Crab sex and hidden sausages
November 5th, 2009 by ShaunaToday's collection of ODD stories really run the gamut. We take a close look at fiddler crabs and their sexual habits and monitor activities from out of this world and back to earth. And of course I threw in a couple of stupid-criminal stories.
Share your thoughts or add in your real-life ODD tale of the week...
Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival
By KRISTEN GELINEAU
Associated Press
SYDNEY — In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection is, apparently, prostitution, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.
Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found that male fiddler crabs will happily defend a female neighbor against intruders — partly because the females will dole out sex in return.
“The fact that the neighbor comes over and helps to defend another territorial individual is pretty unusual,” said Michael Jennions, who helped conduct the study, the results of which were published in the journal Biology Letters.
Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found that male fiddler crabs will happily defend a female neighbor against intruders, partly because the females will dole out sex in return, according to the Australian study. (AP Photo/The Australian National University, Tanya Detto)
Jennions and fellow ANU researchers Richard Milner and Patricia Backwell studied the behavior of fiddler crabs living in mud flats off the African country of Mozambique in October and November 2008. Male fiddler crabs have giant claws to defend themselves, but the researchers wanted to see how female crabs — which only have two small feeding claws — protect their homes.
Fiddler crabs are territorial and live in burrows. The researchers gathered crabs from distant parts of the mud flats and tethered them near new, occupied burrows. In 21 trials involving male intruders, the researchers found that male crabs would scuttle over to fight off the invaders on a female neighbor’s territory 95 percent of the time. But in 20 trials involving female intruders, the males crabs only fought off the invaders 15 percent of the time.
That suggests the male crabs preferred to keep females nearby, largely because they will almost always have sex with their male neighbors, Jennions said.
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Man makes up knife attack to miss work
Associated Press
EDGEWATER, Colo. — Police in the Denver suburb of Edgewater say a man stabbed himself, then said he was attacked by three men dressed in black who were either Hispanic or skinheads, in a ploy to miss work.
Twenty-nine-year-old Aaron Siebers was arrested after police say he admitted making up the assault and said he was responsible for the knife wound to his leg and other superficial cuts on his body. He faces charges of false reporting and obstructing a police officer.
Police say Siebers reported the attack Monday to the video store where he works. The reported assault drew five police agencies to the scene, along with K-9 units.
Police spokesman Steve Davis says Siebers admitted the story was a lie after repeated questioning from detectives.
Information from: The Denver Post, www.denverpost.com
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Police: Man hid sausages in shorts
UPI
INNISFAIL, Australia — Australian police said a man arrested for theft allegedly stuffed sausages down his shorts and put other items in his pockets at a supermarket.
Investigators said the 38-year-old Innisfail man was spotted concealing the meat in his clothing and was arrested outside of the store, the Cairns Post reported Monday.
Police said the sausages were recovered but were not returned to for sale in the store.
The man is due in Innisfail Magistrates' Court on a theft charge Nov. 30.
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Space elevator competition launches in U.S.
news:lite
A competition has just launched in the Mojave Desert for teams planning to build an elevator to space… yes you read that correctly.
For the next couple of days Space Elevator Games will see robotic machines climbing a 1 kilometer high cable (held by a helicopter) and will be powered by laser beams.
Photo courtesy of news:lite
The idea is that if this can be achieved, the technology could develop into a fully fledged Space Elevator like that in Arthur C. Clarke's "The Fountains of Paradise."
If a space elevator could one day be attached to a mass in geosynchronous orbit, it would offer much cheaper space travel than rockets… and give Starbucks somewhere else to open a branch.
NASA and the SpaceWard Foundation have stumped up $2 million prize money, though to be in with a chance the robots must reach the top and travel at speeds of 5 meters per second.
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Man appears alive at own funeral in Brazil
By BRADLEY BROOKS
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral.
Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said.
As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day, which happened to be the holiday of Finados, when Brazilians visit cemeteries to honor the dead.
What family members didn't know was that Goncalves had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks of a sugarcane liquor known as cachaca, his niece Rosa Sampaio told the O Globo newspaper. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.
A police spokesman in the town of Santo Antonio da Platina said Goncalves rushed to the funeral to let family members know he was not dead.
"The corpse was badly disfigured, but dressed in similar clothing," said the police spokesman, who talked on condition of anonymity as he wasn't authorized to discuss the case. "People are afraid to look for very long when they identify bodies, and I think that is what happened in this case."
Sampaio told O Globo that some family members were not sure the body was Goncalves.
"My two uncles and I had doubts about the identification," she told O Globo. "But an aunt and four of his friends identified the body, so what were we to do? We went ahead with the funeral."
The police spokesman confirmed there were doubts: "His mom looked at the body in the casket and thought something was strange. She looked and looked and couldn't believe it was her son," Sampaio said. "Before long, the walking dead appeared at the funeral. It was a relief."
The body was correctly identified later Monday, the police spokesman said, and has already been buried in another state. He declined to release the actual victim's name.
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O&E ODD image of the day: Are big sunglasses still in?
Tags: crab sex, dead man alive, knife attack, sausages hid in pants, space elevators
November 5th, 2009 at 6:03 am
good, chilly, crisp fall morning
November 5th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Second? When did this post go up? G'morning Matt and the Hive!
November 5th, 2009 at 6:18 am
turd
November 5th, 2009 at 6:21 am
In keeping with the article, I gotta ask....Got crabs?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Dinner and a show vs. defending your territory against invaders...I like the human way of courtship better, I think.
was the sausage guy planning on eating his spoils? hope he wasn't planning on having company over.
re the pic: great goonga moonga. definitely not real. no way she was born with that hair color.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:24 am
WOW! Those are some Beeg.........sunglasses.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Sex with CRABS
You heard about the Space Highway? Go Google it. It's like a jet stream in space. You can travel along it in a spacecraft and save fuel. Heard about this long time ago (I'm a geek, wat you expect?
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I was just reading about that guy going to his own funeral. How come his mom, some uncles and other relatives had doubt about his ID? Sure the body was all smashed up but you gotta be sure right? "Oh aunty said das him cause das his clothes. I no can tell by his looks but das his clothes" DOH
November 5th, 2009 at 6:25 am
November 5th, 2009 at 6:26 am
DiO *fist bump* Yeah it is BEEG
November 5th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Good morning matt, KAN, Ynaku, David in Oregon and da hive!
What sunglasses?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:31 am
BEEger is always better.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Good morning.
What sunglasses?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Good Morning.
M and che beat me to the comment, but I going type it anyway....
What sunglasses?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:53 am
We talking about sunglasses?
Gotta go to Kamuela. See ya all laters.
bye bye
November 5th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Talk about bust'n loose!!!!!!!!! Those buttons must have some mean tensile strength.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Good Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (again)
Don't worry you HONEYBEES............OL carries a "big stick" and will DEFEND YOU from HIVE invaders.................
OL........"muahahahahahahahaha"
November 5th, 2009 at 7:08 am
teejay, maybe those sunglasses are actually safety glasses, to protect them from flying objects.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:11 am
I still don't see sunglasses.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:43 am
@ M...........the girl on the RIGHT has the sunglasses.
OL.......helping M see da sunglasses
November 5th, 2009 at 7:45 am
David In Oregon: You're probably right. You could poke an eye out with those things.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:08 am
@OL: oh now I see the sunglasses, I just had to look higher.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:14 am
… awww … c’mon BEE BEE DEES … why do we always focus seem on physical attributes when we see a Honey Bee??? …
… under the long brown locks of hair … could be a brilliant Harvard educated mind …
… beneath those dark sunglasses … could be the compassionate eyes of a affectionate wonderful person …
… and beneath that fashionable blue top … could be a warm, sweet caring heart …
… oh wait, there’s another girl in the picture …
Θ( O O )Θ
November 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Good morning and happy Thursday!!
Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival:
Crabs need lovin too.
What's wrong with those 15 percent of male crabs trying to fight off female intruders? They should be calling up their buddies and yelling "CAT FIGHT!!!!" Is it still called a cat fight when two female crabs fight?
Man makes up knife attack to miss work:
Why not do the *cough* I caught the H1N1 flu so I'm not coming in to work today. *cough cough* routine. So much easier then trying to stab yourself and less painful too.
Space elevator competition launches in U.S.:
I would hate to get stuck in that elevator if the power went out.
How safe would that elevator be with all that space junk, and meteors in outer space. One hit and that elevator will come crashing down to earth. Not good.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Lyrics from Shakira's Whenever Wherever song
Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
November 5th, 2009 at 8:45 am
BIG sunglasses.... they're over-rated.
I was going to say, "What sunglasses?" but I see all the other guys beat me to it!
November 5th, 2009 at 8:49 am
good morning HIVE!
those crabs... hmmm, sounds a little like the "knight in shining armour" / "damsel in distress" thing. women love heroes! i guess she-crabs love them too!
i'd think that seeing your son alive at his own funeral would BEE rather shocking! i mean, it's great that he's still alive... but, whoa! what a surprize!
BEEg sunglasses... aisus! everything in proportion, BEEple! you don't want to have anything BEEing so BEEg that no one notices anything else about you!
OL - you carry a BEEg stick? i hope that doesn't mean you've been shopping for sausages lately!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Good Morning Hive!
Is this a man's post or what? LOL
Snow: You BEE brave to step into this world first. I see KAN peeped in... where'd she go?
Nobody helps me defend my cave. Used to have a neighbor that helped me but he's in FED prison now, somewhere in the mainland... a whole nudda story.
I thought the BeeBeeDees were gon jump all over the sausage story, I guess a picture paints a better... picture?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Good Morning All!!
I'm up!! I'm up!!
The girl on the right needs shades that big to block the extra sunlight reflecting off her friend's bountiful bamboo holders.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:14 am
sally: I would jump on the sausage story, but I think that's just too easy. Ironically, speaking of sausages, there's a sausage festival across town this Saturday. Sausage and sauerkraut over in the town of Verboort, Oregon. This year marks the 75th year of the sausage festival.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:21 am
@ D in O: ironically, I don't think the BeeBeeDees care much about that Sausage Festival. hahaha
Sally...*can't even begin to think how crabs have sex*
November 5th, 2009 at 9:32 am
sally: crabby style.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:33 am
... on topic ...
Study: Fiddler crabs exchange sex for survival
… if this happened with us … I can imagine how quickly men would be there at a ladies defense … and that we’d quickly annihilate half the population of men in the world … so sad that most men won’t do this anyway, without the promise of a favor in return …
Man makes up knife attack to miss work
… you kidding me??? … this guy ever heard of calling in sick!!! … I thought everyone pretended to be sick at least once in their life!!! …
… stab yourself
Police: Man hid sausages in shorts
… ‘nuff said …
… hmmm … this guy got caught because they spotted an unusual bulge in his pants … was this guy Asian …
Space elevator competition launches in U.S.
… ooh … geek alert … geek alert … sadly, I don’t have my geek hat on today … but I can’t think of a practical reason for an elevator to space … who in their right mind would use it … not me …
Man appears alive at own funeral in Brazil
… strange … I guess they don’t carry around wallets with ID’s in Brazil … and I always find it ODD that they hold the funerals so soon after death … see it on tv all the time in foreign countries …
November 5th, 2009 at 9:34 am
What kind of sausages are we talking about?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Good morning!!
Too funny how all the guys ask about the sunglasses and don't even use the appropriate emoticon!!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:36 am
pupu pups
November 5th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Crab eyes?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:46 am
QB: That's BEEcause the glasses on that icon aren't BEEG enough.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:57 am
@M & @Sally ... you two are ba-aaaaad!!! ... and I love it! ...
... hate a sausage fest ... but I don't mind commenting on it ...
... always think I'm teetering on the edge of being offensive ... but I hope I'm not ... how many kiddies read this blog anyway??? ...
Θ( O O )Θ
November 5th, 2009 at 10:05 am
I would go out with the skinny girl anyday.
She's pretty cute.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:08 am
hmmmm *tiptoes in* is it safe to come in here?? sheeeeshh.. man cave on fire today! danggg..... where's my BEEg sunglasses... cuz I gotta compensate too.. Bahahahha....
Sally#27 to snow, I agree!.... But I guess you,AND snow pretty brave! hee hee....
November 5th, 2009 at 10:09 am
matt: Yes, the human way of courtship is probably better but there has to be some credit to the animals (or crustaceans) before us... I was flipping through the channels last night and there was this interesting one on the science of romance. They kept talking about billions of years ago, how the animals were and how we evolved. It was strangely fascinating that I decided to watch my "90210" and "Melrose Place" on another night.
snow: YES, women love heroes. Unfortunately they are few and far BEEtween... Either that or Hollywood has totally increased our expectations of what our "knight in shining armor" should BEE. Sigh...
And yeah, if you don't have that area so big, you know that's not the only reason a person is sticking around. 
BEEing BEEg is really a curse rather than a blessing, right? Right right?? 
November 5th, 2009 at 10:10 am
@rayboyjr: what?!? I only meant that the sausages must have been small enough for him to try and steal them by putting them in his pants. That's all.
Sally>>>*wondering if RBjr fell for that one*
November 5th, 2009 at 10:15 am
See that lady in the background? That's what the girl with the chamongas will look like in the future.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:17 am
My guy friend always teases our other gal friend who has an obvious "job" and tells her he cannot look her in the eyes when they talk cuz his eyes always goes down. And that's why he can always look me in the eyes when he talks to me.
Men are pigs. oink But they so good fun to play with.
@Shauna: Knight in Shining Armor? I hope they still exist! But, if you seen my Halloween pics, slim pickin's got a whole lot more slimmer! bhahaha
November 5th, 2009 at 10:17 am
@sally - oh, like Vienna sausages?
November 5th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Eli: I didn't know those were they lyrics...are they really small and humble so you don't confuse them with mountains? Haha!! Hmm, no power in space and stuck in an elevator? Can't even imagine what would happen then? Would you fall back to earth or orbit in space?? Where are the "Star Wars" or "Star Trek" fans to help us out?
David In Oregon: Are you going to that sausage fest?
sally: Can't imagine how crabs have sex either...and that photo is of two male crabs, not a male and female crab having sex. I didn't even know crabs could have sex. Then again, I don't know much about animals and their mating styles.
bamboohouse808: You don't need to tell us you're up, especially twice...
teejay: Yeah, surprising those buttons haven't flew off yet considering the shabby manufacturing of clothes nowadays. At least her friend won't get poked in the eye since she has some massive protection...
November 5th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Love the Captain Morgan "Sausage Fest" commercial.....
I like how the article stated that, "the sausages were recovered but were not returned to for sale in the store."
Ya think?!!!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:19 am
HEY!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Did we just have a mass "scroll up"?
November 5th, 2009 at 10:22 am
There's a lady here at work who had a "breast reduction" surgery. They were so big she had a chronic back problem.
Rodney: I just noticed the person in the background was a woman. I guess my eyes were focused elsewhere. Shame on me....
November 5th, 2009 at 10:31 am
@Rodney - There was more than one woman in the picture?? Wait let me scroll back up...... Ooohhhh, yeah, there are three.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:32 am
@DiO - "crabby style" ... heehee.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:32 am
@jaydee: you mean there's other people in that photo?
November 5th, 2009 at 10:51 am
M: My thoughts exactly!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:53 am
@Kage: I noticed the person in the background, but I honestly thought it was a fat dude.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:03 am
BEEg chamongas get all sweaty...........from what I hear.
OL.......hears a lot of things
November 5th, 2009 at 11:06 am
g'morning!
whoa! dass a BEEg pair of........................claws on them crabs.
Largo - and try look da braddah BEEhind her.......he stay all smiles ogling dem "younger versions".
November 5th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Come to tink of it.......that picture can go into the HIVE dictionary under the definition of "Chamonga" and "chaminga".
OL............trying to make da bees SCROLL UP again
November 5th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Shauna: Yeah those are the lyrics and I hope Shakira is still nice and humble.
Need to find some current videos. 
Eli.....also likes nice and humble.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:15 am
MLCer.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I thought Shakira was known for her other assets.
November 5th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Rod! and you look like such a nice boy. bhahahaha!
November 5th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Over compensation?
Under compensation?
Most guys would agree…
as long as there is compensation.
(Now where did I put that spare claw?)
November 5th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I can see it now, next Halloween. All the BeeBeeDees gon dress as Fiddler Crabs.
Sally>>>*gon start shopping for oversize sunglasses*
November 5th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
sally: I think it's gonna be interesting personal ads:
"Fiddler crab in search of HoneyBEE"
November 5th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
...."send picture of sunglasses you normally wear"
November 5th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
are those sunglasses original issue or an aftermarket part?
November 5th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
@D in O: my sunglasses are jusssss' right.
hahaha they have to be, they're the only ones I have.
yah, my sunglasses.
Hey, where did HNL2LAS and Snow go?
November 5th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Nice one, opso!
@Sally: got waaaay busy at work today. Whew. Just pausing to take a breath before I jump into the next project (no kaona there).
November 5th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
It would be hilarious if the two ladies pictured read this blog. Screen names would be Tetons and Koolaus.
November 5th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Sally said:
so what did you give him for defending your cave???
November 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Oh yeah. I meant to ask: You have a man cave?
November 5th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Creative: Glad someone likes the skinny girl!!
Rodney: Like the others, didn't even notice the people in the back...
King Katonk: Did you find that spare claw?
David In Oregon: Wonder if fiddler crabs and honeyBEES make good mates> Haha! Can we get some musical entertainment today? anklebiters has BEEn MIA...
November 5th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
opsoL So you like BEEg or tiny claws on crabs? All I know is that I love crab cakes and imitation crab in the California roll!
Ocean Lover: Ooh, another Hive term...mayBEE The Dork Knight can add it to the FB ODDITIES app!!
sally: Seems like you are the only brave honeyBEE to stay in the man cave throughout the day! Fist bump!!
And like Ukuhead asked, what did you give that inmate for his previous neighborly gestures? 
November 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Put on your safety glasses guys.
Dolly Parton - I will always love you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuZO1iT4kD0&feature=fvw
November 5th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
YM-QB: Music? I don't know....I think it is going to be hard to find songs about crabs, mountains, and sausages.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
What skinny girl?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Vienna Sausage?????
November 5th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Is that another lady behind Chamongas or is that a guy with BEEG Manchis?
November 5th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Oh yeah, brah, I would bee smiling too.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
"Crabby Style" ouch
November 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
sally, snow no scared the BBDs, actrually da BBDs no like mess with her cause she knows Kung Fu or something like that.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Aretha Franklin - Respect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZ3_obMXwU&feature=related
November 5th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
OK pau work
November 5th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Tina Turner - Simply The Best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMbtzalS3u8&feature=related
November 5th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Sheena Easton - For your eyes only
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOWrm4xzQ0
November 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
sally & HNL2LAS - yes, i'm brave! or an idiot for stepping into all this testosterone...
hee hee... i'll just drag you gals along with me! 
rodney - japanese tourists look like nice boys???
ha ha ha!! boy, you sure had sally fooled! 
November 5th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I swear I found this video looking for Santana music.
Alyssa Milano : Santana : "Black Magic Woman"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXXmhPAaDDc&feature=fvst
Okay enough from teejay.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
@snow - "boy-san"
Bud Light: "Sausages"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UHKB6nQrzM
November 5th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
@snow: I know I know... no such thing as a nice boy. ay what was I thinking? You know Kung Fu? hyaaa!
LOL BEElieve or not, I'm only seeing KungFu Panda now... watching at work for our lunchtime cinema.
Testosterone? No scade 'um.
And to everyBEE with the pilau curiosity about what I gave my ex-neighbor now FED prisoner, I gave him food.
November 5th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Kung Fu Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zub7o3MguEg
November 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Lefty the Fiddler Crab Loves Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUjaL7XmI1g
November 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Four Fat Sausages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDN7bMpWbE4
November 5th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
@Ynaku: HIYAAAAA!
November 5th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Ynaku: good grief these vids! Some people have way too much time on their hands.
Not me, like now... I gottsa go to my brother's house. He made Roast Beef and da keiki boy is waiting. See y'all !!!
November 5th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
A Dedication to the crabs
Peter Cetera ~ The Glory Of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y7JZZhK1aU
November 5th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Aerosmith - Love In An Elevator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4u5om4xihU
November 5th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Eli: izzit jus'me or does Cetera look just a leeetle bit like DeGeneres in this vid?
kkk, I really going now. BEE back after din din.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Animaniacs - Our Solar System singalong...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8eFFnJsCjs
November 5th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
sally: Hahaha!!! He does kind of look like DeGeneres. How ODD you see her now but no more Cetera. BEEfore you saw Cetera but no DeGeneres. Coincidence? Hmmm...are they the same person?
November 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z723RavRpw
nice and humble
November 5th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Crabs and TV housewives have the same behavior? Darwin wins again.
I would never stuff a sausage down my pants. I have however, stuffed a large wooden pepper grinder down my pants. Other things I have stuffed down my pants include: A Nokial 5150 cell phone, property of a lady I met at Red Square in Vegas; a cucumber; a Sigg water bottle, a Mag flashlight- four D cell model, a scented candle from a Nativity Scene; the Baby Jesus from same, and my own hand, on more numerous occasions than I can count. I have no intention of stopping the latter.
November 5th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
I wonder if we could get them to rub those sunglasses together?
November 5th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
turk: ahhhhh.......that's way too many things one man has stuffed down his pants for any reason.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Wow, you guys all found some very related music links! Hats off to all of you!
turk fontaine: Why on earth did you stuff all those items down your pants at one time or another?? This has got to make for some interesting stories!!
November 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Teejay, high five. one of my favorite musicians paired with one of my favorite actresses.
interesting note: we went to brunch this weekend at a local place in Burlingame. there was a live band and the singer was Tony Lindsay, Carlos Santana's lead singer. really good voice and great entertainer.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
@matt
So where did you have brunch in Burlingame? I used to frequent "Stacks" on Sundays. Are they still in business?
I grew up in San Mateo. I miss the small town atmosphere of the Peninsula.
L.A. doesn't come close.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
I would love to comment, but my cursor keeps scrolling up to that chick's big noggins.
Aloha from Chico
November 5th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
...and by noggins I meant brain! What a scholar she shall bee. Watch out Harvard and Yale.
(I tried)
November 5th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Rodney:
@Shauna: Knight in Shining Armor? I hope they still exist! But, if you seen my Halloween pics, slim pickin's got a whole lot more slimmer! bhahaha
HEY!
You may be a Knight in shining armor but you're already taken. Shauna's looking for one thats available.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Scott: Noggins!!
Wonder if Evan will turn out to BEE as charming as you! 
NaPueo: Yeah, if you see one, send him my way!
King Katonk and matt: Hello!!
November 5th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
QB: You mean you're on the hunt for your own Fiddler crab?
November 5th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
KK,
stacks is still there and ono as ever. we went to broadway grill over on the el camino end of broadway. good food and great music. plus, unlike stacks, they take reservations.
where'd you grow up in SM? I'm in the parkside area, near the fishmarket restaurant.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
oh, Shauna, Hello.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
David In Oregon: Not just any fiddler crab but the king crab!!
matt:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
November 5th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Well QB, if you're looking to catch crabs, you might as well go after the best.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
David In Oregon: That's what I say!! A king that's fit for a queen! Haha!! Kidding... but if I have to settle, gotta at least BEE a prince!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
for the crab lovers here, dunginess crab season starts on saturday (friday night at midnight) this week. normally i'd be at the beach trying to get some of them, but the 15 ft. swell that's forecast for the weekend will keep me high and dry. still, I can't wait. best tasting crab, imo.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
matt: Ryan's has the best crab dip! BTW, did you know that I'm a crab since my birth date puts me in the Cancer sign? Haha!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
So, does that make you crabby?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
November 5th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
David In Oregon: Totally! I'm surprised I even have friends!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
QB:
November 5th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
David In Oregon: Will you promise me that you will always BEE my friend even if I get crabby?
November 5th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I have to, I'm crabby too.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
QB,
sometimes I think I'm channelling Bob Sagat where his Danny Taylor/Funniest Home Videos public persona is juxtaposed by his very blue nightclub act/persona. only my sense of common decency is keeping me from asking whether your crab status indicates that your preferred mate is one with an overly developed dominant forearm..
in a couple of weeks, it's dunginess crab and smoked salmon chowder time.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
matt: Uh...um...if you're asking if I want my crab mate to have muscular arms the answer is affirmative! And I love corn chowder! Alright, such random and ODD thoughts...
Good night all!! Tomorrow is (furlough) Friday!
November 5th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
QB: realize though, those crabs only have ONE large appendage.
November 6th, 2009 at 6:31 am
@matt
I am familiar with the parkside area I had a lot of friends who lived there. Is the "Fish Market" still a good spot to eat? In my younger days we used to hang at the oyster bar and watch MNF. I grew up near Sunnybrae elementary and went to Aragon H.S. My mom still lives in the same house. The next time I visit her I'll drop you a line. Maybe we'll catch a Giant/Dodger game.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:45 am
I has to read this post because of the title, that is actually interesting. Typical though that the guy is only doing it for the sex