over to the splattered remains of the dog.

“Do you think you could bring this dog back to life for me?”, the Prince asks.

The genie carefully looks at the remains and shakes his head. “This body is too far gone for even me to bring it back to life. Is there something else you would like?”

The Prince thinks for a moment, then reaches into his pocket and takes out two photos.

“I was once married to this beautiful woman called Diana,” says Prince Charles, showing the genie the first photo. “But now I love this woman called Camilla”, and he shows the genie the second photo.

“Do you think you can make Camilla beautiful?”

The genie studies the two photographs and after a few moments says, “Let’s have another look at that dog”.

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At a wedding in Glasgow I whispered to a guy next to me, "Isn't the bride a right ugly dog"

"Do you mind. That's my daughter you're talking about."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were her father''...

'I'm her fucking mother' came the reply

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A shooting club was holding a competition. The winner was to get a somewhat ugly trophy, the second-placed shooter - a crate of champagne.

By the end of the final round, two shooters were tied for first place, so they were told to do a tiebreaker round - 5 shots at maximum distance. To keep things more dramatic, they had to shoot at the same time.

After both had stopped firing and were awaiting the results, one shooter turned to his rival and said with a little smile: "I'm sorry, pal. I put all five shots in the wall."

"I'm sorry, too," replied the other, "because I put all of mine into your target."

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A rich American tourist was holidaying in Rome, and was intent on seeing the Pope. There he stood, in a big long line with a rather expensive suit on, hoping the Pope would notice how smart he was and perhaps talk a few words with him.

As the Pope made his way slowly down the line, he walked right past the American, hardly even noticing him. The Pope then stopped next to a shabbily dressed homeless man, leaned over and whispered something in the man's ear, and made his way on again.

This really angered the American. After speaking with the drunkard, the American agreed to pay $1000 dollars to exchange clothing, in the hope that the Pope would speak to him the next day.

The next morning the shabbily dressed American stood in the line, waiting to see the Pope and hopefully exchange a few words. The Pope was making his way slowly up to the American. When he finally reached him, he leaned over to the American and spoke softly into his ear... "I thought I told you yesterday to get the fuck out of here."

Bonus:

A woman got on a bus holding a baby.

The bus driver said: "That's the ugliest baby I've ever seen." In a huff, the woman slammed her fare into the fare box and took an aisle seat near the rear of the bus.

The man seated next to her sensed that she was agitated and asked her what was wrong. "The bus driver insulted me," she fumed. The man sympathized and said "Why, he's a public servant and shouldn't say things to insult passengers." "You're right," she said. "I think I'll go back up there and give him a piece of my mind."

"That's a good idea," the man said. "Here, let me hold your monkey."

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LIMERICK OF THE WEEK:

There was a young monk of Dundee
Who complained that it hurt him to pee,
He said, "Pax vobiscum,
Now why won't the piss come?
I'm afraid I've the c-l-a-p."

(Pax vobiscum: Latin for 'Peace be with you')

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GALLERY:






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CORN CORNER:

Girlfriend: "Am I pretty or ugly?"
Boyfriend: "You're both."
Girlfriend: "What do you mean?"
Boyfriend: "You're pretty ugly."

My wife always tells me that I treat my kid unfair. I don't even know which one she means.
Thomas, Jane or the fat ugly one?

Cashier, scanning condoms:
Do you need a bag sir?
Me: Jesus, she's not that ugly

My friend told me he had the body of a Greek god.
I had to explain to him that Buddha is not Greek.

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

"The beauty on the inside, will determine the ugly on the outside."

Anthony Liccione


UGLY WEEK: THE UGLY’S, ‘WAKE UP MY MIND’


The song “Wake Up My Mind” by the Ugly’s dates from 1965 and remains, after 57 years, a great song with a great sound, great lyrics, great message and shite name for a group.

Video:

Wake Up My Mind

It’s Alright

Lyrics:

I am a man in the prime of my life
I've got a house and a car and a beautiful wife
There's no chip on my shoulder, I've no axe to grind
And no possible reason to wake up my mind
And the days break,
And the nights fall and drift into time.

Somewhere there's hunger, somewhere there's a war
But I can do nothing so I'll just ignore
The cruelty around me, pretending I'm blind
In case I start thinking and wake up my mind
And the days break,
And the nights fall and drift into time.

I read in the papers a policeman shot down
Two Negroes in cold blood in some racial town
And I'm having a new car but don't know what kind
But one of these days I will wake up my mind
And the days break,
And the nights fall and drift into time.

Yes it seems as though fortune has smiled upon me
But now its too late, I’m beginning to see
I spent my life searching, but no peace I find
And it's left me with no time to wake up my mind
And the days break,
And the nights fall and drift into time.

The Ugly’s:

The Ugly's' started in Birmingham in 1957 as a band called the Dominettes. Over the next few years the composition changed and moved from rock & roll into a more R&B-based sound, which was enhanced further over the next couple of years with a wholly new lineup. By 1963 the group's sound had advanced considerably so that they were now reflecting the influence of the Liverpool sound to an extent. The name The Dominettes was replaced by The Ugly's, the exact reason for the choice not being remembered but helping to get them more bookings than their old name.

Their 1965 debut single "Wake Up My Mind" was a British Invasion-style protest song that reflected other protest singers of the time such as Bob Dylan. The single didn't chart in England, but did do very well in Australia and New Zealand.

That second single, "It's Alright," got the band lots of exposure on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London. The radio play did not translate into actual sales. Their single, "A Good Idea" b/w "The Quiet Explosion" came out in early 1966 but flopped. Thereafter it was downhill and the group pretty much dissolved by the end of 1969.

Group members ended up in, or formed, other groups such as the Mindbenders, the Electric Light Orchestra, Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull.

The Oz Connection:

From:
Elsewhere, by Graham Reid

They were also dogged with bad luck. Their tour to Finland was aborted when the ferry stopped in Denmark, their Uglymobile was impounded and they were deported back to England.

Yet they soldiered on, despite the conspicuous lack of chart success. Except in Australia and New Zealand with their single Wake Up My Mind which they had written under the influence of Dylan and Barry McGuire's social messages.

The reason for their Antipodean success was simple: the recording manager at their label Pye had a sister who worked at a radio station in Australia and she gave the song a shove along. It went into the top 10 and then New Zealand picked up on it.

Unfortunately the band failed to capitalise on the interest and tour to that far end of the world. And they lost yet another member . . . to be replaced by Jimmy O'Neill who had been briefly a member of the Walker Brothers' touring band.



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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

 


Bonus Dorothy Parker quote:







UGLY WEEK: MORE UGLY BELGIAN HOUSES

Bytes has previously posted a number of instalments of photographs of ugly Belgian houses. Belgium’s lack of planning constraints fuels a culture of the grotesque and the banal, inspiring architect Hannes Coudenys to record and post them on Facebook, as well as in coffee table books.

The Facebook pages are at:

Some more images and reader comments. . . 
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Reader comments:

As a person who lives there... I can tell that the bus part is actually a brick building with a fake facade. On the inside it's just a regular room (except at the driver side there is a fake dashboard and wheel for the kids to play) It was used as a business building, Schoolcare in the week and themed birthday parties in the weekend.
The reason why:
My mother couldn't continue her job as a nurse due to a neck injury and became fysicly disabled. She still wanted to work so we've extended our home with a space for my mom to continue a job as entertainer and carer for kids.
But we had to close it down because she fysicly couldn't anymore.
We know it's not as well maintained anymore as it used to be, we are sorry for that.

thanks, it’s an amazing house and I am sorry about your Mum

what a lovely idea, both from your mum's point of view and for the kids who were entertained/cared for in it.

And à Tardis ?

this is freedom, like the young ones started a architect office

Most of them aren't too bad. I even like a couple. But they do all have "personality"!!

I know this house. You can say many things about it, but only a joyless person could find it actually "ugly".

Extra points for creativity... I just want to know these people. ❤

Generated with AI? The tree looks fake.

Terrible that air conditioning on top of that beautiful bus 😜

Love it. Free spirits & autonomous

Where's Big Ben?

It surely will include crumpets and tea. Pip-pip tally-hoo!
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Living the Asbestos dream!

As a kid, I once watched workers cut Eternit roof tiles down to size on a table saw. You could see the dust in the air. Nobody wore masks.

I would say, back to square one with the design.

It's not complete, they didn't do the roof.

It is like amalgam fillings - don’t remove them if it’s not a problem. Eternit only releases asbestos-dust if you brake the plates, while removing them. There is a danger with all asbestos products, but when it comes to eternit, it’s a bit outta proportions. That house only needs a paint job - acrylic paint - latex or oil-base won’t stick.

The lizard house! (scales)
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Change the name of this community into Extraordinary Belgian Houses? Or Examples of Belgian Architecture?

Would that be half a lobotomy?

It’s all downhill from here… oh, wait 😵

The architect was feeling wavey…

Judging by all the black trails, kickass air circulation in there too. *Come rent a room here, and we'll shorten your lifespan at no extra charge!'

Isn't that just a ramp for skating?

Or when the children leave the house ... 😉

That not truly ugly.
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To go into the attic, provide a vomit bag.

When you attempt your first perspective drawing

Spawn of Escher and Dalí.

When you don´t live on the corner but in one...

Please tell me this is Photoshopped

There's probably a good reason for all those odd angles... or not: this is Belgium!

A true marvel of engineering

1st prize architecture....

Alcohol is always been a real problem amongst Belgian architects.
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Is it a diversion? The motive in the fence looks pretty familiar.....

Is it allowed to post dick pics in Facebook?

It’s just an unintended coincidence 😂

If you can get past the lockbox and through the unkempt bush, you can thrust up through the wide-open windows smiling down upon you?

This house is a magnificent erection

Misses a sign: erected in ...
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The following pics are without reader comments . . .




























My comment re the above pic: that off-centre solar panel installation really bothers me




And, in a homage to architects . . .

“I declare this thing open, whatever it is.”

- Prince Phillip, on a visit to Canada in 1969.