Petpourri

 What is the weirdest pet to reside in the White House? First you would need to define weird and that could vary from matter of opinion so for the sake of simplicity let's just name a few of the oddities. Teddy Roosevelt was know for his menagerie but there were several others with exotic animals. Coolidge had 12 dogs,a few birds,a goose,a couple of cats,raccoons,a donkey,a bobcat,a black bear,a wallaby and a pygmy hippo. Roosevelt had dogs,horses,snakes,kangaroo rats,badgers,cats,a squirrel,guinea pigs,a lion,hyena,wildcat,bears,parrots,a zebra,a lizard and a pig. JFK had several dogs,a cat,a canary,parakeets,ponies,horses,hamsters and a rabbit named Zsa Zsa. According to the stories Zsa Zsa was gifted to the first family by a magician when she outgrew his magic hat. It was also said that Zsa Zsa could play the first five bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" on a toy trumpet.  

Raggedy Andy

 As you regular readers know I often post about strange marriages though not in a way meant to judge their choices but rather to show that it's okay to be different even though some of them are really odd. Today's post is just sad at best as this woman needs help and her family is  enabling her instead. The difference is this woman couldn't find human companionship so her mother sewed her a doll which she got pregnant with,then married,but wait,there's more! Now she is unhappy with her living doll husband because he is lazy and doesn't work...she say's that's okay she doesn't mind supporting the family. On the plus side she said she didn't have pain with her contractions and only seeing the umbilical cord,placenta and blood made it real after 35 minutes of labor. 

 

Strike Two

 Has anyone ever heard about the Pittsburgh Potties? These toilets are located in basements,they aren't enclosed and there are no other amenities such as sinks. The first two explanations simply don't wash for me,if you'll excuse the pun,the claim that since Pittsburgh was a steel town the man of the house would enter through the basement and change clothes and use the toilet before going upstairs so as not to bring the dirt into the living area,if that were true wouldn't there have been a sink? Same deal with the second guess which was the  area was for servant use,again they would really want them to wash their hands before say,serving/cooking meals. Making the third choice the most probable that they were damage control for when the sewers backed up which was common in the late 19th century and it was easier to clean out the lowest point rather than have the sewage spill out on the main floor,though it still seems odd to have not included a sink. 

When Life Gives You Crabs...

 No,not that kind of crabs! In many ways the invasive green crabs are worse and even more difficult to get rid of but the innovative Tamworth Distillery of New Hampshire decided to use the crabs in a new blend of whiskey described as,made with a bourbon base steeped with a custom crab,corn and spice blend mixture. The owner of the distillery went on the say it had crab on the nose and tastes like a briny better Fireball.There is also a green crab invasion on the West Coast though typically west coasters usually try to reinvent the wheel rather than apply tried and true ideas. Oh well,the important thing is to head those green thugs off at the pass before they take over the ecosystem rightfully belonging to other species. 

Talking Dirty

 This is either a stroke of genius,or plain crazy you can make that call for yourself. Malmo ,Sweden has installed trash talking garbage cans with the hope that people will find them entertaining and use them instead of littering. Sometimes the cans just moan suggestively though they also have several phrases they randomly use including:"hmm,yeah","that was crazy good"and "just to the left". The sexy voice belongs to someone famous who wishes to remain anonymous. There is a video on YouTube though I won't be including it since it's in Swedish. Other than that they look like a basic garbage can. 

The Shrinking Man

 The unsettling results of a scientific study on the decrease of men's penis size/potency while a bad sign in several ways does offer a few benefits. Since basically men still run the world once this research becomes mainstream men will immediately,if not sooner,sit up and take notice about pollution,especially plastics which is what the research states is causing most of the problem along with the ingesting of chemicals. Experts are concerned with the decrease  in population this will cause though it seems to me like that should go on the plus side,or is civilization going to just keep on growing until the planet can no longer support life even if we do become better Earth stewards? Oh well,potency and dick size are down,bottom line. 

Stairway to Heaven

 Has anyone heard about the creepy/cool stairways that have been found around the world in the middle of forests sometimes 30-40 miles from the nearest building/civilization? According to several Search and Rescue workers the stairs are common and nothing to worry about though others encourage people to stay away from the stairs. People who have found the stairs claim they get a weird feeling when they are near them and often nothing grows close to the stairs. Others speculate the stairs are portals to other dimensions or even hell. Who knows?