My dogs eats her own poop, football penalties, and other mind bogglers

For Christmas I got a nifty gadget that’s made removing dog poop so much easier. Before, I was using latex gloves and picking it up not just for the sake of keeping the area clean, but mostly because my dog will eat almost any poop she comes across.

How old were you when you realized a “pass interference” penalty in football is really “catch interference”? 🤯

There could be someone alive today in the genealogical line of Jesus himself. I don’t know if that possibility has quite sunk in to my brain yet.

In movies starring Kevin Hart, all I see is Kevin Hart, not the character. Just watched Lift. Surprisingly, I liked it.

If he were alive when Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie, Elvis Presley would’ve been Michael Jackson’s father-in-law.

I know where Columbia got the idea for flaps on the back of their shirts. Have you seen the backside of dogs’ ears? Check. There’s a flap.

Capitalizing the word ‘black’ but not ‘brown’ is actually more racist than anyone thinks.

Also while we’re at it, there’s no such thing as reverse racism. It’s just… racism.

NFL players wearing helmets with “Be Love” on the back, then proceed to get in fights, is awfully ironic.

Take a few minutes to listen to your dog snore. Your day will improve almost immediately.

-Out of the Wilderness

Who’s the Funny Actor in Wendy’s Commercials?

THere’s a funny actor in the new Wendy’s ad campaign. Actually all of the actors portraying Wendy’s employees are funny but Tyler is my favorite. Tyler is played by actor Bill O’Neill… and no, he isn’t also a professional bowler. But actor Bill does deliver strikes in the Wendy’s commercials that have been airing in the last year or so. You’ve seen him tugging Santa’s beard, doing an improv rendition of “Bad Boys,” and now he’s promoting the Baconator…

Actually, it sounds like the posters are doing all the baconator promotions but as Tyler, Bill delivers his lines so well. It’s easy to tell he’s a seasoned actor. Check out his resume on IMDb here and follow him on Instagram: @_billoneill.

My favorite line in all of these ads so far is when he approaches Santa to find out if he’s the real Santa. He tugs the beard and says, “Yeah, that’s real!” I love how he says it.

I know not everyone’s a fan of this group of happy Wendy’s employees. But they make me laugh. How do you feel about the ads? Chime in below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Vivek out, but is he gone forever?

The Iowa caucuses came and went and surprising no one, Trump was the clear winner followed by DeSantis and Hailey. Due to coming in 4th, Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Trump. I haven’t heard any official chatter about Vivek being Trump’s VP running mate but if that happens, I wouldn’t hate it. I think Trump could do a lot worse in picking a Vice President running mate. I can’t help but compare Vivek dropping out to the moment Beto O’Rourke was faced with the same situation back when he was running against Joe Biden.

After it was clear Biden was going to be the nominee, Biden said something to the effect of O’Rourke having an important role in the Biden administration. That’s amounted to a total of… absolutely nothing. How embarrassing for Beto. He loses to the oldest, whitest man the Democrats could prop up and still doesn’t have any role on a national level. That could be why he’s blasting Biden now and refuses to ask for Biden’s endorsement on anything he’s running for in Texas.

I think Vivek’s future is much brighter than Beto’s for a couple reasons: 1. He’s so much smarter and quicker on his feet. 2. At the time of this posting, Vivek has never said “Hell yes we’re going to take your guns.” Yeah, Beto went there… and he’s been irrelevant since.

The Republican nomination is probably about as mysterious as we think it is, and that is… not mysterious at all. It’ll be Trump. But who he’ll pick for VP is still a mystery. Biden on the other hand, is just one big mystery. Even he doesn’t know what he’ll do next.

-Out of the Wilderness

Let Them Celebrate – NFL in Vegas Commercial, The Music, and a Real Petition?

For 24 hours, people in Vegas are allowed to do whatever they want. No, this isn’t the plot of the next Purge movie, it’s a random petition I don’t understand at all. The commercial is posted on the “Visit Las Vegas” YouTube page so I guess it’s supposed to be satire. Here’s the ad featuring Tobe Nwigwe and Chad Ochocinco Johnson, the song is called “Excessive Celebration (Touch Down In Vegas)”…

It’s not about the football players celebrating because a little search of TD celebration history shows that touchdown celebrations used to draw yellow flags up until 2017. But the penalty was relaxed and explained on the NFL website:

Examples of celebrations to be allowed under the new guidelines:

» Using the football as a prop after a touchdown
» Celebrating on the ground
» Group demonstrations

The relaxed rules aren’t a free for all. Offensive demonstrations, celebrations that are prolonged and delay the game, and celebrations directed at an opponent, will still be penalized, the letter said, in order continue “sportsmanship, clean competition, and setting good examples for young athletes.”

I’m still mostly confused. According to the petition website:
This is why we are proposing that everyone in Las Vegas must be allowed to celebrate freely on February 11, 2024. The freedom to celebrate is undeniable, and we believe this extends to those participating in events hosted in Las Vegas. 

This is Purge-level stuff here and it’s just weird. If it’s meant to be funny, I don’t get it. What exactly do they want allowed on this day in Vegas that isn’t already? Sex in the streets? Setting cars on fire? Beating up rival fans on Fremont Street? If anyone knows what this is about or if you can help make sense of it, chime in below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Progressive Pigeon Needs A Smartwatch – The Commercial and More

Move over Dr. Rick. Step aside Flo. Jamie can ride his motorbike off into the sunset. There’s a new spokesperson spokesbird commercial flying into our homes (not flying into windows, thankfully). Actually it’s a pair of pigeons becoming our brand new feathery friends. Progressive is following up their pigeon flys south commercial with the celebrity voiced-creatures chatting about smartwatches. Take a look then scroll down for more…

The Voices. By now you probably know the voices of these two birds are that of H. Jon Benjamin and Retta. Now that there are 3 ads in the series (I saw another one about donuts recently), I think we can expect more commercials starring these two funny pigeons.

Lefty or Righty. Have you ever noticed on which arm people wear their watches? The person walking by wearing a smartwatch has the watch on the left wrist.

In this post, I dive into how to tell whether a person is left- or right-handed and part of it has to do with watches. Check out that post and let me know if you agree. These birds have a hurdle to jump for smartwatches and it’s this: Where will they wear it? Around a wing? That’s cumbersome and they might have trouble flying. Around their neck? It would be tough to see the screen.

But Which Watch? Do you have a favorite brand of smartwatch? Brands like Apple, Garmin, Samsung, and Fitbit all have their nice features but I’d go with a Garmin. I have two and I love them. My first was the Vivoactiv HR and then I bought the Forerunner 245 Music so I can download songs right to the watch and listen while I run. In case the birds read this and check the comments, leave your thoughts below on which smartwatch they should be looking for! For $750, I’d go with this red Garmin Forerunner 745. Hot tamale! Yeeyeeyeee!!

-Out of the Wilderness