In their own words: “hot”.
Stupidity
Video of the Day: The 1987 Dance Aerobics Championships
Video of the Day: Ambiguous film endings resolved
There’s nothing worse than a film with no closure. College Humour revisits some of cinema’s most ambiguous endings to tie up the loose ends.
Video of the Day: My boyfriend is the President
No, we don’t get it either … yet we can’t look away:
Crap you don’t need: the most stupid products ever invented
A definitive HuffPo list of the 15 stupidest products available for sale. Which is the most inane? Tinkles the toilet cat that hides under your toilet seat ready to scare your guests? Or the phallic shaped boob separator?
The world’s first Twitter-only gadget. Er, why?
Tech company Peek has created a hand-held gadget that only does one thing: tweet. For US$199, you can’t make phone calls, send SMS or check your email, but you can tweet on-the-go. Perfect for friendless geeks with no need for a real phone, we guess.
Video of the Day: Christopher Walken performs Lady Gaga’s Poker Face
Christopher Walken performs Lady Gaga’s modern classic Poker Face as it was surely originally intended — as a spoken word piece.
Video of the Day: Celebrity vampire reunion
A special Halloween Video of the Day today:
The world’s most famous vampires get together to settle their differences. But can the likes of Count Chockula and Angel ever really see eye-to-eye?
Ten great things that have happened behind TV reporters’ backs
Whenever a TV reporter does a “live report” from outside the studio, there’s a small but tantalising chance something hilarious will take place in the background. Buzz Feed rounds up those special moments.
Slacks, expresso and making love: words men should avoid
Esquire have released their list of the most overused and offensive words of 2009. The biggest culprits? Baby talk and sleazy speech. So no “tummy” and definitely no “panties”.
Newsweek’s cut-out-and-keep Halloween masks
Stuck for a Halloween costume this year? Newsweek makes some news-worthy suggestions and even provides masks you can print out and wear, including Balloon Boy, Bernie Madoff, Lady Gaga or, for a team effort, Kanye West and Taylor Swift.
The world’s stupidest special edition Monopoly sets
These things exist: Inflatable Monopoly, I Love Lucy Monopoly, Bass Fishing Monopoly… and those aren’t even the stupidest. What’s wrong with the original Scotty-dog-and-thimble edition?
Video of the Day: So your cat wants a massage?
It’s time for cat massage!
lol What’s an ETS? That’s when you turn your AC off, right?
Just when you think that all anyone is talking about is climate change, ETS, CPRS or Copenhagen, North Coast Voices reminds us that those are complicated terms.
Become a fan of Auschwitz
Because one’s social network can never be wide enough: Auschwitz is now on Facebook. Shock your friends with a newsfeed that says “[your name] is a fan of Auschwitz”. Then lock your doors.
Kellogg fights fake corn flakes — with lasers!
Cereal king Kellogg has decided to tackle the pressing issue of imitation corn flakes by using lasers to brand its authentic flakes with the company’s signature logo. Take that, black market breakfast cereals!
The Dow 10,000: as told in headwear
In what evidently passes for “fun” on Wall St these days, traders have taken to wearing commemorative caps to celebrate each time the Dow cracks 10,000. The WSJ has a great gallery of the wacky funsters and their stockmarket silliness.
Wanky food trends that need to end
Neil Perry can take his schmancy wagyu beef burger and cram it: the high-end burger fad has been well and truly over-cooked. Not to mention gourmet pizzas, having three types of salt on each table, the phrase “farm to table”, and other foodie fads Esquire can’t stomach.
Video of the Day: Walking 2000 invisible dogs
Pranksters Improv Everywhere hit the streets of Brooklyn with 2000 invisible dogs.
PHOTO GALLERY: Countries billionaires could buy
It’s not news that some of the world’s richest people earn more money than entire countries — but just which countries? Microsoft’s Bill Gates could buy Costa Rica, while Michael Bloomberg can only afford Zambia.
Laughing in the face of science: the Ig Nobel prize
In anticipation of next week’s Nobel prizes are the Ig Nobel prizes, rewarding “research that makes you laugh and then makes you think”. This year’s winners discovered that cows with names yield more milk, why pregnant women don’t tip over and whether knuckle cracking really leads to arthritis.
VIDEO: If Michelle Obama was a hamburger…
… she’d be a free range turkey burger with caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, ruby red tomatoes, crisp lettuce and garden herb mayo on a freshly baked wheat bun, served with an avocado shake. Introducing the “Michelle Melt”.
When board games hit the big screen
Television Without Pity looks at the long list of films based on board games that Universal has in the works — like Monopoly and Battleships — and makes a few suggestions of its own. Us? We’d like to see Aussie classic Test Match on the silver screen.
PHOTO GALLERY: Passive-aggressive kitchen notes
The Crikey bunker kitchen has seen its fair share of passive-aggressive post-its (because some people can’t wash dishes. You know who you are), but these ones take the cake. (Don’t really take the cake, though. IT’S MINE!)
The Italian Mafia’s new standover men: crocodiles
Because sometimes guys in suits carrying violin cases just aren’t scary enough: an Italian Mafia boss has been using a 1.7m crocodile to shake-down people for protection money.
Video of the Day: Hotdog diplomacy
Oscar Meyer wieners come 10 to a pack. Wonder Bread hot dog buns come eight to a pack. Can the two companies ever agree on a common number for each package?
