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Eddie McCalip was on hand at Pike County Farm Bureau on Wednesday August 4 as Paul Ott and I sat down to talk about the petition to get Eminent Domain reform on the ballot next year.
You can view the full-size video on Facebook.
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The fair food kings at the Indiana State Fair are at it again. This year, it’s…the donut burger:
Or, if that doesn’t trip your trigger, they’re also offering “deep fried butter”. The health craze at state fairs continues!
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There are few words appropriate to get you mentally prepared for this, so I’ll just say “Meet 600+ pound woman Donna Simpson, whose goal is to reach 1,000 pounds.”
No, really.
Click on the picture above to see her website, which features pictures and videos of her in various situations, including some in lingerie.
No, really.
If you’d like to join, it’s $15 a month…which thousands of people are already paying, meaning that she’s making tens of thousands of dollars each month for being “fat on purpose”.
No, really.
Be warned: you have never seen anything like her website (and the pictures on it) in your life, and your boss may call a meeting if he catches you looking at it. However, if you think you can take it, check it out…
…it’s tons of fun.
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I know you want to enter the Osyka Civic Club’s Chickin’ Fixin’ Contest at this year’s Osyka Fall Fest on October 2…well, the first step is to fill out your entry form and get it in with your entry fee. You can get your copy of that entry form by clicking right here!
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On Wednesday, June 23, Betty Jo Hennigen was the first caller, so I sent her to lunch! However, it was also time for the infamously bad Joke of the Day, and…well…here’s what Betty Jo contributed to the cause:
Betty Jo Hennigen – she bought WHAT?
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You’ve been hearing about the mess of oil in the Gulf of Mexico…well, here’s an actual real-color satellite picture of it, courtesy of NASA:
Click the picture to see a larger version…if you can take it.
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Robbie made me post this. Sigh.
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Bigfoot has been sighted again in North Carolina, and America’s new breakout star has been found. Just look for yourself:
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Now THIS is ingenious. Courtesy of James Andrews through the email, may I present…the redneck smoke alarm.
An added bonus: you have something to snack on while you wait for the fire truck.
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This is nothing short of incredible:
That’s not a photo…that is a pencil drawing done entirely with a .5mm mechanical pencial and nothing else…38 year old artist Paul Lung of Japan doesn’t even use an eraser! Click the picture above (or the one below) to see lots more of his incredible work!
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For everyone that says technology is bad:
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Apparently, rats laugh if you tickle them:
Listen to the end…he knows it’s true because he asked the rats if they enjoyed it. No, really…he gets paid to do this kind of thing. Kinda makes what you do for a living look a bit more useful, doesn’t it?
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Had a great time talking with local author John Prescott this morning about his new book, Stories Before Sunrise. Head over to his website at John-Prescott.com to talk with him on his forum, download his writing and find out more about his book signing April 24th at the Holiday Inn Express in McComb.
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Need a reminder of what the Christmas spirit is all about? Just watch this:
Your lawn care business in a slump? Start trimming hedges. And the best part is this: the only new equipment you’ll need is a crane.
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Now THIS is a high school band:
527 members…and that’s just the instruments. It takes 18 buses to get the band to away games, and 3 18 wheelers to transport the instruments and equipment. Click the picture above to go to their website for more pictures and information.
Here’s a video of the band at a competition in September 2009:
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Saints quarterback Drew Brees helped out the Sports Science show to determine if an NFL quarterback is as accurate as an Olympic-class archer. You won’t regret watching this one:
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You’ve heard the story with Robbie and I in the mornings, now you can see the legend for yourself. Presenting…the Green Goose!
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Okay, this is important. Trivial Pursuit is holding an online contest for bragging rights, with men versus women. Go to the official “Who’s Smarter Than Who?” game website, fill in the information, and then start answering questions. Every question you get right is a point for your gender. At the time I’m posting this, the men have taken the lead after trailing early…do your part!
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Excited about Windows 7 being released? Hungry? headed to Japan anytime soon? Well, it’s your lucky week!
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Getting a DWI isn’t that unusual…well, unless you’re driving your La-Z-Boy.
Mind you, it would make those trips to the bathroom during commercials a lot quicker, but you just have to make sure you don’t drive it down to the corner bar.
Again.
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Ever want a fruit pie? Ever want…well, over a million fruit pies? Well, you’re in luck! Just head to the UK’s version of Ebay and place your bid on over one million frozen fruit pies. (You have to arrange and pay for the shipping yourself, as well as storage. Call your momma’n'em and see if they have room in the deep freeze to take a few.)
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7 feet long. 3 feet tall while standing on all fours. 180 pounds. Meet Boomer:
(Click the pic for the story, and give your dog a treat today for not being Godzilla.)
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Dog beer. They have it. No, really. You can place your order for beef-dripping flavored non-alcoholic beer for your dog, because Rover needs to unwind, apparently.
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Think your baby is a handfull? Today’s lesson: it could always be worse.
Robbie says this could be his grandson Kai in just a few months, so be careful who you tailgate on Delaware…it’d be hard to explain to your insurance agent how “this biker baby got mad and smashed in my window with a tire iron.”
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May I present…the ultimate burger:
It’s better than you think…click the pic above to see what goes into making one of these (feeds a family of eight, or half the Chasing Foul Balls crew of four).
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Usain Bolt? Not that fast. This guy? EXTREMELY fast.
A hippo can run 30mph, and didn’t catch this guy. Of course, he had more motivation than a sneaker sponsorship.
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You heard about “Thunderwear” before sports, and the concept of drugging your dog with Xanax or Prozac to calm them down during a thunderstorm. Well, the story in the Clarion-Ledger has a picture that pretty well says it all about that:
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Okay, I’ve got a problem. I ran across a photo on the website Awkward Family Photos, and it’s bothering me to the point that I can’t get any work done. Take a look and tell me…what the heck is going on here?!? (click the picture to enlarge it to it’s full feathered fury):
No, seriously…explain this one to me. A dramatic re-enactment of the song “Chicken Dance”? The winner, first and second alternates at the “Miss Goldy” beauty pageant? Chicken prom? I’m stumped. If you’ve got an idea, email me at mornings@k106.net.
Please.
I’m having flashbacks to my senior prom, except in my case the spider monkey got away before it was our turn for pictures.
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What better way to do math than with…chocolate?!?
Yep. Chocolate. Sort of.
Thanks to Jim for emailing this in…amazingly enough, it works!
YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATH
This is pretty neat..
DON’T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!
It takes les than a minute .Work this out as you read.
Be sure you don’t read the bottom until you’ve worked it out!This is not one of those waste of time things, it’s fun.
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50 — I’ll wait while you get the calculator
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..If you haven’t, add 1758.6.. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.You should now have a three digit number …..The first digit of this was your original number;
(i.e., how many times you want to have chocolate each week).The next two numbers are YOUR AGE! (Oh YES, it is!!!!!)
THISÂ IS THE ONLY YEAR (2009) IT WILL EVER WORK, SOÂ Â SPREAD IT AROUND WHILE ITÂ LASTS.
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May I proudly present, fresh from the Washington State Fair…chocolate-covered bacon:
Click the picture for the story.
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Robbie and I talked about the “silent ringtone,” a sound that teenagers are using on their cellphone so that parents and teachers won’t know their phone is ringing. As you age, your ears become less sensitive to high frequencies, so therefore most teens can hear this sound, while most adults can’t. I’m not sure if that makes this an “I’m getting old” test or not, but see if you can hear it:
For the record…I can hear it, but Robbie can’t. Where did this idea come from? Well, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica it actually originated from an invention designed to keep teens from loitering around stores:
The invention, a small black box called the Mosquito, emits an annoying ultrasonic (high-pitched) buzz. Many shopkeepers in Great Britain have installed Mosquitoes to drive away young ruffians. The Mosquito doesn’t tend to bug adults, many of whom can’t hear it because they have presbycusis, a gradual loss of hearing with age. Presbycusis can result from illness, bad diet, poor circulation, or repeated exposure to loud noises. As people grow older, the hair cells in their inner ears gradually die off, and their ability to hear high-pitched sounds deteriorates first. Hair cells convert sound energy into nerve signals that the brain can register.
Not long after the Mosquito went on sale, the tables were turned on the device. The annoying buzz was pirated, modified, and put on the Internet as an MP3 file. Kids and teens began uploading the file onto their cell phones, creating an ultrasonic ring tone that only they, not their presbycusit elders, can hear. The ultrasonic ring tone can be shared with other cell phone owners by sending it by text message.
The moral here, obviously, is “don’t mess with teenagers”.
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We’ve had several calls about “The Remember Song” since we played it on the air Tuesday morning. It’s by a guy named Tom Rush (click his name to hit his website):
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Sometimes, you want to look good, smell good and…well, have a snack with you. May I present…the Bacon Dress.
I hope this model doesn’t wear this around anyone walking their dog, or it won’t be pretty.
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This week, we’ve been debating whether you buy “snow cones” or “snow balls”. Well, it turns out that “snow ball” is a term that originated in New Orleans at Hansen’s in 1939, when they introduced the first machine. Below, it’s Hansen’s and the actual original machine!
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Presenting…the official World’s Ugliest Dog:
No other comment needed. However, I think we’re better than that in Southwest Mississippi and Southeast Louisiana…if you’ve got a dog that you think should have won over Pabst up there, email us a picture at mornings@k106.net.
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Nothing beats a good game of Whiffle ball; just ask the members of the Flyin’ Wildebeest, one of 14 teams in the Kalamazoo Whiffle League in Michigan, a league that includes an all-star game each season, playoffs, an official league photographer and official trading cards. And if you want to see the most detailed website ever devoted to a hobby, click here. My question…why don’t we have a Whiffle Ball league like this in this area? Somebody get busy!
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Is your dog dirty? Do you hate to give it a bath? Well, the French have figured out how to solve this problem...the Dog-O-Matic:
The website is in French (obviously), but I think we get the idea. (I assume you would still have to get your poodle dry-cleaned, however.)
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If you heard Robbie and I talk about Jacob Robertson of Centreville Friday morning, you know about the benefit for him Saturday June 6. Jacob has an extremely rare chromosonal disorder that cause him quite a few difficulties, including Epilepsy, Sensory Integration Dysfunction (which is on the Autism Spectrum) , Hypotonia and Global Developmental Delays. They’re trying to raise $14,000 to get Jacob a service dog to help him out; let’s all do our part to help Jacob.
Visit Jacob’s website to find out more, and let’s get out and help this guy!
(And if you’d like to make a donation to help Jacob out, you can go to the 4 Paws for Ability website and do it online through Paypal…just make sure you put “For Jacob Robertson of Centreville Mississippi” in the “Special Instructions” box during your donation process through PayPal’s web site. The link to the Special Instructions appears on the last page of the process.)
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Yard salers…your queen speaks!
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Y’know, sometimes you just have to see something to believe it…from China, may I present…the winged cat.
Click the picture to learn more…you know you want to.
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If you’re tired of barking about gas prices, try running your truck on…well, bark.
As we talked about Tuesday morning, the truck above is called “The Termite,” and runs on wood. They say they can get about 5,000 miles per cord, and this truck has been around…last year, they drove it from Birmingham, Alabama to California and back, and just completed a trip from Alabama to Maine. Click the picture above to see their blog.
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Robbie got this in his email Monday, and it has to be one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen; “Stand By Me,” performed by street musicians all over the world, with none of them ever meeting, all part of a documentary named “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”. Prepare to be amazed (click the symbol in the lower-right corner of the video to expand it out to full-screen size):
Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.
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Scientists have discovered an enzyme that controls how your body burns the food you eat. The end result is apparently going to be a pill that will allow you to eat as much as you want of whatever you want without gaining weight. That being said, would your family reunion be the same without this view of Melinda at the company picnic last year?
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Sometimes, the cure is worse than the disease:
The good news? One less hog to hit with your car just south of Ponchatoula. The bad news? Well, just look. This picture was taken on US 51 just south of Ponchatoula, and yes, that’s a wild hog in his mouth to give you some idea of just how big this gator is.
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Thursday Februrary 5th I had The Colonels from Brookhaven on the air. This is a great group of guys, and their star seems to be on the rise. They have a show coming up February 20th at Fire in Jackson with James Otto; you can find out more information (and listen to “Bringin’ Back Mullets”) at their MySpace page.
Listen to The Colonels interview here
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Two of our sister stations in Hammond have some really talented folks…Chris “Sugarlips” Powers and Johnny Chauvin. After “The Great Blizzard of December 11,” Johnny (a professional photographer) went out into the snow and took pictures of its effects all around Hammond. Then Chris took those pictures and turned them into a fantastic video…head to Kajun 107’s website to see for yourself!
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I had Nelson Adelard (a featured performer at the 2008 Camellia City Festival and noted bluesman) on the show on November 19, where we heard one of the songs on his new album South by Southwest…a song called “Sweet Home In McComb” that’s getting airplay not just in America, but in Europe as well. Click below to listen to our interview, and don’t forget to visit his website…Nelsen Adelard.
Nelsen Adelard with Dave – November 19, 2008
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* If you’re looking for the pictures of old McComb landmarks, they’ve moved! Take a trip down the McComb Memory Lane!
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* Hurricane Ike had quite an impact on Manchac…take a look.
(Just click on the pictures above for the larger versions)
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* For the first time ever, a woman has won the hog calling contest at the Illinois State Fair. While the audio is good, it’s just not the same without the visual. May we present the magical hog stylings of Doris Probst:
Doris Probst – Hog Calling Champ* Further down on the page, we have the Cruizin’ Cooler. But now, the FFA is proud to endorse…The Beer Belly!
It’ll hold up to 80 ounces of your favorite beverage, has options for both hot and cold packs, and let’s face it…looks darn sexy.
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* This joke from James was too good to not put here with the “visual aides”…from Tuesday April 29’s Infamously Bad Joke of the Day, brought to you by Golden Corral in McComb:
Johnny’s mother was working in the kitchen and noticed out the window that Little Johnny was playing “church” with the family cat. The cat was sitting quietly while Johnny preached to it.
Johnny’s mother smiled to herself and went about her business.
A few minutes later, she heard a horrible hissing and screeching. She ran to the window and saw Little Johnny baptizing the cat in a large tub full of water. She yelled out the window “Johnny, stop that! The cat is afraid of water!”
Johnny looked up and said “Well, he should have thought about that before he joined my church!”
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* If you’ve been to get gas today, your piggy bank probably now looks like this:
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* For timeless classics for hunters like “Redneck Hunter”, you can visit the official internet home of Bad Bob & Jimmy by clicking here.
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* Having a cold one is fine, but sometimes you’ve got places to go. No worries…what you need, my friend, is the “Cruizin’ Cooler“. And no, we’re not making this up.
It costs $500 and holds 27 cans, but don’t worry…you can get a trailer to haul behind it to carry another 27 cans. You know…for those “I need another case!” emergencies.
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* Say thanks to the men and women overseas in our armed forces with a card at Let’s Say Thanks.
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* How can you spot a redneck with a DUI during hunting season? Easy!
A fantastic time was had by all at the 2009 Pike County Relay for Life, with over $130,000 raised for the fight against cancer, something that the group in this video would know about; the Relay started (as it always does) with the “survivor’s lap”. Everyone you see walking here is one of your friends and neighbors that fought cancer…and won.
April 30 through May 3 was Bicentennial time in Liberty, when the old met the new, like when Dennis Wilson decided to go through the drive-through at Ward’s while we were there on Friday morning…
Everyone had a blast, and we all enjoyed being there to bring you coverage of the Bicentennial parade on Saturday May 2. If you weren’t able to be there to see it in person, here’s the entire parade (in two parts):
