swimming freestyle

World's biggest alarm clock

An entry to the "world's biggest" contest:

Jeez, looks like it could give you whiplash.

America rules, England sucks

Happy 4th of July.

'This is something we would advise men never to attempt'

Perhaps taking the whole "do it yourself" craze a little far, a British man was rushed to the hospital after attempting to circumcise himself with a pair of nail clippers.

The unnamed young man was taken to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, where he had the wound cleaned and disinfected.

He was kept in the hospital for observation.

"This is something we would advise men never to attempt," a medic told the Telegraph. "The results can be quite horrific and long-lasting and have quite an affect on a man's sexual performance. Using a pair of nail clippers must have caused excruciating pain, even if he had had a few drinks beforehand."  (Link)

 Uh, that goes without saying.

These guys have too much time on their hands

There must have been some serious editing going into the making of this video.  But it's pretty cool nonetheless.

Regrettable tattoos

From the "Gee, it seemed like a good idea at the time" collection.    

 

A smoking unicorn?

Now that's a legacy

It may also have something to do with living only 47 years

(via Popurls)

Pushing a coin through a table

Impress your kids.  Amaze your friends.  Confuse the dog.

Makin' babies

A time lapse video instruction guide for baby making. 

What? It doesn't work that way?

(h/t Boing Boing)

It's April Fools Day

I've always been a fan.  The best April Fools prank played on me was several years ago when I was given a message I needed to call Al LeFant as soon as possible.  The name wasn't familiar, but I dutifully called.  The city zoo answered and thought it was quite funny that I was such a knucklehead.

Here's several from the list of Top 100 April Fools Hoaxes of all time.

#20: The 26-Day Marathon
1981: The Daily Mail ran a story about an unfortunate Japanese long-distance runner, Kimo Nakajimi, who had entered the London Marathon but, on account of a translation error, thought that he had to run for 26 days, not 26 miles. Reportedly Nakajimi was now somewhere out on the roads of England, still running, determined to finish the race. Various people had spotted him, though they were unable to flag him down. The translation error was attributed to Timothy Bryant, an import director, who said, "I translated the rules and sent them off to him. But I have only been learning Japanese for two years, and I must have made a mistake. He seems to be taking this marathon to be something like the very long races they have over there."

#15: Metric Time
1975: Australia's This Day Tonight news program revealed that the country would soon be converting to "metric time." Under the new system there would be 100 seconds to the minute, 100 minutes to the hour, and 20-hour days. Furthermore, seconds would become millidays, minutes become centidays, and hours become decidays. The report included an interview with Deputy Premier Des Corcoran who praised the new time system. The Adelaide townhall was even shown sporting a new 10-hour metric clock face. The thumbnail (found at TelevisionAU.com) shows TDT Adelaide reporter Nigel Starck posing with a smaller metric clock. TDT received numerous calls from viewers who fell for the hoax. One frustrated viewer wanted to know how he could convert his newly purchased digital clock to metric time.

#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity
1976: The British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on BBC Radio 2 that at 9:47 AM a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur that listeners could experience in their very own homes. The planet Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment that would counteract and lessen the Earth's own gravity. Moore told his listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment that this planetary alignment occurred, they would experience a strange floating sensation. When 9:47 AM arrived, BBC2 began to receive hundreds of phone calls from listeners claiming to have felt the sensation. One woman even reported that she and her eleven friends had risen from their chairs and floated around the room.

#8: The Left-Handed Whopper
1998: Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a "Left-Handed Whopper" specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, etc.), but all the condiments were rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of their left-handed customers. The following day Burger King issued a follow-up release revealing that although the Left-Handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to request the new sandwich. Simultaneously, according to the press release, "many others requested their own 'right handed' version."

Have some fun today.

Don't get stuck at Franz Kafka International Airport

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