Apr
15
2010
0

Frankly, this idea’s a bit hard to stomach.

Whoever said that the world had run out of unique marketing ploys for the alcohol sales industry clearly hadn’t heard of The Rectum Bar in Vienna.

Presumably this is the only place on the planet you can still buy Watney’s Red Barrel.

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Mar
29
2010
2

Girl solving Rubik’s cube, balancing books on her head, and reciting 100 digits of Pi

I’m pretty sure this is the perfect woman.

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Mar
04
2010
1

They must REALLY like cheese.

Footage from 2009’s Coopers Hill Cheese Rolling race in Gloucestershire.  Why on earth anybody would do this is a complete mystery.

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First prize is winning the cheese.

Second prize is £5.

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Feb
11
2010
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70 percent of the time, it works every time

No, not Sex Panther – it’s the genuine scent of Old Spice.

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Bam!

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Oct
06
2009
1

Dude, you need to give it a little more gas…

Footage of a Russian IL-76 taking off – it’s a little slow to get started (both metaphorically and actually), but it’s quite something to witness all the way through.

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According to wikipedia the maximum takeoff weight of one of these puppies fully laden is 157 tonnes.

[courtesy of Sir Sydney of Muswell Hill]

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Sep
24
2009
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Let it never be said that the London Bus has a limited turning circle

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Sep
20
2009
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OK. Who farted?

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Which reminds me, it’s about time for another tube strike.

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Sep
10
2009
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Sep
03
2009
1

That’s it, call the UFOs. I want off this planet.

Seriously, if people like this ever get in charge, I want off.

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“We as a nation have got to ask ourselves what the hell is going on”.  I’d add a phrase to that sentence: “with our education system”.

Oh wait, there’s more…

There’s an enjoyable bit of sarcastic response smackdown from a 13 year old (although the first 24 seconds could have very much been summarised into one sentence):

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And then we see the value in adding a soundtrack:

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Nope, still dumb.

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Aug
06
2009
0

Is fixed!

Clearly contemporaries of the bloke who fixed the broken window of my Indian hotel room by sticking 3 sheets of newspaper over the top of it with masking tape: The bewildering hackery/kludgery of ThereIFixedIt.com
fixed4fixed1fixed2fixed3[thanks for that Shags]

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