Duck.
No, Nokia 1011. Thunk!
East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin
September 1, 1993,
Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell getting hounded outside Bad Bob’s.
We’ve all been there, in fairness.
Not in a Union jack-et, obviously.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Youtube scientist Destin of Smarter Every Day explores breaks out the 130,000fps camera to observe the genuinely fascinating phenomenon of Prince Rupert’s Drop (aka ‘Rupert’s Balls’ or ‘Dutch Tears’) – whereby molten glass dropped into cold water hardens into a tadpole-like droplet with a long tapering tail.
The head of the droplet is virtually impervious to brute force. But just tip the tail and…you’ll see.
They said it was going to be like that first Tayto competition, where no winner was declared. Another Nomgate, they called it.
Not this time.
The 1kg of Lindt chocolate swathed bunny from Friday’s competition goes to…
*drum roll*
Congratulations, Peter.
Runners up included:
Thanks all.
(Thanks Gemma Kenny)
SpunOut.ie exists to provide balanced, reliable and responsible information for 16 to 25 year olds only. The age of consent in Northern Ireland is 16, SpunOut.ie is an all-island charity.
The Sunday Independent wrongly claims we receive €250,000 in state funding. We receive €124,000 in total and this was confirmed with the journalist in question at 11.50am on Saturday March 23rd by phone.
We promote safer sex to reduce the transmission of STIs and unwanted pregnancy.
Young people are bombarded with unrealistic sexual imagery through films and porn, neither of which detail the drawbacks to different forms of sexual activity.
We do not promote threesomes, we arm young people with the facts about them.
We advise young people not to be coerced or pressured into having any form of sex.
All too often, older generations avoid having conversations with their young people about difficult subjects. This is particularly true in relation to sex.
Parents feel uncomfortable talking to their children about it and teachers are afraid to raise the subject in the classroom. An adult’s discomfort does not negate a young person’s right to information.
Silence does not breed confidence, instead it creates fear and confusion.
We should arm our young people with the facts and trust them to make responsible decisions.
SpunOut.ie is proud to do just that.
Statement from Spunout.ie
Earlier: Facts And Fear
A stylish little horror parody by Icelandic animation post-grad Kristjian Lyngmo featuring a masked man called Mason and all the classic visual tropes of the slasher genre.
Yes the title is 32 years old. Coined long before Kristjian’s time in fairness.
From Pokémon x Nic Cage – a recently lauched Tumblr wherein various Pokémon are depicted with the face of Nicolas Cage.
New sketches will be added every day until all 151 first generation Pokémon have been Caged.
Or morale improves.
Probably brewed using local oats (if you’re not careful).
Noel Finn writes:
The Franciscan Well Brewery Beerfest coming up this weekend aims to showcase craft Irish beer and as many Irish micro-breweries as are available will have bars present at the event. It’d be greatly appreciated if ye could mention this, get people talking about the small scale brewers in Ireland.
An apparently genuine cannonball from the Battle of Vinegar Hill, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, 1798.
In which we were thoroughly routed thanks in no small part to to these perishing ‘spheres of doom’.
You can take this or I have a hanging garden you might fancy.
Genuine Cannonball, Battle of Vinegar Hill, 1798 (eBay)
(Thanks Sibling of Daedalus)
