American football: whereby, truly, the neck is mightier than the head.

Above (from top): Takeo Spikes, linebacker, San Diego Chargers, Roman Harper, safety, New Orleans Saints, Kelly Gregg, defensive tackle, Kansas City Chiefs, David Diehl, offensive lineman, New York Giants and Paul Posluszny, linebacker, Jacksonville Jaguars.

Interesting sidebar regarding Takeo Spikes: he’s the first hit on a Google Image search of ‘thick neck’. Obviously.

The NFL’s Widest Necks (Slate)

Youtuber JosephPeed performs an uncanny real-life version of David Lewandowski’s unhinged animation.

And here, for comparison purposes, is the original.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRZ2Sh5-XuM‬

Yes. You did just see that. But you should probably watch it again, just to be sure.

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Probably has the same chances of detecting the Higgs-Boson as the real thing.

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