The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

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To celebrate the first Halloween in my new home, I can’t think of a more appropriate costume than the one pictured above. In case you don’t get the reference, it’s from the Simpsons episode where Marge, deep in the throes of a gambling addiction, forgets to make a costume for Lisa’s state pageant where she’s supposed to be Florida. Homer ends up making the costume pictured above, and when Lisa tries it on, she says “I’m not a state; I’m a monster!“.

Here’s another example:

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Where in Tampa can I get this kind of foam?

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I’m sure that the photo above depicts a performance art piece than the bride addressing her guests at the reception, but this being Florida (where no idea is a bad one), it wouldn’t be completely out of place.

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This was the view from my kitchen window on Wednesday. For those of you who don’t recognize the vegetable I’m holding, that’s a patty-pan squash.

In some cultures including the Philippines, you’ll see the bride and groom release a pair of doves at the end of the wedding ceremony, as a way of marking that special moment. It makes for great photos:

Of course, many couples want to put their own unique stamp on the ceremony, and sometimes you get this:

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Pictured above are Molly “The Chick” Evans and his was Michael “Chick Magnet” Malone. According to this web page, they got their nicknames from their love of eating chicken, but for some reason decided to give it up and symbolically commemorate their new chicken-free live by hurling raw chickens at the end of their ceremony. I hope they remembered to wash their hands afterwards.

Apparently, Molly and Michael were not the only ones to do this. Here’s a recent picture from AcidCow:

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I don’t think I’ll be able to talk The Future Missus into this one, considering the resulting mess and the fact we’re having a beach wedding.

MyFridgeFood.com posted this image on their Facebook account recently:

A quick search found this response posted to the often-batshit-crazy conservative site LiberalLogic101.com, and hey, I found it funny:

And finally, a little more searching led to this depiction of a nice surf-and-turf dinner, ‘Murican style:

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If you want to see the American divide over guns, take a look at the competing Urban Dictionary entries for the term “ammosexual”. Probably better than looking at the photo below:

And since it’s Throwback Thursday and we’re talking about breakfast in America, how ’bout some Breakfast in America?

Thanks to Mitch Garvis for the find!

The headline is “Chuck E. Cheese shooting appears to be gang-related”.  It took place in Pico Rivera (in the Los Angeles area), and according to witnesses, it’s started when two men got into an argument.