11/19/2009
1991 National Beard and Mustache Competition [video]
The video below is from the 1991 National Beard and Moustache Championship. You probably wouldn't expect a crowd to go completely wild at facial hair competition, but you'll get way more than you expected if you stick around for the 2nd guy [video].So is the video real? From the beginning, we had our suspicions. The clip's grainy video noise is almost too perfect. So we contacted an expert.
"I suspect it's not real," said Phil Olsen, founder of the website Beard Team USA.
"The first time I saw the video was today... I don't recognize any of the people in the video. Nor had I ever heard of the National Beard and Moustache Championship held in Tacoma in 1991 until now. If there was such an event in Tacoma in 1991, I am surprised I had not heard of it before."
Alas, the beard cage is most likely a fake. But just in case you get some hairy inspiration, here's a menu of moustache styles:
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Alas, the beard cage is most likely a fake. But just in case you get some hairy inspiration, here's a menu of moustache styles:
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11/16/2009
Arrested Man Cries in Mugshot [video]
Say hello to 21-year-old Sean Sexton of Phoenix, Arizona. According to Police, Sexton was arrested for shooting out the windows of a check cashing store with an air rifle. Sexton also fired on Police when they were trying to apprehend him.
While being photographed for his mugshot, Sexton broke into tears. Sexton, a college student, was booked on suspicion of aggravated assault and felony criminal damage. Damage estimates $15,000 worth of damages.
VIDEO: Arrested Man Cries in Mugshot
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11/04/2009
Drunk Driver Calls Cops on Herself [video]
911 operators definitely get their fair share of calls from people observing drunk drivers on the road. However, it's not very often that a drunk driver calls 911 on them self.
In the 911 call [video], a Wisconsin woman named Mary Strey, called 911 and wanted to report a drunken driver. When the 911 dispatcher asked if she was behind the suspect vehicle, she replied "I am them."
She then followed the dispatcher's advice to pull over and turn on her flashers, telling him she had been "drinking all night long."
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10/26/2009
Stop Throwing Cheese Sign [pic]
Whatever happened to 'good' old-fashioned anti-neighbor vandalism? You know, toilet papering trees, throwing eggs, taking all the parking spots, throwing your dog's poop under their fence, etc.But cheese throwing!?
Isn't cheese a little expensive to be throwing around? What's next? Steak? Olives? Caviar?
10/09/2009
Dogs Home Alone [video]
When leaving the house for a few hours, this family always returned to a soaked pool deck and soggy backyard furniture. Were the neighborhood kids secretly using the pool while they were gone? That was the family's first guess but they could never catch them in the act. And if it was the kids, why didn't the dogs scare them off?
So one day the family decided to setup a hidden video camera before they left the house for the afternoon.
This is what they found on the camera when they got home. [video]
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10/05/2009
Woman Survives Tree Branch Through Neck [video]
Michelle Childers is lucky to be alive after a tree branch went through her neck during a drive through the Montana countryside.The incident occurred as Childers rode in the front passenger seat during a drive with her husband in a remote area along the Lochsa River. The couple rounded a blind curve too fast and a stray branch struck Michelle and pierced her through the neck. The couple then had to drive over an hour to a lodge to get medial attention.
In this video by Washington TV station KHQ, Childers describes an "explosion" of green and a "strange" pressure on her neck and shoulder, along with her confusion at her husband's sudden alarm.
WARNING: Some of the images in this video are graphic.
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9/19/2009
Ahoy darlin! It's Talk Like a Pirate Day.
"Ahoy darlin'! Prepare to be boarded!"
Have you noticed people randomly talking like pirates today? Are you wondering why several major websites have added pirate flags to their logos.Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The parody holiday was invented in 1995 by John Baur ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy") who proclaimed September 19th each year as the day when everyone should talk like a pirate.
For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello," but with "Ahoy, me hearty!" Here are a few Pirate Pickup Lines if you decide to hit the bars after work and want to go home with a mate:
10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?
9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?
8. Come on up and see me urchins.
7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.
6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.
5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?
4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?
3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.
2. Well blow me down?
1. Prepare to be boarded.
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3/31/2009
Girl Scout Cookies and Wolf Urine - WTF!
Ready for your WTF moment of the day? Go to Amazon.com and do a search for "girl scout cookies."It seems like an innocent enough search phrase right? What would you except to find after searching for "girl scout cookies"? Maybe some Girl Scouts related merchandise and perhaps some cookies? Nope. How about slutty adult Girl Scout outfits, vaginal surgical instruments and a 32 oz. bottle of wolf urine?
Amazon.com Search: "girl scout cookies"
Hopefully someone at Amazon.com will see this blog post and fix the search results soon. Here's a screenshot of the Amazon.com page just in case the search page is fixed before you read this article:
Last year we saw a similar incident where Barack Obama Halloween masks were listed on Amazon.com if you searched for the phrase "terrorist costume." Thankfully Amazon.com quickly stepped in and fixed that.
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3/30/2009
Honk! Honk! Die! - Goose Attack [video]
A fishermen and his dog thought they had found a nice quiet place to park their boat and cast their reel. But apparently the spot was already claimed by a crazy Canadian goose with a major bias towards Yellow Labrador Retrievers.Moments after pulling into their quiet fishing spot, the psycho goose jumps into the boat and starts attacking. In an attempt to save his dog, the fisherman places the goose on a nearby dock. But then the goose just jumps back into the boat and resumes his dog attack.
In just 2 minutes, the fisherman has to forcefully remove the goose 7 times from his boat. Unfortunately the poor dog gets the brunt of the bullying. Realizing that the goose won't stop attacking his dog, the fisherman has to flee the area and floors his boat in order to outrun their feathered attacker.
A video of the incident has already become a hit on YouTube and was even featured on the American TV show Inside Edition.
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3/23/2009
Rapping Flight Attendant [video]
After working 5 flights in one day, this Southwest Airlines flight attendant can't bare to recite the same boring passenger announcement one more time. So he raps it. Here's the video clip.
If you want to download this clip and convert for your iPhone, iPod or Apple TV, then check out this tutorial: How to Copy Videos Off YouTube.
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If you want to download this clip and convert for your iPhone, iPod or Apple TV, then check out this tutorial: How to Copy Videos Off YouTube.
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12/26/2008
How NOT to Ship a HDTV [pics]
Did you get a HD flatscreen TV for Christmas? Need to return it? Please do the exact OPPOSITE of what you see here. The person who packed up and shipped this HDTV must have been a professional... idiot. They might as well have shipped this HDTV using bricks and bowling balls for padding. For future reference, here's a photo tutorial on how NOT to ship a Plasma or LCD HDTV.
12/22/2008
Crystal Meth Makeover [pic]
12/18/2008
Classic Computer Ads [pics]
BoingBoing put together a complication of classic computer print ads from the 1970s and 1980s. If you've ever owned a classic computer or gaming system like a Commodore 64 or Atari, then you'll probably get a kick out of it.
PICS: Classic Computer Ads
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12/11/2008
Plaxico Burress Gun Safety PSA
So why did Plaxico Burress carry a loaded handgun into a nightclub a few weeks ago? The embattled Giants wide receiver reportedly said; he did it because was wearing expensive jewelry and carrying a lot of cash.
Whatever his reasons were, do yourself a favor and stay away from Burress. Based on the Gun Safety PSA video below, Burress attracts bullets faster than Visanthe Shiancoe's tight end equipment attracts the lenses of FOX cameramen.
Here's the Plaxico Burress Gun Safety PSA video. Enjoy :)
And while you're wasting time online watching videos, you might want to check out this clip from SNL: Plaxico Burress' Tips for Gun Ownership
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11/20/2008
Get Your Betty Ready [video]
It must be Sweeps time again because groomin' your private parts just went mainstream. KTLA, a local station in Los Angeles, recently did a news segment about the dying, waxing and shaping of female bikini lines. They called the segment "Getting Your Betty Ready."
VIDEO: Getting Your Betty Ready
Best quote: "Red and green... just in time for the holidays!"
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VIDEO: Getting Your Betty Ready
Best quote: "Red and green... just in time for the holidays!"
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11/03/2008
Most Beautiful Goat [pic]
Say hello to the winner of Saudi Arabia's first "Most Beautiful Goat" competition. Hundreds of Najdi goats and their owners from all over the Persian Gulf converged in Riyadh last week, hoping to win the prize for "Most Beautiful" male and female goat. Spectators were not only treated to spectacular views of Najdi goats, but were also serenaded by poets who recited verses in praise of the goats over loudspeakers.
Isn't she lovely?
Why? What's all the hype about? Najdi goats are the thoroughbreds of the goat world. Prize Najdi goats sell for more than $26,000 each. Plus, female beauty contests are banned in Saudi Arabia. Guys need to ogle over something right?
Unfortunately this might be the first and last goat beauty contest. In November 2007, an administrator at Saudi Arabia's school of Islam condemned camel beauty contests as evil and suggested those involved seek repentance from Allah. A condemnation of the goat beauty contest probably isn't far behind.
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Isn't she lovely?
Why? What's all the hype about? Najdi goats are the thoroughbreds of the goat world. Prize Najdi goats sell for more than $26,000 each. Plus, female beauty contests are banned in Saudi Arabia. Guys need to ogle over something right?
Unfortunately this might be the first and last goat beauty contest. In November 2007, an administrator at Saudi Arabia's school of Islam condemned camel beauty contests as evil and suggested those involved seek repentance from Allah. A condemnation of the goat beauty contest probably isn't far behind.
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10/27/2008
Barack Obama Halloween mask listed as Terrorist Costume on Amazon.com
What the hell is going on at Amazon.com? This morning we did a search for "terrorist costume" in the Apparel section. The search returned only 1 result: a Barack Obama mask.Amazon.com Search: "terrorist costume"
The word "terrorist" isn't used in the item's description or keywords. So the fault doesn't fall on the manufacturer. Obviously someone who works at Amazon has a hidden agenda and categorized the Obama mask under "terrorist" on their own.
Here's a screenshot of the Amazon.com page:
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10/09/2008
iPhone Cupcakes [pic]
Everyone loves cupcakes... even geeks. And what happens when a geeky guy gets together with a girl who loves to cook? For Nick and Danielle, the combination turned out to be a delicious and award winning set of iPhone interface cupcakes.For their entry into the Cupcake Decorating Championships, Nick and Danielle recreated 12 iPhone home screen icons as cupcakes: SMS, Calendar, Weather, Stocks, Calculator, Maps, Clock, Notes, Camera, Phone, Mail, and iPod.
Congrats again to Nick and Danielle. By the way, who even knew there was a Cupcake Decorating Championship?
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9/19/2008
Ahoy there matey. It's Talk Like a Pirate Day
Agrr. Do you know what today is? You might have noticed that several major websites have added pirate flags to their logos. Last year even Flickr.com got in on the pirate fun.That's right, today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The parody holiday was invented in 1995 by John Baur ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), of the United States, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.
For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello," but with "Ahoy, me hearty!" The date was selected because it was the birthday of Summers' ex-wife and consequently would be easy for him to remember.
Here are a few Pirate Pickup Lines if you decide to hit the bars after work and want to go home with a mate:
10 . Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?
9. Have ya ever met a man with a real yardarm?
8. Come on up and see me urchins.
7. Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.
6. I'd love to drop anchor in your lagoon.
5. Pardon me, but would ya mind if fired me cannon through your porthole?
4. How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?
3. Ya know, darlin’, I’m 97 percent chum free.
2. Well blow me down?
1. Prepare to be boarded.
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9/11/2008
Large Hadron Collider Didn't End The World - Yet
Whew! If you are reading this, then the world didn't end... yet.Yesterday the Europeans fired up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and started shooting protons down a 17 mile-long tunnel at the speed of light in a massive underground laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland.
Many people were outraged and understandably worried about the LHC tests. Any miscalculations or mistakes by the LHC scientists could hypothetically result in a doomsday scenario. What happens if the LHC rearranges the atomic nuclei of all matter on Earth? And a side-effect of the LHC is micro-sized black holes. What would happen if these tiny black holes slowly sucked away all matter on Earth over the next few hundred years? What happens if they make a big black hole? Opening up a black hole in the middle of the Earth would end life as we know it.
There are plenty of doomsday scenarios connected to the LHC and a lot of people are questioning if anyone has the right to conduct these potentially catastrophic tests. Former nuclear safety officer Walter Wagner has taken his concerns to U.S. court and is asking the U.S. Department of Energy, CERN, Fermilab, and the National Science Foundation "to ease up on their LHC preparations for several months while the collider's safety was reassessed."
There are a lot of unknowns and risks connected to the LHC. So why exactly are these scientists playing with proton beams? What does humanity stand to gain by their risks? The experiments taking place at the Large Hadron Collider hope to answer some of the biggest questions of modern science:
- Is the foundation of modern physics right or wrong?
- Are there extra dimensions of space out there that we haven't yet detected?
- What existed during the very first moment of the universe's existence?
- Why do some particles have mass while others don't?
- What is the nature of dark matter?
Just turning on the LHC yesterday didn't end the world, but don't rest easy just yet. The big Large Hadron Collider experiment takes place October 21st when scientists will aim 2 proton beams at each other and "see what happens" when they collide.
There are a couple live webcams at the LHC if you also want "to see what happens." Seriously, watch them for at least 30 seconds. These aren't your everyday webcams. ;)
These #LHC pricks better not destroy the planet. Switzerland, fine. Earth, no way. Can't the Euros travel to an abandoned galaxy before they start hosing each other down with doomsday proton guns?
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8/20/2008
Hurricane Fay vs. Kite Surfer
When there's a hurricane or tropical storm warning, most people will either seek shelter or leave town. On the opposite end of the specturm there are the thrill seekers... like this poor guy.He obviously thought it might be a good idea to try to kite surf the winds of Hurricane Fay. As you can see in the video below, a strong gust of wind blows the kite surfer out of the water, across the sand, over the highway and into a brick wall. He basically got owned by a hurricane. Ouch!
News reports say he's listed in critical condition. Let's just hope he isn't permanently paralyzed. Here's the video in slow motion if you want to see it again.
A kite surfer preps his board in the calm North Sea.
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6/24/2008
Yahoo Auto Resignation Tool
Tired of working at Yahoo!? Ready to resign? Then head on over to http://yahoorezinr.com. The site is a helpful tongue-in-cheek way to help current Yahoo employees expedite their resignation with simple and easy to use pull-down menus.
If you are at work, then be careful with some of the pull down menus. They aren't exactly safe for work.
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If you are at work, then be careful with some of the pull down menus. They aren't exactly safe for work.
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6/18/2008
Bumper Stickers Linked to Road Rage
As you make plans to take some weekend road trips this sweaty summer, a number of obstacles and annoyances await the average driver. Whiny kids, expensive gas, and traffic to name a few. But the most dangerous obstacle you face might be aggressive drivers.You can probably subdue the kids with a portable DVD player and maybe OPEC will ramp up oil production to help lower gas costs. But how do you protect yourself from road rage?
According to a study by Colorado State University social psychologist William Szlemko, there's a simple trick to avoiding road rage incidents: Stay away from cars with bumper stickers.
That's right. Szlemko's study found a link between road rage and the amount of personalized items on people's vehicles... including bumper stickers.
Drivers with personalized "territorial markers" like bumper stickers, custom stereos and window decals are much more likely to express some form of road rage like tailgating, middle finger salutes, honking or even throwing an ax.
Does the nature or tone of the bumper stickers matter? Does someone with a "Save the Earth" sticker on their bumper make them nicer and less likely to want a confrontation? No. According to the study, it doesn't matter if you have peace or anarchy symbols on your car. Any form of personalized territorial markers on a vehicle means that the driver will be more likely to display road rage towards another driver. Drivers with road rage tend to think of public streets and highways as "my street" and "my lane."
"The more markers a car has, the more aggressively the person tends to drive when provoked," Szlemko said.
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Labels: offbeat
5/22/2008
Chuck Norris Action Jeans [pic]
Here's a 1980s magazine ad for Chuck Norris' Action Jeans. The jeans were specially designed for "stunt fighting" and have a "unique hidden gusset which allows for greater movement without binding or ripping".WTF?
Anyway, what exactly is a "gusset"? We looked it up.
A gusset is a device, often triangular, used to reinforce a connection between two components. Gussets are commonly used in engineering, sewing, armour and Chuck Norris' pants I guess.
Digg.com user CiscoNoShut owned a pair of these "Action Jeans" back in 1981 and had this to say about the special "gusset" feature.
"I ordered the first pair back in 1981, they looked the same except they had a lace-up front instead of zipper and button or snap"
So let's review. What did we learn from Chuck today? Basically a gusset in the crotch of his jeans allows the wearer to do karate kicks without ripping a hole in the crotch or crushing your balls like regular jeans would. Because roundhouse kicks and ball crushing jeans are common problems any real man faces on a daily basis.
Here's a related article if you want to see more silly print advertisements: Ridiculous Ads from the 1930's
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4/27/2008
Embarrassing David Hasselhoff Photos [pics]
Back in the 1980's, David Hasselhoff was cool incarnate. His acting role in the hugely successful NBC TV series Knight Rider made him an international mega star. After Knight Rider was cancelled, Hasselhoff cashed in his International appeal for a Top 40 music career in Europe. But Hoff wouldn't deprive his American fans for long. In the early 1990's Hasselhoff came back to primetime with another TV show for NBC called Baywatch.Recently Hasselhoff has lent his talents to Broadway for Jekyll & Hyde, sat in as a judge on the reality show America's Got Talent and even had a cameo role on the 2008 TV version of Knight Rider.
After such a high profile career spanning over 3 decades, Hasselhoff has partaken in many a cheesy photo shoot. In Hoff's defense, most of the embarrassing photos were taken during the 1980's or in Europe. But many of these photos are very questionable and a few are actually quite disturbing.
See More: Embarrassing David Hasselhoff Photos
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4/25/2008
Terminator Karma Sutra [pics]
Fans of the the American TV series Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, might have noticed that TV version of John Connor has a very different kind of relationship with Cameron, his cyborg protector, than the Arnoldbot from the movies. Cameron even puts on nail polish in John's bedroom while they share secrets (season 1, episode 8).Is there some human/robot love in John Connor's future? If he needs help sparking a robot romance, maybe he should try some Cszar's Terminator pornography. Cszar posed and photographed his T-800 robots having sex in various positions before sharing them on flickr.com.
Cszar's flickr album is titled "Make Love Not War." It's basically the Terminator Karma Sutra. His family must be proud.
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4/24/2008
Kid Trapped Inside Claw Machine [video]
Ever play one of those Lucky Dip or "claw" games before? It's a game of chance commonly found in arcades or family restaurants. You use a joystick to maneuver a claw into position and then drop it and hope the claw grabs a prize. As a child, you probably wished you could reach your hand inside the machine and grab the toy you wanted right? Well this Australian kid managed to not only slip his hand inside... but his entire body.When the kid dug his way to the surface of all the stuffed animals he must have been excited. But that joy obviously turned to horror we he realized he was trapped. As you can see from the video, the kid is obviously terrified. Here's a video of the claw incident from Australia's Channel 9 news.
In the video, the reporter says security staff had to "dismantle" the Lucky Dip to get the boy out. Actually that statement was a little over-hyped. To "dismantle" the machine, all the security staff did was use a key and open the glass window. After all, how do you think they put more prizes inside the Lucky Dip? Have a little boy crawl in with a sack of stuffed animals?.
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4/22/2008
Japanese Elephant Urinal Cleaner [video]
Say hello to Dasubee - The Japanese Elephant Urinal Cleaner. To use Dasubee, just turn him on and back him into a dirty urinal (or maybe it's dirty urinals that turn him on). Dasubee will start scrubbing away and clean up all those urine soaked cigarette butts and that porcelain rim of random pubic hair.Here's a video of Dasubee in action.
I can't decide if I should add this to my album of useless Japanese inventions or not.
So the next time you are near a urinal in Japan, throw a few peanuts inside and give Dasubee the urinal elephant a treat. Because animal faces and bright colors make cleaning piss fun! ;)
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4/21/2008
Raw Meat iPod Cover
A Japanese company called Solid Alliance is selling an Apple iPod cover that's designed to look like RAW MEAT. It comes in a cellophane-and-Styrofoam package just like meat does. We've reviewed plenty of iPod/iPhone cases before, but this one gets bonus points for originality. I wonder what my dog will think.
iPod... It's what's for dinner?
More info at rakuten.co.jp and therawfeed.com
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iPod... It's what's for dinner?
More info at rakuten.co.jp and therawfeed.com
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3/20/2008
Fish with Human Teeth [pic]
This fish was caught in Lubbock, Texas in 2006.
It's not everyday that you see a fish with human looking teeth. In fact this fish probably could have used some braces.
Is this evolution at work? Very bizarre.
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It's not everyday that you see a fish with human looking teeth. In fact this fish probably could have used some braces.
Is this evolution at work? Very bizarre.
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Labels: offbeat
3/13/2008
Crazy European Paitnings... on truck!
Here are 7 pictures Of (European) semi-trucks whose trailers are decorated to look like the sides are missing. The products they are hauling are painted on the sides and back.
The first one is of a bottle of beer which looks so real, like it's coming out the side of the trailer.
........ A canvas tote bag.
........... Pepsi cases stacked on the ceiling, and it looks like the bottom of the trailer is empty.
...........the windshield facing the back and a driver has been painted in the driver's seat looking over his shoulder to appear like he's driving backwards.
........ An aquarium with fish swimming in it.
........a bookshelf with books lined up and a post-it-note with an advertisement, probably for the company that sells the books.
............ The last one is for Pringles-Hot & Spicy. The 'inside' of the trailer appears as though it has been through a fire.
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The first one is of a bottle of beer which looks so real, like it's coming out the side of the trailer.
........ A canvas tote bag.
........... Pepsi cases stacked on the ceiling, and it looks like the bottom of the trailer is empty.
...........the windshield facing the back and a driver has been painted in the driver's seat looking over his shoulder to appear like he's driving backwards.
........ An aquarium with fish swimming in it.
........a bookshelf with books lined up and a post-it-note with an advertisement, probably for the company that sells the books.
............ The last one is for Pringles-Hot & Spicy. The 'inside' of the trailer appears as though it has been through a fire.
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Labels: offbeat
2/05/2008
Croatian Smurfs Fail World Record Attempt
Last month, 395 Croatian men, women and children covered themselves in blue paint, dressed up as Smurfs and got ready to go down in history... as failures.The "Croatian Smurfs" had gathered in an attempt to smash the previous world record for "most Smurfs gathered together at one time."
Unfortunately due to a research error (possibly caused by Gargamel), their attempt was all in vain.
According to the latest, but out of date, Croatian printing of the Guiness World Records book, the record for most Smurfs gathered in one place was 291. With 395 Smurfs, the Croations thought they were sure to earn a new world record.However in 2007, a group of students at Warwick University beat them too it. The Warwick students had managed to round up a grand total of 451 Smurfs and according to Guiness, currently hold the world record.
They were close, but Croatians needed a little over 50 more Smurfs to beat the Warwick University record. Perhaps they should have contacted Guiness World Records before the attempt. I want to feel bad for them, but just seeing the the 2 words "Croatians" and "Smurfs" in the same sentence kind of freaks me out.
A somber spokesman for the Croatians had this to say: "We could easily have got more Smurfs, but we thought that over a hundred more than the American record... would be enough."
In case you've never heard of The Smurfs before, they are are a fictional group of small blue creatures who live somewhere in the woods. The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced Smurfs to the world in a 1958 Belgian magazine called Le Journal de Spirou. However, Smurfs are probably best known from the 1980s animated Hanna-Barbera Productions television series, The Smurfs (DVD).
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1/14/2008
Cambodia Toilets [pic]
Check out this warning sign from a public toilet in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Obviously people in Cambodia are not used to Western toilets.
Laugh all you want, but these signs are actually pretty important. If Cambodians use their "traditional method" on this style of toilet, they can slip and hurt themselves.
Wonder if they need to add a 2nd step to this diagram.
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Laugh all you want, but these signs are actually pretty important. If Cambodians use their "traditional method" on this style of toilet, they can slip and hurt themselves.
Wonder if they need to add a 2nd step to this diagram.
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10/18/2007
10 Stupid Bike Hacks [PICS]
Welcome to the world of bike modding, where bicyclists, with way too much free time on their hands, get creative and turn their two-wheelers into rolling works of art.
WARNING: Removing the seat can lead to serious injury.
Photo: Ryan McFarland
You can see more bike hack pictures on Wired.com.
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WARNING: Removing the seat can lead to serious injury.
Photo: Ryan McFarland
You can see more bike hack pictures on Wired.com.
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Labels: offbeat
10/08/2007
Alcoholic Dog Gets Statue in San Diego
San Diego, California may be full of bums these days, but there is one bum long overdue for high honors – Bum, the 19th-century town dog.
Owned by no one, Bum used to hang out at downtown San Diego restaurants and bars, where he became an alcoholic, addicted to beer and whiskey. A Chinese resident, Ah Wo Sue, nursed him back to health, and, eventually, his likeness appeared on dog tags and licenses.
The county Board of Supervisors sent Bum to County Hospital when he was crippled with rheumatism, and at his death in 1898, he received a public funeral paid for by pennies of the children of San Diego. He was beloved by children, who liked to ride on his back.
Now, over 100-years later, The Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation and San Diego-Edinburgh Sister City Society are building a bronze statue of the St. Bernard-spaniel mix that will be displayed in the Gaslamp Quarter section of downtown San Diego.
KNSD, the NBC station in San Diego, did a news report on Bum and his new statue. You can watch a video of the report here [Source: KNSD Widget]
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Owned by no one, Bum used to hang out at downtown San Diego restaurants and bars, where he became an alcoholic, addicted to beer and whiskey. A Chinese resident, Ah Wo Sue, nursed him back to health, and, eventually, his likeness appeared on dog tags and licenses.
The county Board of Supervisors sent Bum to County Hospital when he was crippled with rheumatism, and at his death in 1898, he received a public funeral paid for by pennies of the children of San Diego. He was beloved by children, who liked to ride on his back.
Now, over 100-years later, The Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation and San Diego-Edinburgh Sister City Society are building a bronze statue of the St. Bernard-spaniel mix that will be displayed in the Gaslamp Quarter section of downtown San Diego.
KNSD, the NBC station in San Diego, did a news report on Bum and his new statue. You can watch a video of the report here [Source: KNSD Widget]
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Labels: offbeat
9/19/2007
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Do you know what today is? You might have noticed that several major websites like Flickr.com have added pirate flags to their logos.That's right, today is "International Talk Like a Pirate Day." The parody holiday was invented in 1995 by John Baur ("Ol' Chumbucket") and Mark Summers ("Cap'n Slappy"), of the United States, who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate.
For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with "Hello," but with "Ahoy, me hearty!" The date was selected because it was the birthday of Summers' ex-wife and consequently would be easy for him to remember.
What's your pirate name? Find out here.
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8/22/2007
Largest Hand in the World [PIC]
Lui Hua can't play the Nintendo Wii or Guitar Hero. He really wants to, but he physically can't.... at least not yet. Why? Hua suffers from a rare condition known as macrodactyly. When he was hospitalized in Shanghai last month (July 2007), his left thumb measured 10.2 inches and his index finger measured close to 12.
From The Shanghai Daily:
On July 20 surgeons undertook a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu’s fingers and thumb. Doctors removed 11 pounds of flesh and bone in the procedure. A second surgery is scheduled to take place. Enlarged limbs can be caused by a number of medical conditions. Lymphedema is perhaps the most common cause and results in some extraordinarily enlarged limbs.
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From The Shanghai Daily:
"It was the biggest hand in the world," said Chen Zuliang, a hospital official. "Liu’s fingers stopped growing in recent years so plastic surgery was at last possible to correct the malformation."
On July 20 surgeons undertook a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu’s fingers and thumb. Doctors removed 11 pounds of flesh and bone in the procedure. A second surgery is scheduled to take place. Enlarged limbs can be caused by a number of medical conditions. Lymphedema is perhaps the most common cause and results in some extraordinarily enlarged limbs.
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7/11/2007
Naked Couple Killed In 50-Foot Fall While Having Sex on Office Rooftop
Police in South Carolina said the deaths of two people whose naked bodies were found on a Columbia street were accidental. Authorities said it appeared that the man and the woman, who were both 21, may have been having sex when they fell from the sloped roof of a downtown office building.
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6/06/2007
Oldest known mushroom found
An Oregon scientist and a Kentucky nurse have found the oldest known mushroom, entombed in a 100-million-year-old piece of amber from Burma.A closer examination of the nine-hundredths-inch-long mushroom cap revealed that it had been infected by an ancient parasite, which a second parasite was feeding on.
"I was amazed enough with the mushroom," said George Poinar, a retired entomology professor in Corvallis. "But then seeing the parasites was astonishing. No one has ever seen this three-tier association before."
Poinar, formerly of the University of California at Berkeley, said the mushroom was spotted about a year ago by Ron Buckley, a registered nurse and amber-fossil collector and photographer from Florence, Ky. Buckley sent the amber specimen to Poinar, who confirmed the discovery and found the two parasites.
"This shows how far back mushrooms -- and the parasites that infect them -- go," Poinar said. "They're similar to pinwheel mushrooms that grow on the bark of modern trees. They dotted the trees 100 million years ago, so they probably were tasty treats for the dinosaurs to nibble on."
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5/25/2007
Lazy Segway Mom [pic]
Wow, sometimes people are lazy. Here's a picture of a woman pushing her baby with a Segway. Besides being lazy, isn't that kind of dangerous? Because of the way the Segway works, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be able to reverse quickly or move out of the way with the stroller in case of an emergency.
Question of the Day: Should you need a license to drive a Segway, or a license to be a mother?
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Question of the Day: Should you need a license to drive a Segway, or a license to be a mother?
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5/15/2007
How NOT to Ship a HDTV [pics]
The person who packed up and shipped this TV must have been a professional... idiot. They might as well have shipped this poor HDTV using bowling balls or rocks as padding.
For future reference, here's a photo tutorial on how NOT to ship a Plasma or LCD HDTV.
More Photos: How NOT to Ship a HDTV
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For future reference, here's a photo tutorial on how NOT to ship a Plasma or LCD HDTV.
More Photos: How NOT to Ship a HDTV
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2/27/2005
David Hasselhoff's "The Magic Collection" CD Review
Does anyone who works at Amazon.com ever read the user reviews? I posted this tongue-in-cheek review of a David Hasselhoff CD on October 16, 2002. I expected it to be deleted immediately but almost 3 years later not only is the review still online, but so far 2 people have rated my review as helpful. Thank you guys, I'm honored... and scared.
The review is titled:
David Hasselhoff is musical magic personified....
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The review is titled:
David Hasselhoff is musical magic personified....
"David Hasselhoff is musical magic personified. This album just proves that he can do much more than just act. It's hard to believe that so many people in America have overlooked Hasselhoff's musical talents. Probably the most exciting track on this album is the Night Rocker [Extended Blaster-Mix]. The first time I heard this song I fell in love with it. I probably played it 20 times over and over again. I just close my eyes and dream of being behind the wheels of KITT from the TV show Knight Rider. I can smell burning rubber with the wind blowing in my 80's feathered chest hair while gently touching the turbo boost. Hasselhoff really knows how to capture the emotions of love and excitement in song. I'm still excited!" [Amazon.com]
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