To all those in the Path of Gustav

I just wanted to tell everyone in the path of Hurricane Gustav that they are in our thoughts and prayers. I hope that this storm turns out to be much smaller and less devastating than Katrina. Take care and God bless...

-Doc

Drive Safely this Holiday Weekend

- Doc, TMC, Jack & Austin

Plenty O' Mountain Cat

Last Friday I posted Plenty O' Doc.

Therefore, today I post:

Top Ten People that The Mountain Cat Has Been Mistaken For...

10. Peter Griffin

(My non-PC alter-ego)

9. Martin Tankleff

(A pardoned man)

8. Mike Pagliarulo

(Ex-Yankee 3rd Baseman)

7. Joe Pesci

(Yo Cousin Vinny!)

6. Woody Allen

(Witty jokester supreme)

5. Osama bin Laden

(According to my dad I look like him)

4. Rick Moranis

(Honey, I made fun of the kids)

3. Scott Bakula

(Big noses rock)

2. Jon Lovitz

(Yeah that's the ticket!)

1. Jason Alexander

(The sea was angry that day my friends)

***Who else do I look like? I may even give an award to the best one. :-)

Happy Friday.

- The Mountain Cat

Empty Head Today

I am sorry you guys but my head is empty today and I have no inspirations or anything to blog about. I will try to do better in the future. Here is a picture of how I feel today:
-Doc

"Weird Al" Kiss

Karen wins a Lion Kiss Award for her parody song of I Got Friends In Low Places by Garth Brooks:

I got friends in blog places
Where the Mt. Cat lists
and his lyrics chases our blues away
And we're all ok.
We're not big on Heather Mills
And Doc likes to trace dollar bills.
Oh I've got friends in blog places.

Enjoy guurrllfrien'!:

- The Mountain Cat

"Weird Al" Wednesday - August 27th

Y'all are in for a big treat today. Doc & The Mountain Cat have always considered Piano Man by Billy Joel as our theme song. A long time ago, we played around with the lyrics of this song to match the times and the friends we've known. Well it is time to update this song once again to celebrate all the 'Us People' friends who visit our website daily.
This one is for all of you:

(Piano Intro....then harmonica)

It's nine o'clock on a Wednesday
The YJKOBT crowd logs in
There's man named Doc blogging with me
Making fun with his satire and rants.

He says, "Mt. Cat do you have a song for 'Weird Al' Wednesday?,
Or an idea for Friday's Top Ten List?
As I have a funny Tuesday Word Game
And a long list for Thursday's Random Thoughts."

blog blog, bloggy bloggah
blog blog bloggy blaaaahhh bloggg

Chorus:
Write us a blog your the Blogger Men
Write us a blog tonight
Well, we're all at work and feel melancholy
But now you make us feel alright

Now A Whole New G is a friend of ours
Who leaves us comments with glee
And Mommy Wants Vodka is quick with a joke
As there's no place she'd rather be

My sister Christine says "Vin, your blog is killing me."
As our Cousin Pat is no where to be found.

And As American As Apple Pie wants to be a dancing star
If the right people find her blog space

blog blog, bloggy bloggah
blog blog bloggy blaaaahhh bloggg

Now LeapO' Faith is mortgage-brokerist
Who never has time for her own blog!
And she's talking with Micky
Who's still in Malihini
And probably will be for life

And Knight is practicing Cabaret
While Matt-Man slowly gets Wild Irish stoned
Then Karen is Smiling Through All of It And Jay is the Cynical Bas-tarddddd!

Chorus:
Write us a blog your the Blogger Men
Write us a blog tonight
Well, we're all at work and feel melancholy
But now you make us feel alright

It's a pretty good crowd for a hump day
And we haven't heard from Jahooni for a while.

Yet Leighann and Lu' and still blogging with me
To bring us all a big smile.

And Sassy Mama's Cafe is a carnival
And Bina thinks it's Just Another Day

And there's Hammer, Sunshine, Dana, Dianne, Dust Bunny Hostage & Disaster Chick.
Who all say "Man, your blogs are real bizarre!"

blog blog, bloggy blogga
blog blog bloggy yo gabba gaaabbbaaa

Chorus:
Write us a blog your the Blogger Men
Write us a blog tonight
Well, we're all at work and feel melancholy
But now you make us feel alright

(Piano Outro)

My apologies if I left anyone.
Now I want to hear your song parodies. I'll accept songs about anyone who visits this YJKOBT world.

Happy Wednesday.

- The Mountain Cat

Tuesday word game winner

Thank you to everyone who played Tuesday word game yesterday we had some really good entries. I read back through them and decided that our newest reader also had the winning entry from yesterday. Disaster Chick is the winner for this really bad idea for a beauty pageant:

The worst idea ever for a beauty pageant involved high school lunch ladies.

Congrats Disaster Chick... Here is your Peach to put on your new blog:

Enjoy the Peach and of course we will play again next Tuesday.


-Doc

Tuesday Word Game 8/26/2008

Hello everyone and welcome to Tuesday Word Game. The game where we take something silly and just make it sillier. This week is no different and should prove to be be a lot of fun. I found an article about an Italian priest who is organizing a beauty pageant for nuns. Yes you read that correctly, a beauty pageant for nuns. It's even called the "Miss Sister" pageant. Give the article a read if you don't believe me.

I think this is a bad idea however I am sure we can come up with worse. Complete the article below with a worse idea for a beauty contest than nuns:

ROME - An Italian priest and theologian said Sunday he is organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church and to fight the stereotype that they are all old and dour.

The "Miss Sister 2008" contest will start in September on a blog run by the Rev. Antonio Rungi and will give nuns from around the world a chance to showcase their work and their image.

Nuns will fill out a profile including information about their life and vocation as well as a photograph. It will be up to them to choose whether to pose with the traditional veil or with their heads uncovered.

While odd this is not however the worst idea for a beauty contest. The worst idea ever for a beauty pageant involved _______________ .

Enter as often as you like in the comments section and the best answer wins a peach tomorrow morning.

-Doc

Do you know this woman? You Will...

In a little bit of breaking news I have a question for you all. Has anyone ever heard of Kara DioGuardi ?? I suppose very few have. However you soon will know exactly who she is because she is joining American Idol. To tell you the truth I had no idea who she was until I read this. It seems that Ms. DioGuardi has been tabbed to "save" AI from whatever it lacked last season that made it lose so many viewers. (I guess they didn't like my idea that the reason the show sucked was David Archuletta) She is joining the judging panel. No Paula Abdul isn't getting sacked. (even though that prospect seemed good to me) There will be four judges starting next season. Randy, Paula, Simon, and Kara.
What is your take AI fans? What do you think? Is this a change that is needed? I will tell you my take. I think they are paving the way to get rid of Paula altogether. Tell me what you think?

-Doc

Weekly Poll

I don't know about anyone else but I am really ready for football season. Let's get started already. College football starts this week and pro football next week. Lets kick it off. OK so this weeks poll is kind of lame but it's the best I can come up with.
Are you ready for some football?

-Doc

Tropic Thunder

This film is insanely hilarious! Run out and see it.

There is a lot more humor to it then what you see in the TV commericals. - TMC

Doc in 10 years....

- The Mountain Kangaroo

Plenty O' Doc, continued

Don't forget a young, pre-cosmetic surgery nightmare Mickey Rourke! I'm certain Doc doesn't have the criminal record that Mickey has though.

Plenty O' Doc

Top Ten People that Doc Has Been Mistaken For...

10. Jake Delhomme

(A Quarterback)

9. Shane McMahon

(WWE, Jr.)

8. Forrest Gump

(Founder Bubba Gump, LLC)

7. Reverend Sun Myung Moon

(Bad Moon Rising)

6. Freddie Mercury

(A Rhapsodist)

5. Viktor Krum

(Bulgarian Seeker)

4. William Mapother

(Tom Cruise's cousin)

3. Shaggy

(Zoinks!)

2. Rex Harrison

(♪You can talk to the Mountain Cats♪)

1. James Spader

(Sex, Lies and YJKOBT)

(Ahhh Doc helped me put this list together).

Happy Friday.

- The Mountain Cat

Something is Fishy about this Story

I saw this story here locally and figured I would share because I find it amusing. Meet David Hayes of Wilkes county, NC who just caught himself a state record channel catfish that weighed over 21 pounds. Now you might say that there is nothing really odd about this (especially in Wilkes County) however this story has a bit of a twist. Call it a Barbie twist if you will. You see it seems that David was fishing along with his three year old granddaughter who was using her Barbie fishing rod. Who knew they even made such a thing? Well the granddaughter asked him to hold her rod and then BAM! The catfish hits and David spends the next 25 minutes trying to reel in this monster fish which turns out to be almost 3 pounds larger than the previous record.
Does anyone else think this is fishy? First of all what kind of fishing line are they rigging on Barbie fishing poles these days that they could handle such a fish? Second how on earth was he able to land that thing without breaking the pole. I don't know how many of you have caught large fish but they put up a heck of a fight. There are regular bass rods out there that the fish would have broken in two. I think this guy was just trying to get some publicity for his state record. It's interesting alright but I am calling this one a tall fish tale. What do you think?

-Doc

Lion O' Faith

Congrats Leap O' Faith, you just won a Lion Kiss for your song parody of

Ring My Bell by Anita Ward...

I'm glad you're home
Well, did you really miss me?
I guess you did by the look in your eye (look in your eye, look in your eye)
Well lay back and relax while I find a new ring tone
Then you and me can ring my cell
You can ring my ce-e-ell, ring my cell...ding, dong, ding, ah-ah, ring it!

Enjoy your award!

Happy Thursday.

- TMC

"Weird Al" Wednesday - August 20th

My cell phone busted yesterday so I had to buy a new one.

So to celebrate, Paul McCartney will sing a song for us replacing his lyrics to Hey Jude!

Sing it Paul!:

My cell phone,

It broke real bad,

But I bought a new Samsung,

That beats my old Motor-ooo-la.

Remember they aren’t built to last,

Then someday soon,

You’ll have to buy one better.

Russell Crowe,

Threw a phone at someone.

He said he’s sorry,

And was for-give-e-en.

I should have followed his lead,

And threw a cell phone,

At my ex-wife Heather.

Heather! Heather! Heather! Heather! Heather! Heather! (Mills) Ohhhh!!

Nah, nah, nah nah a nah nah, nah a nah nah, Cell Phones.

Ring, ring, ring, ring a ring ring, ring a ring ring, Cell Phones.

Chime, chime, chime chime a chime chime, chime a chime chime, Cell Phones.

Baby Got Back ring tone, Baby Got Back ring a ring tone, Cell Phones.

Enter Sandman ring tone, Enter Sandman ring a ring tone, Cell Phones.

Cell! Cell! Cell, Cell, Cell, Cell, Cell, Cell!! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

(Song Fade)

Yeah, I have serious issues, I know. Any other songs about cell phones? Happy Wednesday.

- The Mountain Cat

PS: Remember Gordon Gekko's cell phone circa 1988? >>>>

Tuesday Word Game winner

Thank you to everyone who participated in the return of Tuesday Word game yesterday. There were a bunch of great responses. I had to pick just one so I read back through them and decided that this response from As American as Apple Pie's answer should win the Peach:

Officials say they have also seen the Mini Cooper think it's mommy is the Mini Van.

Looking back on it I think this is the first Peach that AAAAP has won. In addition to the other thing that she won this week she seems to be on a roll. Here is your Peach Apple:

We will play again next week... Stay tuned for Mt. Cat's Weird Al Wednesday coming up at Noon today.

-Doc

Tuesday Word Game 8/19/2008

Welcome back to Tuesday Word Game!

After a few weeks off we make a return to the wackiness that is our little Tuesday game where we take odd news stories and attempt to make them even more odd.

This weeks article comes to us from Australia where it seems there is a baby whale who has mistaken a yacht as it's mother. Give the article a read and hopefully the whale does find it's real mother. It's kind of a sad story so I hope we can bring some humor to it. While a whale and a yacht is certainly an odd couple I am sure that we can come up with some more good examples of confused parentage. Complete the news article with a funny or odd example of an animal confusing something for it's mommy. The funniest pair wins a Peach award:

SYDNEY, Australia A lost humpback whale calf that bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother will likely die within days if it doesn't find another mother to adopt it, a wildlife official said Tuesday.
The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave.
Officials say they have also seen __________ think it's mommy is ___________ .

Answer as often as you like in the form of a comment and the best answer wins a Peach tomorrow. Enjoy.

-Doc

Weekly Poll

So I was wondering now that we are half way thorough the Olympic games in Beijing how everyone is enjoying them. Before the games started I really had no interest in them, however as they have gone on my interest has picked up a bit. With nothing much else on TV I have been tuning in in the evenings to see what is going on. For sure the swimming and Michael Phelps story has added to the interest of the games for me but that is now over and I think that now I will still be watching to see if the US can beat China in the medal count and score more gold.
How about you? What do you think about the Olympics now that we are halfway through? What is your interest level? What events are you enjoying or are you still looking forward to?

-Doc

Have a Fun Sunday in the Park

-TMC

Top Ten Rejected Bottled Water Products

10. H2-O's Cereal

9. Pepe le Aqua

8. Quaker's Powdered Water

7. Starbuck's Waterchino

6. Flintstone's Vitamin Water

5. Hudson Springs

4. Thames Brown Special

3. Deer Park Water Balloon Flavor Water for Kids

2. John Water's Water

1. I Can't Believe It's Not Water!

Happy Friday folks.

- TMC

The new blog pic you guys requested

After much thoughtful discussion you guys informed us that we must get rid of the picture that we were using here on YJKOBT. So last Thursday when we were at Shea Stadium for the Mets game we decided to take a picture together for you guys. Here it is:


The following are a few of the rejected pictures that we decided not to use:

Somehow we both manage to look like like cast members from the Lord of the Rings in this picture

This picture is cute but Patrick is thinking 'why do I have to sit with these two chuckleheads?' so it got rejected.

And of course I had to share this picture... This picture proves that a 14 month old IS faster than both a Mountain Cat and a Shea Stadium sanitation worker.... LOL!

-Doc

How Long is Four hours?

First of all I am glad to be back from vacation but have been very busy and blogging has been down on the list of things to do. Thank you very much to my buddy Mt. Cat for picking up the slack in my absence. I will post about the rest of our family vacation later but I had to share this story.

Last Sunday we were scheduled to fly back from New York's JFK airport at 2:25 pm to arrive home before 5 pm after our wonderful vacation. We had decided that we needed to get to the airport early because not only is JFK very busy but my wife had lost her drivers license and we were concerned that she might have trouble at security. So got there plenty early. The security was not too bad and so we found ourselves able to relax for a bit and get a bit to eat and have an hour and a half before our flight was to board. Cool.

We had Patrick with us of course and we decided to let him stretch his legs and get some energy out so he ran around the terminal and tried to mess with peoples things. We chased after him and had some fun. It gets to be 2 pm and we find out that our flight is going to be delayed boarding due to another late flight coming in that they were holding a plane at our gate for. At this point we get a bit concerned because there is weather out to the west that will be arriving later and we don't want to get stuck. We are still OK though and Patrick seems to be alright.

We keep hearing delay after delay announcements for our flight which are not all that bad we finally get in line to board about 3:45 pm. Everything is still OK because they are telling us that we will still get out before the weather and get back home to Charlotte by 6 pm. No problem right? WRONG !

I checked my watch when we were seated on the airplane and it was exactly 4 pm. The crew goes through the normal pre-flight stuff and then the captain comes on the intercom and advises that we are in for a bit of delay because of the weather we are 65th in line to take off. Yes 65th in line to take off. At this point Patrick whose "seat" is either my wife's or my lap is starting to get a bit antsy. There simply is no room on an airplane for a 14 month old to do his thing and move around and he doesn't understand why he is being trapped there.

The time starts to drag on. We are going nowhere fast and the captain keeps coming on to tell us about the weather and they are hoping to take off soon. Oh and did I mention that the free satellite TV wasn't working even though they restarted it twice? Yep we were just stuck there. At one point they even turned the engines off and the exasperated captain tells us that we "aren't going anywhere any time soon."

Now I don't want to sound like I am blaming Jet Blue. It wasn't their fault and they did try to make us comfortable giving out water and chips but it was flat out miserable in there. People were agitated. Patrick was restless but you can't really blame him, he was hungry, had diaper rash and was cutting new teeth. The really nice lady who we shared a row with was a saint. She even took turns holding Patrick and one time even walked up and down the isles with him. I want to publicly thank Eleanor Grant who is a gospel singer and who we shared a row with. She has a new CD coming out and was on her way to Miami to do publicity photos. We might not have made it without her.

Well if you have managed to read this far you may figure out by the title of this post that we didn't take off until just after 8 pm. Yes we sat on the runway at JFK for FOUR HOURS. How long is four hours? Long enough for an average NASCAR race, or the movie Titanic (if you sit through the credits), an hour longer than the average NFL game, or half of an average work day. I submit that the longest four hours possible to be experienced is sitting on an airplane with a teething, hungry, and antsy 14 month old who just wants to run around. I never want to do that again! What is your idea of the longest possible 4 hours you could ever experience?

-Doc