Piecost.Net » Bemusing http://www.piecost.net Procrastisurfing by exspurts. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:24:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Frankly, this idea’s a bit hard to stomach. http://www.piecost.net/2010/04/frankly-this-ideas-a-bit-hard-to-stomach/ http://www.piecost.net/2010/04/frankly-this-ideas-a-bit-hard-to-stomach/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:44:53 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1146 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.

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2010/04/frankly-this-ideas-a-bit-hard-to-stomach/feed/ 0 Girl solving Rubik’s cube, balancing books on her head, and reciting 100 digits of Pi http://www.piecost.net/2010/03/girl-solving-rubiks-cube-balancing-books-on-her-head-and-reciting-100-digits-of-pi/ http://www.piecost.net/2010/03/girl-solving-rubiks-cube-balancing-books-on-her-head-and-reciting-100-digits-of-pi/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:51:14 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1143 I’m pretty sure this is the perfect woman.

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]]> http://www.piecost.net/2010/03/girl-solving-rubiks-cube-balancing-books-on-her-head-and-reciting-100-digits-of-pi/feed/ 2 They must REALLY like cheese. http://www.piecost.net/2010/03/they-must-really-like-cheese/ http://www.piecost.net/2010/03/they-must-really-like-cheese/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:27:45 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1135 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.

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2010/03/they-must-really-like-cheese/feed/ 1 70 percent of the time, it works every time http://www.piecost.net/2010/02/70-percent-of-the-time-it-works-every-time/ http://www.piecost.net/2010/02/70-percent-of-the-time-it-works-every-time/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:33:25 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1127 No, not Sex Panther – it’s the genuine scent of Old Spice.

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Bam!

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2010/02/70-percent-of-the-time-it-works-every-time/feed/ 0 Dude, you need to give it a little more gas… http://www.piecost.net/2009/10/dude-you-need-to-give-it-a-little-more-gas/ http://www.piecost.net/2009/10/dude-you-need-to-give-it-a-little-more-gas/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:31:43 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1080 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]

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2009/10/dude-you-need-to-give-it-a-little-more-gas/feed/ 1 Let it never be said that the London Bus has a limited turning circle http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/let-it-never-be-said-that-the-london-bus-has-a-limited-turning-circle/ http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/let-it-never-be-said-that-the-london-bus-has-a-limited-turning-circle/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:52 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1070 Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/let-it-never-be-said-that-the-london-bus-has-a-limited-turning-circle/feed/ 0 OK. Who farted? http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/ok-who-farted/ http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/ok-who-farted/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:57:50 +0000 daveywavey http://www.piecost.net/?p=1060 Click here to view the embedded video.

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

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/ok-who-farted/feed/ 0 Isn’t dat veeeeeeeird? http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/isnt-dat-veeeeeeeird/ http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/isnt-dat-veeeeeeeird/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:27:43 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1042 knuffeltje

[nice one Paul]

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/isnt-dat-veeeeeeeird/feed/ 0 That’s it, call the UFOs. I want off this planet. http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/thats-it-call-the-ufos-i-want-off-this-planet/ http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/thats-it-call-the-ufos-i-want-off-this-planet/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:00:41 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=1038 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.

]]> http://www.piecost.net/2009/09/thats-it-call-the-ufos-i-want-off-this-planet/feed/ 1 Is fixed! http://www.piecost.net/2009/08/is-fixed/ http://www.piecost.net/2009/08/is-fixed/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:47:47 +0000 piecost http://www.piecost.net/?p=994 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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