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For when your dog needs a colonoscopy. Or maybe it’s canine sepuku? Possibly dog sausage...?

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In my neck of the woods last year had 2 Octobers and no November. Weird.

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Here’s a photo of Santa on my bank statement. Apparently they couldn’t be bothered to find a real pair of black boots. The lack of effort here is just appalling.

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Pork chops with 2 legs, just how I like ‘em!

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Clockwise and counterclockwise are pretty hard to remember and there’s definitely no way to look up which is which.

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This gingerbread house is a fun activity. It also suffers from a couple inconsistencies. First, the package clearly says, “comes with everything you see here!” But there is no glass of milk or plate of sugar cookies in the box. Ok, so I took that one too literally. If you read the instructions, though, they clearly copied and pasted the directions from a gingerbread train as the word train is referenced twice before the end of Step 1. It’s pretty obvious that we are building a house and not a train. It would take some serious imagination to come up with a train from the house parts in the box.

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Next up in my tautology series: This sign comes from a neighborhood in Friendswood, TX. Texas comes from the Caddo word for friends and wood can refer not only to the material trees are made of, but also to the forest itself. So, this place could rightly be called The Forest of Friendsforest, Friends. That is clearly an amicable stand of trees.

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Continuing my new obsession with humanity’s obsession with redundantly naming things after valleys, here’s a good example from Texas. Canyon and gorge both mean a narrow steep sided valley, usually with a river at the bottom. So, we can call this place Canyon Lake Canyon or Gorge Lake Gorge or go back to Valley Lake Valley, as you see fit.

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Glenoaks Canyon is a neighborhood in Glendale, California. Since glen and dale both mean valley, as per my previous tautology post, and a canyon can be defined as a steep narrow valley, this place is basically named Valleyoaks Valley, Valleyvalley, CA. Good job humans.

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That pesky packaing materilal, always hiding precious parts.

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Glen is a Scottish term for a narrow valley. Dale is a British term for a wide valley. Glendale Valley is both a triple tautology, meaning Valleyvalley Valley, and a oxymoron because, more specifically, it’s meaning is Narrowvalleywidevalley Valley. So, it’s very apparent that we are dealing with a low spot between hills but its breadth is up for debate.

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In Japanese, Fujiyama means something like fire-mountain or good-fortune-mountain. The translation depends on the kanji used to write the name, which varied by historical period. So, this poster says either Mount Good-Fortune-Mountain or Mount Fire-Mountain. Tautology at its finest. Good job, America.

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If a window isn’t see-through, doesn’t that make it a small door? It what world are windows not see-through in their default mode? Is that like an upgraded feature of some windows over their opaque kin? Apparently, wherever this label was made it is.

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These chips are trying to look all traditional and artisanal, but grinding corn with stones caused millions of indigenous Mexicans, Americans, and Mesoamericans to wear down their teeth to nothing and die of malnutrition or starvation. The stone breaks down over time and particles of stone, basically sand, get mixed in with the corn meal. Chewing on that corn meal is like eating sandpaper. Modern production has removed this horrible side effect, but these guys think it’s cool and brought it back. How wonderful. 😬

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This is a few months behind the curve, but tambourine is spelled with a U in it, Chris. I know you’re referencing a Prince song, so... tambourine is spelled with a U in it, Prince!

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The hedge trimmer on the left has a self-reported 14” blade. The hedge trimmer on the right has a self-reported 16” blade. As you can see from the photo, they’re nearly identical in size if you line up the blade guards. If you lined up the handles, the 16” one would actually have less reach. Someone here isn’t telling the truth!

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This is actually a pretty awesome socket wrenah. It folds out for extra torque, but then folds back down for convenient storage. All wrenahs should do this. Designed in MN, made in China... including the packaging.