Jaw-Droppers

I had two Jaw-Droppers yesterday. You know the moments... they start with the words "What the..." and usually end in some combination of exclamation points and question marks. I shall expound.

Jaw-Dropper One: The Dark One's Weather

Check out the weather person at this site (which I'm *ahem* somewhat associated with) - http://www.tulsaworld.com/weather/weather.asp. It's got an animated character that reads off a weather forecast. I'm not sure who made the choice for the particular character I saw yesterday. Just in case that character has been changed to something more human, I've got a couple of screen caps of the thing. These pics have *not* been modified in any way.



Looking at this monstrosity speaking (my speakers were turned off), I could just imagine a dark crusty voice rumbling, "THIS WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES IN THE SIXTH CIRCLE WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN NORMAL."

Jaw-Dropper Two: The Nude Cowboy Roofer

There are new apartments being built very close to where I live. When I came home from work yesterday, a roofer was working on the roof shingles on top of one of the buildings. He had big bulky boots. He had no harness, and no shirt. He also had a huge cowboy hat on.

I was greatly amused by this (moderately) nude cowboy roofer. I was so amused in fact, that I went back out a few minutes later with my camera. Alas, he had gone off to be nude somewhere else. In cases like this, I would normally go hunting on Google Images for a pic, but I don't think an internet search for "nude cowboy roofer" would be wise.