httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0Cazxj_yc&feature=player_embedded#!
It’s awesome most of the way down.
Choon: ‘Mecha Love’ by Hadouken.
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Over at Urlesque, they’ve taken Troll Physics (typical example above) to the next level by presenting several of its warped theories to an actual physicist for ‘analysis’.
See, this is exactly the kind of thing the internet was invented for.
So farewell then, Paul the Octopus: the world’s most famous cephalopod mollusc.
The uncanny predictor of this year’s World Cup match outcomes was found dead this week in his aquarium in Oberhausen Sea Life Centre in Germany.
Stefan Porwoll, manager of the Sea Life Centre said:
‘He appears to have passed away peacefully during the night, of natural causes, and we are consoled by the knowledge that he enjoyed a good life here. We may decide to give Paul his own small burial plot within our grounds and erect a modest permanent shrine.’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya85knuDzp8
Here’s Paul picking Spain over Holland to win the Cup.
Paul the Octopus dies (Telegraph)
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Waggish Mad Men fans at The Poke have Roger Hargreaves-ized their favourite characters from the show, and created a little Mr Mad Men storybook to go with it.
We sense a meme. More here.
Previously: The Other Mr Happy.
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The new Patch watch from the (otherwise fairly pricey) range of Geneva-based watchmaker Altanus is the world’s first biodegradable paper timepiece. It’s available in 10 colours and various seasonal prints for €24 – about half the price of a Swatch.
Probably because it’s made of paper.
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From the article: Love don’t come easy: artists we love to hate (Kevin Courtney, Irish Times, 22 Oct)
There are many homegrown stars worth hating – Ronan, Bono, Sinéad – but all must bow to the chieftain of cheese himself, Chris de Burgh. His global hit The Lady in Red set a new standard for schmaltzy ballads, while his 1975 Christmas song, A Spaceman Came Travelling , will waft out of shops every December until the end of the universe. So no escape there. His new album, Moonfleet, is a prog-MOR concept epic complete with orchestra, narration, jigs and hornpipes. De Burgh takes an active interest in how his career is doing – when the press publishes anything critical about his work, he often responds with a robustly worded missive.
Oh dear. Not again.
And their most viewed counterparts: Battle at Kruger (56.6 million hits); Otters Holding Hands (14.7 million hits); Double Rainbow (18.4 million hits) and Evolution of Dance (155 million hits).
It’s funny because it’s the opposite of a thing.
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In 2007, sweet-faced 15 year-old Jennifer Mee (above) from Tampa Florida made headlines as ‘hiccup girl’ – suffering from a baffling and bizarre disorder.
The hiccups eventually stopped by themselves, but now Jennifer is back in the news again.
What is it this time? Compulsive sneezing? Uncontrollable burping?
Nope. First degree murder.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hPm1p0Q3xA&feature=player_embedded#!
The people at Axe (or Lynx, as 15 year old Irish lads understand it) sure know their target market. This ad was launched last Summer in France. It features ‘dix filles sublimes’.
But you knew that.