From Elder G: Life Is Just a Bowl of CherriesMusic and lyrics by: Ray Henderson and Lew Brown1931Life is just a bowl of cherries.Don’t take it serious; life’s so mysterious.You work, you save, you worry so,But you can’t take your dough when you go, go, go.So keep repeating it’s the berries,For the strongest oak must […]
Category: Curated Absurdity
Elder JimZim has asked a profound question: What are we? His curiosity was peaked by this Joni Mitchell song… We are stardustWe are goldenAnd we’ve got to get ourselvesBack to the gardenWe are stardustBillion year old carbonWe are goldenCaught in the devil’s bargainAnd we’ve got to get ourselvesBack to the garden- Woodstock, by Joni Mitchell […]
You know our friend, Elder KM? She runs the organization ENGin to promote English language skills to Ukrainians. The other day, out of the blue, she says how much she hates English desserts. That was enough to spark an idea for a blog post – the absolutely worst, grossest desserts across cuisines, cultures, countries. We […]
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Elder JimZim is WLBOTT’s muse-du jour. Lastly, I wrote a Harissa haiku when I was out of harissa: Harissa – how I miss yaA staining red pasteTo spread on shawarma pita Droubi’s Elder JimZim was referring to Droubi’s, at 7333 Hillcroft Street, in Houston. You can see a nice video of the owners in this […]
Just when we thought we’d run out of curated absurdities, The Guardian comes to our rescue! With this story, the road can go on forever, and the party will never end. The Legal Settlement Bizarrely, the legal settlement requires Tripp to attend Thanksgiving dinner at the General’s house. WLBOTT Ministry of Poultry Affairs notes: His […]
Life is a river that simply flows. – Eternalised In a moment of self reflection, the entire WLBOTT board meditated on the question “What Kind of Fool Am I?” We got our research department on this topic, toot-sweet! They found a very illuminating video, by a the creater Eternalised. Eternalised identifies different archetypal fools: In […]
Our Insatiable Curiosity What Happens if the Sun Just Goes Out? How Can This Happen? According to physics: It can’t.According to religion: What does this switch do again? According to Elder G: Physically: within 8 minutes, Earth goes dark, temperatures plummet, and photosynthesis halts. Within weeks, oceans start freezing from the top down. Within months, […]
Gentle People, if you are like the staff at WLBOTT, you probably spend several hours a day memorizing large prime numbers. Last night we came across a doozy…. 1000000000000066600000000000001 1-0000000000000-666-0000000000000-1 One, followed by 13 zeros, followed by 666, followed by 13 zeros, followed by a one. The number is also a palindromic prime (same forward […]
Q: What Do Elder JimZim’s Katz Dream About? A: Global domination. The Katz’ Karmic Connection WLBOTT:Elder DZ was telling us a traditional Buddhist story. The story involves the death of Buddha, when all the animals, two by two, come to visit and shed their tears. Elder G:Yes – Elder DZ is touching on a very […]
Again an Elder has brought to our attention the burden that WLBOTTism can place on a relationship. “Honey, Honey, come look, I won a Kolobok award!!” – Elder KM “Wow, congrats, that’s so exciting, what is it…oh wait, is this WLBOTT again?” – Elder S (Elder KM’s spousal unit) Testimonials “We came for counseling. We […]