Funny pic/gif thread...
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Had to laugh at this one. Surprisingly, I've never seen it, so I had to find the story...
Cake In the Bushes
Johnny Cash is also in one photo that is very famous, but not many people know the origin story. Most are under the impression that The Man In Black was high when this photo was taken, due to a meme that has floated around the Internet for years that says, “You may be high, but you’ll never be Johnny Cash eating cake in a bush high.”
Here is the truth…
The photo was actually taken for the back of his album Strawberry Cake, which was released in 1976. A note from him told the story about the song “Strawberry Cake,” which read:
On a hot summer afternoon in New York City, June and I walked through the zoo in Central Park. It was a hot dog and ice cream day. The place was crowed and giving up on the hassle of working our way through the crowd, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the concert that night at the Garden State Art Center.
As we approached the hotel, I saw a bum lying on the sidewalk in front of the hotel. He never even opened his eyes when I stood over him.
June said, “Come on, Honey.”
But I said, “Just a minute.”
I walked around him, hoping he wasn’t dead. My shadow fell across him, and when I moved on, I saw his eyes flutter as the bright sunlight hit his face. He didn’t open his eyes, but I knew he wasn’t dead.
“What are you doing?” June asked.
“I’m thinking about my friend here”, I said. “That could be me, you know.”
June came over closer and smiled at me. “That was you, a couple of times.” Then she said again, “Come on let’s go.”
The rest of the story is in the song. I became that man. I put myself in his place and my mind, and he finally won. I wish I knew who he is and where he is. I’d send him a piece of Strawberry Cake.
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SSDiver2112
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Mine too. I had 25 years now ankylosing spondylitis..
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Why we have dogs.
Definitely trying this.
This might be a repeat..
I've got the same, but for the last 50 years!!! A marathon session for me is about an hour, then it's all downhill from there because I can't bend my neck anymore. I can still run my age in 14.1 - but less often. I'm not smart enough to quit though and the pain is worth it...
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An actual street name not far from me.
DeeDeeCues
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When I was in college, I worked for my uncle for one summer. I thought it was awesome that he lived across from Camus Ln.. Albert Camus was one of my favorite authors at the time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus). I told the cutie next door that it was cool that she lived on Camus (pronounced, 'Kam-OO'). She looked at me like I was retarded and said, 'I live on 'came-ess.' Turns out that all the versions of 'sumac' were take, so they spelled it backwards.
I distinctly remember that as my first real impression of Wisconsin. To the young lady's credit, she actually turned out to be very cool, intelligent, and eventually, into Albert Camus.
