Today’s Music: The Nearly Dead – Never Look Back
A quick note – June means Mental Health Awareness Month is over. But please, keep them in mind. They’re just people. the only difference is, they have a name for their problems.
FRIDAY!!!! You know what that means, Ladles and Gentlemints: Bring on the Foolishness!
Don’t worry, we will. But before we do that, I’d like to acknowledge those of you who made it possible for me to get here. One of the big themes this week was Memorial Day, which Smaktakula exemplified with his reminisces of his personal links to the armed forces.
In other posts, Sights N Bytes presented a truly unique bucket list. And Kayjais family is starting their summer by embracing their relationship with critters.
Ah, summertime…With all you great bloggers out there, I know my summer reading will be enlightening, entertaining, and pretty damn good!
But we’ve been preparing for summer too, here in the Asylum Labs(TM)! We are working on the perfect summer drink! And you guys had some great ideas that I hope I get to see the finished product of.
And some I hope never see the light of day. Because that’s how mind blowingly spectacular you people are!
So here are your answers to last weeks poll, What Should The Next Flavor Of Coca Cola Be? (As always, I am bubbly and effervescent in italics):
Cupcake – Thoughtsy
(For those of you who know and love Thoughtsy, she meant, and I quote, “Pop-Tart-flavored Cupcakes” or “Cupcake-Flavored Pop-Tarts.”. Though I don’t think she cares. As long as it’s pop-tart flavored. Because, c’mon. Pop-Tarts!)
Dont want it in a can tho, I want it in an environmentally friendly baggie thing
(Wouldn’t a hemp bag leak? Oh! I Know! We can seal it with patchouli oil!)
The legs of a madagascar cockroach. Starla
(I find the heads to be more succulent…)
the original flavor 0f cocaine. isn’t that what made it the “real thing?”
(Cocaine is flavorless. I mean, so I’ve been told…)
anything but that pasty taste you get in your mouth after a weekend of drinking
(Um, I’m pretty sure that taste is vomit…)
Lime. In a Corona, in seltzer, or chewed off the rind til your mouth squirts.
(Got it – squirty mouth flavored Coke.)
fresh cut grass and lemonade
(Would you consider fresh hemp and patchouli oil?)
hamburger with a side of fries (from Madame Weebles)
(But how will you stop the grease from floating to the top of the drink?)
the beach – like Kramer’s cologne
(Hold on,something clever will come to me…)
the beach – like Kramer’s cologne (2nd try by Spacey Stacey)
(Got it! Did you ever WONder, why, at the beach…)
Rum-Ola(Free Penny Press)
(Excellent, FPP! Research proves that Rum makes the taste of Coke bearable!)
Mai Tai (Quirky)
(A free umbrella with every can!)
Mojito (and all variations on the original) Quirky
(Aren’t you not supposed to mix liquors like that?)
Beer. Quirky
(I admire you’re focus here!)
Booze! (I get that I have a problem.) Quirky
(You see problem, I see opportunity!)
Tooth enamel (Elyse at 54.5)
(Can we combine it with flavored flouride?)
free – Hobbler
(YEAH! Though right now it tastes like they should be paying us.)
Cherry Batpoop LindaV
(Why on earth would you want to mask the winsome flavorfulness of batpoop, Linda?)
Tony Montana’s Private Reserve
(Can’t – the rights are owned by his little friend.)
Coffee with just a hint of cinnamon.
(The carbonation would make it go in your nose. All bloggers know coffee is supposed to come out your nose!)
Too easy, Halle Berry! Stay Abnormal
(Doesn’t she already have a deal with Pepsi?)
Thanksgiving dinner. –Lily
(Nono, thanksgiving dinner is for milkshakes.)
Coca Guapo … Coca Guapola (Frank)
(I’m already available in six packs, Frank. But only in Madagascar. Guess what it tastes like!)
Gravy. Cold carbonated gravy. Joe Hoover
(WE HAVE A WINNER!!! And I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.)
Rum John Phillips
(Just rum, no coke? You haven’t been hanging out in enough college bars, John.)
Rum & coke with a twist of lime and from a slushy machine. sandylikeabeach
(John, meet Sandy. Sandy, this is John.)
simply better than teaching the world to sing KJ
(Definitely KJ. Because warm fuzzies taste horrible!)
Congratulations to Joe Hoover for this weeks win! And for giving me culinary nightmares.
From the offered choices, the most popular one was All of the above. In one can.. Like I said, y’all are mind blowingly spectacular. In the best possible way!
(By the way, I’m sending you a blank backdated form for last week, Ginger Fight Back, for further proof that you’re a winner!
Well, out with the old, in with the rotted. Just say BRRRRAAAIINNNSSSS anywhere. In a mall, at school or work, in your house of worship. Everyone will know what you mean. And shuffle away, pretending they don’t know you.
But surely we underestimate our flesh-craving-fiends-friends. Surely they can say more than that.
So this week, we ask, What else should Zombies say to herald their decrepit and devoursome appearance when they show up on the scene? Vote often, and if you vote other, leave a sign of who you are, and I’ll link back to you next week.
But do it before 2359 EST on 7 June, because that’s when this poll closes.
And while you ponder how you’d like to be prepared by the undead among us (in truffle oil? with fava beans and a nice chianti?), I leave you with these. I’ll be going sailing, during which time I expect to capsize a small boat.
It would be nice if it looks like this:
But it will probably look like this…
Either way, it will be fun.
Hope y’all have a great weekend, and a great week to follow!
Nice pic of Ginger and great sailing videos! Enjoy the sailing!
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Oh, now you’re just causing trouble, Frank!
Thanks, haven’t sailed in years. Should be fun.
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hehehe I think maybe my Zombie filled series “Light” attributed to this week’s ‘Friday foolishness’…am I right?
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You put up a great series, Snb! But zombies are always on (in?) (eating?) my mind.
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so I take it you enjoy the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ movies?
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The original Night of the Living Dead scared the crap out of me.
the one in the mall, not so much.
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I feel bad for the poor kid who keeps capsizing…Have fun sailing! Hope the weather cooperates..and the wind fills your sails and the waves are gentle, or something like that…
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Don’t feel too bad, kayjai. Capsizing a small boat like that is actually lots of fun!
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Rum-ola – I like the sound of that one! Enjoy the sailing, Guap! I think we’re due some nice weather today and Sunday at least in our neck of the woods. Hope you’re similarly lucky with the sailing weather.
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Thanks Nicky! Hope we all have a great weather weekend!
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Personally I would’ve went with Cherry Batpoop but hey I’m partial to that.
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Hold on, bats – so you didn’t like a planet of batppoop, but you like cherry flavored batpoop?!?
I’m so confused! 😉
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I used to have a sunfish. never capsized it either 🙂
and your new battlecry: Oleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’
Have a great weekend and thanks for an informative post on mixology!!
🙂
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Never ever capsized, FPP? I blew the chance for that record 20 minutes after the first time I got on the water.
And that is an excellent battlecry!
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Guapo – you rock! Loved this post – I’m still laughing! Sailing sounds great…be careful but have a blast!
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Thanks whitleady! Any day on the water is a good one to me! (and I’ll make sure to wear a life jacket)
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Nice to win something even if it was with help – I feel as free now as I did when at the age of 5 Mrs Lynch taught me how to tie my shoelaces one lunch break at Primary School. Now that is freedom! Elation don’t come higher than that I can tell you.
Will be wearing the suit at a family wedding tomorrow. My shoes will be extremely well tied and I will be pondering the answer for this week’s question.
Brilliant as always!
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That sounds like a good way to spend a wekend, GfB. Never saw a whole family get married before. Seating chart must be impossible to write…
You should give them all shoelaces as gifts so they can be as dapper and confident as you.
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Great idea – cheap, practical and thoughtful. Tie the knot indeed. Enjoy the sailing!
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I bet you thought I would JUST vote spleens! Antidisestableshmentandbrains though, could NOT pass that up!
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I always knew there was more to you than just brains, Asplenia! 😉
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Brains got my vote! Have fun and don’t rock the boat! Hey that rhymes…. 🙂
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There you go, voting with your stomach again, Susie! 😉
have a great weekend!
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Hahaha! 🙂 Hahaha!:) 🙂
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Make sure to wear your life vest with the strobe light….and a long pair of socks….and a scarf….and a nightcap…maybe you should just drink the nightcap.
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that used to be my outfit, zannyro. But then I realized the argyle socks didn’t match my dayglo speedo.
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Oh if only you could have heard the sound I just made…kind of a strangled, choking sound….
I can see why you had to do without the socks…I have nothing more to say,,,I’m just…………….frozen at the keyboard…trying NOT to picture your outfit.
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My work here is done… 😀
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LOL! LOL! LOL!….
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LOL! LOL! LOL!….Have you no feeling for the mental damage you have done?
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Coma-Caca…oh that was last week. hmmmmm…the new zombie battlecry is: MITT FOR PRESIDENT! enjoy the speedo week-end EG. continue…
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Oh – How about Zombies in speedos rallying for mitt, Tony? that would be a…unique campaign strategy!
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Oh please oh please oh please tell me you’ll be wearing a yellow life jacket to match your yellow lederhosen and yellow zinc on your shiny face to ward off sunburn!?!? Please?
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No.
Well, that was easy…
But I will be wearing sunscreen.
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Booooooorrrrriiinnnggggg.
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Aw c’mon – I’m going sailing!
And I should at least get points for sunscreen. Sheesh.
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Yawn.
No points for sunscreen. Unless it’s yellow zinc, then I will award points.
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Why, thank you EG! I get to celebrate my win the same time The Queen celebrates her Jubilee. What a wonderful time to be English. I’ll celebrate with a vodka and gravy coke!
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I think your win is a much bigger deal, Joe. You had to think. All she had to do is not die for years.
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I seriously look forward to these round ups. Always great stuff.
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Thanks J&T! The hard part is just linking a couple and not the dozens I’ve read in the last week.
(Seriously, people post a lot!
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That battle cry has me stumped . . . hey maybe SSSTTTUUUUMMPPPS? . . . no I’ll keep working on it.
And please be sure to wear a helmut when you capsize your sailboat. We wouldn’t want anything happening to your BBBRRRAAAIIINNNEEESSS! Because it might be one of those weird head injuries that cause a funny person to be come serious or vice versa and believe me there is no way any of us want THAT to happen (or vice versa!).
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Wait – when you say “or vice versa” at the end, do you mean we do want that to happen?
I’ll see if Helmut Kohl is available for a fitting. He hasn’t done anything since he was voted out of the German govt. I should be able to grab him…
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First of all–thanks so much for the shout-out. It’s very much appreciated.
Secondly, Asylum Labs (Trademark) is about the coolest thing I’ve heard in a while. Have you been using that term for a while and I hadn’t noticed, or is it new? Either way, it’s a winner.
Where do you sail? You’re from somewhere near NYC, so I figure maybe Long Island Sound. It’s funny, but I just don’t picture people sailing for pleasure on the East Coast (south of Cape Cod, anyway), although I know I know people out there engage in a variety of water-sports (I meant the ‘non-disgusting type of watersports’ but I suppose anything goes on the East Coast).
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Your welcome, Smak. No, this was the first use of Asylum Labs. Lets face it, Not a whole lot of scientificky stuff happens here. I think of it as a Muppet Labs kind of thing, but fuzzier.
I did a lot of sailing in the Sound. It;s a fun area, and the winds can be really tricky coming off the sound into the bays that line it. but I haven;t been in several years, sincethe place I rented from closed.
From my office in lower manhattan, I’ve seen at least two dozen sailboats heading down the Hudson to the harbor. Plenty of sailing for pleasure down these parts.
Do you sail?
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Not regularly and not well (I follow orders well enough, though), but I live in a coastal town, and am friends with several mariners, so it’s inevitable that I end up on the water from time to time.
So if not the Sound, where do you surf & sail?
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I go surfing at Rockaway Beach. And I always get a kick out of surfing within city limits – just seems very strange to me…
I’m going to see my sister this weekend. She has a small boat (sunfish size, I think) and we’ll be tooling around in that.
Not actually sure where… I should probably find out
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I have to send you a picture of what sign the zombies should be carrying. Happy I am not doing the Zombie impression any more. And back to my usual antics. Hope you stop by for a chuckle or a healthy chortle. Do leave your drink out of reach, however, lest your truism about blogger knowledge come to fruition!
Red.
PS I am dying to hit the water…unfortunately, I will be saddled with a pool and the urchins for the next month. Sigh.
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Rally glad you’re feeling better, Red. Just heard the CDC issued a statement there was no virus causing zombieism (because of recent events).
What a world. Sigh.
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Penultimate example of the power of inanity our government is willing to fund. Ugh. I used to live in Far Rockaway…on the beach. Sometimes, I miss it. Then, I remember the traffic on Seagirt and all the little bundles of joy from PS 43..
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Moving to Florida: Brains on the menu, flying cockroaches and humidity. It DOES not get any better.
Oh btw… Rock rock Rockaway Beach, rock rock Rockaway beach…
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You’re moving to Florida Miss B?!?
And I hear they’ve installed seats on some of those cockaroaches so you can ride them for tours!
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addendum: only use Chrome to read your site. Normally use Mozilla but can’t see your surveys. BASTARDS!
Hmmm maybe I should use Chrome all of the time. Naw… change is bad. You’re worth having another browser though 😉
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Rachael, you should design a ouija board that can view webpages.
Cha-ching!
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heh you think I found you via search terms?
Not really moving to Florida. If I wanted to hit the beaches again (and I do) would head back to SoCal. Miss sailing, body surfing…. and NO F’ING HUMIDITY.
Have fun EG!
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That particular change is good, Miss R.
Red.
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You’re correct Red. Firefox has been crashing once a day. As if Charlie Sheen designed the newest IE update
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Surfing Zombie Apocalypso?
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And we could hunt them down on a surf surf surfin safari!
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Do the runaround on their skulls, and funkadilly them up.
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El Guapo,
Madame Weebles, she’s something, isn’t?
Le Clown
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She is indeed. I’m glad I found her blog. As I am glad I found yours as well, Le Clown.
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so… awesome Friday Foolishness worked for Saturday… have fun sailing.. 🙂
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Thanks, LizzieC. The foolishness works anytime!
(at least I hope it does, or I’ll have to close up shop…)
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I think it does.. no, you never ever should close up shop.. nope..uh uh.. not ever..
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Well, when you put it like that…
Ok. 😉
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Hi,
Wow a good list this week, it is growing, and great ideas from everyone.
Loved the sailing videos, I hope you have a heap of fun, enjoy. 😀
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Thanks, Magsx2. The write-ins are the best part of these!
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How’d the sailing go? I’m sure it was a blast!
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It was a mess, Shandy. But a lot of fun!
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That’s ok, a bad day on the water always beats a day at the office!!
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Amen, sister! 😉
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Based on recent postings……You have survived.
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Sadly, I think it will only spur me on to greater idiocy, Lorre.
Yes, I’ve found a bridge to bungee off of.
hehehe
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