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- Man Sues Airline after It Flies Him to Grenada Instead of Granada
- Children React to Fireworks
- The Birthday Cake
- Watch Plastic Litter Become A Pair Of Shoes
- Beautiful Choral Expression of Fathers and <i>Frozen</i>
- Strange Entertainment Industry Job - Gimpsuited Green Screen Fluffer
- ISS World Cup Wager
- Orwell's Animal Farm as Illustrated by Ralph Steadman
- Dangerously Fun Cliffside Slip 'N Slide
- 8 Old Wedding Traditions You Didn't Know Existed
- Strike it Up
- Banker’s Math
- Glove and Boots Take on Clickbait
- Times Square Officials Calling For A Real Life Superhero Registration Act
- The Wolf Of Gilligan's Island
- Paper Mountains
- Ask a Scientist: Would Cannibalism Make You Fat?
- Terrible Taxidermy, Now With Appropriate Slogans!
- No Nose Gear Vertical Landing
- 10 Strangely Specific Apology Cakes
- Ewok Lips
| Man Sues Airline after It Flies Him to Grenada Instead of Granada Posted: 29 Jun 2014 04:00 AM PDT
On the left, you can see Grenada, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea. On the right is Granada, a province in southern Spain. They're about 4,000 miles apart. Last September, Edward Gamson, a dentist from Maryland, was in Portugal for a conference. He got to the conference early, so he thought that he'd take a quick trip to Granada in Spain. He called a travel agent and asked for a ticket to Granada. Gamson boarded a British Airways flight. After takeoff, he noticed that the plane was not heading west. He asked a flight attendant why the plane wasn't going in the right direction. He says that the flight attended responded, "Spain? We're going to the West Indies." After three days of difficult traveling, Gamson made it back to Portugal. He blames British Airways for the debacle, so he's suing. NBC News reports:
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| Posted: 29 Jun 2014 02:00 AM PDT Adults usually have an opinion on fireworks. They may be apathetic and think the production isn't worth the crowds, bug bites and chance for accidents. They may be excited to see the show every year, hoping for the biggest booms and brightest colors. Perhaps they can't stand their redneck neighbor and the last fireworks party his family threw when he got out of jail. Whatever the reaction, its a buildup of all experiences with fireworks they've had previously. |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT We know that T. rex had short arms, but evidence is mounting that they also had very small brains. And yeah, they weighed a lot. This is the latest comic from Doghouse Diaries. |
| Watch Plastic Litter Become A Pair Of Shoes Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT People are doing lovely things with trash these days, and whether you call it junk, garbage, rubbish or recyclable material it’s most likely something that can be upcycled and given a new life. Composting, paper pulping, reusing bottles both glass and plastic in numerous ways are just a few quick examples of what people can do with their trash besides send it off to the landfill. However, I bet you never thought of turning that plastic junk into a pair of shoes! That’s exactly what the three guys behind Your Shoes Are Rubbish, namely Charles Duffy, William Gubbins, and Billy Turvey, have done with plastic litter they collected along England’s coasts and the banks of the Thames river, creating a rather cool looking pair of paint splattered low top sneakers out of the plastic waste: Our shoes may not be made out of rubbish yet, but someday soon this will be one more use for recycled plastics, and another eco-friendly way to create rubber from our everyday trash. -Via Gizmodo |
| Beautiful Choral Expression of Fathers and <i>Frozen</i> Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:00 PM PDT I'm a father of two Frozen-age little girls. They loooooove Frozen. They sing the songs and play imaginative games that they invent about the characters. It can be amusing at times. My girls have become quite proficient in singing "Let it Go" and "Do You Want to Build a Snowman." That's because they practice all of the time. All. Of. The. Time. At first, dads can really get into the Frozen phase. But it can become tiring. My suggestion: actually watch the full movie. That's what I did about two weeks ago. It's pretty good. In this beautifully written and performed song, Ryan O'Quinn and Todd Wilkerson adapt to the Frozen lifestyle. The video starts out slow, but it picks up into a grand musical display. -via 22 Words |
| Strange Entertainment Industry Job - Gimpsuited Green Screen Fluffer Posted: 28 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT There’s a gloriously anonymous job in the entertainment industry which combines a love of film with a love of gimping, or green manning if you're from Philadelphia, and leaves some of the on-screen talent identity free for eternity. The job is affectionately referred to by some as "gimpsuited greenscreen fluffer", and it’s their job to keep that hair flowing “naturally”, or Superman's cape fluttering, during filming: If you already have a chroma key green suit hanging in your closet you might as well get suited up and wander around a few Hollywood lots until someone offers you a job, or tells you to get back to work, because this is probably what you were destined to do for a living! -Via Boing Boing |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 08:00 PM PDT The crew aboard the International Space Station now consist of two Americans and one German, so the astronauts were particularly interested in the World Cup game between the US and Germany. Alas, Germany won the game, although because of a strange formula involving other games, the US did advance to the final 16. But a bet is a bet. And while I would have liked to have seen Alexander Gerst with a US flag painted on his head, watching Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman get their heads shaved, with the help of a vacuum hose, is a sight to see. -via Digg |
| Orwell's Animal Farm as Illustrated by Ralph Steadman Posted: 28 Jun 2014 07:00 PM PDT British illustrator Ralph Steadman has been featured previously on Neatorama (specifically, for his Alice in Wonderland artwork and his book The Little Red Computer). Showcased here are some of Steadman's striking illustrations for George Orwell's fusion of "political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole," his 1945 classic Animal Farm. "The chief danger to freedom of thought and speech at this moment is not the direct interference of … any official body. If publishers and editors exert themselves to keep certain topics out of print, it is not because they are frightened of prosecution but because they are frightened of public opinion. In this country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face." Via Juxtapoz |
| Dangerously Fun Cliffside Slip 'N Slide Posted: 28 Jun 2014 06:00 PM PDT When slipping and sliding across your lawn no longer offers the thrills it did when you were a kid it's time to move on to something more elaborate, and much more dangerous. If you happen to have a cliff nearby, one that hangs nearly fifty feet above a body of water, then you've got the perfect platform for a life changing experience- cliffside Slip 'N Slide! A death defying dude who calls himself Devin Supertramp set up a slippery slide on a cliffside high above Lake Powell, and he invited a few friends along to risk their necks to make this cringe inducing video: It looks like a fun idea that will soon take a turn for the tragic when someone breaks their neck on the side of the cliff, but young Mr. Supertramp probably only has one thing on his mind as he launches into the water- YOLO! -Via Geekologie |
| 8 Old Wedding Traditions You Didn't Know Existed Posted: 28 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT
Most of the elaborate traditions served to highlight how important and permanent the marriage bond is, in one way or another. Read about wedding customs of the past from Colombia, Russia, Abyssinia, Sweden, the Netherlands, and America at mental_floss. |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT This video of upward lighting strikes is from the Storm Channel on YouTube; it was originally broadcast on Discovery's Raging Planet. Theories regarding the cause and physics of this natural phenomenon are briefly discussed within, although the lightning footage is the "highlight." Via Unique Daily. |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT It’s nice to see that a dollar is worth 120¢! This breakdown is sourced from the American Banker’s Association Education Foundation, although they would probably blame the graphic on Gannett News Service. |
| Glove and Boots Take on Clickbait Posted: 28 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT I'll be honest with you: this video will not blow your mind, nor be the best part of the day. If I ever post anything that becomes the best part of your day, you need to re-assess the major decisions that you've made over the course of your life. Are you tired of misleading or emotionally overcharged headlines that encourage you to click on a link? Do you see sites offer deliberately and ridiculously contrarian perspectives (AKA #SlatePitches)? So are the puppets in this Glove and Boots video. They compare the practice with the fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. I will occasionally say that an item is "awesome" or "spectacular" or, more rarely, refer to a posted item as "the neatest thing I've seen all week" because I think that it is. But I don't do it often because that is a currency that depreciates if used too frequently. Yet let me say this in defense of clickbait: it appears to be a commercially successful model. As far as I can tell, it gets clicks and earns revenue. -via Huffington Post |
| Times Square Officials Calling For A Real Life Superhero Registration Act Posted: 28 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT (Image Via Gawker) In a recent example of real life playing out like the plot of a comic book, officials in New York are about to make the Superhero Registration Act a real life thing…for Times Square characters. (Image Via In Other News) After years of reported problems with the superhero clad busker types who hang around Times Square posing for money, culminating in the recent arrest of "Spider-Man" for allegedly groping a tourist, heads of the Times Square Alliance are proposing a law requiring all street performers, especially wanna-be superheroes, to be licensed and regulated by the New York state government. So it’s kinda like the comics, only the superheroes in this instance don’t have any powers, and this most certainly won’t lead to a Marvel Universe divided via the Civil War, although there may be a new batch of outlaw superheroes wandering the sidewalks of Times Square in the near future... -Via ComicsAlliance |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT Thurston Howell III, tycoon, billionaire, stock market player, cocktail aficionado, yacht club member, and castaway. Who better to play The Wolf of Giligan’s Island? You know, if it were up to him, the place would be named Howell’s Island. This parody of The Wolf of Wall Street trailer is brought to you by vkmtvstudios. -via Tastefully Offensive |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT You'd be forgiven if you thought that these amazing photographs by Brendan Austin were rugged mountain landscapes. They are actually crumpled paper. In his aptly titled photo series Paper Mountains, Austin wrote:
View more at Brendan Austin's official website. |
| Ask a Scientist: Would Cannibalism Make You Fat? Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT
In his later years, Hannibal Lecter was a bit pudgy. Was it because of his diet? Possibly. Daniel Engber of Popular Science approached Dr. James Cole, a scholar on human origins at the University of Brighton. He asked Cole how nutritious it would be to eat an entire human body--minus the skeleton, of course.
There's a lot of fat the human body, so you'll want to shop for dinner carefully. It will also be important to control portions--just like any other diet. |
| Terrible Taxidermy, Now With Appropriate Slogans! Posted: 28 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT Taxidermy is hotly contested in some circles, personally I’m an animal lover who also grew up admiring taxidermy works, but when the poor stuffed critter ends up looking like something that escaped from the island of Dr. Moreau it makes me want to reconsider my thoughts about taxidermy: People will say “well, you gotta start somewhere”, but in the case of these horrifyingly bad taxidermy pieces maybe the amateur taxidermists should have started by making something out of fabric, rather than destroying an animal hide: Now, with the help of some meme style lettering and a snappy slogan these terrible taxidermy monstrosities will live on forever as examples of what not to do when you're trying your hand at taxidermy! -Via The Soup |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT Landing a jet on an aircraft carrier takes special skills and nerves of steel. A Harrier jet can land vertically, but what if something goes wrong? U.S. Marine Corps Capt. William Mahoney approached the USS Bataan in his AV-8B Harrier when the forward landing gear malfunctioned. The Navy has an apparatus for this purpose, a sort of oversized bar stool to land the nose on. But the pilot can’t see directly below; he’s on top of the jet. Read the entire story at The Aviationist. -via Spoid |
| 10 Strangely Specific Apology Cakes Posted: 28 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT Cake makes everything better, including apologies. Like this one above, for example. We can tell that the person is truly sorry for trying to sacrifice another humanbeing to Satan. How can we tell? They put extra sprinkles, of course. Here are a few more fantastic photos of "I'm sorry" cakes making their rounds on the Web:
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Here's a clever piece by makeup artist Crystal Effin. When she opens her lips, Wicket's mouth expands to terrifying proportions, ready to devour Luke, Han, Leia, and any stormtroopers who survived the destruction of the second Death Star. Pro tip: do not read an Ewokese cookbook. There's nothing inside that you want to know about. -via Fashionably Geek |
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While modern tradition have us scratching our heads, like smashing cake in your new spouse’s face and mooning the photographer (photo at the link), history shows us that weird traditions overall are nothing new. All over the world, solemn vows were enhanced or even replaced by customs that may be incomprehensible, but they were tradition. Consider this wedding observed in Wales in 1815:
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