October 2014
October 16, 2014
Dog Factory
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 16, 2014 -
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Category: Movies, Technology, Dogs, 1900s
October 15, 2014
BLOCKHEAD CAB!
Went looking for a link to the song for a slow taxi comment and found this!
The weird thing is the taxi in the song NEVER comes!
Posted By: Tyrusguy - Wed Oct 15, 2014 -
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Slow Taxi
Need to get somewhere slow? The Turtle Taxi service, currently operating in Yokohama, promises to drive as slowly as possible. They'll even turn off the engine at red lights. The service is said to be popular with pregnant women, the elderly, and parents with sleeping children. [psfk.com]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 15, 2014 -
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Category: Transportation, Asia
Raffaella Carra & The Beatles
Best Beatles cover versions ever! The singer.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 15, 2014 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Pop Art, 1960s, 1970s
October 14, 2014
Painter of Nuts
Most people see peanuts as just something to eat, but artist Steve Casino sees them as a canvas. He paints them to look like celebrities. And one of his painted nuts costs anywhere between $300 to $1000. Check out more of his work at his website.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 14, 2014 -
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Category: Art
Feeling Nuts
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 14, 2014 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Medicine, PSA’s, Genitals
October 13, 2014
Empty Tank, Empty Head
Original article here.
Her obituary, curiously enough, makes no mention of this brush with fame.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 13, 2014 -
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Category: Education, 1980s, Cars, Brain Damage
Blaustein’s Hotel Soap Collection
Albert Blaustein had an impressive resume. He was a constitutional law expert who consulted on the national constitutions for over 14 countries. According to his wikipedia page, he was also editor of the 20-volume work Constitutions of the Countries of the World.But in his personal life, he pursued a more eccentric passion. He collected hotel soap. He started collecting it in 1942, and by 1988 he had some 1400 bars of soap from different hotels. (See the article below.) By the time of his death in 1994, he had amassed around 2500 hotel soap bars. Following his death, the entire collection was (according to the Philadelphia Inquirer) bought by a Ripley's museum in Texas for around $1500.
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Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 13, 2014 -
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Category: Collectors
October 12, 2014
Wrong Way
Frozen poop pills?!? Yes, that is what they are using to treat Clostridium difficile, or C diff, a bacteria that when over abundant in the bowel causes debilitating diarrhea. Samples of feces from a healthy donor with a good bacterial balance in the bowel are put in capsules that are acid resistant and frozen. The capsule is acid resistant so it will not dissolve before carrying the good bacteria to the intestines where it is needed. It is frozen to make it easier for the patient to swallow. The treatment has been very successful and that is great, but I have one word for the Doctors involved: suppositories!
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 12, 2014 -
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Category: Drugs, Diseases, Disease, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Wendys, the Musical
A few months back I posted about McDonalds, the Musical. In a similar vein, here's Wendy's, the musical employee training video.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 12, 2014 -
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Category: Restaurants, Video
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