The Living Crocodilians
Clockwise, from top left:
(All of the images are clickalicious)
(2) Michael Kamen, Oscar-nominated composer, conductor, and arranger. He’s created the soundtracks for many movies, including Brazil, Lethal Weapon, The Iron Giant, Mr. Holland’s Opus, and the live-action 101 Dalmatians. The image in the collage is from his 1973 solo debut, New York Rock. Common caiman (Caiman crocodilius) |
(4) What is there to say? Regardless of your animal-rights leanings, alligator and crocodile accessories are a haute-culture status icon. No particular species. It might be faux-codile anyway. |
(7) Crocs shoes. What to say about Crocs? They snuck up on me. Slowly over the course of months I began to notice that these eyesores were on every other person’s feet (it would have been creepier if they were on every person’s other foot, but let’s not go there). At first I didn’t know they had a name, but I learned. I learned to be wary of them, especially after a Crocs retail store opened up just a few blocks from where I work. My only hope is that there’ll be a grass roots backlash against them. Some have pointed out that they can be dangerous on escalators and in hospitals (for building up static and also for leaving toes exposed to falling hypodermic needles). Freshwater crocodile (Crocodilia johnsoni). Disclaimer: I have never worn Crocs shoes so I don’t know how comfortable they may in fact be. |
(8) There isn’t a whole lot to say about alligator forceps. Doctors use them for all sorts of things, from surgeries to plucking teensy fish bones from the backs of people’s throats. American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) |
(9) Hostess Chocodiles are, as far as I know, simply chocolate-covered Twinkies. Which is to say that they’re almost as upsetting as Twinkies, except they taste a little bit better but look more like dung. I was under the impression that Chocodiles were an extinct species, but found out in the course of putting this post together that they are still produced in the West Coast (USA) and are only distributed there “for freshness” (hahahahaha). For any of you die-hard East Coast Chocodile fans, there’s a service which will express ship them to you and there’s also a petition to resurrect them locally. Nile crocodile (Crocodilia niloticus); the populations on Madagascar are sometimes called “black crocodiles.” I assume they’re slightly more melanistic. p.s. If you don’t believe me that Twinkies are scary, check out this recipe for Twinkie Sushi. |
Finally, as a reward for making it all the way through this post, I present you with the following link:
Enjoy!
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 12:16 am
Well. It was totally breathtaking. A snorter.
Nobody managed to come up with all ten, so by default, the winner is the next-highest-scoring entry.
Congratulations to DailyDish! Your non-toxic, non-edible (and non-potable, sorry) prize will be on its way to your post office box just as soon as I decide which version to make.
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 7:55 am
wha? did i miss all the fun? why are you so brainy?! i feel a little stooopid when i come visit. i’m whining…someone stop me.
pnn sz: I’m not really brainy, just curious and silly. I’m sorry you missed the “fun.”
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 8:40 am
HOOORRAAAYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am HONORED to have won your contest, even if by default. YIPPPEEEEE!!!
And I can’t wait to see what wonderful prize awaits me. Even if it’s not BOOZE, I am sure it will be WONDERFUL. Esp. if it’s made by YOU. The best Panny babe EVERRRR.
YAY!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!
Okay, now must clean the house. That old post which will tell you EXACTLY how cleaning makes me feel. But as my beloved mommy is coming tomorrow for a visit (I haven’t seen her since June) I am okay w/ it. But just for today.
Love ya babe!!! xoxoxo
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 8:44 am
Hey everyone, there really are some fun things to click on here in this post.
p.s. I’m still intermittently working on my big bloated useless post; it’s going to make the grapefruit juice one look like a back-cover blurb.
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 11:12 am
It was all worth it for the link at the end…
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 4:02 pm
I didn’t understand a flippin bit of it… don’t know how Dish lady won either so I have one word to say to you….
FIX! hehe, don’t mind me, I’m only being bitter.
I have to agree with jimsmuse… last link…hehe. (Poor bunny)
pann sez: I don’t buy those crocodile tears for one second, daffy.
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 6:42 pm
HAHAHAHHAHAHH!! That shark is priceless.
19 Sep 2008 Fri at 11:07 pm
Goodnight Panny babe.
20 Sep 2008 Sat at 7:32 am
Daffy:
No fix. Actually, Dish was the only person who actually submitted an entry. >sniff<
In truth, the whole thing wasn’t intended to be a contest. It was just a collage I made to get out of my system. (The subtitle of the blog is “a place to exorcise the useless thoughts that occasionally plague my atrophying brain.”) But since everyone else seems to be having contests, I thought why not and “repurposed” it.
20 Sep 2008 Sat at 8:49 am
I’m with jimsmuse: I like those crazy knitted amazements! especially the impaled rabbit!!
21 Sep 2008 Sun at 3:28 am
Good morning Pan, well it is here…
Can I just use your blog to tell Dish Lady some useless trivia? Gary Oldman is the brother of Laila Morse who plays ‘Old Mo’ in Eastenders…. Yep…I’m full of it…useless information.
pann sez: It’s fine with me (ups my stats!). It’s 7AM in the morning here now (we’re 4 hours behind GMT until ‘daylight savings time’ ends on 2 November). Incidentally, I’ll here reveal that Dish-Dish speculated that Gary Oldman was in the role of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ (perhaps in an upcoming biopic?). That idea cracked me up completely.
22 Sep 2008 Mon at 8:20 am
WHOA. I had no idea he was Mo’s brother. That is one tough old broad, let me tell you. PS: I saw Gary Oldman in a vampire film and have to say he was suuuuuper HOTTTTT. I just made up the croc bit to go w/ the theme.
PS:No fix. Actually, Dish was the only person who actually submitted an entry.
PANNY! YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO TELL THEM. I had them thinking I was actually SMART. Sigh…..
22 Sep 2008 Mon at 9:28 am
Oops, sorry Dish. But you did win, even though you still don’t know what you’ve won. I didn’t realize that I used “actually” twice in a row (and then you went and topped it off with another!)
22 Sep 2008 Mon at 11:44 am
Great minds, babe…
23 Sep 2008 Tue at 5:20 am
She could win that grumpy looking cat!
:o)
I’m joking. The cat looks very ‘erm lovely.
Hurry with the ‘Happy Cat’ pic!
27 Sep 2008 Sat at 10:21 pm
Just an update. I haven’t yet but will soon:
(a) take the “cute” photo of the cat
(b) decide on and make the prize (having trouble locating necessary materials- they should be around here somewhere).