Animals
When Geese Attack!
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 21, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Violence
Drunken African Animals
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 19, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Africa
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers
As children, my sibs and I were utterly fascinated by this weird little book. We studied the drawing for hours. Now you can too, thanks to the magic of the internet!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 17, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Nature, Books, 1900s
Alice Redux
Posted By: Paul - Tue Apr 14, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Literature, Books, Fantasy, Parody, Weapons
Colored Easter Chicks
Apparently, if you inject dye into a living chicken egg, the chicks emerge colored.Read how to do it here.
Happy Easter!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 11, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Holidays, Easter
Tokyo Cat Cafes
You pay $9 for the privilege of spending an hour in a cafe begging some cats to pay attention to you. Apparently the concept has become very popular in Japan due to a combination of factors that make pet ownership difficult: people spend too much time at work, and many apartments have no-pets policies.As someone who owns a 15-year-old cat that insists on spending a large portion of her time every day sleeping in my lap -- and instead of trying to move her I've just learned to work around this -- I'm not really in a position to make fun of anyone else's weird cat-related behavior. If I didn't own a cat, and I lived in Japan, I'd probably be one of the people hanging out at the local cat cafe. (Thanks to Cassie Sperry for the link!)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Apr 09, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Cats
Human Hamster Balls
All future arguments on WU shall be settled by TRIAL VIA GIANT HUMAN HAMSTER SPHERES! Participants may purchase spheres here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 09, 2009 -
Comments (3)
Category: Animals, Games, Toys
Hippo Sweat Sunscreen
Would you slather yourself in hippo sweat to avoid sunburn? Even if you replied yes, perhaps you'd prefer that the unguent came in a tube, rather than straight off the back of a hippo.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 03, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Science, Body Fluids, Natural Wonders
Trunk Monkey
Perhaps not quite so funny since several deadly chimp attacks. Visit here for the history of this campaign.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 01, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Motor Vehicles, Advertising
New York City Driving—1928
I have no idea of the provenance of this material. Is that Buster Keaton or Harold Lloyd driving? Is that really Babe Ruth in the back seat? But I do know it's amazing.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 31, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Motor Vehicles, Movies, 1920s
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