(Source: dolly-shot, via political-cartoons)
The Classic Ice Fishing Joke
A man wakes up early one morning to go ice fishing. He dresses warmly, and heads out onto the ice with his tent, his ice auger, his fishing rods, and his sittin’ bucket, and begins to auger a hole in the ice. After just a few seconds of drilling with the auger a big booming voice from above intones: “THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE HERE!” The man looks around and, not being a very religious man, resumes drilling his hole in the ice. Again, he hears the thunderous voice: “THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE HERE!” Becoming a little spooked, the man packs up his gear and moves 30 feet from where he was and begins making a new hole in the ice. “THERE ARE NO FISH UNDER THE ICE HERE EITHER!” the voice thunders again.
The man looks up, “God, is that you?”
The voice responds “NO, IT’S THE MANAGER OF THE ICE RINK!!”
This joke has been told countless times. It’s a good bet that most folks hailing from the upper midwest and northeastern United States, as well as most of Canada have heard at least one variation on it. In the world of joke telling, the topic of fishing is quite a popular one, although ice fishing jokes make up a very small percentage of all fishing jokes. This may be attributed to the fact that extreme cold weather often times does not put a person in a joking mood.
(via bestmadeco & iamcharlotteaddams)
Autumn Woods, Germany
Photo: Jonathan ManshackThis photo was taken during autumn in Hameln, Germany, which is the birthplace of the infamous Rattenfanger - or Pied Piper as we Americans know it. This shot is actually on top of the last few hills that soon sink into the state of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony). This area is essentially lowland plains - hence the name Lower Saxony!
Moonset, California
Photo: Peter EssickA setting moon makes a fitting backdrop for a lunarlike landscape near Donohue Pass in California’s Ansel Adams Wilderness area.
Very true…..
(Source: imagineon, via political-cartoons)
Merced River, Yosemite
Photo: Michael Melford114.5 miles protected since 1987; 8 additional miles since 1992
life:
Look carefully: You can just make out Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, Jr. in a record-shattering free fall from the very edge of space on August 16, 1960, after jumping from a balloon-supported gondola 102,800 feet above New Mexico.
During his descent, Kittinger reached approximate speeds of 614 miles an hour. The clouds beneath him are 15 miles away. Kittinger’s leap was part of the Air Force’s “Project Excelsior,” which conducted research into high altitude bailouts from aircraft. Incredibly, almost 50 years later, Kittinger’s record for the longest-ever free fall and highest parachute jump still stand.
(see more — 21 Greatest-Ever Space Photos)
What makes a great photographer: How far you’ll go to get the perfect shot.
1960s Photographer Skydiving with Kodak Motormatic Camera
photo by ripcordjerry via myedol
Lenticular clouds spotted over the moors at Oxenhorpe, near Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Cobra Cat
Kurt didn’t know what he had done when he picked a fight with Lei Wulong, master of Cobra Style!
