Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Humor: Somebody Really Hates Bicycle Helmet Laws
I’m guessing that by now everybody has seen at least one of the “Hitler Reacts” parodies. In this one, Hitler reacts to the news that Australia has an all-ages mandatory bicycle helmet law:
If the video doesn’t display, click here. H/t Copenhagenize
Not So Pure Michigan
Somebody sent me a link to a video from parody site “Not So Pure Michigan.” This one is a spoof ad for Michigan that brutalizes Wisconsin and Ohio. I should warn you that it contains profanity and might be offensive to some – particularly people from Wisconsin and Ohio!.
If the video doesn’t display, click here.
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Ha. That video was stupid and juvenile. But also sort of funny. That is ridonkulous that Wisconsin is trying to say it is the mitten state! If you’re going to make fun of an Ohio football team — hello, the Browns are the worst team in the NFL. Even their fans ridicule them. U of M’s football program is hopeless.
Just reminding folks
The Division of Child Development and Early Education at the Department of Health and Human Services requires all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs — including in-home day care centers — to meet USDA guidelines. That means lunches
must consist of one serving of meat,
one serving of milk,
one serving of grain, and two servings of fruit or vegetables
my favorite bike helmet experience. boy 10yr +/- riding bike on sidewalk helmet dangling from handlebar.
My favorite bike-helmet story: my younger son wore one when he learned to ride on two wheels.
He hit a rock at the corner of someone’s driveway while riding around the block on the sidewalk. He fell and broke his arm. Didn’t make him wear one after that.
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