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Humans & Canines vs Slipper Surfaces (including slides, pools and ice)

Funny nonetheless.

Woman! Where are my slippers!

Dag, the Pride Fighting Championships is a pro mixed martial arts organization in Japan, and is generally considered to have the best fighters in the world. (Well, past tense now, Pride was just bought by the owners of the UFC and combined the two.)

The general consensus among MMA fighters and fans is that most of the top MMA fighters, even the sprawl-and-brawl specialists, would get wiped in boxing matches against the best pro boxers, because MMA fighters can't afford to perfect their boxing to the same point boxers do. There has been movement, however, to improve striking in MMA, and the latest round of champs has been mostly strikers.

There is also some truth in that boxing striking, although it is often considered the best base standup art for MMA, needs to be adapted for MMA. For example, the more sideways stance has to be squared up to protect against single and double leg takedowns. Also, the use of the smaller 4 oz. MMA gloves means many types of boxing guards, like the peekaboo guard and crab guard, don't work so well because it's easier for punches to slip past.

Since MMA is such a new sport, there is much debate as to how much of the difference in striking styles between MMA and pure boxing/kickboxing/Thai boxing is due to poor technique on the fighters' part, and differences in the games caused by the wider range of attacks available in MMA.

For example, take head movement. Boxers are well known to have great head movement for defense, in bobbing and weaving and slipping. MMA fighters tend to keep their heads relatively still and high up. Some people say this is due to the fact that boxers train more head movement, and point to Couture v. Sylvia as an example of good head movement in MMA giving an advantage to the better slipper (Couture). Other people say boxing-style head movement is dangerous in MMA because a bad bob, weave, or slip could easily bring a fighter into the path of a round kick or knee or open them up for a takedown, and point to Anderson Silva v. pretty much anyone else, as well as the lowered amount of head movement in Muay Thai matches.

There are examples and counter examples of both sides, but I don't think a consensus will be reached until the next generation of MMA fighters arrive, a generation that no longer consists of specialized fighters with a strong base in a single art, but fighters that have been training since Day 1 for MMA with strong bases in striking and grappling arts. It's pretty exciting to watch the sport evolve in small ways like this.

Personally, I don't give all the discussion much thought, and am content to just block punches with my forehead.

According to a 1983 investigation by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer Brian Vallee, the lemming scenes were faked. The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers. The epic "lemming migration" was staged using careful editing, tight camera angles and a few dozen lemmings running on snow covered lazy-Susan style turntable.

More here
http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&issue_id=6&articles_id=56

Man they say in the opening, "a nasty little rodent called the lemming"....hell they don't look nasty from here, they look plump and juicy, and their tundra-ready coats look puuuuuurrrfect for a pair of jammies and matching slippers!!!
"Wait Lemmy, don't migrate, have some fish!"

Fez Kitty is truly remorseful. To make up for this offense, Fez Kitty will not leave half a mouse in your slipper tonight.

(Fez Kitty cannot make any guarantees about tomorrow night.)

you have to keep an emergency-preparedness bag (because of EARTHQUAKES), but they're ugly so you don't want to show them in your room.

now there's the disaster teddy bear. it's easy to find because of its glow-in-the-dark armband and you can carry it like a backpack. plus, it's a cute toy for children.

the 22 items are inside the zipper in the back of the teddy bear. they're the items that survivors of actual disasters (like the hanshin earthquake) wish they had.

the 22 items:
1. radio with light (batteries included)
2. inside slippers to protect your feet
3, 4. emergency water (2 packs)
5. emergency blanket.
6-8. simple first aid kit (bandaids, gauze, Qtips)
9. work gloves
10. whistle
11. compressed towel
12. hand-cranked generator for cellphone
13. eyemask
14. playing cards
15-19. emergency toolkit (scissors, nail clippers, tweezers, nail file, ???)
20, 21. ballpoint pen (hangs around neck), disaster-prevention notepad
22. disaster prevention handbook

via tvinjapan...

I vote purple horseshoes, or maybe ruby slippers.

See My Vest

Some men hunt for sport,
Others hunt for food,
The only thing I'm hunting for,
Is an outfit that looks good...

See my vest, see my vest,
Made from real gorilla chest,
Feel this sweater, there's no better,
Than authentic Irish setter.

See this hat, 'twas my cat,
My evening wear - vampire bat,
These white slippers are albino
African endangered rhino.

Grizzly bear underwear,
Turtles' necks, I've got my share,
Beret of poodle, on my noodle
It shall rest,

Try my red robin suit,
It comes one breast or two,
See my vest, see my vest,
See my vest.

Like my loafers? Former gophers -
It was that or skin my chauffeurs,
But a greyhound fur tuxedo
Would be best,

So let's prepare these dogs,

Kill two for matching clogs,

See my vest, see my vest,
Oh please, won't you see my vest.
Somebody find this one, eh?

it was your idea, daphne!!

it is hard to let go of the comfortable, well worn slippers sometimes, dag ... but the results are usually worth it!