Thank you for hanging with me for four days of reruns. The little time that gave me helped me go from impossibly behind at the other sites I work for to just normally behind. I still managed to finish a couple things under deadline only by staying up til 3AM, and my regular one hour nap turned into a four hour coma Friday evening. But this site will benefit. I’ve got a few new ideas, and posts for the next couple weeks planned out and almost ready. New posts will begin again Monday. I certainly appreciate all the ideas for mental_floss that y’all left in the comments and sent by email! Now if I can get some winning ideas for YesButNoButYes, I’ll be in blog heaven. Here’s some of the interesting things I found this week. Remember, you can get a head start on these by checking out my links blog, Miss C Recommends every day.



People in Order  (via Arbroath)

100 people, arranged in order of their ages from one to 100, all play a drum. It’s much more fscinating than it sounds. The film was produced by  Lenka Clayton and James Price. Mental_floss also has a video by the same folks with people in order of the length of their love relationship.

Douchebag Beach. Three guys lookin’ for love on the Jersey shore.

You Bought What?! 10 Extraordinarily Peculiar eBay Purchases. I remember the wedding dress story; you’ve got to read that one!

Tetrical: Testris in 3D. Take some time to get used to the many ways you can manipulate this. Then you’ll really have fun!

A: Did you hear about that series of illogical events that occurred involving a duck? They turned out to be congruent in some unexpected way! B: Har har! Please excuse me while I breathe spasmodically and become moist! Scientists study laughter.

I Can Has Rezearch Papar? A history and deconstructive analysis of internet culture.

The Ten Neatest Neatorama Articles of 2007.

The Ultimate Corkscrew. (via Dark Roasted Blend)

THE CARNIVAL

A guy is walking through a fairground one day, when he notices a stunning redhead sprawled on the ground unconscious... Kneeling next to the beauty, he lightly slaps her face. No response. Then he rubs her wrists. Nothing. He even tries mouth-to-mouth. The gorgeous woman does not respond.

Finally, the guy takes another tack. He unbuttons the girl's blouse, and slides it off her body. Then, unhooking her bra, he begins to massage and fondle her firm breasts. The girl begins to moan and gasp in pleasure, and finally her eyes flutter open.

"Oh thank you," she sighs. Looking down at the guy's hands, still massaging her, she goes on, "Tell me, how did you think of such a novel way to revive me?"

"It wasn't my idea," he says. "It was that guy over there. He kept shouting, 'Rubber balloons! Rubber balloons!"

The Little Red Shoes. Old Guy saw a picture of these shoes on a friend’s blog and was inspired to write this story of the little girl who cherished them.

Karen is relocating and needs to sell her collection of elephants. She’s got all kinds: antiques, imports, household items, toys, all with elephants! I wish I could take them all. You might find something you really like.

A video gallery of motorized skateboards. From chainsaw motors to rockets, they all look like deathtraps to me.

Let the End Times Roll. Radar Online looks at ten different scenarios for the end of the world as we know it.

A video of Another Ordinary Day. Except it’s all backwards.

The Internet Party. In this video, Google’s parents are out of town and she throws a party, and many popular sites show up. Wikipedia takes notes, eBay wants to make a deal, Something Awful and eBaum’s World get into a fight, Facebook annoys everyone, Cracked tries to impress Digg, and YouTube gets it all on video.

Fart Football

(via Bits and Pieces)
An old married couple no sooner hit the pillows when the old man passes gas and says, 'Seven points.'

His wife rolls over and says, 'What in the world was that?' The old man replied, 'It's fart football.'

A few minutes later his wife lets one go and says 'Touchdown, tie score.'

After about five minutes the old man lets another one go and says,  'Aha. I'm ahead 14 to 7.'

Not to be outdone the wife rips out another one and says, 'Touchdown, tie score again.'

Five seconds go by and she lets out a little squeaker and says, 'Field goal, I lead 17 to 14.'

Now the pressure is on the old man. He refuses to get beaten by a woman, so he strains real hard. since defeat is totally unacceptable, he gives it everything he's got, and accidentally shits in the bed.

The wife says, 'What the hell was that?"

The old man says, 'Half time, switch sides."

Ordinary People

I’ve reached the time in my life where I think that causing your kids to die from humiliation can be a fulfilling pastime. These folks have it down.

Thought for today: Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life. -Oscar Wilde

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