BBC NEWS - Car lands in home’s upper floor
Almost like a video game where a car cartoonishly goes flying…
Make sure you follow the link on the top image to see the slideshow of the path of destruction. I still don’t see how it crashed into the top floor instead of the ground floor… unless it was moving sooooo fast that it used the tree or something else as a ramp.
Things to do when you’re bored - a bumper list of pointless timewasters
Oh, this is going to be fun. Now all I need is a victim…
(rubs hands together gleefully)
MSNBC - Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes
If you are at all squeamish, don’t go to the above link. Apparently, researchers were transporting a dead whale through the streets of Tainan when gases inside the whale built up and, um, exploded.
I keep picturing the scene in Monty Python’s Meaning of Life where the obese man explodes after a ‘wafer thin mint’…
Icelandic “Iceman” grabs shark to save men
I’m sure someone in Hollywood is already contemplating a movie treatment about this guy but Captain Sigurdur Petursson,
“…, known to locals as “the Iceman”, ran into the shallow water and grabbed the shark by its tail. He dragged it off to dry land and killed it with his knife.”
We aren’t talking about a itsy bitsy shark here. The chomper in question weighed in at 600 pounds! On top of that, he caught it with his bare hands. For those of you not aware, a shark’s skin has very sharp scales that point in the opposite direction of travel. These scales can slice up a hand if slid the wrong way.
I think we have found someone tough enough to replace Arnold as the Terminator. He probably has a cool accent too…
New York Daily News - Home - He dies before court date in St. Pat’s s*xcapade
“A man who was expected to plead guilty yesterday to having s*x in St. Patrick’s Cathedral will have to answer to a higher authority.”
What an opening line for a news story. A man DIED. What he did prior to it doesn’t give anyone the excuse of mocking him and God.
It’s funny, but it is rude and uncalled for. Unfortunately, this ‘journalist’ reflects the media in general in that she can’t tell entertainment and commentary from reporting.
The disappointing bit is that the opening sentence can be dropped from the story and the rest of the story is well written and appears to be accurately reported.
[This post has been edited so that it doesn't trigger the filter at my friend's work]
Ananova - Ban on Russian ads depicting euro rodgering the dollar
WARNING - Probably not work safe or child safe (Unless you want to answer some facts of life questions)
If this picture was animated, well, I’d still be laughing. Definitely worthy of Edmund Blackadder. I wonder if the Bishop of Bath and Wells was involved… the dollar looks slightly like Percy.
So…
I’m working late this evening (normal occurence) and I’ve got the ol’ MP3 player running. Up comes The Offspring with their ode to a lack of ‘Self Esteem’. Funny, poignant and far too true.
Now, the next song in the random rotation is Marc Cohn’s ‘True Companion’.
I’m serious! Random rotation on a shuffled playlist brings up to two most diametrically opposed songs in the playlist! (Wow… big words there. Hope I used them right…)
Nothing earth-shattering here, but it sure made me smile and wonder.
UPDATE: Not quite as stunning, but quite funny is the pairing of Puddle of Mudd’s “She Hates Me” with Kenny Loggins’ “House at Pooh Corner”. Gotta love random events…
[Now Playing: "Bruce's Philosopher's Song" by Monty Python]
Power from blood could lead to ‘human batteries’ - smh.com.au
After reading this article, all I could think about was the movie ‘The Matrix’ where the machines are using humans as a power source. (If this spoils the movie for you, you need to get out more).
malevole - Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?
I’m all for unusual or weird quizes but this one is more unusual than most. From the website, “Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? Try to work out which of the following spent their time hacking computers and which preferred hacking away at corpses instead.”
The eerie part is that the flash animation has some shadows that move about after a minute or so… just enough to catch out of the corner of your eye. Very creepy.
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This just reminds me of Rimmer on Red Dwarf and his ‘tension sheet’ invention. Well, that and Lister stealing his invention… go Lister!