Where have all the new cars gone?

So, no one's buying new cars right now. No one wants to pony up the money with the economy in the gutter. Automobile makers, manufacturers and their employees are growing more desperate as their hopes of a prosperous 2009 swirl slowly down the drain. Recently, a conglomerate advertisement for all automobile makers in the state appeared on television. It's rather depressing that these huge, wealthy companies are pooling their resources to beg the public to buy up their product.

And where do unsold cars end up?

Gathering dust: (click pic for more)

Death By Peanut Butter

Just in case you aren't deathly allergic to peanuts, there's a new way it can still kill you: salmonella.

Do yourself a favor if you eat products that have peanut or peanut butter in them; read this article. And then go throw out those peanut butter crackers.

Peanut butter in jars are still deemed safe.

Tehran Cops: Lady Killers

This video isn't of just any police academy. This is the Iranian Women's Police Academy Graduation Ceremonies. And if you're not up on your Iranian culture, then you don't know it's against the law for a woman to walk around wearing anything less than a four-person tent. I gotta admit, I admire the heck out of these women! Someone needs to make an action movie pronto.

Trick Your Brain (ya know, for fun!)

Ever wanted to have the effects of a drugged out hallucination without the drugs? Well if so, you are not alone. Apparently, sending your mind into fits of giddy paroxysm is scientific and also fun. So go ahead. Wig out... the natural way.

Made In The USA - Nudity Edition

So, let's say you just made a solemn oath to only patronize American manufacturers (for the sake of argument, fill in the name of your own country, unless it's China). You decide to begin the revolution right now with what you're wearing. How naked would you be? My guess: Jaybird naked.

I did a rundown of my own clothing today and got the following list:

glasses: Italy

sweater: Dominican Republic

blouse: Bangladesh

bra: (yes, I went there) Thailand

pants: China

underwear: Hong Kong

socks: ??? (could be American made!)

shoes: Vietnam

So, best case scenario, I'd be standing in my socks. How about you? Where are your clothes from? And if you're going to check all your labels, you might want to find a private place... I'm just saying. : )

(and , no, this isn't the first time I've been curious about this...)

Your Hobbies Are Boring

Toiletpaper Has Its Own Website

Oddly alluring, but definitely pointless. Unwind a roll!

Chocolate Rain and its Children

This is why we have the internet. Apparently.

Original:



Prodigal Sons:

Vanilla Snow:


McGruff the Crime Dog:


Darth Vader:


And lastly a singing nun. (?)

Puppeteering: Good or Bad Job?

Oscar the Death Cat

I thought petting a cat was supposed to increase your life expectancy... click pic for story.

Pimp My Van

Take a peep at what the Crazy Japanese are up to. And who said minivans had to be boring?

Children's Story

Here's a nice little bedtime story for all you grown kids out there (click pic):

Snot Obsessed

Need to clear your baby's nose fast? Suck it out! (Now with patented snot-filter technology *dry heave*)

P-utrid?

How many words can you come up with for unpleasant things that begin with the letter 'P?'

Pictured to the right is a punch. Not pleasant. Not pleasant at all! Get to typing!

[editor's note: I know I'll regret asking at some point when somebody comes up with something truly nasty, so forgive my curiosity in advance...]

White and Nerdy

File under "Guilty Pleasures" and rewatch weekly:
(Original Song Here)

Clever Octopus

One for the "how do they do that?" file.
(click pic)

Weird News Is Old News

From a Savannah Web Board:

By the Way, What Stories Have Been No-Longer-Weirded?

Eighty such themes have occurred so frequently that they have been “retired from circulation” since News of the Weird began publishing in 1988, and for the next few months, they’ll be reviewed here.
Too many pranksters nowadays kidnap school or business mascots (like inflatable Ronald McDonalds) and vandalize them or hold them for ransom. Some libraries do have policies to have patrons arrested for long-overdue library books. The incidence of fires increases as smokers hooked up to an oxygen supply simply must feed their habit. And gasoline thieves who work at night need to check the tank somehow to see how full it is, and all they brought with them are matches or a lighter. These stories used to be weird, but let’s face it: no longer.

"I feel like angry Chinese food tonight, Honey!"

OK, so you've had a rough day, your wife or husband forgot to leave you the car keys and you had to walk to the train (which you missed), you got soaked in the rain, your boss gave you a lecture on time management, and even your kid wouldn't kiss you when you get home. You're in a foul mood and there is nothing you can do about it.

...or is there?

(Those crazy Chinese! What will they think up next?)

Egg-static

I'm so glad somebody finally said something about how great eggs are.

Beach Resort by the Beach

So, let me get this right: there's a fake beach right next to the real beach? Sigh. Japan needs to get out more.