far cathay

Feb 05, 2009 08:36

I'm still pretty high from Chinese New Year. The prolonged break from the frustrations of ladypose moil, combined with the fact that I'm reading The Travels of Marco Polo, a mostly-true catalog of Marky Marc's impressions of unfamiliar provinces, has my soul incandescing daily with delight at the myriad subtle ways in which the Chinese mode of ( Read more... )

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wyliekat February 5 2009, 15:49:10 UTC
Dude - what is that? It looks like muppet-hurling as a sport.

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yellowcrayons February 5 2009, 17:27:06 UTC
I could totally get behind muppet-hurling. :D

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wyliekat February 5 2009, 17:35:54 UTC
Next demonstration sport at the olympics! If only Jim Henson were around to officiate.

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kismeteve February 5 2009, 18:18:02 UTC
Muppet hurling should join curling and cheese rolling and morris dancing at the weirdo olympics. :)

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wyliekat February 5 2009, 18:24:08 UTC
Shirling!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gu3mbl8SAk

(I'm Canadian, therefore I'm morally obliged to love both Curling and Kids in the Hall)

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kayashta February 5 2009, 18:25:58 UTC
You should see the picture floating around of a Komondor jumping.. they're a white, 120+ pound version of the Puli. ;) It's like a giant mop flying through the air.

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Went looking, found this instead. wyliekat February 5 2009, 18:30:09 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1K1wQxsSGw&feature=related

Sweet crikey, this looks like mop cultivation.

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Dear blog owner, sorry for clogging your inbox with my crap. wyliekat February 6 2009, 02:30:31 UTC
That is visually smashing. It really is. I thought it was hay on a truck at first.

These dogs are so much fun to look at.

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Re: Went looking, found this instead. waynefromlorain February 6 2009, 02:46:53 UTC
AH, This is an example of the Brazilian Hay Hound. Very rare.

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Cleanup on aisle 5... pajmo February 6 2009, 17:06:55 UTC
That so looks like one of the dust mop covers I used to use when I worked at Eckerd's back in the day.

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Odelay? rapscallion February 12 2009, 04:44:17 UTC
I'm wondering where this came from, seeing as it looks just a few frames off from the album cover. I wish I knew the event and the photographer... And whether it's common for these dogs to compete in sporting events. This is so kinetically pleasing.

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lostbanana86 February 5 2009, 16:07:20 UTC
WTF

Rasta Dog. Those are some insane dreads.

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black_silver February 5 2009, 16:12:20 UTC
oh my lord

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orientalspooge February 5 2009, 16:12:43 UTC
lol!!!

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