Talula Does the Hula

Thursday, July 24th, 2008


(photo by Kirk Aeder)

A New Zealand judge made a 9-year-old child a ward of the court so he could change her name to something normal.

Her given birth name: Talula Does the Hula.

Apparently this case is not unique; previous New Zealand examples include: Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy, Number 16, Bus Shelter, Violence, and (a personal favorite) Sex Fruit.

What happened to naming your kid something normal like Kal-el, Zowie, Piper Maru, Jett, Gaia Romilly, Sage Moonblood, Justice, Christopher Sargent Shriver, Essenz Astral, Hopper, Tatum, Brawley King, Zola Ivy, Frances Bean, Saffron Sarah, Tito Joe, Prince Michael, Alchemy, Phoenix Chi, Fifi-Trixibelle, Pixie, Satchel, Calico, or Guggi Q. Hewson?

(via Angie, via Yahoo! News)

Ouija Bored

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

My sister buys a home and has a party.
I buy her a glow-in-the-dark Ouija Board as a housewarming present (useful around the home, no?).
It went something like this:

(Scene: Seven drunk people in the darkened empty livingroom of an old farmhouse, around 12:00AM.)

Us: “Oh great Ouija, can you hear us?”

Ouija: “YES”

Us: “Oh great Ouija, who are we speaking to?

Ouija: “YES”

Us: “Ouija, what is Jacob’s mother’s middle name?”

Ouija: “M-J-A-Z-A-Z-8″

Us: “Ouija, is there anything you want to tell us?”

Ouija: “YES”

Us: “What do you want to tell us?”

Ouija: “J-R-I-3-I-4-C”

(End scene)

Some observations:
• Ouija Boards often communicate with the living through license plate numbers.
• Some Ouija Boards might need “calibration” - though I’m not sure how to do it.
• Perhaps Ouija Boards can be drunk. Or deaf. Or illiterate.
• When returning a Ouija Board to Toys-R-Us, don’t tell them that you think it’s defective and you’d like to exchange it for one with “stronger spiritual powers.”

Fxo Nwes Cna Splee

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

This ain’t the first time this has happened.  Click this link to get the YouTube clip of Faux News’ newest gaffe.

(Keith Olbermann put me onto this — check out his show if you don’t already)

Iran Kicks Ass (at Photoshop)

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Earlier this month, Iran tested four three missiles to publicly demonstrate its military capabilities mediocre Photoshop skillz.



(images from New York Times Blog)

“Death to Infidels” Bonus Round:

(courtesy of Gorilla Sushi. Thanks Jason!)

(via New York Times Blog, via Zimbio, via Gorilla Sushi)

World’s Most Awesome-est Free Ringtones Ever

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

When I lived in Europe, television was filled with ads for ringtones and phone wallpapers. The majority of the ringtones were all lame/vulgar noises and the wallpapers were as campy as it gets.

Thus, I was inspired to create the World’s Most Awesome-est Ringtones and the World’s Most Awesome-est Phone Wallpapers.

Download and enjoy.


click on image for phone-sized downloadable version

 
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World’s Most Awesome-est Ringtone (mp3 download)
World’s Most Awesome-est [Pulse] Ringtone (mp3 download)

South Carolina is On Fire!

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Guess who’s not going to be vice president? That’s right– South Carolina governor, Mark Sanford. The state of South Carolina should be oh-so proud, with Sanford doing his best Lauren Caitlin Upton impression. Kudos to Keith Olbermann’s Countdown for this brilliant mashup.

Living the Stereotype

Friday, July 11th, 2008

This is Troy.
He is 39 years old.
His wife’s name is Paige.
They have three kids.
They live in Alabama.
Troy is a Republican Attorney General.
Troy has been very outspoken against homosexuality.
Paige recently caught Troy having sex with his male assistant in their bedroom.

Way to live the stereotype, Troy.

(via Susan, de la Wonkette)

Exclusive Paul Revere Sighting

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Every year around the 4th of July, hundreds of eyewitness sightings of the elusive “Paul Revere” are reported. Also known as the “New England Sasquatch” and the “Colonial Skunk-Ape” - recent photographic evidence may offer the first substantial proof that this elusive creature is not the figment of the wild imaginations of shut-ins and hillbillies.

Our Blogadilla research team has acquired recent exclusive footage of this creature in its native habitat. The Paul Revere walks upright like a human being and has coloration which allows it to easily blend-in with its environment [Can you see it? Photos on the right enhanced for better viewing]. Our Blogadilla Heavy Industries research team suspects that this example is a female.

Bonus Round: The Benjamin Franklin Instant Disguise Kit (just like Scooby-Doo!)

Moment of Humanity

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Each of us is an Olympian in our own way.
Turn up your volume.

(via Angie)

Rejected Olympic Mascots

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Though China has five Olympic mascots (”The Fuwa”), several others never made it past the drawing board.

A Blogadilla exclusive: rejected Chinese Olympic mascots.

Maomao - Lil’ Mao Zedong.

Melmel - The Melamine Cat.

I take pleasure in knowing that I’d be shot for doing this if I lived in China.

Friday, June 27th, 2008

I know this is content recycling, but I still think they are funny as hell and they were posted at a time when nobody read us.

In A Galaxy Far, Far Away…

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Do you think George Lucas had this in mind when he made Star Wars?

Make sure you stick around for the Darth Vader crotchgrab at the end…

(Saw it first on ToplessRobot - Check those guys out)

A New Meaning for “Beer Belly”

Friday, June 20th, 2008

The bierbauch (which in German literally means “beer belly”) is essentially a camelbak for your stomach, making beer consumption easier than ever.  Also from the makers of the bierbauch comes the getraenke büstenhalter– a  wine bra, so women can partake in the drinking action.  Germans are equal opportunity drinkers!

Buy a bierbauch here for just $34.95.

(via Katya; via Reuters)

A Coconut Spunow

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

In a gas station today.
The candy bar doesn’t scan, so the cashier holds up the bar and, in a thick accent, calls to the other employee:

“Spunow is same price as Snickers?”

It took me and the other employee about a minute to get what she was talking about.

The Great Mall of China

Monday, June 16th, 2008


(photographed by Philip Gostelow for The National)

The South China Mall:

1,500 spaces, only ~10 functioning stores.

“. . . the mall entered the world pre-ruined . . . “

BLDG Blog article

(via The National, via BLDG Blog)

DIY: Transfer Tattoos

Monday, June 9th, 2008

I recently started screwing-around with Papilio Temporary Tattoo paper. Making my own transfer tattoos with a desktop printer.

The first tattoo experiment: making a “Petunia” dancing girl tattoo, from The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

And Yes. I am fascinated with this 90’s Nickelodeon TV show.

Lesbians vs. lesbians

Monday, June 9th, 2008

In the 7th century BC, Sappho - poet and resident of the Greek island of Lesbos - wrote of her great love of women, and thus the term “lesbian” was born.

As well as the ancient Greek sport of hot girl-on-girl pillowfighting.

The 100,000 current residents of the island of Lesbos are now taking it back - citing that the use of “lesbian” to denote female homosexuality violates their human rights, as the “original Lesbians.”

There’s a bad “Who’s on First” comedy dialogue waiting to be written about this - it starts with “Where are you from?”

BBC News article

Why I Hate Mark Twain

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Throughout gradeschool and highschool, English teachers repeatedly stated that it was our civic duty as Americans to adore and admire the works of Mark Twain. Years later and I still hate him.

Here is a revised list of the many reasons why I think Mark Twain is a douche:

• Tom Sawyer Island and the Mark Twain Riverboat are the lamest rides at Disneyland.

• He gave his characters dippy names like Huckleberry and Pudd’nhead. No kid would have gone by the name Huckleberry - classmates would have called him Hucklefairy or Fuckleberry. And Pudd’nhead already sounds dirty.


• Mark Twain impersonators (”Twainies”) are the lowest strata of the nerd pecking order - even Star Trek geeks and Renaissance Faire nerds make fun of them and beat them up.

• He was overly fond of the word “Yankee,” and often used it as an obscene verb.


• Mark Twain and Colonel Sanders used to go to parties together dressed the same. They thought it would get them chicks.

• Both Ernest Hemingway and Jack London could have taken Twain in a fistfight.

• At a time when people were dying of cholera, the standards for humor were pretty low. Frog jumping contests and suckering someone into painting a fence = SO NOT FUNNY.

• There are dozens of public schools and parks named after Mark Twain, but there isn’t even a single parking lot named after Elmore Leonard.

They Grow Up So Quickly

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Last April, British supermarket chain Tesco removed a model of padded bra from their shelves.

It was designed for 7-to-10-year-olds.

A Tesco representative said:
“It is a product designed for girls at that self-conscious age when they are just developing. It is designed to cover up, not flatter, and was developed after speaking to parents.”

UK Telegraph full article

Here are two possible answers to many many questions that come to mind.


(photo by Daniel Brook)

(via L.A.Times)

Moustache Time

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Give anyone a moustache.
Grow it, groom it, wax it, cut it, shave it.
PetMoustache
(would you believe this is a Burger King ad campaign?)

(via PopCandy)