Could this be the a$$hole of the world? "'Well of Hell,' gaping desert hole, is shrouded in mystery"
As a kid, I was fascinated, as all kids are, by prehistoric animals, and, like most of those kids when they became adults, I've always retained a fair amount of interest in the subject. I stumbled across the "Tully Monster" while bouncing around YouTube, and this has got to be one of the weirdest prehistoric animals ever discovered.
I'd love to try this, but I imagine I'd be known as "Lefty" for the rest of my life.
I've long suspected this...
When you get leave, there are three ways to prepare for your time off: the right way, the wrong way, and the Marine Corps way.
Uh oh. Looks like the mantis gang!
Ah, those glorious days when it seemed like Americans could do anything they set their mind to: "In 1930 the Indiana Bell Building was Rotated 90° While Everyone Inside Still Worked".
The only one I don't know is cribbage: "6 Card Games Every Man Should Know".
Huh? 500's isn't among the card games....
ReplyDeleteHow can this be?
I don't remember how to play Hearts and Cribbage but I've played them all. Texas hold 'em is my least favorite poker variant.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised they didn't include bridge or pinochle.
That should include Pitch.
A manly game for drunk men.
Tully Monster - first glance I thought it was from the Cambrian when there were a lot of weird creatures, but it's from some hundreds of millions of years later, so that is interesting. Yes I caught dinosaur fever as a kid when I was given a set of How and Why Wonder books about them.
ReplyDeleteSteve: I had never heard of 500 until you mentioned it. I looked it up, and it turns out to have been very popular in the U.S. and Australia back in the day.
ReplyDeleteVeeshir: I've tried reading up on bridge a couple of times, and I might as well have been perusing an article on non-Euclidian geometry. I believe it's definitely a game you have to play for awhile until you get it. I played pinochle quite a bit many years ago and really liked it.
Bruce: The Tully Monster looks like one of God's practical jokes.
Mantis (mantii, mantises?) is a good bug to have in the garden or flowerbed, but they freak me right out because they're the only bug that can turn their heads to look at you. And they do.
ReplyDeleteAnd those eyes!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget to hydrate!
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