Category: humor

An All Potato Restaurant and an All Potato Diet – When Truth Becomes Stranger Than Fiction

October 24, 2022

Found floating online is the following vintage advertisement for a restaurant that serves nothing but potato dishes: The ad turns out to be a fake.  Mickey Rooney’s Potato Fantasy Family Restaurant has sadly never existed.  Proving that life is stranger than fiction, though, someone have tried an all potato diet for close to a year … More An All Potato Restaurant and an All Potato Diet – When Truth Becomes Stranger Than Fiction

Dad’s Stash

October 10, 2022

A young child from a family in China was playing in her home’s living room, when she accidentally broke a giant Bearbrick (aka BE@RBRICK) figurine in their living room.  To the mother’s surprise, large wads of cash came spilling out of the now broken bear: Upon verifying with the husband, the mother confirmed the cash … More Dad’s Stash

Doga Exercises

September 19, 2022

A Labrador Retriever named Magnus doing yoga exercises with his owner.  Here is the both of them laying their yoga mats out: Master and dog performing the infant pose together: Magnus helping his owner do sit ups: The downward dog pose, done by a real dog: Finishing the session together: Magnus apparently works as a … More Doga Exercises

Rice Ball Animals

September 5, 2022

From time to time, Japanese parents would arrange their children’s lunchboxes in the appearance of animals or popular cartoon characters to amuse the kids.  One mother, who used to have a background as an art director, takes it a step further with the rice balls she makes: It’s actually rather hard to get a rice … More Rice Ball Animals

Feline Optical Illusion

August 22, 2022

An amusing set of pictures recently posted on twitter from a pet owner in Japan.  What appears to be a cat roaring like a lion: Turned out was just a picture of the same cat laying on the ground yawning, but turned around 90 degrees.  Here is the original picture: Link to original conversation: 雄々しく立ってるようで実は床に寝転がってるだけのねこ … More Feline Optical Illusion

Short Attention Span

August 15, 2022

During the peak of the Taiwan situation from a couple of weeks ago, the following meme was posting regarding how some other similar regional conflicts were seemingly forgotten: It’s rather unfortunate that as of now, even Taiwan has been forgotten again.  It’s also curious that Pelosi’s visit was declared as a sort of great victory … More Short Attention Span

Sashimi Ennui

August 1, 2022

A strange tale of a restaurant owner lamenting his own booming business: 76 year old Takashima owns a restaurant, Yamato Tonkatsu, which specializes in tonkatsu (Japanese styled fried pork chops) in the city of Kawasaki, located in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan. He was interviewed by a TV news station recently, and the tale unfolds … More Sashimi Ennui