December 5, 2022

I've got 9 carefully curated TikToks for you this evening. That is, these are all things I liked.

1. Some have FOMO, but a lot of us have FOPU.

2. A lobster has been seen in real life.

3. Kayak camping and the coconut crab.

4. The L.A. conversation.

5. What does Dolly Parton think about prostitution? 

6. I remember when I lost my mind.

7. When David Bowie shouted out "It's great to be in Cincinnati..."

8. The different generations react to they/them pronouns.

9. Unclogging the drain.

29 comments:

Bob Boyd said...

That clown hates it when he does that.

Readering said...

Dolly kills.

When I was 13 I would have killed for that drain uncloggimg job.

Nancy said...

Unclogging the drain FTW.

Lash LaRue said...

Dolly’s the best!

Curious George said...

I watch these and I think "Meade should run" then I saw the last one and rethought the whole thing. Then I remembered that you wouldn't go out when it's windy.

rhhardin said...

World's oldest profession after country music.

Merny11 said...

Dolly and the drainage!

Will Cate said...

Well done, neighborhood drain unclogger. Also #2 is adorable.

MadisonMan said...

I expected the drain-unclogger to find himself suddenly waist-deep in a hole.

MadisonMan said...

I'm guessing the interview was about when Best Little Whorehouse in Texas was in theaters. I guess I'll go listen to Hard Candy Christmas.
I will say that the "everyone there has ringworm" line about the Hot Yoga studio made me laugh. FOPU also made me laugh.

rrsafety said...

The drain guy has a YouTube channel called Post10. A nice decent guy. The TikTok account steals all his vids and uploads them. Post10 deserves better. I recommend his YouTube channel, especially if you want to see someone unclog culverts and drains for 30 minutes at a time.

Justin said...

The Bowie one is from a recurring Conan bit in the 90s..."Celebrity Secrets"...hilarious.

Big Mike said...

There’s a whole YouTube channel where a fellow’s job is opening up clogged drains. Sometimes he has to clear out huge culverts that are packed pretty tightly with debris. A tough, thankless, job.

Quaestor said...

Well, at least the little boy didn't claim that a rainbow heralds the birth of a non-binary fox. I'd say that's progress toward a less dark future.

Wilbur said...

Ha. Best Little Whorehouse was one of three movies I walked out of after 15 minutes. Totally unfunny witless dreck. Almost as bad as Spaceballs.
But Dolly is very cool.

#2 should be titled I Remember When I Lost My Mind.

Ann Althouse said...

I agree that it's a problem that TikTok is used to grab snippets of other people's video and send it along. They should provide a link to the original at least. Do you think it's different from quoting a substantial paragraph on a blog?

As for drain clearing as a random act of public service, we have that in our neighborhood in the snow season. Here are photos I blogged in 2019, showing the drain Meade "adopted."

Andrew said...

To be honest, Cincinnati isn't a bad city. It has real charm, and some great culture. I'm not sure if Bowie was joking. My guess is it was just one more city on a tour, and didn't have the glamour of other venues. I can assure you, it's a better city than Cleveland.

It also has great history: abolitionism, Copperheads, the Underground Railroad, the Great Turkey Massacre...


Saint Croix said...

ha ha

"Are you a prostitute?"

She is so sweet. Love it.

Dolly played a madam in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. That was funny when I was a kid. More whores in that movie that any movie I've ever seen. Dancing whores, happy whores.

Squeaked by with a C+!

It’s a happy whore musical. Really, it should not work. You’re a whore! But all the whores are so likable. I like Charles Durning, who plays the governor. He’s a whore, too. Does his little whore dance. Everybody’s a happy hooker in this one, except Burt. He’s pissed off the whole movie. Probably because his girlfriend is a prostitute.

Saint Croix said...

I think I'm going to memorize her response in case I ever get asked anything about prostitution.

"Oh, prostitutes. Well, we're all sinners trying to find our way. I try not to judge. Are you a prostitute?"

Ann Althouse said...

Click my Cincinnati tag. I had great times there!

Ann Althouse said...

I suspect the unclogging drains guy that you know from YouTube is also behind this TikTok account.

It has many videos and over a million followers: https://www.tiktok.com/@unclogging_drains

Ann Althouse said...

I withdraw the suspicion.

@unclogging_drains has this at his page: "Credit: Drain Addict, Post 10"

That is he's giving credit generally to 2 other accounts as he lifts their work

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

9

hawkeyedjb said...

My ancestors came from the old country. Grandpa was a Basque leaf herder.

Left Bank of the Charles said...

9 reminds me of the flooding of Barillari Books at One Miffin Place in Cambridge some 30 years ago. A storm drain clogged with leaves, then rain water level rose up over the curb and sidewalk and cascaded down the steps into the basement bookstore.

Ernest said...

Re the drain unclogging video: In our previous home in northern Illinois our property backed up to the local high school’s sports fields. The school had sloped the ground so all the rain water flowed to a culvert on our property that ran right under my home office at the back of our garage. I had to periodically unclog the grate opening into the culvert in order to prevent my office being flooded.

Big Mike said...

@unclogging_drains has this at his page: "Credit: Drain Addict, Post 10"

I checked. Post 10 is the YouTube channel that I used to get a kick out of. It resonated with me because there was a storm drain next to our driveway back where we used to live, and in winter I had to be careful to clean snow away from its opening or I’d have meltwater all over the front of the drive. Not a real problem if it stayed in liquid state, but if it froze overnight

Susan in Seattle said...

I liked the drain clearing. Reminds me of a street close by that often has develops a pool during heavy rain due to a clogged drain. It's an arterial so cars will come tearing through and send up rooster tails of water. A kindly neighbor usually goes out with his rake to clear the drain, just as this man did.

Wince said...

I found that "I lost my mind" clip hilarious.

What does that say about me?