Sunday, February 25, 2007

Iranian Women Cover Up While Beavers Show Up In New York!

Hey Silverhorners! Welcome up to Silverhorn Mountain on a cool crisp mountain morning as we get February behind us, and we head doggedly toward spring...yee haw!

Well, not a great time to be a woman in Iran, however, I'm not sure there ever was a good time to be a woman in Iran...the Iranian judiciary, who are the law over there, are cracking down on inappropriately dressed ladies. In fact they are accusing these scantily dressed trollups with 'spreading prostitution.'

Uh-huh...well, according to the Iranian prosecutor in charge of the crackdown, the girls under fire are "the ones who spread prostitution and intentionally seek to disturb social and moral security by inappropriate clothing and behaviour"

The big shakeup is coming in March and is scheduled to last a month. So here's the deal, if you are a woman in Iran, you better cover up your hair and your body, or else. There is to be no wearing of short bright coats, flimsy headscarve and **gasp** capri pants!! Yes Silverhorner, you heard me correctly, er..no...you read me correctly...no capri's....OMG...it sure makes me glad I live over here and not over there...

I MUST BE STUPIDFrom the "I must be stupid files," we have a thief in Calgary, Alberta, who tried to steal from a business located next door to a police dog training facility...duh...then when he tried to escape, his vehicle, which by the way was stolen, got stuck in the snow...undaunted, he jumped from the vehicle and tried to outrun a police dog...OK...they should just let him go...he's too stupid to do much harm...

TWO CLOWNS SHOT
So..there is a headline you don't read everyday, after all, who wants to shoot clowns...um...well I did threaten to break one clown's legs one day when he tried to get me to put on a stupid birthday hat but that's another story...

In this case, two clowns were gunned down by an unidentified gunman during their show in a travelling circus in Columbia...both were killed...talk about sad clown faces...now don't laugh...this is not funny...a little unusual maybe but not funny...these were clowns, dammit...they are charged with spreading joy to the world, not getting shot...

The Circo del Sol de Cali went back on Monday as the gun toting killer shot the clowns in front of an audience of up to 50 onlookers...hmmm...sounds like finding a witness might not prove to difficult.

SOMETHING ELSE YOU DON'T SEE EVERYDAY - This Is Not About Britney Spears
Yup, in addition to clowns getting gunned down, when was the last time you saw a beaver? Uh-uh..I mean the furry kind...umm...oops...the kind with teeth...Well, if you live in New York, you may have seen one today....the furry kind with teeth, you may have seen the other kind as well, but I digress...as usual...anyway, it's been two hundred years but just like the swallows at Capistrano, the beavers are returning to New York..

A beaver has been videotaped swimming in the Bronx River, and has built a lodge on the river bank, apparently moving to the big city for the entertainment. Beavers are on the New York City official seal because back in the early days of settlement, they played a major part in New York's role in the fur industry, the other beavers played a major part in New York's role in the prostitution and porno movie industry...we think it's the first one that is on the New York seal...although I'm not 100% sure of that....

But that same thing is what led to their disappearance over the last two hundred or so years...well they are back and already folks are applying for a trappers licence......

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Craig Ferguson Says Britney Nooo Funny!

Helloooo Silverhorners! Welcome to the View From Silllllverrrrhorn Mountain! Nice to have you back, you're looking great...um..yeah, I can see you...just move a tiny bit to the left, that's better, now look up at your computer screen and smile..if you're female, undo a button or two...

Well, I am feeling kinda low tonight, all set to take a "poke" at Britney Spears but nooooo....I can'd do that now...not since my hero of late, really late night television, Craig Ferguson of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson said it's not nice to poke fun at Britney now...well actually, Craig, with his Scottish accent probably said something like, "It's no nice ta poke fun at the wee lassie Britney Spears awa' with' ya." Or something to that effect, it sounds better when I say it....

Craig told us last night that after seeing the pics of Britney with no hair he reconsidered making jokes about her, saying something about her being vulnerable...oh..oh...usually when a man says the word "vulnerable" it's because he is trying to portray a sensitive side, usually to get under a lassie's kilt....

So Craig, a normally funny guy, who hasn't appeared to be the overly sensitive type until now, has caused me to reconsider...as much as I hate to admit it...Craig said, and I quote:

"For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it, It should be about attacking the powerful — the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards — going after them. We shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable."

I think Craig makes a good point, he's right. Maybe we should cut the Britser some slack....

Soo...now that he has put that out there, I've no choice but to do something else...hmm let's see, maybe I could make fun of him...but he's Scottish...and his only job is the back shift, late at night, no, make that late, late at night...better leave him alone too, talk about vulnerable....


Speaking of vulnerable, did you hear about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police recruitment ads? Apparently they were running them on websites run by the 18th Street Gang, a group of gang members from Los Angeles considered one of the biggest, most violent gangs in the world. Uh-oh...it looked like the Mounties were sponsoring gang violence...that cannot be good...
This must be a pretty popular site, the ads were only up for about 46 hours before they got pulled, but they were seen about 62,000 times...hmmmm...I wonder if that space is still available???

Naturally, the Mounties pulled the ads as soon as they found out about them.

Speaking of Britney...no wait, I wasn't...but anyway, an American Hockey League team the Syracuse Crunch, from...um...let's see...oh yeah, Syracuse, New York have invited Britney Spears to a peaceful weekend with them, offering the bald popstar a free trip to see a hockey game and get away from it all...they even said that there wouldn't be any photogs or paparrazzi for miles...yeah boys...not wearing your helmets are ya? It's Britney friggin' Spears...there is gonna be paparrazzi.

However, it was a nice gesture and my hero Craig Ferguson of the late late night televison show, the Late Late Show, is teaching me to recognize nice gestures etc...the boys in the Crunch are also offering any woman who shaves her head a free ticket to their February 24th game against the Manitoba Moose...OK...now girls...think this through...it's the Crunch against the Moose...is it really worth shaving your head to see that for free???

They took it one step futher saying that if she comes to the game, each member of the club's front office will also shave their heads...uh-huh...no mention of the players shaving their own...

And finally, I'm sure you heard about this one, it's been all over the news, the police in Long Island found a dead man sitting in front of a loud television set. The 70 year old man had not been heard of since 2005 when he told neighbors he was going inside to watch The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson....

Monday, February 19, 2007

The Diana Inquest

Hey Silverhorners !!

Welcome up to The View From Silverhorn Mountain. It's a little snowy here on the Silverhorn tonight, so we are huddled around the old parlour stove trying to stay warm and cuddley...well, trying to stay warm, the Wife was cuddling up to me until she discovered I had been out shovelling...whew...it's amazing how much a fellow sweats in a nylon covered down filled parka...

I guess it didn't help that I had been wearing bread bags on my feet, (inside of my boots...duh) because they leak a bit. One of these days I do have to get a new pair of winter boots like
these ones


Oops!! Wrong wishlist, I meant these ones...The Silverhorn Mountain Winter Boot...they even come in Silver....


These look like pretty good snow boots, especially if the snow is deep, and the spike heels would be helpful for walking out to the mailbox on the icy, wintery days....

OK, OK, I'm kidding...stupid attempt at a product plug that Marcello would never have allowed if he was still here, actually, I'm really thinking more about a pair like these, practical, functional, stylish, suitable even for church on Sunday...


Oh-oh, glad I didn't put my order in yet, I just discovered these, I think they match my good suit..


On to other things, some of you will remember the post we did sometime ago about the report on the Princess Diana, Dodi al Fayed and Henri Paul deaths in a car crash in Paris....don't remember it, click here...or...um...here...nope...oh yeah, click
HERE

Well there is an inquest scheduled for May, however the controversy has already begun. It seems the judge in the inquest has ruled that she will determine the outcome of the inquest instead of a jury. OK, that's fine, but...this particular judge, has close connections to the House of Lords and other high ranking members of the British Establishment. uh-huh...OK...well, not according to Mohammed al Fayed, Dodi's daddi, (couldn't resist that) al Fayed has his lawyers on the case, arguing that the judge's decision to be the sole decision maker is improper, and the inquest should be decided by a jury. I have to agree. I cannot understand why the British, who are quite interested in proving the tragic deaths were caused by Henri Paul's drinking and an unfortunate accident will not aquiese..um...ak-we-ess...ahh...give in and let a jury decide. Otherwise...this is just more fuel for the conspiracy fires that surround the tragedy.

There ya go, you never know what you might find here at The View From Silverhorn Mountain...but we're working on it.....subject matter wise we seem to have the consistency of a melted popsicle....

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Britney Spears Shaved Head????

Hey Silverhorners! Welcome back to The View From Silverhorn Mountain! It's Saturday here, I dunno what day it is where you are....

Saturday and the living ain't easy, busy working around the old Silverhorn Lodge, getting things ready for the inevitable spring that is coming...soon...I promise.

Well...well...while I am off enjoying a lazy Saturday, our favorite celebrity around here, the one and only Britney Spears is off getting her head shaved....uh-huh...I said head shaved...what in the name of all that is celebrity is she thinking, unless of course you think bald is beautiful, which it can be...so I suppose it is all in the eye of the beholder....

I suppose she will be more aerodynamic, if that matters...maybe a little faster getting in and out of nightclubs without the added drag of hair...but Britney...you were so cute...now you look well....kind of ummmm....aerodynamic is all I can come up with....maybe she is changing careers and going to become a swimmer, maybe swim the English Channel or something....

According to the Eyewitness News report, Britney also got a new tattoo...or two..

Here's my biggest fear, that other girls, the few remaining who like Britney and want to emulate her will do the same thing...geez...the world will look like a Star Trek episode with all the bald women....

Maybe Britney shaves for charity...I mean we all know this isn't all that is bald don't we...*wink*

See the Eyewitness News video of Britney with her new shaved look,
HERE

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Alligator Attacks - Man Looking For Balls

Hey Silverhorner Converts! Welcome up to The View From Silverhorn Mountain, where it's a cool, crisp mountain day. The kind of day that makes you want to stay in bed with the blankets over your head reading the articles in the January issue of Playboy Magazine featuring the lovely Sargeant Michelle Manhart and wondering why the poor dear was removed from active duty in the U.S. Airforce....not that I am doing that today, nope...I am much too busy bringing your favorite online column to you...

Animals in the NewsDo you lose your balls? Ha ha...ah c'mon you know I am talking about golf balls, those little round things that golfers play with all the time...ha, that is the white ones...they hit with a golf club...

Well if you lose them in New Port Richey, Florida, you might be better off to let them go and buy new ones. It seems there was a guy retrieving balls, (not his balls, other peoples, which seems somewhat kinky if you ask me) from a golf course lake when he was attacked by an alligator, and not just any alligator, it was a 7 footer, the kind the late Steve Irwin would have loved to tackle.

Yup, this guy who shall remain nameless, was almost footless before he was able to pry the alligator's mouth from his foot, digging his fingers into the big reptile's eyes..hmm...this guy must be pretty tough in his own right...no wonder the gator was biting him...

The bitee eventually got away, refused medical treatment at the golf course and drove himself to the hospital...a spokesperson said he was lucky to get out with his balls....yes, those ones....

Speaking of animals in the news, and God knows I love to write about animals who make a break for personal freedom, Jenny the Donkey is on the dodge, avoiding capture since her bid for freedom around January 18th.

So far she has outsmarted the authorities who tried tranquilizers and a horse whisperer...hmmm...this is a donkey...right? Wouldn't a donkey whisperer be more appropriate?

It seems Jenny got a little lonesome after her farm buddy was sold at an auction and donkey speculators are speculating that she is looking for her auctioned partner.

So here is what we can find out, it seems Gail Lever of Princeton, Massachusetts has found Jenny's missing partner...but...it also seems that things are not what they seem..or so it seems...Lever thinks that the donkeys are both mules...ok...stay with me here...A mule is what you get when you cross a jackass stud with a female horse...I know a lot of jackass studs....or jackass's that think they are studs...

So poor Jenny the Mule Donkey is lonesome and blue...and has set off in search of her friend, Isabella...now that's a love story I wish I had told you about on Valentine's Day...


Hey Big Guy!
If you are standing at a urinal in Mexico and a woman's voice says, "Hey big guy, come here often?" don't be alarmed, or overly excited...nope. You've fallen victim to talking urinal cakes...

Yes Silverhorner, I said, talking urinal cakes...paints quite a visual doesn't it? Actually the cakes are motion sensors that have a little too much to say if you ask me, although I do like the "hey big guy" line.

The little cake then goes on to suggest that it might be time to call a cab and go home, or ask a sober friend for a ride. Uh-huh..well...the thing is battery powered and supposed to last three months, which must be some batteries..the way I pee after a drink or two I would wear it out in an evening...

Why don't women have these in their restrooms you ask? Great question Oswald. Men are the biggest drunk driving offenders for one thing, for the other, women's restrooms don't have urinals...duh...not that I know that...I mean it's not like I have ever been in the ladies bathroom in a bar...

I wonder how many of them will be stolen by the pee-ers? I mean ask yourself this guys...how often do you hear a woman say, "Hey big guy.".....

Michelle Manhart Poses Nude and Gets Sacked

Hey Silverhorner's! Your lucky day, two posts for the price of one...don't just read this one, check the post below, cause I am on another bloggin' marathon...

Well...well...it seems our girl, nope, not Britney,
our other girl, Michelle Manhart has been sacked...you remember Michelle, and don't even try to pretend you don't...Michelle is the U.S. Air Force sargeant that posed nude for Playboy magazine this month, which actually came out last month...something I have never figured out about magazines...but anyway, the pics turned out fine, but it seems the Air Force was not amused. Poor Michelle was removed from active duty and has been bumped back down from Sexy Sarge to Sexy Senior Airman...there is that airMAN thingy again...don't get me started...it really works up some guy who posts comments on here...
On Shelves Now

Michelle told the Associated Press she wasn't sure if this was an 'honorable discharge' or what..

So she is off active duty and now is a Air National Guard which is apparently not very glamorous...well..it wasn't but with Michelle there things might ahh...perk up...

However, I guess she isn't going to be there because she has tendered her resignation, taking off the uniform and giving it back....hmmm...

Now the rest of this story is kind of deep, more than mere mortals like me can understand, but it seems her resignation makes her a member of the Iowa National Guard from which she has also resigned...however a spokesman for the Iowa National Guard, said,

"at this point we don't have any separation documents regarding Senior Airman Manhart and until we receive documentation of her separation from the Air Force, at this point we don't have her on duty status in the Iowa National Guard."

I'm not sure...did he make one point or two there?

Michelle Manhart said that she is getting turfed because she was pictured in Playboy wearing her uniform...HuH? I mean, HUH? I thought she was pictured in Playboy not wearing her uniform...at that rate I guess the nude part was OK...the Air Force just doesn't like pictures of their airmen in uniform....
Naw...that's not it, even I am not that dumb...the problem is, she was pictured in her uniform and out of her uniform at roughly the same time...and also she still had on her dog tags while she was working out...oh yeah...I remember that picture...........................................................oops...must have drifted off there, sorry.

So when the pics of the nude or nearly nude Sargeant Manhart appeared in the February issue of Playboy in January she was relieved of her duties pending an investigation..the brass needed time to umm...peruse the pictures and consider them...someone close to the issue told our Silverhorn Researchers that there was a slight delay while they waited for their subscription to arrive in the mail.

Eventually poor little sexy Michelle Manhart was given a letter of reprimand and told not to talk to the media. They also told her that an "unfavorable information file" was established on her...oh..oh..I hope they don't have one of those unfavorable thingies on me...probably do...

Not to fear though, guess what...Michelle said she is planning a modeling and entertainment career....no kidding...whoddaguessedit?
If you just crawled out from under a rock in a cave...Bin Laden I mean you...you can read my earlier Michelle Manhart post here and HereYou might even find a picture or two...

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Condom Advertising - The Time Has Come!

Hey Silverhorners
It's me, coming to you from the bunker deep inside Silverhorn Lodge, high atop Silverhorn Mountain, on what can only be described as a windy, snowy, freezy rainy miserable night. The wind is howling through the pine, (we only have one left since the hurricane) and freezing rain and blowing snow are making it a good night for hunkering.

Well, I scraped through Valentine's Day without getting in any trouble, even managed to get my own special valentine some flowers and...get this a box of heart shaped chocolates that I am now enjoying....

Speaking of Valentine's Day, it was an interesting day in New York where the Health Commission have announced a 'city themed' condom in line with Valentine's Day and National Condom Day. I gotta tell ya, I didn't know there was such a thing as National Condom Day, is it a holiday?

It seems the Heath gurus at the Heath Commission are taking a 'poke' at sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies....

The slogan is "New York We Got You Covered" and also says "NYC Condoms. Get Some." They are one-size-fits-all with black packaging that spell out NYC Condom in a style similar to the New York Subway designs. They are also thinking about adding some with NY skyscrapers, of course those would probably not be in the one-size-fits all variety....

So....this got me to thinking...and you know that cannot be good...apparently they are only advertising on the package...why not on the actual condom? So that when it is...ah...well...umm...unrolled into...ummm...service...there could be advertisments on the actual...um... thingy...like a company name...or a funny slogan...like on the Cross The Line Designs T-Shirts

Imagine the advertising revenue...Burger King's "Home of the Whopper" slogan comes to mind....or Mazda's "Zoom Zoom" or...no wait...I better stop...Oh what the Hell, lets go for it, the possibilities are endless, I'm thinking YouTube, Big Mac's or even the New York Subway folks could advertise "Ride the Tube"

On second thought..bad idea...I mean what's the use of trying to advertise Silverhorn Mountain, when all anyone will see is SILVE...at least on the average guy....

I did take heart from one news report who mentioned a 76 year old man scooping up a handful of the free condoms.....

Ok enough of that...I'm gonna go look out the window at the snow.....

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Britney Spears is Back!! and some other stuff about President Bush, al-quaida and sleeping on the job...

Hey Silverhorners! Welcome up the Mountain!

Well just when I was about to give up, Britney made a come back. Yup, our favorite celebrity here on Silverhorn Mountain seemed to be off the radar for a day or two, leaving me to worry if she was OK...alright, leaving me to wonder if she was ever going to give me something to write about...well I guess my letters to her, begging for something outrageous must have worked.

Sunday night our girl Britney Spears tied one on, and took one off. Apparently she was partying at a trendy nightspot in New York. Sometime during the evening she got tired of the little red party dress she was wearing, so she traded clothes with one of the club dancers. Disappearing into the ladies room, she came back wearing the dancer's um...dance bikini? All I can say is Yowza!! Ha Ha...now there is an expression you don't hear everyday...

Yes the Britney came out in the bikini and started dancing...this lady knows how to get me to sit up and pay attention. No word on if she mentioned this was my idea...not that it was...well...I might have mentioned it in one of my letters to her...but I don't think she reads them...

The boys over at Cross The Line Designscall this little thingy, "The Britney" I'm not sure why, I don't think she wears one....


In other news equally less exciting, it seems Al-Quaida's turned to a new tactic in the war against Bush...name calling. Ayman al-Zawahri, known locally as "Hey Al" came out fighting in an audiotape released this week. He called U.S. President Bush (children don't watch) an "alcoholic" and a "lying gambler." Uh-oh, this could be the end, I don't know how much more of this punishment we can take...

Hey Al's actual statement went something like this,
"Bush suffers from an addictive personality, and was an alcoholic. I don't know his present condition ... but the one who examines his personality finds that he is addicted to two other faults — lying and gambling,"

Hey Al also said on the tape that "Bush has gone down in history as one of the world's "most notorious liars."

Hey Al appears to be basing this on what he calls the U.S. failure in Iraq and Afghanistan...of course he is forgetting he is hiding in a cave somewhere while Bush is living in what can only be described as somewhat more comfortable digs...

Al also wants the U.S. folks to pay attention because in his words the President is a losing gambler who is spreading democracy around the world with the corpses of the killed and wounded soldiers.

Well...well...in his defense, the President has admitted he had a problem with alcohol about 20 years ago, (don't we all?) but gave it up when he turned 40.

Our researchers are trying to find out if there is any truth to the rumor that the official Whitehouse reply to Hey Al's insults was, "sticks and stones might break our bones, but names will never hurt me" or "bombs and bullets might cause us pain, but calling us names is pretty lame"

And finally for tonight, Good News! Research says sleeping on the job is good for your heart. If that is true, I must be pretty friggin' healthy. I have been sleeping at work for years...Yes, it seems a little midday snooze reduces the risk of fatal heart problems, especially among men....wait until the office health and wellness committee get a hold of this one...

The study, deemed the MOST WORTHWHILE STUDY OF ANYTHING IN YEARS by...well mostly me..found that you need to nap about three times a week, for about 30 minutes...zzzzzzzz....huh!...oops...I must have dozed off..heart feels good though...


The researchers figure naps might benefit the heart by reducing stress, and jobs are a common source of stress....no kidding....jobs are a source of stress? I wondered where all mine was coming from.

Now get this, I think this part is funny...you won't, but that's because you are either too stressed, or a woman...yeah, it seems that although women probably get the same benefits from a little nap, the study was inconclusive because in their words, "not enough women died during the study to be sure" What? Not enough died? So the study was unsuccessful because not enough people died? First time I have heard that kind of logic.....

Ok gotta go, got a hot date with a couch and a pillow.....I'm gonna live forever!

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Monday, February 12, 2007

What's that Fishy Smell?

Hey Silverhorners!
I have to apologize as I am playing a bit of 'catch up' here on Silverhorn Mountain, so some of the stories I have come across are getting a little long in the tooth...which, for the uninitiated means old...OLD dammit...without Marcello to help it's pretty hard to keep up with all this stuff.

So if you already know about this, well...I'm sorry but it isn't easy running a ficticious Mountain Lodge and way...way...wayyyy too many Amazon stores....

However, I have regained a little focus lately and I am back to the things that matter..sleeping, eating and well...that other thing...ummm...you know...it involves me and The Wife...yup...you got it, her giving me 'honey do lists' and me trying to find ways not to do them but still get a little of the 'honey.'

So, a woman playing the slot machines in Atlantic City won a big jackpot, a real bit expensive jackpot...a new baby boy. Wow what machine did she win that on?


The radiant new Mom is Nyree Thompson, 32, who must have gotten a little fed up losing all her pennies so she went into labor on the casino floor at about 9:30 one morning. Was this an act of God you ask? No not really, she was 8 months preggo when she went into the casino.

Thinking she was ahh...passing um...gas...Nyree slipped into the ladies room but soon returned to the Casino and casually mentioned to the security guard that she might be giving birth...the guard took immediate action and checked her identification to make sure she was old enough to be there...but that was only out of habit...

When her water broke...I woulda called a plumber, but no...not the casino guards, they suggested she 'not push'...I guess she must have been in line at the time...otherwise I don't understand that...I know that some folks get a little impatient when they are lined up at casino water fountains.....

Nyree quickly retorted "Forget you...this baby is coming!!" Yeah right...she said "forget you" I bet that's what she said...it might have involved an F and maybe a u but it wasn't 'forget you' I mean really...what do they think we will believe? C'mon, you're standing in the water line at the casino and a guard says 'don't push'...you ain't saying 'forget you' OK OK I beat that to death....

Four guards helped Nyree deliver a 5 pound baby, (one actually helped the other 3 stood around talking to each other on walkie talkies) wrapping the child in a jacket until the paramedicsarrived. No word on whether or not the baby had to wait outside as he was premature and therefore underage....

An official for the casino said it was a first, stating they've had folks die there but never be born there...tell me about it, I die everytime I go to the casino...

In our World Famous Animals In The News category, Sheriff's deputies in Florida were somewhat aghast when they entered a house for a drug bust and found an alligator...so long rotweiller's it seems the drug dealers are increasing their guards....

Druggie the Gator as we affectionately call him, is described as being about 4 feet long and all scaly with a big mouth and sharp teeth...yup, that is either an alligator or...wait....no...my sister-in-law isn't in Florida...

So everyone in the house including Druggie the Gator was arrested and are now in the lockup...imagine the poor bastard that has to share a cell with him...actually the Gator is safe in the hands of a nice group of folks called Predators of the Heart...which is admittedly a catchy name....but not for an animal rescue place, sounds more like a group of 'love them and leave them guys'

In other totally and completely unrelated stuff, here is something to get excited about....yup underwear that helps women get slim and men feel cool and...err...well...'fresh' as we say here on the mountain, "Ooooo Laaa Laaa...which means...well...I don't know what it means but we say it all the time...

Yup, they call it "cosmeto-textiles" and it's coming to a bum near you after having been trotted out at Paris's annual lingerie trade fair. Geez..the only fair I get to go to is the Annual Silverhorn Mountain Days fair in downtown Silverhorn each August...I'd much prefer a lingerie fair...

What some cosmetic genius has done is put slimming agents, perfumes and creams into underpants...which is quite a feat if the model was wearing the undies at the same time.

One company started with tights with a slimming agent and now has jeans and more stuff with annual sales of about 5.9 million...geez I been pouring perfume into my shorts for years and I only have about $3.00....

Another company, this one from Canada is putting aloe vera moisurisers, seaweed (yes I said SEAWEED from the ocean) and perfume into their shorts, claiming to help people feel fresh and cool, and of course the most important part...your skin is sooo moist...at least if cannibals catch ya during your ill thought out trip to a tropical island and they cook you like a turkey, you are gonna be moist....

A spokesperson for one of the companies on the leading edge of this, Invista, said it was all about well-being and emotions...yeah...that's what I figured...I have a big chunk of cool, wet seaweed in my jockey's now....and I feel GREAAAATTTT!!!!!

...not to mention cool and fresh....oops..is that a lobster in your shorts or are you just happy to see me?


Mysterious Societies

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Hey New Yorkers! It's Snowing!

Hey Gang! Welcome up to Silverhorn Mountain! A sunny morning here on the mountain, as we look down on beautiful frozen Silverhorn Lake.

Well, it's a great day to be on Silverhorn Mountain, not such a great day to be in New York....I think they are up around 8 or 9 feet of snow at the moment, and the weather forecast I just read says they might be in for another 2-4 feet today..oh my.

I'm not sure there is any way to dig out from under 13 feet of snow. Where would you pile it? They'll have to start putting it in their basements or somewhere...especially with the news that another 2-4 feet is possible. State officials in New York have declared a state of emergency...no kidding...many people are trapped in their homes.

Meterologists, (we used to call them "the weatherman") say the snow is caused by the wind gathering moisture as it crosses Lake Ontario which borders Canada, and the moisture condenses when the storm hits land. Hmmm...those damm Canadians I wonder if they have anything to do with this...?

So far, although it has been inconvenient and a lot of work, schools are closed and many businesses are shut down, but no one has died and amazingly, the power has stayed on for the most part.

The plows, snow blowers and shovellers are hard at work and people are clearing snow from their roofs afraid of the accumulated weight collapsing them. Oh-oh, this is dangerous, the last time something like this happened around here a couple of folks died after falling off their roof.

Watching a news report last night I was impressed by the spirit of the people stuck in the snow, none of them seemed too upset or cranky about it, which amazed me. Talk about taking it in stride, some of them were actually laughing as they shovelled.

I guess that goes to the resilience of the folks in upstate New York.

One thing for sure, the kids have a storm day....

Anna Nicole Smith
I had kind of decided to overlook the Anna Nicole Smith story, because it is ratehr tragic, and to be honest I never really got interested in her or her marriage to the 89 year old oil tycoon, who died a year after they got married although like you, yes like you I did wonder about what went on behind closed doors (read bedroom door)in that relationship...if anything did, it gives hope to all men approaching their senior years...and speaking of snow on the roof, I guess there must still be a fire down below....but I digress yet again...

However, the most recent Anna Nicole Smith story is trying hard to gain ground as reporters and others try very hard to make a story out of her unfortunate death. As of this writing it doesn't appear that foul play was involved, so then the suicide angle was considered and finally the drug overdose scenario.

I could be wrong but none of those seem to be keeping the public up late wondering, so now the reports are starting to shift focus to a possible dispute over who is her heir, in other words who gets the money....one way or another we are gonna get a story out of this...geez..where is Britney Spears when we need her?

Anna started out as a topless dancer in Texas stripped her way to Playboy Playmate of the Year, Guess jeans model and finally the bride of an 89-year-old oilman. She was found unconscious in her hotel room, a bodyguard performed CPR, but she was declared dead at a hospital.

Officials are preserving her body under a court order for at least 10 days as a DNA test may be required in a paternity dispute regarding her daughter Dannielynn.

It seems several men have come forward claiming to be the father of little Dannielynn...now there is a twist...how many times do men come forward in a paternity dispute....I mean really?

To date, Howard K. Stern, (no not the radio guy, this guy is an attorney) Larry Birkhead and the husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, are all claiming responsibility. Wow, admirable....all these guys stepping up to help the now orphaned Dannielynn....of course who gets control of the 5 month old rugrat's inheritance has nothing to do with the men's interest in claiming paternity...

Holy Bat Cow Intestines Robin!!

Hey Silverhorn Converts! We're up and at it this morning and have I got a deal for you. How would you like to own the "Batmobile"??? Yup, you heard me right...errr..read me write...err...read me right...The Batmobile is for sale.

Terry Lobzun is riding around South Florida in a cape and tights drumming up publicity for an auction for the replica of the 1966 TV series vehicle. Oh My...I remember 1966...and how I wanted to drive The Batmobile!

So here's my chance, it's going on the auction block this afternoon at the Florida Collector Car Auction, held at the...no wait, I don't think I am going to say where, that will only increase the bidding competition....

The Batmobile is expected to sell for between $100,000 and $200,000...wow...that is a wide estimate...but well worth the money for a car with rocket tubes, parachutes and best of all, a Bat Ray Protector...I always wanted a Bat Ray Protector...I can just imagine driving down the street and flicking on the Bat Ray Protector...oh the girls would notice me then....

In other news, about 40 tons of cow intestines and bones (they call it beef byproducts which sounds so much better) poured out of a transport truck onto a Wisconsin highway when the truck flipped over. The driver was busy fooling with his MP3 music player...trying to find some cowboy music...hmmm...not a great thing to be doing when driving a truck full of cow guts...

If you were in a car following him I bet you wish you had your Bat Ray Protector turned on....

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Survey Says!!

Hey Silverhorners, and yes, if you are reading this, you have my permission to call yourself a "Silverhorner" of course I would like it if you took the Silverhorner Pledge, but I can't have everything now can I?

This is today's post number three for The View From Silverhorn Mountain as I have embarked on a marathon blog weekend, working my little blogger fingers to the bone for your reading and entertainment pleasure...so let's get on with it shall we...

In the old days...well...not real old days...but in the old days that I remember...oh God! I remember old days....anyway, I digress...in the old days there used to be a saying "Ladies Prefer Gentlemen" something along the lines of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" however...that is apparently no longer the truth. These days it seems Ladies Prefer a New Wardrobe

Reuters Life is reporting that women love clothes....OK...that surprises them??? I personally love women without clothes, but that's just me...and several million other men...

It seems a recent survey has come back with the results indicating that women would choose a new wardrobe over umm...sex...I wish I could say I was surprised...

Here are some of the horrible, awful, disgraceful, unsettling, disgusting, disappointing, miserable, lousy....errr..results.

It seems 1,000 women in 10 U.S. cities would be willing to give up sex for 15 months 15 months!!!for a closet full of new clothes and a full two percent would be willing to give it up for three years in exchange for new outfits...here's the good news though...most of those U.S. cities would have way more than 1000 women...look for one of them..*wink*

Sixty-one percent of these old broads, I mean young ladies, said they would rather give up the fun stuff for a month than lose their favorite piece of clothing...

Three quarters of these ahh...girls...said they believed in love at first sight when it came to clothes, but not to men, only fifty-four believed love at first sight applied to meeting a member of the opposite sex.

This little bit of information is coming courtesy of Unilever's "All" laundry detergent (www.all-laundry.com). Now they are running a contest to find the best clothing love affair following the findings of the survey.

Uh-huh...well, well...as a male I am supposed to be what? surprised? angry? jealous? Well I am none of the above, if some company wants to hold a stupid contest about something like this, well...I ummm...I'm...err...to tell the truth I don't know how I feel about this...I guess I'm not surprised...I have caught the wife glancing at the closet a couple of times during .....ah...well...you know....and I thought it was because she had a lover hidden in there...I guess she did....never bothered to check...I usually just roll over and go to sleep....

Well...I cannot speak for all men...although sometimes I do...but I bet if someone surveyed men I wonder what we would rather have..ahhh...um...lets see...nope, not a car...truck...nope...food....nah...boat...big screen television...fishing trip to Alaska...maybe....if the fishing guide was a sexy woman....

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Monday, February 05, 2007

The Oil Tank Leaketh!!

Hey Silverhorners! Welcome to the View From Silverhorn Mountain where it's a cool, crisp, sunny, Saturday mountain morning...a great day for sleeping in, dreaming of big fish or big boobs or whatever you like to dream about. I was having a nice dream about fishing for big fish accompanied by a girl with big boobs, (maybe it was a fish with big boobs, I can't remember, either way big boobs were involved) when The Wife woke me up saying she could smell oil. I jumped out of bed and said, "Call the oil company!"

"I already did." she replied, as I tried to pull on my socks. I had visions of environmental experts tearing down the old lodge and digging up the yard while I basked in the comfort of a nice hotel room for weeks.

"Trevor the Oil Guy" arrived in short order and the Wife showed him the source of the oil. I headed for the attic to find my suitcase.

I was packing my old suitcase when she came back into the bedroom.

"He's finished." the Wife said, interrupting my suitcase packing. It's hard to know what to take to the hotel...but I packed a bathing suit in case they had a pool...

"Huh?" I said, standing by the suitcase, red Speedo in hand, ""Finished what?"

"Finished fixing the oil thingy." she replied.

"Oh, you mean until the environmentalists, insurance company, oil company, excavators, carpenters, electricians, government officials, and curious neighbors get here." I answered.

"What are you talking about?" she countered, "And why are you packing a suitcase? Where are you going?"

"Um...to the hotel."

"Why?" she asked, raising an eyebrow like she always does...at least I think she raises it, maybe it's a painted on eyebrow and she just paints it on raised...

"Because of the oil, they gotta dig up the house, the yard, the neighbor's yard...it's gonna cost the insurance company thousands...we get to stay in a hotel...it's not safe here for us." I said, raising an eyebrow, surprised she didn't know about this.

"Yeah, well...he's finished, it's over, it was nothing, just the fliter needed to be replaced. I paid him out of the money you had stashed in the jar on your workbench."

"Huh"? I said, followed by "Huh?" Wondering how she knew about the money stashed in the jar on the workbench.

"Yeah, $100.00" she said, smiling, the eyebrow still up, as she took my red Speedo bathing suit from my hand and tossed it in the garbage can, "The bill came to $96.00 but I gave him a tip, after all, it is Saturday....."




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Do You Want Fries With That?

Hey Silverhorners! Welcome up to the mountain. It's c-c-c-oldddd up here tonight, minus God only knows what...and the balls are freezing off of all our brass monkeys and garden gnomes for that matter. I heard from Marcello, you remember him, used to be chief garden gnome here at the lodge before he left over artistic differences and ended up living in the Silverhorn chicken coop...well..seems it's pretty cold in the chicken coop tonight...so Marcello thought he might drop over for a visit...I expect him at the door any minute now...

So it seems a federal judge in Los Angeles, where it isn't minus 20 celcius, has issued a temporary injunction against the web site that is selling Paris Hilton's pictures, videos and diaries. You remember, this is the personal, somewhat embarrassing stuff that Paris left at a storage facility, forgot to pay the storage charges and it ended up sold.

But not just sold to anyone, oh no...it ended up in the hands of an enterprising fellow something like yours truly, who started a website, ParisExposed.com and started trying to make a buck.

Paris, or her attorney, or team of attorneys, sued the website owner, claiming it was exploiting her...uh-huh...like that has never been done before...for personal gain. So the judge issued an injunction that bares (oops typo, that should read 'bars')the web site from releasing the lovely Paris' social security number, health data and other personal information.

Her spokesperson indicated this was the "most disturbing intrusion upon the privacy of a public figure I have ever witnessed." I dunno what is in this stuff but it's gotta be good...a lot better than her old social security number...I mean c'mon, it's more intrusive than a picture of her and her buddies without underwear....we are talking intrusive to the "nth degree"....I dunno what that means but I like saying it...

I haven't checked out the website but sources close to me say that there are pics of Paris Hilton in a "sexy bubble bath" video, (what bubble bath isn't sexy? No wait don't answer that) and other "racy situations"again...I don't know what "racy situations" means, but I like saying it.....

FAITH HILL and whatshisname...oh yeah, Tim McGraw are booting up to head out on the road again, planning a tour for 2007. I dunno about you but I love Faith Hill.....what more can I say...before it starts to sound um...creepy...Oh yeah, the lovely Faith and Whathisname, her husband are starting a tour called "Soul2Soul 2007" sometime in June. I hope they start right here on Silverhorn Mountain.

Whathisname is about to release a new album which features some duets with Faith Hill, no wonder....and speaking of wonder, did you ever wonder why Tim never takes off his
cowboy hat? He's whats known in the music biz as a "hat act" as in the expression, "you got a hat act to follow..." umm...no...anyway...there is a reason why...shhh...don't say anything about it, I wouldn't want all the girls who think he is such a hunk to be disappointed...but I'm thinking he has a pointy head...

Apparently, the musical duo are high grossing artists, in terms of money, coming in at number 3 behind The Rolling Stones and Barbara Streisand.

OUT OF THE FAT AND INTO THE FRYERWell it ain't Britney, but it's close, Kevin Federline is apologizing for appearing in a Super Bowl ad as a fast food worker, not that there is anything wrong with that...Kev says the commercial is about him and his situation and isn't intended to make fun of anyone else, particularly the rest of the poor losers cranking out burgers for bucks. He said, "if we have offended anyone I'm really sorry about that."

An official for the NRAsaid they weren't pleased...oh my..he's offended the National Rifle Association? Oh wait no, it's OK, he's just pissed off the National Restaurant Association which, although they can be quite testy, aren't as well armed.

The plot of the commercial has Kevin Federline starring in a music video but the punchline is him waking up working the french fry fryer in a restaurant, which is supposed to reference his dreams of being a rapper. Maybe he should stay close to the fryer, because his first album, released last fall, hasn't done very well at all...I could help him out there, all he has to do is mention on the CD cover that there might be pics of Britney Spears without panties inside the CD and it will sell...trust me...

I'm not sure why the restaurant folks are upset by this, lets face it, there aren't many rappers or muscians waking up from dreams that they were working the grill at a fast food place disappointed to find out they are successful rock stars...actually...that might make a great commercial for the fast food guys who are always looking for staff....

Mr. Federline Spears and the missus, or ex-missus or as they like to say, estranged wife, Mrs Britney Spears, share joint custody of their two sons, according to their custody agreement. For those of you who just got here from Mars and haven't been reading anything or watching TV or listening to the radio they were married for a couple of years before Mrs Britney Spears filed for divorce in November...I'm not sure but rumor has it one of the reasons she filed was because her underwear kept going missing...

Soo...speaking of working the fast food circuit, Kevin is not the first musician to suit up behind the counter, those of you Country fans are well aware that Whathisname, oh yeah, Tim McGraw, does a stint in the burger biz with his song, "Do You Want Fries With That?" Kinda makes you wonder why the NRA (the Restaurant Assoc, not the gun guys) didn't kick up the grease about that....

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Thursday, February 01, 2007

A Silverhorn Hodgepodge

Hey Silverhorners, How Ya doing? Frequent readers know that I have a special place in my heart for animals that seem to be fighting back, and tonight is no exception, well...there is one exception....

Senior Citizens Fight Back

Did you hear about the 65 year old retired truck driver from Conroe Texas who strangled a pit bull to death? Wow...apparently the dog attacked the fellow as he was out for a walk, but as it turns out, he picked the wrong senior citizen.
The truckers name is Von Pardue, and he gave the dog his due by wrestling him to the ground and getting hold of the pit bull's leather collar. Then Mr Von Pardue, (and yes I think we should all call him 'Sir') dragged the animal into his house and told his wife to call the police.

In the meantime Mr Von Pardue held the vicious animal on the ground, however, it seems in this case, the truckers grip was worse than the dogs bite, and it ended up the loser. The dog died before the police arrived, in fact Mr Von Pardue didn't know the animal had expired until after police tried to move him.

Mr Von Pardue suffered bites on his arms and hands and had to get a tetanus shot and antibiotic at the hospital. The dog didn't get anymore treatment....

Although they haven't been charged yet, the dog's owners could be charged with having a dog at large, or just plain having a dangerous animal, which in Conroe, Texas is not taken lightly.

I don't know about you, but I say, congratulations Mr Von Pardue, I can only hope to be strong enough at 65 years of age to choke an angry pit bull to death....

Robber ElephantsStill with animals on the attack, it seems Bangkok( have you ever wondered about that name..? I have...)has a band of robber elephants who are holding up trucks on a highway and taking the contents. The road runs through a wildlife preserve and the big fellas are raiding the trucks for their cargo of sugar canes. These are not the robber elephants of yore, these are more like elephant robber punks...if they cannot get at the cargo, they break the windshield out of the truck which cannot be a good feeling if you are sitting in the cab.....

"Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison should be charged with manslaughter and drunken driving for a car crash that killed a teenage passenger and injured two others, police said Wednesday...indeed he should...but with his prison break experience they will never hold him.....

Beyonce Knowles is the No. 1 fantasy girlfriend, according to AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007. The bountiful bouncing Beyonce made the list of the "most alluring" female celebrities voted on by the readers and staff of AskMen.com. Participants were asked to consider things other than sex appeal and beauty and look for intelligence, humor, charisma and ambition...If they had of asked me I would have said the most alluring woman is ummm....well...every woman who smiles at me....but then I am easy after all....

And in Really Weird News, a doctor in New York pleaded guilty of giving a stripper a severed hand he stole from a corpse...hu-huh...you know, sometimes it must be really interesting to be a cop or a lawyer...Yup, well it seems Ahmed Rashed is looking at a possible 5 years of probation for stealing the hand in New Jersey.

Rumors have it that the stripper who had the hand, was broken down on the side of the road one night when the doctor drove by, he stopped and asked her if she "wanted a hand"

Don't forget to leave a comment...if you have a free hand...

Ok I gotta go!

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