Epic Video: Monkey's Ice Skating

If this act ever comes to Spokane, I'm buying tickets.

Video Bites: Twas The Night Before Christmas

The December 23rd edition of the JustSON Video Bites! That's right, bite-sized videos!

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What's a group called?

Everyone knows that a bunch of birds is called a "flock."

And everyone knows that a bunch of fish is called a "school."

But what are some other groups of items called?

Well thank you University of California for allowing me to check this list on your Web site.

Here are some of the best:

• A fluther of jellyfish - the reason Brandon avoids the ocean at all costs.
  
• A neverthriving of jugglers - so a circus?
• A mob of kangaroos - better yet, boxing kangaroos!
• A bevy of ladies - the reason Brandon and I go to the ocean.
• A number of mathematicians - a.k.a nerds.
• A company of moles - they wear suits.
• A tribe of monkeys - I like monkeys.
• A barren of mules - a.k.a. frat guys.
• A superfluity of nuns - nuns do seem to travel in groups...err...I mean in superfluities.
• A parliament of owls - owls are smart.
• A huddle of penguins - they huddle to stay warm.
• A gaze of raccoons - I like raccoons and monkeys.
• An unkindness of ravens - they are like the emo kids of the bird family.
• A clutter of spiders - RAID.
• An ambush of tigers - yes, I'm sure tigers are trying to ambush me. Now walk away slowly.
• A bale of turtles - It's actually a rectangle block of turtles. Like a bale of hay.
• A blessing of unicorns - I've never seen ONE unicorn, let alone a BLESSING of them.
• An ugly of walruses - walruses are ugly, oh, and also the reason Brandon avoids the ocean.
• A descent of woodpeckers - Woody Woodpecker.
• A crash of rhinoceroses - because they crash through everything.
• A dray of squirrels - I like squirrels, raccoons and monkeys!
  

Monkey trouble in Spokane

A Spokane, Washington woman and her mother are in trouble (and I mean BIG trouble) for attempting to sneak a rhesus monkey into the United States from Thailand.

But the way they tried to pull it off is priceless:

Gypsy Lawson, 29, hid the sedated young rhesus macaque under her blouse, pretending to be pregnant when she successfully passed through U.S. Customs in Los Angeles after a trip to Bangkok, Thailand.

First things first, her name is Gypsy? Wow.

Secondly, why did she want the monkey so bad? My guess is so she could train it to dance on the top of her hot dog stand.

Well, the court didn't think the monkey prank was funny.

The two women were found guilty Monday by a 12-member jury on separate charges of conspiracy and smuggling goods into the United States. Sentencing is set for March 3.

The monkey is now at a primate rescue facility in Oregon.

Man, I wish I had a monkey. If you could have one pet (without getting in trouble like Gypsy) what animal would it be?

Tall men more fun than a subway full of monkeys

China has the Olympics, now they again have the tallest man in the world.

China's Bao Xishun reclaimed the title of "Tallest man in the World" when Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines.

The new rules state that the man needs to measured six times throughout the day. And while Xishun may enjoy the spotlight, Stadnyk did not.

Bao, who stands at 7 feet, 8.95 inches, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk, who is 8 feet 5.5 inches tall.

And who says the Chinese are short?!? I can't even imagine being that tall.

"From up here, everybody look like ants!"


In other news, Brett Favre is now a New York Jet. Wait, you already knew that? Oh, right. Then why in the world is everybody still fascinated with him!?!?!?! Enough already.


In other news that nobody cares about, the Mayor of Mount Isa, Australia angered many local women when he invited "beauty-disadvantaged women" to move to the mining town.

The mayor said he was "telling it like it is" in a testosterone-laden town more famous for cowboys and mining lead, silver, copper and zinc than for match-making."

Cut the guy some slack people. He was just trying to get a date for New Year's this year. And not Bubba this time.


And lastly, a Tokyo monkey avoided a dozen police at a subway station for two hours before escaping in a crowd of excited children.

"It's a monkey - it's not like it did anything bad," a police spokesman said, adding that the animal was still on the loose.

Good call police spokesman. It is a monkey. And yes, it flings poo. Glad to see that Tokyo's cops are really cracking down on that monkey crime spree.

"Hey, shouldn't we be stopping that guy who is robbing that lady"
"No way man. We have to stop that monkey from being a monkey."