I bet you thought I’d forget this Friday’s Funnies like I did the last, didn’t you?! It’s been a rough couple of days so I’m shocked I remembered, too!
So, you know I’m a Crazy Cat Lady so I’ll get this ball rolling with a few short and amusing cat videos. I hope you enjoy them and the memes below the videos, too!
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Well, that’s it for this week’s funnies! I hope you enjoyed them! Which were your faves? I can’t decide!! I do like the one about the barber/drug dealer and the one with the little orangutan. So funny!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Hopefully, the weather will be more agreeable soon because I am just about done with this heat and humidity!
Be safe, be cool and don’t forget to laugh a little!
I’ve been a bit preoccupied this week so I wasn’t prepared for Friday’s Funnies. I do hope you’ll enjoy these short videos, though. The last one is one of my all-time favorites! I love the Scottish accent! Be fair warned; some language not suitable for all viewers!!
Enjoy!!
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Do you think Harry ever got off that roof and kicked his friend’s ass??? I’m still rollin’ – no matter how many times I see that one!!
Have a great weekend, my friends! Don’t forget to laugh. It’s good for the soul and whatever ails you.
I have been in a pissy mood all day. Seems like everything just rubs me the wrong damn way. I woke up in severe pain, that didn’t help. I couldn’t even reposition without being in agony. I just got up and started the day. It wasn’t early, but it was early for me, considering I didn’t go to bed until after 2am. Oh well. Getting up a little early won’t kill me. After a couple hours, I wished it would.
I tried to improve my mood with a little reading and then I did some piece work on my grandson’s blanket. That wasn’t helping much. I tried to do some writing but everything I wasn’t happy with anything I typed. So, I put on some music.
I tried some pop/rock and then my go-to playlist but what helped boost my mood were the darker, angrier, pissed off songs. Go figure. I thought I would share a few with you so here goes:
When we first moved to Missouri, we stayed with my sister and her husband in Illinois for 3 weeks while our house was being readied for move-in. I had never been to this state before, or to Missouri for that matter, so I wasn’t familiar with certain things.
Cicadas were one of those things. I didn’t know anything about cicadas, having been born and raised in good ol’ sunny California. I had seen katydids before but never heard of a cicada. I’ve learned a little since being in “these parts” and now the cicada is just a noisy nuisance.
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Annual cicadas are green with bulging black eyes and show up every year but periodical cicadas are orange or brown with red eyes and they show up in swarms. They have very long development cycles and only emerge from the ground when their cycle comes; either 13-years or 17-years. They make a horrendously loud sound and if you want to scare the heck out of a little kid just get close with one of those screaming things!
Cicadas are a great food source for wildlife and they don’t bite. They are not harmful to the environment, unlike locusts. People often confuse the two but locusts are a type of grasshopper while the cicada is the cousin of the cricket.
Now, I have a silly story for you, followed by a couple of videos for informational purposes.
One evening, I was standing at the back door of my sister’s farmhouse. I heard this awful sound and it seemed like it was coming from the power pole just at the edge of the yard. I thought there must be a problem with the power line or something. It was extremely loud and sounded like a vibrating buzz…what electricity might sound like, if that makes sense… I told my brother-in-law, “Mike, I think there’s a problem with your power line.” He put his arm around me and said, “Debbie, those are cicadas.” He grinned from ear to ear! When he told me it was a bug I thought he was screwing with me. I mean, how the hell can a little insect make a noise like that? He was serious and I felt so stupid!
Don’t laugh too hard at my ignorance! If you don’t know something how can you know it, right?! Check out the videos below!
Here in the first video, if you start at around 1:54 you’ll get a good idea of the individual sound. You may think, oh that’s no big deal but these insects are extremely loud, especially when they are in swarms!
This video below shows the cicada from the time they emerge from the ground to the end of their life cycle. Very interesting but rather creepy!
So, while you may have had a good laugh at my expense, maybe you also learned something from the videos! How’d you like those red eyes?
I’ve been away from the computer for most of the last week. It was a surprise to receive a few emails from other bloggers wondering if I was ok! Yes, I’m ok, and thank you for worrying about me. I’m just emotionally drained. Aside from my own aches and pains, doctor visits, and other “shtuff” I have just been overwhelmed with thoughts of sadness for those who have suffered terrible losses from the fires in California, some are friends of mine. The death toll is now a state-wide 66, with 631 missing persons. 52,000 people have been displaced. In Butte County alone, 142,000 acres have been burned, with just under 12,000 structures totally destroyed by the blaze. I read that some people were burned alive in their cars while trying to escape. Injured pets have been found and have been in shelters waiting to be reunited with their families. It has been weighing on me so heavily this week because there’s nothing I can do. Nothing except pray…and that I keep doing.
So, in trying to lift myself back up instead of letting the sadness totally drag me under, I’ll try my damnedest to get back on track. That starts with this week’s Friday’s Funnies. Thanks for missing me (even if you didn’t, lol) and thanks for reading my blog. I do appreciate it.
Enjoy!
Poor Dave…
They just had no idea, did they?
I love the 3 Stooges!
I just want to go up to them and pull their pants up!
Yummy!
Or a film about killer tomatoes!
Don’t be like Bob.
I play this game nearly every morning.
Who finds this stuff?
Best animal photo bomb ever!
Oopsie!
Evil child, lol.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! I will do my best to blog more regularly, and I’ll keep praying for everyone affected by the California fires.
Being Aunt Debbie 