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Today’s Dachshund (5/27/09) – Pablo Picasso’s “The Pianist,” Featuring His Pet Wiener Dog (painting)

Well some people like wiener dogs
And get called assholes
This never happened to Pablo Picasso
He could walk down your street
And wiener dogs could not resist his stare and
So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole

Pablo Picasso had a wiener dog named Lump

Pablo Picasso had a wiener dog named Lump

Today’s Wiener Dog (5/26/09) – A Wiener Dog Made Out Of A Tampon

Whats wrong with this picture?

What's wrong with this picture?

Someone named Crabmommy has given the world directions on how to make a wiener dog out of a tampon, some playdoh, and some matchsticks and/or pipecleaners.

The only problem that I can see with this tampon wiener design (pictured above) is the color. It should be easy enough, though, to create a more natural-colored red wiener dog with only very slight modifications to the instructions.

Watch Two Dolphins Push An Italian Around For Two And A Half Minutes (video)

Whatever this is, it’s not a sport. It’s a circus trick. And this is apparently video of some guy breaking the world record of it.

Simone Arrigoni, of Rome (Italy), rode two dolphins, King and Paco, for 450 meters.

Says Arrigoni, “We-a did it in-a one-a go-a today-a so-a King-a and-a Paco will get-a extra tuna tonight, that’s for sure-a.”

Watch Isabella Rossellini Have Sex With A Whale (video)

Ever wanted to see Isabella Rossellini dressed up in a fat suit, sporting a six foot strap-on penis, and having simulated sex with a whale puppet? Me either.

And what would David Lynch say?

I mean, seriously, what’s the point? You run 1:35 of credits for 1:25 of content.

Times are tough. Give this money to somebody or something that needs it.

This video really fucking pisses me off.

This Is The Most Aggressive Strain Of Whale Cancer I’ve Ever Seen…(video)

This is from a TV show produced by the best man at my wedding. I have no idea why I’m finding out about this on my own. But I’m not happy about it.

Awesome Odd Combo Web Sheet Of The Day: PitchersAndPoets.com

PitchersAndPoets.com is a web site about pitchers and poets. According to the webmaster;

The name Pitchers & Poets comes from Robert Frost, who said “Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.”

But if that’s true for poets, it’s true for everybody. We’re all like baseball pitchers, at least those of us want to be.

Check it out.

Thousands of Dolphins Stop Somali Pirates From Attacking Chinese Merchant Ships

The scene?  (Photo: Cri.cn)

The scene? (Photo: Cri.cn)

According to Chinese media reports, a Chinese merchant convoy was saved from marauding Somali pirates when a pod of more than a thousand dolphins suddenly appeared, cutting off the pirates from their prey. According to the same story, 20% of the nearly 1300 Chinese ships that traveled through Gulf of Aden waters last year came under pirate attack. Seven were hijacked.

The English-language version of China’s official site, sums it up best:

The pirates could only lament their littleness befor the vast number of dolphins. The spectacular scene continued for a while.

The pirates have vowed revenge.

The Whale Watch: Other Whale-Related Matters From Around The Globe

More news from the world of whales (4/13/09):

  • Floating whale carcass to be deposited in landfill (Sign On San Diego)
  • Australian dolphin spits at food (Mongabay.com)
  • Gay dolphin video (Queerty)
  • There’s a band called “Or, The Whale“, and their “skip intro” link doesn’t work on their web sheet

The Whale Watch: Other Whale-Related Matters From Around The Globe

I have no idea...

I have no idea...


More news from the world of whales:

  • All that footage the Australian Feds took from the Steve Irwin is safely back in the hands of Animal Planet…new season of Whale Wars premieres June 5 (PR Newswire)
  • Here’s some footage of an underwater videographer getting hit in the head by a whale tail (Dive Photo Guide).
  • If you can interpret the cartoon above, go here and be the first to figure it out (Toon Pool)
  • Off all the things that are out there killing whales, rat poison isn’t one of them (KHON)
  • Rachel McAdams has read a lot of books, but Moby Dick isn’t one of them (Oprah.com)

First Video Ever Of Rare Whale-Human Hybrid

It’s got the head of a man and the remainder of the body of an orca, or “killer” whale. It can fellate itself while dancing to “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” Therefore it clearly is intelligent enough to understand the concept of irony.