Meet Mount St. Helens, everybody!

I was born at the very moment St. Helens erupted last, so I'm extremely interested this time around!

The original address is http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ but they let you link straight to the image as well.

Farting Herrings

Why haven't we heard of this before? Herrings farting in the sea.... What else is out there?

...And here you can find the other winners of Ig Nobel 2004.

Super chicken!

This super chicken is a resident of the Stansted Mount Fitchet farm in Essex, England. He stands all of 61cm tall in his chicken feet and weighs 6,35 kg !

See the story on BBC

Bottle throwing aliens ???

Christopher Rose and Gregory Wright from New Jersey have come to a conclusion that intergalactic messages would reach us more efficiently if inscribed on matter.

If energy is what you care about, it's tremendously more efficient to toss a rock.

Christopher Rose

So... the aliens out there should toss us a rock with words "hi, we're here, how are you?"

Read more about this theory on NewScientist.com

Stolen lottery ticket worth 1,5 million SEK

A 15-year-old boy in Bjästa, Sweden, stole a lottery ticket from a local shop. The shop keeper recognized the boy from video surveillance material and drove to the boy's house demanding back the ticket. Needless to say, it was a winning ticket. The shop keeper is now arguing over the winning money.

In Swedish: Stulen lott gav miljonvinst – frågan är bara till vem

Beer drinking bears, what's next?

He prefers Rainier Beer over Busch Beer. This particular bear was persistent, after being chased out of the camping area, he came back the next day (due to a hangover?).

CNN reports.

Dog Art

Can you put faces to these names: Man Ray, Fay Ray, Chip, Battina del Ray, Chundo and Crooky? They're all dogs and they've all worked with William Wegman.

What is Doga???

We saw something well... funny in the news today.... Dogs doing yoga!



Doga: Yoga for Dogs

Dog Yoga, or 'Doga,' Taking Off

So, You Wanna Know What Happened To Ike Turner, Huh?

Oh yes. I was trying out this Finnish quiz Älypää, I took on the topic music and one of the questions was related to Ike Turner. So... What happened to him???

[ Today, Turner is concerned with the wellbeing of urban youth and delivers a positive message to them through The Blues Schools Program. During Black History Month Turner goes to high schools to perform for and jam with student musicians, and to spread his message: Stay in school, stay off drugs, follow your dreams, respect yourself and everyone else will follow. To say Turner is back is to ignore his influence on legions of rockers, from day one to day now. Fit, trim, ready and steady; Ike is today; Ike is yesterday; and as Ike rocks into the future he is continually woven into the Rock of ALL ages. ]

copypaste from www.iketurner.com

Oh my god and I really thought he was gone already! Sorry 'bout that, Ike! So you're out there making the world a better place, good for you.

Harry Potter, pirates, blues singer, you name it!

Somehow I wondered to this site where you can generate your Harry Potter name.

Harry Potter name for women
Harry Potter name for men
Mine is Lily Finnigan, not bad... Well, if I ever decide to change my name for any reason, I could become Lily :)

More... Generate your Blues singer nickname
Blues Singer MSN Nickname for women
Blues Singer MSN Nickname for men
"tonight in the club I will perform as One-Eyed Biggie"

And more...
Generate your Wu-Tang MSN Nickname
I became "Smilin' Desperado" and my husband "E-ratic Wanderer"

If I EVER decided to join the hacker clan, I might use my Hacker name: "flAming dA3m0n"

Join the pirates! Female pirate names vs. Male pirate names
And.... if I ever ever ever think I'd do well in the piraty-world,
"I will commandeer me ship as Voodoo Mary".

Which cocktail are you?

Oh dear, another compulsory test... I haven't had a martini yet though... must try one day.


""Which cocktail are you?""
brought to you by Quizilla

Heart outside the body

If you have the will, someone will find the way. This time it's medical aid that was needed. Charli was born with her heart not under her skin but outside her little body. Tears flooded my eyes when reading the news. She has survived much and still she has lots to go through.

Charli's a little miracle

What to do?

If you have problems coming up with things to do with your time, take a look: it's time to kill a rat.

nine-eleven

We all remember the date, don't we? Yes... who could forget the 9/11. Which year are we talking about? Oh yes... no idea, they've been shooting mortars ever since but it's been a while since the actual events occurred. As you can see, someone else forgot the year as well.

Additional note:
The link doesn't work any longer, NY Post seems to archive their news in 7 days.

There was a memorial plate for 9/11 which had the wrong year engraved.

The most scientific Harry Potter Quiz ever created

The sorting hat says that I belong in Hufflepuff!

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same."

Hufflepuff students are friendly, fair-minded, modest, and hard-working. A well-known member was Cedric Digory, who represented Hogwarts in the most recent Triwizard Tournament.

Take the most scientific Harry Potter
Quiz ever created.

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Killer sharks protected by victim's brother

There's no point killing the animals, they act according to their instincts.

BBC 2004,July 12 Killer sharks gain unlikely ally
BBC 2004,July 11 Australian surfer killed by shark
Sunday Mail 2004, July 11 Shark kills board rider

"I lost the chance to be a father"

What can you do, when all your hope lies in technology and it fails you?

It's bad enough at the moment, but you don't know what effect it is going to have on your life as you get older.

Mark Morrison

Anyone need a POPE?

We all need to decorate: here's one way of doing it:
Do-It-Yourself Pope

Which ever you prefer... Being GOOD or really BAD

Now try it yourself: The Gematriculator

So, You Want An Advise, Huh?

If you're in a position you don't know what to do, turn to the TV-Guru.

- For instance, you can turn on the TV and select a random channel, listen to the first sentence that comes out, there's your answer.

- You can also try out Random Movie Quote provided by IMDB.

Perfect example:

When in doubt... fuck
-Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Scent of a Woman)

Harness the children!

Your lawn is growing too fast and you don't have the time to do anything about it?

- If you have children, try the Tricycle Lawnmower.

- If you don't have children or worry about the safety of your children, try the Automower.

SexFM

There are television channels where you can see sex at all times.
Why aren't there radio channels providing sex stories all the time?

Or don't I know about them?

Just wondering...

Grab the book nearest to you

Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says:
- you over, and your life becomes the proof of it." He raised the coiled
(from Wild Animus)

Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
- a red TDK CD/DVD marker pen

What is the last thing you watched on TV?
- the episode 6:00am-7:00am of 24, season 2

Without looking, guess what time it is:
- 10:42

Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
- 10:55

With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
- My younger dog licking her paw and the older dreaming and snoring.

When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
- Yesterday evening, went to the nearby convenient store

Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
- Uhm... Read a blog

What are you wearing?
- Bathrobe

Did you dream last night?
- Oh yes.

When did you last laugh?
- Last night at 2 o'clock when my husband woke me up asking "what is 11 divided with 3?"

What is on the walls of the room you are in?
- Nothing much

Seen anything weird lately?
- Ehm.. a few weeks ago someone had left a plaster statue of a female torso in a park nearby.

What is the last film you saw?
- A shot in the dark

If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
- a house with plenty of rooms and a garden

If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
- I would send a group of people to another galaxy. I would choose the applicants myself.

Do you like to dance?
- Yes.

Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
- No need to do that now.

Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?
- No need to do that either.

Would you ever consider living abroad?
- Yes I would. I don't see that happening in the future though.

What happens at Cooper's Hill, Gloucester every Spring Bank Holiday?

What? You really have no idea? Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling Contest of course!

They release a cheese rolling down the hill followed by competitors, also rolling down the hill due to the uneven surface ...and perhaps their velocity.

It's actually cheese they throw down the slope.

"During the rationing period of 1941-1954 a wooden substitute was used, this
had a small niche that contained a token piece of cheese."

How to enter

WHY? The first to arrive at the foot of the hill wins the cheese, second wins £5, third £3. Might wanna think it through, or then again, if you're not for the cheese or the money, plain madness will do.

"Forfit the game, 'cause tomorrow when its all done, you reep what you sew."

There will come a day when your judgement fails you.
My day of failure just came upon.

I had been curious of this one newsflash from Iraq. A certain decaputation of an American citizen (didn't take any effort to find a copy). I thought it can't be that sickening since many 've seen it. Well.. at first it bored me and then... dunno. At the same time I'm feeling sad and to some extent pleased. Weird, I know.

Can't imagine whether it'll ever come out as truthful video clip or not. Guess it doesn't matter with propaganda. All it needs is a good emotional igniter. Through history there've been fakes. It doesn't take much and you've got masses filled with wrath. Lynching mobs and everything. Afterwards, though proven fake, damage has been accomplished.

Shark attach!

You swim 300m ashore, walk to the car, drive to the nearby surf club,
only to learn that THE SHARK IS STILL ATTACHED TO YOUR LEG!!!

What do you think went through the brain of this particular shark?
Did he get his jaws stuck?

Sometimes you just notice Bloody Ugly Cars

It's a matter of opinion but I've often found myself wondering how someone can own a car so bloody ugly?

If there are individuals somewhere who share my idea, maybe we could start a movement of marking those unapproved-looking cars with this paper note:



I know... No one wants to ruin a complete stranger's day by posting a note on the windscreen.
I'm sure eventually there'll be a day when you just feel like doing something evil after you've noticed a bloody ugly car while walking across the parking lot.

Here you have few examples of bloody ugly cars.

Which Sex Are You?

Oh my goodness! I found myself!

"Everybody experiments..."

They don't wear underwear: The Fuck Society

©Guess-A-Printer -day

I believe that it would be interesting to carry out my idea of switching the office printer settings every Monday morning. The very first thing in the morning, the IT-department run a script especially coded to this purpose. I'm pretty sure on Mondays we get the best results.

The IT-guys (or girls) need to be at the office (it is also acceptable to run the script remote, as long as it works) before the employees -who are extremely tired from the weekend- limp to their cubicles and begin to search for their coffee mugs.

The printer settings have got to be changed before the first work-a-holics start printing sales reports and other delicate or top secret documents. Thus we get the whole staff is activated right from the first weekday by having the people running after their documents around the office building.

You get extra points if there are no elevators AND the printers are located in more than one floor. The employer will be satisfied as employees shape up and feel great. There's no need to invest in expensive gym cards or fysiotherapy.

I was influenced by Dogbert

Human assembly - play with your parts!

- Nervous system game

- Muscle game

- Skeleton game

- Organs game

Does an ant have a nose?

We were discussing salt and ants once (interesting topic, I know you're thinking). One of us said that cinnamon would have better result in extraditing the ants than salt. Then someone claimed that pepper worked even better. We were left wondering how is it that pepper works better... Then someone said laughing "Maybe the ants have noses" and we all laughed.

Well... how is it that pepper is claimed to work better?!?
Do they have noses?

To the new year, everyone!

As we count the days of our lives....

This is how much we have left of this year.

Call Sahara

Did you know that the area code of Sahara is 212?

Hair-Washing-Machine - how you replace a hairdresser

Had a deep philosophical meditation moment as my scalp was massaged by the local hairdresser.

I came to a conclusion that a hairdresser is probably one of the professions that can't replaced with machinery. Still, my scalp-massaging-hairdresser was smart enough to tell me that somewhere in Germany had been invented an automated hair washing machine.
I was excited enough to find this miracle machine.

Found it! In Japan though. Tattadadaa!
The Aqua Vibro, for you, only £13,000! If you're not in need for your own Aqua Vibro (by the way, it sounds like an adult toy), why don't you go for a spin at Stuart's (I bet their business isn't into porn, if you were still wondering!). If you're out of dimes, you can have a 360˚ tour of gayish Stuart Phillips (still no porn!) (enter site -> choose "the salon" from the picture menu, roll the page down and click the yellow circle which says 360°)

Airplane landing gear - I hope the bolts hold

What do you think would happen, if an airplane tyre would fall down, let's say from the height of a kilometer? Underneath there's only a motorway. My scenario doesn't concider the velocity of the plane, so you know.

My options:
A) It would smack down to the asphalt causing a huge pit either onto the road or the incredibly unlucky motorist who got in the way.
B) It would bounce back into the sky like a rubberball and keep up the yoyo-movement until the gravity would eventually take over the bouncing.

Feel free to share your thoughts on this :)

To be FILTHY RICH, that's what I want to be...

It would be fabulous to filthy rich. I seriously feel that drawing up several last wills, all filed with the same date. Each copy would have different witnesses, to make it more confusing.

Oh the pleasure of having a chance to see the fight between relatives, friends, acquaintances and loved-ones.

Needless to say, this wouldn't work in countries that have laws to ensure a lawful share for spouses and descendants.
In addition, you'd have to hate or atleast despise everyone before you die.

Prologue

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. "

-Winnie the Pooh-

by A. A. Milne