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• The Public Erection of G.S. Brindley
• Comparison Photos of Parents and Their Children at the Same Age
• Bucket of Blood Street and 6 Other Terribly Dark Place Names in the USA
• New Zealand's Amazing Steampunk Town
• Mousetrap - Toons Have Unlimited Lives, Don't They?
• Charlie Brown the Labradoodle Gets His Fur Styled
• In Costa Rican Bullfighting, You Can’t Kill the Bull . . . But the Bull Can Kill <i>You</i>
• 18 Things You May Not Know About <i>Parks and Recreation</i>
• Dog Regularly Takes the Bus On Her Own to Visit Seattle Dog Park
• Comatose Man Wakes Up After Nurses Wave Money Under His Nose
• How to Steal Pizza
• Switching Gears
• Super Mario Taken
• Back To The Future 2 Concept Art Reveals More Of What 2015 Should Look Like
• Identical Triplets Born in Montana
• Enter To Win A Mighty Cool Paint Pals T-Shirt By SilverBaX
• Bowling Chameleons
• Dancing with Powder
• The Hitchcock Gallery
• Map of Japan Made with Orange Peels
• What People Say and What They REALLY Mean
• How Many Days Are In A Week?
• A Smallville Man
• Three-Year-Old Flower Girl and Ring Bearer Grow Up to Wed Each Other
• Summer and Eve Explain the Birds and the Bees
• Reese’s Pieces Snake Cake
• Life Found - The Robotic Gardener
• Spectacular Photo Captures Optical Phenomena
• Nine Of The Most Sadorable Characters In Movies And TV

The Public Erection of G.S. Brindley Posted: 14 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST The following is an article from The Annals of Improbable Research. It contains adult subject matter. by Stephen Drew, Improbable Research staff Giles Skey Brindley, MD, FRCP, FRCS, knows how to stand proud. At a 1983 Urodynamics Society lecture in Las Vegas, Dr. Brindley demonstrated—with panache—that he could inject drugs into his penis and thereby cause an erection. Dr. Brindley had developed the first effective treatment for what was then loosely called “impotence” and today goes by the stiffer euphemism “erectile dysfunction.” His appearance in Las Vegas ensured that the discovery would not go unnoticed. Two decades later, Laurence Klotz, a University of Toronto urologist, wrote a firsthand account of his experience at that meeting. Titled “How (Not) to Communicate New Scientific Information: A Memoir of the Famous Brindley Lecture,” it graces the November 2005 issue of the urological journal BJU International. Dr. Klotz reports: [Dr. Brindley] indicated that, in his view, no normal person would find the experience of giving a lecture to a large audience to be eroticaliy stimulating or erection-inducing. He had, he said, therefore injected himself with papaverine in his hotel room before coming to give the lecture, and deliberately wore loose clothes to make it possible to exhibit the results.... He then summarily dropped his trousers and shorts, revealing a long, thin, clearly erect penis. There was not a sound in the room. Everyone had stopped breathing. But the mere public showing of his erection from the podium was not sufficient. He paused, and seemed to ponder his next move. The sense of drama in the room was palpable. He then said, with gravity, “I’d like to give some of the audience the opportunity to confirm the degree of tumescence.” With his pants at his knees, he waddled down the stairs, approaching (to their horror) the urologists and their partners in the front row. And so on. Dr. Brindley’s activities range wide in science and medicine, and also in music. He invented a new variety of bassoon, and in 1973 brought to bear many of his diverse interests in a study in the journal Nature called “Speed of Sound in Bent Tubes and the Design of Wind Instruments.” The self-injection erection experiment entered the medical literature in 1986, in the March issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology, in the form of Dr. Brindley’s treatise “Pilot Experiments on the Action of Drugs Injected into the Human Corpus Cavernosum Penis.” Dr. Brindley explains that: Drugs were injected through a 0.5 millimeter x 16 millimeter needle into the right corpus cavernosum in the proximal third of the free penis. The penis was then massaged systematically to distributethe drug throughout both corpora cavernosa as follows… There follows a 307-word description of the drugs and of the massage technique, which reads in part: The penis was firmly pinched transversely at least six different places along its length.... The stiffness of the penis was assessed by attempting to bend it to right and to left with the fingers, applying forces of about 500 g wt in opposite directions to the glans and the middle of the shaft. In Tables 1 and 2, ‘flexible 20’ means that this procedure caused it to bend through an angle 20 degrees, i.e. so the central axes of the proximal and distal ends intersected at an angle of 160 degrees from about the fortieth to the hundredth minute the penis was smaller than would have been expected for my thermal state. The penis was then massaged systematically to distribute the drug.... The penis was firmly pinched transversely at least six different places along its length.... The stiffness of the penis was assessed by attempting to bend it to right and to left with the fingers, applying forces of about 500 g wt in opposite directions to the glans and the middle of the shaft. In Tables 1 and 2, ‘flexible 20’ means that this procedure caused it to bend through an angle 20 degrees, i.e. so the central axes of the proximal and distal ends intersected at an angle of 160 degrees from about the fortieth to the hundredth minute the penis was smaller than would have been expected for my thermal state. The final word can be left to Dr. Klotz, who says: “Professor Brindley belongs in the pantheon of famous British eccentrics who have made spectacular contributions to science. The story of his lecture deserves a place in the urological history books.” (Thanks to Jean Monahan and Geneva Robertson for bringing this to our attention) References “How (Not) to Communicate New Scientific Information: A Memoir of the Famous Brindley Lecture,” Laurence Klotz, BJU International, November 2005, Vol. 96 Issue 7, pp. 956-957. “Speed of Sound in Bent Tubes and the Design of Wind Instruments,” Giles S. Brindley, Nature, vol. 246, December 21, 1973, pp. 479-80. “The Logical Bassoon,” Giles S. Brindley, Galpin Society Journal, vol. 21, March 1968, pp. 152-61. “Pilot Experiments on the Action of Drugs Injected into the Human Corpus Cavernosum Penis,” G.S. Brindley, British Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 87, no. 3, March 1986, pp. 495-500. _____________________ The article above is from the May-June 2009 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. You can download or purchase back issues of the magazine, or subscribe to receive future issues. 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Comparison Photos of Parents and Their Children at the Same Age Posted: 14 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST Daughter (l) and mother (r) | Image: Danielle McCoy They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and these pictures prove that can certainly be the case in terms of looks. Despite changing hairstyles and clothing, genetics ensure that the faces remain similar. This collection of photos submitted by users at HuffPost Parents is a fun diversion. See more of these side-by-side comparisons here. -Via Twisted Sifter Son (l) and mother (r) at 1.5 years | Image: Lauren Malone Harrison  Mother and daughter, 8 years old | Image: Ashley L’Herault Peters

Bucket of Blood Street and 6 Other Terribly Dark Place Names in the USA Posted: 14 Jan 2015 03:00 AM PST (Photo: Peter Eimon) There’s a town in Texas called Cut and Shoot. I’ve long advocated moving there for the sole purpose of having it in my home address. Or if that’s not convenient, I’ll be happy to live on Bat Cave Road in San Antonio. If you’re a bit more macabre, then Sarah Black of Atlas Obscura has 7 places with names with dark implications. Sadly, they’re marred by actual historical violence, such as Bucket of Blood Street in Holbrook, Arizona. It’s named after a particularly savage gunfight between rival gangs in 1886. -via Cabinet of Curiosities

New Zealand's Amazing Steampunk Town Posted: 14 Jan 2015 02:00 AM PST Oamaru, New Zealand, is famous for its colony of blue penguins, and plenty of tourists come to see them. But the town is also the steampunk capital of New Zealand. Tom Fassbender went to see what that was all about, and found that the community takes the steampunk ethic seriously, as a part of preserving its Victorian-era architecture and as an art project. To the town’s credit, it’s fully embraced the steampunk vibe, going so far as hosting the annual 3-day Steampunk NZ Festival (2015’s is scheduled for May 28) and creating a steampunk-themed playground—complete with an elephant howdah zipline, a pennyfarthing swingset, and a Victorian-age rocket slide—that my daughters have declared as the best playground in the world. And right smack in the middle of all this steampunky goodness is Steampunk HQ, a industrial-inspired steam-powered art gallery and retro-futuristic showroom set up in a massive, three-story Victorian-style sandstone building originally built in 1883 (it used to have five stories but lost two in what they say was a “spectacular fire”). Take a tour of Oamaru and the Steampunk HQ in pictures and text, at Boing Boing.

Mousetrap - Toons Have Unlimited Lives, Don't They? Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:00 AM PST Mousetrap by tomburns The life of a cartoon rodent is every bit as dangerous as that of a real life mouse, and there are plenty of dangers awaiting them inside the brightly colored world of toons. Mickey was starting to take those dangers for granted, and he felt invincible thanks to the megacorporation he had backing him, but his arrogance made him careless and he pushed the wrong people too far. Toons had unlimited lives as long as they weren't erased for good with solvent, but that didn't make the pain of being caught in a trap any less excruciating! Add a touch of dark humor to your geeky wardrobe with this Mousetrap t-shirt by tomburns, it's totally wrong in all the right ways! Visit tomburns's Facebook fan page, official website, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more dark and geeky designs: Okudagram Thumb Wrestlers No News Is Good News Monarch View more designs by tomburns | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Charlie Brown the Labradoodle Gets His Fur Styled Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:00 AM PST YouTube Link Charlie Brown the Labradoodle apparently got a bum haircut by his dog groomer, so of course, pulling out the big guns was necessary. A Labradoodle with bad hair? Unthinkable! So Charlie sits patiently in the stylist's chair as he waits for his new 'do to be did. I can only hope he wasn't late for his next appointment with the tailor! (Warning: One F-Bomb was dropped during the video -- and it wasn't by Charlie!) -Via Tastefully Offensive

In Costa Rican Bullfighting, You Can’t Kill the Bull . . . But the Bull Can Kill <i>You</i> Posted: 14 Jan 2015 12:00 AM PST (Photo: Lindsay Fendt) Bullfighting in other parts of the world is often a gory spectacle that ends in the deaths of the bulls. It’s different in the bullfighting and rodeo traditions of Costa Rica. There, daring young men enter the ring as improvisados—daredevils who ride, chase, and evade the bulls. No matter what the bulls do, improvisados are not allowed to hurt or kill them. These rules led to 200 bull-induced injuries at the recent national Zapote Festival. Lindsay Fendt of Modern Farmer was on hand to photograph the event. You can see her photo essay here.

18 Things You May Not Know About <i>Parks and Recreation</i> Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:00 PM PST The NBC comedy Parks and Recreation has just started its seventh and final season. No matter whether you were there from the beginning, or you jumped in when the series became wildly popular, you’ll want to learn a bit more about than you can find out just by watching. Did you know: 1. THE SHOW WAS INITIALLY CONCEIVED AS A SPIN-OFF OF THE OFFICE. NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman asked Greg Daniels, the man in charge of the American version of The Office, for a spin-off of the popular comedy. Along with Office writer Michael Schur, the two considered some concepts, including one where a broken copy machine from Scranton would break down in an episode of The Office and then end up in Pawnee, making the office equipment the spun-off character. Despite the originality of that idea, Daniels and Schur decided to create a show of their own, while using The Office’s mockumentary format and one of the show’s actors, Rashida Jones. 18. AMY POEHLER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINAL SEASON’S TIME JUMP. The final season will take place in 2017—a three year time hop that took place in the surprising final moments of the season six finale “Moving Up,” which revealed a no-longer-pregnant Leslie Knope interacting with her and Ben’s three small children. Retta, who plays Donna Meagle, revealed that Amy Poehler influenced the decision. Poehler expressed a desire to not work with infants on the show, because she had her fill of babies raising her two children in real life. There’s more to learn between numbers one and eighteen in a list of Parks and Recreation trivia at mental_floss.

Dog Regularly Takes the Bus On Her Own to Visit Seattle Dog Park Posted: 13 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST YouTube Link Eclipse, a black Labrador retriever/bullmastiff mix from Seattle, has learned to take public transportation on her own in order to get to a local dog park. The senior female dog first took the trip of her own accord, without specific instruction. Evidently, Eclipse simply wanted to get to her destination a bit faster than her companion, who lagged behind. Don't miss seeing this adorable dog in action and learning the story behind her use of the Seattle bus lines. -Via Tastefully Offensive

Comatose Man Wakes Up After Nurses Wave Money Under His Nose Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:00 PM PST (Photo: Europics) Here’s your heart-warming news story of the day. Xiao Li of Shenzhen, China spent a week in an internet cafe researching business opportunities. After going a week without sleep, he fell into a deep coma and remained in that state for over a year. There was little hope for him to recover. But the magic of the human spirit endured within him. When a nurse waved a 100-yuan ($16 USD) bill under his nose, Li revived. The New York Post describes this perhaps apocryphal scene: For months doctors searched for a way to awaken Li, but to no avail. It wasn’t until his family revealed what he loved most in the world that they found their key to success. “We had asked his family what really drove him, and they were very clear that it was money,” Tang said. “When we learned about his fondness for money, we experimented with notes and change. “Memories of smell and sound can be very powerful stimulants,” he added. “We found that a crisp, new 100 yuan note crumpled under his nose worked best.” In the course of a human life, it often takes a great crisis to remind us of what’s really important. -via Daily of the Day

How to Steal Pizza Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:00 PM PST (YouTube link) Dave Hax explains in detail how to get more of the pizza than you should, or more than you are entitled to. This works much better if you are the one bringing it home, or pulling it out of the oven. The only thing the other pizza-eaters can say is, “I thought I told you to order a large.” Then you assure them that you will -next time. -Thanks, Dave!

Switching Gears Posted: 13 Jan 2015 07:00 PM PST These cool switchplates are by Green Tree Jewelry. The whimsical designs are made of wooden pieces laser cut to resemble gears and other machine parts. The maker is based in San Diego. I own a pair of their earrings, so I can attest to the wood being cut precisely and finished smoothly.   Peruse the company's wares at their website and Etsy site, and follow them on social media at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Super Mario Taken Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:00 PM PST (Video Link) If you want ransom, Mario doesn't have money. What he does have is a particular set of skills--skills that he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare to people like you. If you let Princess Peach go right now, that will be the end of it. Mario will not look for you. He will not pursue you. But if you don't let her go, then he will look for you. He will find you. And he will kill you. The YouTube channel WTFLOL offers this parody of the trailer for Taken. Slave traders from the Mushroom Kingdom have kidnapped Princess Peach and her friend Daisy. In doing so, they have angered Mario. They've made a terrible mistake.

Back To The Future 2 Concept Art Reveals More Of What 2015 Should Look Like Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:00 PM PST We now officially live in that far off future age presented by that most radical of 80s sci-fi flicks Back To The Future Part II, and yet the reality of 2015 looks a bit boring when compared to a future full of self tying Nikes and Mattel hoverboards. Well, if you think our world is boring compared to the film wait 'til you get a load of the futuristic Hill Valley tech that didn’t make it into the film. The film's "future consultant" Tim Flattery and concept artist Edward Eyth came up with all kinds of crazy cool gear, robotic technology and far out vehicles for possible use in the film, most of which stayed tucked away in Edward's sketchbooks. Following an interview with Newsweek Edward Eyth decided to make most of his concept art from the film available on his website, and the illustrations are simply breathtaking.  Some of the concepts are a bit silly as you'd expect from the comedic tone of the film, but a Mobile Automated Hot Dog Vending Unit? Now that's just putting robo-technology to good use! -Via io9

Identical Triplets Born in Montana Posted: 13 Jan 2015 04:00 PM PST Image: Casey Page A woman gave birth to a set of identical triplet boys in Montana last month. The triplets were born to Jase and Jody Kinsey of Miles City, Montana, who named them Cade, Ian and Milo. Births of identical spontaneous triplets are so rare that the chances of it happening are one in a million, according to Jody’s obstetrician, Dr. Dana Damron. Identical spontaneous triplets are created when the fertilized egg divides and then the embryo divides once more. The healthy babies were delivered at 32 weeks, which is a normal gestation time for triplets. Read more on this story and see more pictures at the Billings Gazette.

Enter To Win A Mighty Cool Paint Pals T-Shirt By SilverBaX Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST Spidercan by SilverBaX Spidercan, Spidercan, spraying like no spider can. Tags up walls, red and blue, leaves behind a pile of goo, look out! Here comes that Spidercan! Add some superheroic color to your geeky wardrobe with this awesome Spidercan t-shirt by SilverBaX, and you'll be swingin' in style! Spidercan is just one of the 50 mighty colorful Paint Pals designs created by SilverBaX and sold exclusively in the NeatoShop, Want to win your very own super cool Spidercan t-shirt, or any shirt from SilverBaX's slick Paint Pals series? Enter to win a Paint Pals tee of your very own below! Visit SilverBaX's Facebook fan page, official website, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to SilverBaX for more heroically geeky designs: Leg Drop Yellow Red Lightning Rooty Grooty Gauntlet Gold View more designs by SilverBaX | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Bowling Chameleons Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:00 PM PST (YouTube link) HelloDenizen, the folks behind the Tiny Hamster series, have once again put animals into a human situation. These chameleons aren’t forced into a sporting competition against their will; it just happens to be the consequence of their predatory habits. -Thanks, Elijah Jones, Joe Matsushima, and Jake Wyatt!

Dancing with Powder Posted: 13 Jan 2015 02:00 PM PST Photos: Jeffrey Vanhoutte Is your coffee creamer so good it makes you wanna dance? Belgian photographer Jeffrey Vanhoutte shot these wonderful photos of an acrobat dancing in a cloud of milk powder in this ad campaign for FrieslandCampina Kievit's new creamer. Vanhoutte said: I made this campaign for Norvell Jefferson whose client is Dutch company Campina Friesland Kievit, makers of powdered milk. Based upon the agency's concept, I formed the shoot together with the Creative Director. We used lighting from Broncolor -- "really fast flash duration so it could freeze the particles of the powder." The model was a professional acrobatic dancer, and "the movement that she did and the powder together, we were all amazed that it was perfect from the start! First she had some powder in her hands and she put it in the air . . . every time the same movement, five or six or ten times, and then she was completely full of powder and had to start again. It was a messy process for the camera. We had to put plastic around the camera to protect it. It was one whole day from early morning until the evening to do this job and to clean up it took longer. View the original photos over at Vanhoutte's website - via My Modern Met

The Hitchcock Gallery Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:00 PM PST YouTube Link This video uses clips of every feature film of revered director Alfred Hitchcock to explore recurring visual elements. The amalgam of stairs, heights, falls, eyes, sleeping and dreaming blended with skillful editing is mesmerizing and recommended to all fans of Hitchcock. -Via Laughing Squid

Map of Japan Made with Orange Peels Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST Oona McGee of Rocket News 24 explains that eating oranges is a popular New Year’s tradition in Japan. This is often done over a kotatsu, which is a low table with heater underneath it. People sit under them during the winter to stay warm. This photo was taken by a person who cut and arranged his orange peels into a map of the prefectures of Japan.

What People Say and What They REALLY Mean Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST Lies girlfriends tell each other and what they really mean Read my lips: what people say and what they really mean are usually two different things. Thankfully, writer Mikael Wulff and artist Anders Morgenthaler who teamed up to publish a series of "Truth Facts" cartoons under the name Wumo (previously on Neatorama), has got the translations: Visit Wumo's website Kind of Normal for more of this kind of lovely shenanigans!

How Many Days Are In A Week? Posted: 13 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST A bodybuilding forum discusses a good workout schedule, which may be three times a week. Or it could be every other day, which is four to five times a week. What? The conversation quickly switches to math, specifically, how many days are in a week. TheJosh insists that "every other day" means four times a week, and those who said it was 3.5 times a week were wrong because that would mean a half of a workout somewhere. I never said anything about going exactly 7 times, like I said, if I go every other day, that is 4 DAYS A WEEK. How hard is that to comprehend? Week 1 - Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Week 2 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. 8 DAYS IN 2 WEEKS In your terms, 8x in 2 weeks = 4 times a week, genius. All Muscle and No Brains? lol You can see how this can be confusing. Several forum members stepped in to try to explain the impossibility in getting eight workouts in two weeks and still leaving a day between each. It was a losing battle. For me to get this? You are the one who is not getting it, it's simple, just look at the calender and COUNT THE DAYS. There is 7 days in a week, if you workout every other day, you work out 4 days a week, how hard is that to ****ing comprehend?! Ill do it out in 4 weeks for you, maybe it will make more sense? Week 1 - Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Week 2 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Week 3 - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday Week 4 - Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday Week 5 - Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday Week 6 - Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday No matter how you look at it, if you workout every other day, you work out 4 times a week. Notice here that a “week” can start on Friday and end on Thursday by the time you’ve worked out for six weeks. But the rest of the forum isn’t about to give up on explaining it. TheJosh has it all figured out, though. It’s even easier if you think about it over a month’s time.   I took the week out to make it more simple for you since you are having such a hard time comprehending simple counting! Is it that hard to admit you're wrong? If you work out every other day for 31 days, that is 16 days a month, 4 days a week!    Well, if you put it like that, how can anyone argue? While that bon mot ends the first page of discussion and makes the perfect punch line, the thread continues for another four pages. It’s all funny, but that first page, enshrined in 2008, should be part of the Internet Hall of Fame. -via Boing Boing (Image credit: Shustov)

A Smallville Man Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:15 AM PST (Video Link) But not a small man. No, he was strong and powerful in the only way that matters. And, as a result, he would inspire others to be something other than small. This is A Smallville Man, a short film by Mauricio Abril. We've previously featured another of his works called The Brave Knight: A Gotham Fairy Tale. As with that film, there's no dialogue. Abril tells the entire story with individual frames, like the panels of a comic book. It's a tale of Superman and the superman within. The background music is "Walk" by Foo Fighters.

Three-Year-Old Flower Girl and Ring Bearer Grow Up to Wed Each Other Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST    Images: Alix Rae Photography / Via Facebook Minnesota residents Brittney and Briggs Fussy were married this past weekend, but they had previous experience walking down the aisle of a church together twenty years prior. When they were three years old, Brittney and Briggs were chosen to be flower girl and ring bearer in the wedding of Briggs' godmother. After the wedding, the two didn't see each other again until ninth grade, when they shared the same high school government course. Recognizing Briggs' last name, Brittney wondered if it could be the same boy. She brought a picture of them at the wedding to school, and Briggs was shocked when he realized that he had a similar photo on his wall at home.  Two years later in their junior year of high school, the kids became a young couple, causing their families to be excited about the reunion. In particular, Briggs' godmother was thrilled; as the story goes, she took the credit for being their matchmaker. Now that the couple is married, the groom's godmother can keep her matchmaker title. See a video news report and read more on the story at Fox 9 News Minneapolis-St. Paul. -Via BuzzFeed.     Image: Fox 9 / Via myfoxtwincities.com Image: Facebook

Summer and Eve Explain the Birds and the Bees Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST (YouTube link) A couple of days ago, we saw a video in which parents explained the facts of life to their children. This is different, because it’s in musical form! Above Average brings us the musical group Summer and Eve to sing about the birds and the bees when two young people appear to be confused about the whole thing. It’s a catchy song. -Thanks, Carl!

Reese’s Pieces Snake Cake Posted: 13 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST The uncle of redditor Dookalignmike made this cake covered with Reese’s Pieces. Keep in mind the old rhyme to distinguish between a king snake and a coral snake: Red and yellow, kill a fellow. Red and black, venom lack. This one is yellow and orange. But, as redditor PainMatrix points out, if you have a peanut allergy, it’s a poisonous snake. -via Daily of the Day

Life Found - The Robotic Gardener Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST Life Found (collaboration with Naolito) by Legendary Phoenix E had been searching for life for such a long time that his hope chip had burned out and his faith-o-meter had gone from optimistic to time to give up, but then he spotted what looked like a little dancing plant in a boot. He picked up the boot and set it on a wall, poking and prodding at the little sprout to see if it was truly alive, and then it opened its eyes and spoke. It could only say three words, "I am" and it's name, but what it lacked in vocabulary it made up for with some seriously sweet dancing skills! E decided he would become its guardian, nurturing its little green life and making sure this special little plant would grow to take its rightful place among all the plant creatures in the galaxy... Share some sci-fi love with the world, sport this Life Found t-shirt by Legendary Phoenix and Naolito and watch the seed of geeky imagination grow in everyone who eyes your awesome shirt. Visit Legedary Phoenix's Facebook fan page, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs: Rubik Dog The Cthulhu Signal Is On Cat Trap Heisenberg Methkartell View more designs by Legedary Phoenix | More Funny T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Spectacular Photo Captures Optical Phenomena Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST The photo above, taken by Joshua Thomas, is of a sunrise in Red River, New Mexico. But it's not simply a beautiful photo. A number of optical illusions are captured in the image, namely a 22º halo, a sun pillar, a sun dog,infralateral arc,supralateral arc,helic arcs, sunvex parry arc,upper suncave parry arc and upper tangent arc. After the photo was posted to Facebook by the National Weather Service in Amarillo, Texas, the National Weather Service in La Crosse, Wisconsin created the graphic below, labeling the phenomena. Visit their post of the graphic here, see this sitefor additional information, and click on the terms above for definitions. -Via Gizmodo

Nine Of The Most Sadorable Characters In Movies And TV Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST (Image Link) There is one character archetype in the world of pop culture that is so specific, so exact in attitude and circumstance, that it needs a combination adjective to describe it properly- sadorable. Sadorable characters are basically a combination of Jungian archetypes The Innocent and The Orphan-they are adorable in looks and attitude yet powerless to control their sad little lives, with the power to thaw frozen hearts and inspire otherwise rotten people to do good. Here’s an exploration of nine characters from movies and TV shows that epitomize the idea of “sadorable”: 1. Leopold "Butters" Stotch from South Park- (Image Link) Leopold Stotch, aka Butters, is an innocent victim-he’s constantly getting punished by his parents for crimes he didn't commit, the other kids in South Park pick on him incessantly, and his only solace is the time he spends as his villainous alter ego Professor Chaos. Yet somehow the sadorable little Butters continues to confess to crimes he didn't commit and let kids bag on him just to make everyone else happy, making young Butters tops in the world of animated TV show sadorability. (YouTube Link) 2. Bobby Boucher from The Waterboy- (Image Link) Bobby Boucher, aka The Waterboy, is a grown man who lives with his mother in a swampside estate fit for a frog, his wardrobe looks like something you'd find in a thrift store dumpster, and he’s got a stutter that makes him sound like Elmer Fudd’s Creole cousin. Despite all these setbacks he's still caring and happy to help others, which ups his sadorability factor by at least two touchdowns and a field goal. (YouTube Link) 3. Hans Moleman from The Simpsons- (Image Link) It’s a wonder Hans Moleman lived long enough to reach his senior years, because he’s constantly being targeted for pranks, aimed at by angry drivers, struck by flying objects and generally serving as the butt of many jokes around Springfield. And yet somehow, despite all of the bad life throws his way, Hans remains begrudgingly optimistic, continuing to make his way through a cartoon world hell bent on burying him before he can officially retire! (YouTube Link) 4. Steve Janowski from Eastbound and Down- (Image Link) Stevie Janowski's life is so empty that he worships at the cult of personality just so he doesn't have to feel alone. Unfortunately, the target of his praises is a washed up ball player named Kenny Powers, who treats Stevie like muck he can't seem to scrape off his shoe. Stevie's powers of sadorability make it possible for him to change Kenny's attitude for the better, and his naive innocence almost makes you feel bad for the guy, even when he acts a bit too much like his hero Kenny. (I couldn't find a video of Stevie "clean" enough to post here on Neatorama, so if you want to see what's up with this sadorable character search Stevie Janowski on YouTube and prepare to bust a gut!) 5. Gurgi from The Black Cauldron- (Image Link) Poor, sadorable little Gurgi- he just wants some munchings and crunchings, won’t anybody heed his pitiful critter cries? Gurgi is a little beastman who isn't accepted by either men or beasts, and he's willing to give up his sadorable life just to prove what a good friend he can be, a sacrifice which earns him a spot in the sadorable hall of fame. (YouTube Link) 6. Derek Noakes from Derek- (Image Link) Derek is a really special guy with a huge heart, and one character who is totally sadorable by design. Derek's story involves themes of abandonment and isolation, he works at an old folks home where his senior citizen friends are constantly passing away, and yet he remains optimistic and happy to help those who take him for granted. (YouTube Link) 7. Thurman Sherman from Bad Santa- (Image Link) The kid from Bad Santa, who we come to find out is named Thurman Merman more than halfway through the movie, is the poster child for the sadorable archetype. He's constantly picked on by skater kids, his dad seemingly abandoned him and yet still finds hope in the existence of Santa Claus. Thurman so sadorable he makes a Bad Santa want to go straight! (Video clip contains NSFW language) (YouTube Link) 8. Whitey Duvall from Eight Crazy Nights- (Image Link) Whitey is a little animated character who truly epitomizes the term sadorable- he’s a misshapen senior citizen who has lived with his equally strange looking sister his whole life, who is used as a source of free labor by the entire town and treated like crap by those he treats like royalty. Despite all these reasons to be sad Whitey keeps his trolly little chin up and manages to see the good in people the rest of the world gave up on long ago, and he's so naively happy-go-lucky that he'll even play a little b-ball with the big boys just to prove a point. (YouTube Link) 9. Rickety Cricket from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia- (Image Link) Rickety Cricket from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia might not be the saddest, or most adorable, character in the bunch, but he has something the other's don't- an unshakeable faith in humanity. Cricket keeps letting Dennis, Dee and the rest of the Paddy's Pub gang put him through hell because he firmly believes they might someday change their evil ways. As the Sunny show rambles on Cricket goes from a naive yet clean and clothed priest to a homeless, drug addicted wreck, and yet somehow his sadorability level goes up as his lifestyle declines. (YouTube Link) So there ya have it- nine characters who define the sadorable archetype, characters so pitifully cute you they bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye! Have another example of a sadorable character? Share it in the comment section below!

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