Regular readers know I love Fark.com. They have Photoshop contests with different themes; some are funny and some aren’t. A recent one was to Photoshop Mike Rowe into a dirty job. He is the host of “Dirty Jobs”, a show where he, um, takes on dirty jobs. He is a very funny guy, and a real trooper, so the show can be pretty funny.
Well, the Fark.com contest in question has some extremely NSFW stuff on it (I mean it), and as usual a lot of dumb jokes. But this one is really, really funny:
Nailed it! Perfect 10.
August 8th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
And on this week’s episode of Dirty Jobs, Rowe visits (and cleans the grease off of) NASA’s huge crawler that transports shuttles to the pad and back. Very fascinating.
August 8th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
I think only a few people who follow “this particular” issue will get that pic..
Bashing Hovind because of taxes makes me think of the old phrase “people who live in glass houses should cast stones”… lets see how many “deductions” and “write offs” you have taken “advantage of” over the years… I bet its more than Hovinds…
As for Hovind himself, he’s going to get out on appeal, ( which is why the local court is taking forever to turn over transcripts to the district court)… eventually he will be release because there IS NOT AN ACTUAL LAW that mandates the specific tax “code” that he supposedly violated… which is why they ended up charging him UNDER DRUG LAWS.. not tax laws.
August 8th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Hm, David, wasn’t that the same crawler NASA used to move Saturn Vs about?
August 8th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Can we send him over to the Entreprise mission next.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Mike J, you are a pip. Are you seriously comparing me to Hovind? I mean, really?
August 8th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
While it’s a funny concept, man, that is a horrible photoshop job, and bad execution. My brain hurts from looking at it. Have they ever heard of shadows? Nothing blends in. Just putting him in front of a building with the sign in front, instead of in a dump, would have enhanced the humor a bit too, IMO.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Mssr. Plait, where’s the pic of you surfing the web? Cause’ that’s on the short list of the world’s Best Jobs. Straight up.
In other (non-mystical) news: NASA plans for a possible fireworks display in 2029. Bring beer and lawnchair.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/08/03/215924/nasa-plans-armageddon-spacecraft-to-blast-asteroid.html
August 8th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Ooo, a real live Hovindite. Fun.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
He’s probably not going to come back other than maybe once or twice to see how angry he made you, just ignore him.
August 9th, 2007 at 12:34 am
llewelly:
Yes, it’s the same one. They made a point of mentioning that it’s 40 years old. Rowe got to drive it, too.
August 9th, 2007 at 1:04 am
Rowe is way too nice to be a TV personality. About five years ago, when he was doing Evening Magazine, they asked our rocket club to be part of the show, specifically the “wraps” that go around each story. He was kidding and joking most of the time and really put everyone at ease.
If you want to see the parts of the show that include just us, it’s on our club website:
http://www.lunar.org
On the frame menu on the left, pick “Gallery Archives” then “Promotional Activities” It’s the fifth entry down.
The thing that sticks in my mind is how tightly controlled TV is. As the production guy was wiring me for sound, he said, “you’ll have 55 seconds for your interview.” Not “about a minute” it was “55 seconds.” And it really was!
- Jack
August 9th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Whatever could the “other side of the story” be I wonder? “We need to get our voice heard, but we have no evidence to back up our vacuous claims. Let’s butcher a documentary by a well-known and respected *real* scientist to make it look like s/he supports us”?
What an underhanded tactic. That’s worse than quote-fishing.
August 9th, 2007 at 2:15 am
Oh bugger. I posted a response to the wrong article! That one was meant for the one about the Netherlands. Sorry!
August 9th, 2007 at 2:38 am
Mike J., there is not “an actual law” that requires payment of taxes? I can’t think of many statements that could be more wrong.
August 9th, 2007 at 4:28 am
I’d bet against you. Most people are pretty honest on their taxes, despite what mass media would have you think.
August 9th, 2007 at 5:33 am
I’ve seen no evidence (yet) that Mike J is a real Hovindite. More likely he’s just insulting Dr Plait ‘cos that’s his hobby/obsession.
Good grief, and I thought I needed to get a life…
August 9th, 2007 at 5:53 am
>Nailed it! Perfect 10.
Nah. Not enough garbage….
Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum flack)
August 9th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Hmmm, Mike J.,,,M.J.? Say, aren’t you the inadequate female character from Spider Man? You know, the one that didn’t know who was really screwing with her???
Good juxtaposition Phil. Creationist museum research? Hah! Something of an oxymoron. I expect Hovinds high priced lawyers will get him off but this is one time(perhaps) where the term “blood sucker”, applied to lawyers, should be done in praise. Suck him dry, I say,,,
Gary 7
August 9th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Mike J. said: As for Hovind himself, he’s going to get out on appeal, ( which is why the local court is taking forever to turn over transcripts to the district court)… eventually he will be release because there IS NOT AN ACTUAL LAW that mandates the specific tax “code†that he supposedly violated… which is why they ended up charging him UNDER DRUG LAWS.. not tax laws.
Hmmm, tax evasion, incorrect representation of a taxable business (with no licenses) as a church, claiming to be exempt from income taxes because he renounced citizenship, attempting to legally renounce all of his signatures, obstructing federal investigations, attempting to hide and disguise assets, a grand total of 58 charges… these are all drug laws?
I do think there’s a drug problem here, Mike, but it’s not Hovind’s. Back off the dosage a little, ‘k?
August 9th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Perfect.
August 9th, 2007 at 11:07 am
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August 9th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Now Classmates.com is over the top of the header on this article!!
I give up for now anyway………..
August 9th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Jack-
I’m so glad to hear that Mike Rowe is as nice in person as he seems on TV. Now I love him even more! ::clasps hands and bats eyelashes::
Jen:D
August 10th, 2007 at 2:11 am
Jenon 09 says: “I’m so glad to hear that Mike Rowe is as nice in person as he seems on TV. Now I love him even more! ::clasps hands and bats eyelashes::”
Yep, what you see on TV is pretty much the way he is. Either that, or he stays in character the whole time.
- Jack
August 10th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Although I agree with the sentiment … don’t stoop, Phil. You don’t need to. Science does not need to.