Monday, 13 August 2012

Entertainment stuff from the fortnight 30/7 - 12/8/12

A shot of the sleeping quarters for Red Dwarf X
http://ganymede.tv/atspeed/2012/08/and-i-get-the-bottom-bunk-the-big-bunk

Amazing nominative determinism!
http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/amazing-nominative-determinism/

And what kind of guy does equastrian sports? You can guess it...
http://i.imgur.com/Vy8Ad.jpg


..and Jesus in a tree stump :D
http://doubtfulnews.com/2012/08/this-image-has-us-stumped/

Hey, Olympic Taekwondo-ers - this is how you *should* be doing it :-D
http://humour2.bluehaze.com.au/files/20120321_the_most_intense_taekwo.mp4

Curiosity killed the cat!
http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/post/29220315536/dendroica-curiosity-killed-the-cat

The marvelous Ames' Window illusion:
http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/fool-your-eyes-right-now/

World’s largest anamorphic illusion?
http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/worlds-largest-anamorphic-illusion/

Batman Equation - Numberphile
(It's not what you think!)
http://youtu.be/M-yAgyrzGdo

[video] 'William Shatner and Wil Wheaton narrate new NASA Mars Curiosity Rover video'
http://phys.org/news/2012-07-william-shatner-wil-wheaton-narrate.html
I prefer the Shatner version, myself :)
http://skepticalteacher.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/kirk-inspirational-awesome.jpg

'Impossible Helicopter'
How it can be flying, when its blades aren't turning? Gaaaaaaaah?!? ;-)
http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/impossible-helicopter/

Possible jetpack. And water-powered:
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-birds.html

'Ten of the silliest Tweets from #Olympics ceremony'
http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/07/28/six-of-the-silliest-tweets-from-the-olympics-ceremony/

'The Queen's 16 Most Excited Faces Of The Opening Ceremony'
It's not an efficacious argument against monarchism, but she is a grumpy old bitch!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-queens-16-most-excited-faces-of-the-openi


Alliterary Body-Part of the Week: Pearly Penile Papules
http://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/conditions/pearly-penile-papules/

Rejected Acronym of the Week: Cambridge University National Trust Society (work it out for yourself) :P


Jokes:

Mary: "My last boyfriend said he fantasised about having two girls at once."
Jill: "Yeah, most men do. What did you tell him?"
Mary: "I said, 'If you can't satisfy one woman, why would you want to piss off two?'"

I prefer to describe myself as a "Contemporary Anthropological Interactive Observer" because it has just the right amount of flair.
Besides...."stalker" is such an ugly word.

The young novice nun soon realized that the absence of sex in the convent was a problem. She confessed to Mother Superior that it was unhealthy and she was restless.
"Comfort yourself with a candle," she was advised.
"I've tried that," she said, "But you get tired of the same thing, wick in and wick out."


'Nocturnal: Scenes from the Southern Night'
An award-winning sky-lapse video using footage shot from Western Australia and Chile
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120806.html

The “trouser snake”: Bizarre amphibian found in Brazil
http://doubtfulnews.com/2012/08/the-trouser-snake-bizarre-amphibian-found-in-brazil/

The tale of the tortoise and the hare 2.0
http://humour2.bluehaze.com.au/files/20120323_image001.jpg

Do they not actually do any work at Google any more? Their new London HQ's been made out like a hotel!
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670431/google-s-quirky-new-london-hq-fit-for-mr-bean#3

[video] Take a tour around the Kennedy Space Center on Google Maps:
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-virtual-kennedy-space-center-google.html

Even people at the MDA are human, LOL
'Missile Defense Agency tells employees to stop watching porn at work'
http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/2/3214589/pentagon-missile-defense-agency-internet-porn-security

Russell Howard's Good News : The Daily Mail 'Everything Gives You Cancer' Song
http://youtu.be/4abk9fd_lR4

Got a niggling superstition that's causing you gip? Go to the Friggatriskaidekaphobia Treatment Center, and have yourself a check-up:
http://www.friggatriskaidekaphobia.com/

The Red Green Show ~ More Power with a porcelain carburettor
http://videos2view.net/more-power.htm

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