A Panda named Jensen

After yesterdays post we wanted to adopt a (farting or non-farting) Panda ourselves and so we did.

To show that the Crazy Buckets are no Hypocrites and because we wanted to, as we are convinced it is the right thing to do, we adopted a Panda today. His name is:

Zhu Xiong (Bamboo Bear)

We found him on the UK WWF website (no not the wrestling guys!) and we soon will be receiving some information about him. This adoption pack will contain:

"... a personalised adoption certificate, a print of the animal and a soft toy. It will also include a fascinating fact booklet about the adopted species, practical tips on how to live a 'greener' lifestyle, a greetings card and WWF screensavers" (oh wow, how exciting...hmm)

We will keep you posted on our adoption and how the Panda is doing (and if he is farting you'll be the first to know) still remaining hopeful that some of you will be joining us in our efforts.

We are certainly no rich people, just a bunch of Crazy Buckets, but I think we can live with the £2,50 (or yank equivalent of $5,00) being sucked out of our account every month. We just have to cut back on the Ice cream or Purple Nurples to balance the score.

We also decided to rename our Panda Jensen because a) he is just as cuddly and b) in honour of the man who brought the farting Panda to our attention in the first place. And if Jared gets all jealous we can always adopt an Orang-Utan in his honour.

See how inspiring a TV show can be? It can make you a better person. Kripke you should be proud of yourself. Your show goes beyond the Supernatural.

Now *clap*clap* go and find yourself a farting Panda to adopt. Quick, before they are all extinct.


-Your Crazy Buckets-

Bring Me a Farting Panda!

We over here in Europe are a bit slow sometimes.

It's not our fault though, I blame the Media. I get through tons of web pages a day which comes with my job, but most people probably haven't heard or seen the Panda fart, and no I am not talking about the real animal here.

Let's take a step back to this year's Supernatural Convention in LA, attended by both Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. During the breakfast get-together (which did not involve anyone having real breakfast I believe) Jensen mentioned the clip he'd seen on TV advocating the accessibility of my favourite media: Youtube.

Jensen on stage impishly claps his hands and quotes the clip "Youtube! Bring me a farting Panda!" - I'd like to see the stats on how many people googled for it afterwards. The clip Jensen had seen must have been the Comedy Central comedy with the guy I only know as the Spencenator from Kings of Queens.

Not knowing any of this, I stumbled across a Korean version of a farting Panda in response to aforementioned googeling youtube (clapping wouldn't work for some reason, I must complain to Oswalt) and this clip, since it was uploaded last year, had 55,710 hits and probably still counting. Not bad for an endangered species with wind.

For those who have no idea what I am talking about, I bring you: The Farting Panda! Enjoy!


While I have your attention, why not draw it quickly, before it goes of like expired milk, to a more important global disaster than bamboo farts. I am talking about extinction. No one likes to be extinct, not even a Giant Panda, fart or no fart.

So maybe you can do your bit to help this awesome (yes I said awesome!) creature make it through the next few centuries in one big piece without having to be cloned in a lab, which apparently isn't actually working that well with Pandas.

So what can you do?

Here a few things you could do (which does not include buying a Fiat Panda I'm afraid):

• Adopt a Panda - Get your own little farting machine
  
• Simply Donate to any Wildlife Charity (WWF, Giant Panda Club,Pandas International)
• Use WWF's Facebook application
• Volunteer or do a Gap Year in China.
• Donate Bamboo to Zoos - Not a joke! Private Landowners in the US are welcome to donate Bamboo to Zoos (Atlanta and Memphis) as the cuddly looking bear has a big appetite.
• Tell your friends to tell their friends (works with Supernatural, should also work with Pandas)
  

So, while Global Warming has all the current Media attention, a problem which has actually been around for decades (the warming, not the Media), but ignored by many and left to the Hippies of its time, animal extinction along with animal cruelty is also a major flaw of humanity and almost cancels out all our great inventions and achievements.

Why wait until its gone until we realize what we had. We don't want a TV show to be cancelled before its time, we should also do our best to keep the Pandas farting. As Dean would probably say "They are freaking worth it".


-posted by Nana-

Smiley's daily dose of SPN jokes....

Our Topic today is SPN GHOSTS.

Over the next while, Smiley will bring to you all a selection of her finest jokes... all on a different SPN topic (whenever possible)... Hope you all don't die laughing!!!

Don't worry... Smiley is just warming up .... I'm saving the Dean/Sam jokes for a later date....

Q Where do SPN ghosts write their homework answers?
A: In their exorcise books...

Q: Ever hear about the very tidy SPN Ghost???
A: He cleaned the whole house with an OOOOOOOOOO-VER!!!

I swear they don't get any better.... as Dean says.... ''I GOT NOTHING'!!! LOL!!!

Other then some SPN Ghostie Food Jokes that is....

Q: What do SPN ghosts put in their sandwiches?
A: Scream Cheese...

Q: And what's their favourite snack?
A: Custard Scream Biscuits!!!

Q: What does an SPN ghost put on his Roast Beef?
A: Grave-y!!!!

Don't go away... there's more.... (yes sadly, there is...)

Q: What do you call a ghost's Mum & Dad?
A: Transparents...

And finally for now....

Q: What did the SPN ghost do to protect his house?
A: He took out Home Moaner's Insurance!!!

-posted by Smiley-

This Bucket is a Joke #2 - Dean in Hell

So it has happened. Dean couldn’t wiggle out of his contract, lost his soul and is now stuck in hell. As he is wallowing in despair, he has his first meeting with a demon who introduces him to the place:

Demon: Why the sour face?

Dean: What do you think? I'm in hell you son of a bitch!

Demon: Hell's not so bad. We actually have a lot of fun down here. You a drinkin' man?

Dean: Sure, I love to drink.

Demon: Well, you're gonna love Mondays then. On Mondays, that's all we do is drink. Whiskey, Tequila, Beer, Purple Nurples, Tab, Jagermeister... we drink till we throw up and then we drink some more.

Dean: Gee, that sounds great.

Demon: You like to eat?

Dean: You better believe it.

Demon: Alright! You're gonna love Tuesdays. We get Pizza, Tacos, Burgers, a Cheeseplatter from around the world and the biggest steaks you have seen. If you get high cholesterol, it's okay... you're already dead.

Dean: No kidding!

Demon: I bet you like to gamble.

Dean: Yes, as a matter of fact I do.

Demon: Good, because Wednesday is gambling day. Craps, Blackjack, Horse Races, Roulette, you name it, we got it. We even opened up a Pai Gow Poker table.

Dean: Hmmm, I never played Pai Gow before...

Demon: Well now you can. You like to do drugs?

Dean: Erm, no, not really...

Demon: Doesn’t matter! Thursday is drug day. You can help yourself to a great big bowl of crack. Smoke a doobie the size of a submarine. You can do all the drugs you want, and if you overdose, it's okay... you're already dead.

Dean: Hm, true I guess. I never realized that hell was such a swingin' place!

Demon: You gay?

Dean: Uh, no.

Demon: Oooh (grimaces), you're gonna hate Fridays.

-Your Crazy Buckets-

Bugs by the Bucket load!

If you have seen the episode "Bugs" of Supernatural you know how nasty it can get.

My occasional encounters with bugs are usually not of the spooky kind, but twice as nasty.

Every evening I try to be good and I drag myself outside for a nice long walk down by the biggest man made lake in the UK.

Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy those walks and I love nature, but what I don’t like are those damn bugs. They are everywhere. Black clouds of them and there seems to be no escape.

I guess, technically speaking they are mosquito like insects, not bugs, but then it wouldn’t be so much fun to say “those damn bugs bug the hell out of me”.

Usually I go mountain biking round the lake, but not lately. Although I have one of these Buff bandana-scarves that can double as a mouth cover that make you look like a bandit, it’s still no pleasure to hit a could of them bugs. It feels like someone is shooting at you with a rice gun.

I don’t know how some fellow bikers do it who don’t have such a wonderful weapon of defence round their face. I suck at holding my breath, 30 seconds and I am out. Then what do you do? Draw a brea….aaaahhhh bugs! Cough! Spit! Choke! Curse! Repeat!

These bugs have a talent to get everywhere I don’t want them to be, like my eyes or my mouth. So even a simple thing, like say going for a walk turns out to be a major adventure.

Thankfully no one is around that late in the day to see me running off the path trying to avoid those dooming clouds of nastiness, arms waving everywhere, even yelling “get away from me” and “leave me alone”. Yeah right, as if that’s going to help.

I know I must seem like a complete lunatic but really I couldn’t care less. In times like these I miss having unhealthy friends by my side smoking 10 packs of cigarettes a day. They were useful bug repellents back in the days.

So it had me thinking, that maybe my only option left is to get a plastic bucket, cut some eyeholes in them, cover them with see-through plastic (it would be pretty stupid not to) and just walk around like that.

On second thought, I don’t think I will set any trends with that, so if anyone has a good bug repellent for me, please do let me know.

I also take bug-exorcisms as a last resort.

-posted by Nana-

A Bucket of Rice...

...well in this case it's a bowl, but close.

There is a lot of fanart about on the wonderful wide web, and my favourite are the comics featuring manga-style Weechesters, tiny tiny cartoon boys.

A lot of the art I have seen is really good and I hope it helps people to get practising and eventually into the right profession, otherwise they would be wasted talents, and I know first hand what that means.

The rice bowl scenario is simply crazy and completely wacky and that's why I like it and is worth mentioning here (click image to enlarge) :

(image by "howbaout" on deviantart)

Supernatural seems to inspire people beyond the show (we won't mention fanfiction here) in so many quirky ways one could argue that they have nothing better to do then dwell on their love for the show.

(image by "howbaout" on deviantart)

May that be so, but being a fan seems to be an important part of life and it can give the right people a sense of direction and an idea what they eventually want to do with their life.
Some become writers, some artists, some might even end up in the TV business themselves.

Whatever it is, being a fan is probably better than having no passion at all.


-posted by Nana-

Ghostfacers are a bunch of Crazy Buckets

Not much is going on here at Bucket HQ on a Friday.

The weekend lies ahead but as usual it is raining and summer seems just not round the corner yet.
Today we have managed to get our own two eyes on the latest episode of Supernatural and are slightly indecisive what to make of it. Seems, not only we are torn between the Good and the Bad, others have reported similar sightings. They either love it or really hate it.

A the moment a lot of horror genre type films (eg. Diary of the Dead and Replay) are reviving the wobbly reality style first made popular through Blair Witch, which back then provoked the exact same sentiments: either people hated it from beginning to end or people thought it was genius.



We think Ghostfacers is not so much about being a piece of art, as it is an episode, simply created to get people talking about the show again before it finishes for this season in only 3 more episodes with a loud bang...because we just know it won't vanish with a silent "poof" just yet.

We agree with Sam -"It had its moments"- even though they were all shaky ones, but they seem to get better when watched the second time round.
Vaguely assured that the world is safe again, we can put our feet up for now and hum an almost singable theme tune which for some reason we just can't get out of our heads, and we will be looking forward to more to come from the Crazy Buckets over at Supernatural.


Wishing you all a great weekend and keep facing those ghosts when others will not!


-Your Crazy Buckets-

Fans deserve a Bucket of Crazy

I have decided to stay up tonight and see what happens.

Supernatural is finally back after the writers strike and so far this has happened:
My eyes are tired and my bum is sore from sitting on the sofa, but that's not all! In the US, right now as I type, the new season of Supernatural is on TV, half way through its one hour slot and so I went to the CW's very own forum where folks have earlier posted dummy-posts prior to the show, to reserve their spot on the forum at the very beginning.

Now, if that's not crazy enough, the two fans at the very top have already started posting their telegraphic review of the episode, typing as they watch- right now there seems to be a commercial break.

I must say I am very, very curious to see this new reality show style episode because I do have 4 pages worth of script that were leaked on the net a few weeks back, but they just didn't make much sense to me. Based on that I was worried that the whole episode would go down the drain big times. But judging from what these fans post, it's going to be bleeping hilarious.

But even more fun is the dedication of the fans. Suddenly the world seems so small.

One Bucket of Crazy to you faithful lot out there, watching whilst keeping the world informed!


-posted by Nana-

The Buckets have a Myspace

The Buckets have been so busy with getting the bucket's myspace up and running that today's post will be a short one.

I wish all you lucky crazy people in the US all the best as you will be able to watch the return of Supernatural with the episode "Ghostfacers" on CW tonight - here in the UK, at the Buckets HQ, we have to wait one more month, but god bless the Internet and you tube and all you crazy people out there who will surely tape and seed.

Seed people seed.

We have decided to have a myspace to hopefully find more friends who like us and read what we post.

So far we heard nothing but good news. We were told "look hilarious" and "made xx's day" - well how is that for a start?

We have more to come soon, after all, the crazy never dies because there just won't be enough straight jackets for us all.

If you want to join us, do give us a shout and we'll shout back even louder.

So long and thanks for reading, keep coming back for more.

We love you all.

-Your Crazy Buckets-

This Bucket is a Joke #1 - Sam & Dean go into a bar...

Apologies that that one is on Dean again.

Sam and Dean are both having a beer in a bar as they are relaxing from a hunt.

Eventually a guy walks into the bar with a box. He sits down, opens the box and out pops a Leprechaun. The man tells the bartender, "I want a Rolling Rock and a Purple Nurple for my buddy here."

Dean slaps Sam for his attention and smiles. “See! Told you Leprechauns do exist!”

Sam watches in disbelief as the Leprechaun drinks his shot, then starts running towards them sitting at the end of the bar end. He spits in Dean’s face, then runs back. Dean looks surprised and Sam looks equally confused.

The guy with the box says, "I'll have another Rolling Rock and another Purple Nurple for my buddy here."

After the Leprechaun drinks his shot, he again runs to the end of the bar and spits it in Dean’s face, then dashes back. Sammy can't help the giggling; Dean looks like thunder “What the f…” and wipes the Purple off his face.

The guy with the box orders another beer for himself and another shot for the Leprechaun. Again, after the Leprechaun drinks his shot, he runs down to the end of the bar. But this time Dean is waiting for him and he grabs the Leprechaun and holds him in the air, little legs kicking about.

Dean says, "If you spit in my face one more time, I swear I'm going to cut your little pecker off."

“Leprechauns don’t have peckers!” the little guy squeaks.

Dean looks confused then finds his words again, "If you don't have peckers, then how do you pee?"

"By spitting," says the Leprechaun.

-rewritten and posted by Nana-

Is Jensen Ackles stupider than a 5th grader?

My first Bucket goes out to Good News Week from Downunder.

Yes, Jensen Ackles can be one bucket of crazy all on his own and without the help of TV-brother and notorious goof-boy Jared Padalecki. Mind you, the equally crazy Aussie Paul McDermott isn't helping Jensen to keep a straight face either!

Good on ya, you crazy little chucklehead.




There is more; see if Jensen is stupider than a 5th grader, and watch him chuckle.

Goosey-Goosey, I say!


-posted by Nana-

One Bucket A Day

Here at Crazy Buckets we do out best to deliver you at least one bucket o' crazy a day, maybe more, maybe less, who knows, it's all a little crazy.

The crazy can be just about everything, even if it is a insignificant as making a cuppa, pouring the hot water in the cup, stirring the sugar a little, picking up the mug wondering why the colour isn't just as nice as it used to be, just to realise then that you forgot to put the damn teabag in in the first place!!!

Need it crazier than that? Then keep checking in daily or weekly or at least once every full moon if you happen to be a wereperson, as oppose to a werewolf.

Have a nice day and drive safely while reading this.

-Your Crazy Buckets-