Fork stuck in man’s penis
Posted: August 21, 2013 Filed under: Random Stuff, Whoa Leave a comment »
Here is a picture of a fork stuck in a man’s penis. Poor dude. He had a rough day. I wonder how the thought process goes that leads one to stick a fork in one’s penis – ALL THE WAY INTO one’s penis.
“Doctors considered several retrieval options before deciding to pull the fork free using forceps and ‘copious lubrication’ while the patient was under a general anaesthetic.”
I hope someone gave him a hug after the ordeal.
(Link)
Shark turducken? Sharsharken?
Posted: August 21, 2013 Filed under: Animals, pop culture, Random Stuff, Science, Whoa Leave a comment »
Whoa. Researchers in the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment’s ORB LAB caught this shark, who had eaten another shark, while trying to recapture tagged sharks.
“We caught one large female on our first line Friday, but we were not expecting to catch her like this! This unlucky smooth dogfish couldn’t resist the menhaden used as bait and unfortunately fell victim to one of the top predators in the bay. The dogfish was about 3 feet long and completely swallowed by the sand tiger shark.”
(Link)
Librarians recreate Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”
Posted: August 19, 2013 Filed under: Entertainment, music, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »Here are some librarians recreating the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotoage” video. It really speaks for itself.
Dog feeds baby goats with milk pants
Posted: August 19, 2013 Filed under: Animals, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
Here’s a bull terrier named Gladys (yes, Gladys. I have a cousin in Scotland named Gladys) feeding hyperactive baby goats with “raw milk pants.” It’s an ad for something called Fetching Tags.
Lest you get the impression, as I did, that Gladys is not thrilled with this arrangement, rest assured. According to the YouTube page:
“The idea evolved from the fact that Gladys was completely obsessed with the baby goats, she licked them from the moment they were born, & accompanied us to bottle feed them 3 times a day – never missing a session. She cleaned all the little dribbles of milk as they drank & just adored them, lying super still on the ground while they pounced on her when they were small & running with them as they got bigger & bouncier. We joked that she would love to feed them herself, if only there was a way for her to hold the bottles. Practice for the video consisted of a failed attempt with a rigged bottle harness – she was too short & bottle angle was wrong, & what you see in the footage. She was less than a year old, & the words stand/stay were not in her vocabulary. She just stood on the hay & wore the pants while we taped & arranged goats.”
Well, OK then.
The video is 2 years old but I found it today via buzzfeed.
These Japanese dudes in suits can dance
Posted: August 17, 2013 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff, Whoa Leave a comment »
While we’re in Japan, this is supercool.
I have no idea what this is about, beyond obvious politics related stuff as evidenced by images of George Bush and Jimmy Carter etc., and the fact that it’s titled “Imperialism.” But the synchronized dancing is aces.
This is Genki Sudo (World Order). They sound a little Pet Shop Boys-esque and can really cut a rug. Check it out.
Japan’s suicide forest
Posted: August 17, 2013 Filed under: Random Stuff, Uncategorized, Whoa Leave a comment »
Speaking of killing yourself (I don’t mean to get all suicide-y on you, so promise, this is last related post), have you heard about this forest in Japan where people go to do just that?
It’s an incredibly creepy place. According to a Vice documentary:
“The Aokigahara Forest is the most popular site for suicides in Japan. After the novel Kuroi Jukai was published, in which a young lover commits suicide in the forest, people started taking their own lives there at a rate of 50 to 100 deaths a year. The site holds so many bodies that the Yakuza pays homeless people to sneak into the forest and rob the corpses. The authorities sweep for bodies only on an annual basis, as the forest sits at the base of Mt. Fuji and is too dense to patrol more frequently.”
Japan has a very high suicide rate, 10th in the world.
In case you’re wondering, according to Wikipedia, the top ten countries by suicide rate are as follows:
Greenland
South Korea
Lithuania
Guyana
Kazakhstan
Belarus
China
Slovenia
Hungary
Japan
Here’s the doc, posted last year.
Man leaves website explaining decision to kill himself
Posted: August 17, 2013 Filed under: News, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
Martin Manley committed suicide on Thursday, August 15, his 60th birthday, shooting himself in the head in the parking lot of a Kansas City police station.
Manley, a former Kansas City Star sports reporter, left behind a website, set to publish after his death, documenting his life – everything from his childhood, right up to his decision to kill himself.
It’s quite a read.
“I always thought I might commit suicide someday. When I considered the options of living to be old and all the negatives associated with that alternative, I knew there was no way on earth I was going to allow myself to deal with such an intolerable situation. In order to guarantee that I avoided it, I also knew that I had to commit the act before I was incapacitated and unable to carry it out.”
In the “Suicide – How 2″ section he goes through his options, including poisons, and why he settled on a bullet to the head. I’m guessing that part will rub some people the wrong way.
My reaction runs from fascination (What an unusual idea!) and admiration (Well, he certainly picked a project and saw it through!) to contempt (Why would anyone throw away their one life?).
Check out martinmanleylifeanddeath.com. Draw your own conclusions. (via Laughing Squid)
Update: Yahoo took down the site , because they are assholes. Regardless of you feel about it, this guy devoted his life and death to this project and he worked really hard on it. The least you could do is have some respect and let it be. Manley’s sister is trying to get it back up.
Dogs will pose as just about anything in China
Posted: August 16, 2013 Filed under: Animals, News, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
Today a story is making the rounds about a dog who is posing as a lion at a China zoo. It’s sort of a funny story, except that it makes me wonder whether people who are shifty and dishonest are being nice to the zoo animals…I hope so.
Folks online are saying they feel cheated but the zoo says it wasn’t faking anything.
“The chief of the park’s animal department, Liu Suya, told the [Beijing Youth Daily] paper that while it does have a lion, it had been taken to a breeding facility and the dog – which belonged to an employee – had been temporarily housed in the zoo over safety concerns.” This is according to the AP, though I Google translated the Beijing Youth article and can’t figure out where they got “safety concerns.”
The zoo also has another dog posing as a wolf and something that looks like a dog or a fox in a pen marked as a leopard.
What do you mean dog? Nobody here but us leopards. Saunters away whistling…
Things people get tattooed on their heads
Posted: August 16, 2013 Filed under: fashion, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
I don’t know if this is real or photoshopped. It’s a guy with an angry monkey tattooed (let’s assume) on the back of his head. Clever! And messed up. (Via Boing Boing)
Imagine if he loses his hair and needs to go on a job interview?
Here are some more amusing head tattoos.
(alternativelook.net)
(Alternativelook.net)
(Thechobble.com)
(Bigtattooplanet.com)
