Saturday, August 20, 2005

The Boy Is Back In Town

Philip Parris Lynott 1949 - 1986

A statue commemorating Phil Lynott, the greatest rocker ever, was unveiled in Dublin yesterday by his mother Philomena.

Phil and Philomena


A special Phil Lynott tribute concert is taking place tonight at The Point, Dublin. I wish I could be there.

Today would've been Philo's 56th birthday.

Regender

What would the world look like if the two sexes switched places?

What would it look like if English had genderless pronouns?

What would it look like if English identified races the way it identifies gender?

Language has power.

Spot The Fake Smile

Meet the Real-Life 'Ken' Doll

Bath Fiddle - The Ultimate Back Scrubber

Herbeau Creations Dagobert Throne Toilet

Buy An Acre On The Moon

Water Skiing Squirrel

Drug Suspect's Pet Squirrel Attacks Officer

Pilot flew wingless plane

For two hours.

With picture.

Woman Allegedly Attacks Tree Trimmers

UK Soldiers To Get Germ-Fighting Underwear

'Your back has been broken for 44 years'

Friday, August 19, 2005

Possibly The Strangest Thing You'll See All Day

I'm not mocking the afflicted here.

But, what the hell is this all about?

I'm not even sure if it's male or female.

Edit: There's information about the film here.

Roof Rack

Literal Answers to Rhetorical Questions

Would you like to swing on a star?

101 Things you do not want your System Administrator to say

Religion Facts

Just the facts on World religions.

The scent of burning rubber

Find Your Lost Golf Balls

With the Visiball.

Visiball glasses are equipped with a specially designed lens that blocks out the majority of the foliage and grass from your field of view.

Walk Sydney Streets

Alan, 91, walks every street in 172 suburbs of Sydney Australia.

You don't know excitement

Until you've seen the CornCam.

Hunter S. Thompson's remains to be sent off in fireworks

Johnny Depp is footing the estimated $2 million bill.

Oil workers trade in marriages for a job

Disabled Boy Thrown Out Of Cinema For Laughing Too Loud

The rest of his family were allowed to stay.

Beer for kids

Woman dressed as pint of beer banned from Edinburgh Fringe venues

Well, the ones that prohibit alcohol.

Eminem, exhausted or just too tired

Earlier in the week he called off his UK tour because of exhaustion.

Now it seems he's addicted to sleeping pills.

RIP Mo Mowlam

I don't have much truck with politicians of any persuasion, but Mo Mowlam was possibly the nearest thing there was to a real caring politician.

Very sad.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Access

Proverbs from 100 Countries and Cultures

Everyone is wise until he speaks.

100 Things to do when ordering a pizza by phone

Ruin your treasured vinyl collection

With a tiny, little VW camper van.

Weird Science

The Ultimate Secure Home

For Sale at $495,000.

Thank-you Edna



I hope this is true.

Farmer Looking for Lurve Writes Personal Ad in Cornfield

S.W.F Got-2 *heart* Farm'n.

Scientist scavenges through two Sydney dumps

Discovers porn magazines were the best preserved.

Women are more likely to cheat on men with odd ears

Man tries to help poisonous snake across the road

Ends up in intensive care.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

The Bangles

True Life Embarrassing Stories

Laugh at everyone else's misfortune.

I won't tell you about the time I was out on a boat fishing with friends when I theatrically flung out the anchor. Only to watch it sink ... followed by end of the rope, that wasn't attached to the boat in any way.

Oh.

Man builds his own Rocketbelt

Rather him than me.

Though, I think you'll have a chuckle at the video showing a stuck throttle valve.

It just needs the Benny Hill theme music in the background to make it perfect.

Nostalgic for the old days of UK Television?

Have a trawl through TV Cream.

There really is a lot of content on this site.

Catch burglars, thieves and animals effortlessly

With a Shooting Net.

Got any invisible donkeys you need removing?

These people can help.

Cat Mood Detector

Gas Thief Escapes on Tricycle



Speeding from the scene of the crime, a Chinese boy tows a floating plastic bag of stolen natural gas.

Confused lions 'hunt' small cars at Merseyside safari park

Eating champion wins 2 contests in 2 days

Apple may have to pay Microsoft £6 ($10) for each iPod it sells

Horse spoils Madge's 47th birthday

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Say Cheese

Bawdy Language Sex Puns Game

A bit like hangman, but with filthy language.

Click the link at the bottom of the page.

Will contain swearing.

The world's most expensive houses

You won't be finding mine here.

Search for mp3s on Google

The best thing since sliced bread

After 125 years of baking experience, Hovis now bring you the invisible crust.

Find love on the interweb

Serial lingerie pilferer caught in "string operation"

Good story, great mugshot.

Pee-powered battery smaller than a credit card

The battery is currently suited for use with disposable devices.

Mayor appeals to British tourists to stop stealing his F**king signs

Father & Son Win French Pig Squeal-Off

Nappy pervert on loose

Man builds Viking ship from 15 million ice cream sticks

Plans to sail it across the Atlantic.

Inmates tunnel into prison

30cm short of the main perimiter wall.

Man struck by lightning

For the fourth time.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Conversation Stopper

Don't Click It

How long can you resist the temptation to click your mouse button?

Lust of Bust

How long can you ogle your friend's girlfriend without being caught.

With thanks to Glenn.

For when you need a power nap

Poopsadaisy for Dogs

Bag of sh*te.

Or you can use it to store your mobile phone, wallet/purse and keys.

Gallery of Huge Beings

Researcher finds hippo sweat repels insects and prevents sunburn

'I haven't read a book in my life'

Says Victoria Beckham.

No surprise there then.

Username: ooops ... Password: ooops

Many thanks to the Grumpy Troll for pointing out the page had changed and for going to the trouble of finding these at BugMeNot.

Psychic's crystal ball burns down his flat

You'd have thought he'd have seen that coming.

Police block Motorway to pick up bear

Man gets 10 speeding tickets in 10 hours

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Walk On Water

The Red Square

The object of the game is to click on and drag the red square as long as is possible without it getting into contact with the blue shapes and the edge.

I can last milliseconds.

Many thanks to the Grumpy Troll.

The End Of The World

This'll brighten up your Sunday morning.

Contains swearing.

Many thanks to WifeMotherMe.

The Scribbler

Make a crude line drawing in under 30 seconds and The Scribbler turns it into a crude line drawing that looks like it took much longer to do.

Make your own comic strips

With the StripGenerator.

The Lord's Prayer

The LifeStraw – the invention of the century?

The LifeStraw is a personal, low-cost water purification tool with a life time of 700 litres – approximately one year of water consumption for one person. Positive test results have been achieved on tap, turbid and saline water against common waterborne bacteria such as Salmonella, Shigella, Enterococcus and Staphylococcu.

New invention allows humans to live forever

How To Type With One Hand

See previous post.

Actually, the guy that repairs my car only has one arm. Really.

Erotic images can turn you blind

I always thought it was something else.

England's highest mountain conquered by two-year-old