Category Archives: weird
April Fools everywhere
April Fools Day is fast becoming the day to hide from the Internet. Google alone does about four different pranks across their properties, which though often funny, are never particularly believable. Everywhere you look, sites do mystery redesigns, Tweets are … Continue reading
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Like the weather hasn’t been weird enough…
After all the hot weather, then the fires, today and tonight there have been loads of storms. All over the state really, but it poured rain at about 6.30pm, then about 10 the lightning hit, and more rain. Honestly, it’s … Continue reading
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Sesame Street rap
Great video I found on Boing Boing… Showing the power of good editing: Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo.
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Now this is the Playboy cover I never expected
Now I mean, obviously it’s a bit of PR both for Playboy and The Simpsons… but damn, it’s an amusing piece And the question is,will it turn you on at all? Apparently there’s three more pages of pictures inside, so … Continue reading
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Crazy Weather
It was raining and crap when I left home this morning. When I got to work it was still crap. By mid-morning it actually looked OK outside. When I went for a walk at 1.30pm it was suddenly clearing, quite … Continue reading
Something I did in November
Did a funny thing last month… I grew a moustache. This is how I managed to look by the end of it: Major facial hair has never been my thing, but I essentially got baited into it by workmates. It’s … Continue reading
How long until this is the basis for a movie?
Science probe for ‘space pistols’ “Given pride of place in an unassuming museum on the East Coast of America is a pair of 200-year-old duelling pistols shrouded in mystery. The intricately decorated guns were said to have been forged from … Continue reading
Best headline in ages
Great tits cope well with warming (Hint: It’s not even remotely what it sounds like!)
‘Ask Zawarhi’ — apparently not a joke
Noticed this piece in the news today … at first I was sure it was an April Fool’s Day joke, then I saw it was reported in December initially, and posted here on April 2 anyway. Anyway … “Ask Zawarhi” … Continue reading