This has to be a joke

thanks Jenna for the link

This has absolutely nothing to do with Evansville, but I posted it on my personal blog earlier today and it’s just too funny not to share here. Back in the early 90’s Mike Rowe, the host of Dirty Jobs, was a late night host on QVC. He was the absolute best thing on the channel, but his on-air persona earned him 3 firings. He kept being rehired, however, because people loved him so much.

thanks to Cody for the tip

We here at It’s Evansville are big fans of comedy. Evansville used to have a comedy venue called The Funny Bone on the East side but, sadly, it shut down. Every few months, we get a major comedic act in town, which holds us over. In October we had Larry the Cable Guy and in January we’re going to have Jerry Seinfeld.

Seinfeld will perform at The Centre on January 25. Tickets go on sale on November 29th and are priced at $45, $60 and $75. I know I’ll be there.

Seinfeld is one of the most brutally honest people in the world. Larry King learned that lesson last week when he interviewed Seinfeld.

Craigslist is a centralized network of online community classifieds, job postings, personals and more started by a guy named Craig. Evansville has had its own Craigslist site for a few years now and one of it’s most useful features is missed connections

Sometimes you are out at a local bar or restaurant, and catch the eye of something across the room. You might even pick up a conversation with the person and hit it off. Unfortunately, the night ends without you getting contact information: sometimes not even a name. That’s where craigslist comes in and It’s Evansville come in. To help you out, we periodically spot some of the missed connections that are posted locally, and hopefully help some poor guy or gal out in their attempts to find true love.

YOU at Shyler’s on Sunday ,,Cary out… - m4m

Very nice looking guy..waiting for order at shylers as I was..you where in a ram 1500 truck , well you got in it and left..we had talked a bit..nice butt dude..and well if you see this chat back, maybe we could meet for coffee and discuss more. thanks

You will notice a trend of poorly spelled messages in Missed Connections. Must be too frothed up to use the spell check.

Schnucks, N Greenriver - m4m - 38

You were at the Schnucks on North Greenriver on Saturday around 5:00pm. You were walking in, talking on your cell. You have a shaved head, you looked me up and down……..I am tall and lean, with a buzzed haircut, glasses. Our eyes connected………If you are interested, let me know.

That’s so sweet. They shared a look.

UMM??? - w4m

IF YOU WERE WITH YOUR FRIEND AT HACIENDA TONIGHT I WISH I COULD TALK TO YOU! YOU WERE CUTE! :) YOU WERE CELEBRATING YOUR BDAY WITH HIM!

OMG TURN OFF THE CAPSLOCK. :)

Old Chicago - Evansville - Saturday Afternoon Mid September - m4w - 43

You were at a table in the middle of the bar area having lunch with another woman. The bar was pretty much empty and you were facing south towards the Lloyd - we were five guys raising hell and boorishly cheering & jeering the Saturday afternoon football games - we exchanged several glances … I had just returned from Europe and was just so-o-o tired … .

If you’re 43 and were raising hell and boorishly cheering & jeering while I’m trying to enjoy my lunch, I’m sure she isn’t interested.

another n. green river schnuks - m4m - 40

i was in van waiting for friend, you came out of tanning place and went to schnuks, we looked right at each other txice.you had very short hair and goatee. i thought you were good looking. may have been wishful thinking, but just thought we looked at each other a little longer than normal.

There’s definitely something in the water at the North Green River Scnhucks….

The Fall Festival begins on Monday and I thought it would be fun to make a game out of it this year. With that in mind, I present the first annual Fall Festival Bingo card.

• Fall Festival Bingo Card PDF

The game is simple. When you are at the festival, mark each square when the subject described within it is found. If you get five in a row in any direction, you win. The card mixes festival traditions such as brain sandwiches and apple cider with some of the less highlighted aspects of the festival — the white trash factor.

If you know someone who will be at the Fall Festival but who does not read this site, send him or her a link to this post or the PDF itself. If you win, be sure to come back and let us know how had your five squares.

More details after the jump…

Continue reading It’s Evansville Presents Fall Festival Bingo 2007…

If you were driving near Fulton Avenue this afternoon, you might have seen a high speed chase between Evansville Police and a dump truck. Officers followed the reckless driving truck driver to Virginia and Garfield where they finally were able to pull the driver out.

That drive is 25-year-old Timothy Hess. Police say that Hess allegedly stole the dump truck from an Indianapolis body shop. Upon his capture, Hess had a few words to share with EPD officers.

You can take me to the hospital but I’m not mental. I come out and I will still smoke pot. Okay, well, I been to prison so that ain’t gonna hurt me none.

Words of wisdom to live by for sure.

What lesson is to be learned from this? A police cruiser is always going to be faster than a dump truck.

photo courtesy of WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

Let’s say you’re having dinner with friends at a local chinese buffet. Now, let’s say your friend dares you to drink a teaspoon of Soy Sauce. He bets you $8 that you won’t do it.

Oh yea, I forgot one part of the story. Your friend urinated in the bottle of soy sauce. Still need that $8?

Owensboro police charged a 16-year-old Owensboro High School student with misdemeanor criminal mischief and menacing, after he admitted to urinating in a bottle of soy sauce and leaving it on the table of a Chinese restaurant. Acting on a dare, he took the bottle into the bathroom, emptied half of it and filled the rest with urine.

After completing the dare, the high schoolers left the restaurant and the tainted bottle of sauce stayed on the table for 2 weeks.

This is far more disgusting than watching someone dip their egg roll in the spicy mustard container.

photo courtesy of sabellachan

Ever since the Funny Bone closed it’s doors a few years ago, there have not been too many comedy acts making their way to town. Comedy in the past few years has been making an impressive comeback thanks to nationwide comedy tours put on by the likes of Opie and Anthony or Bob & Tom.

With this resurging interest in comedy that is upon us, local Top-40 station KISS-FM has brought comedian Katt Williams to town tonight (7:30PM The Centre). Katt Williams has been featured in his own HBO special, movies and music videos for big name artists such as Ludacris, Ice Cube and Nick Cannon. My favorite role of Williams’ is Money Mike in the otherewise abysmall Friday After Next. Katt Williams’ comedy centers on the black community, so fans of Larry The Cable Guy probably need not apply.

Click through to see a clip of Williams’ work.

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