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just an altogether great post! so amusing.
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oops!!!!!
How come?
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The one that kills me is the pickup truck on top of the ferrari in the garage. How the hell did that happen and did the owner commit suicide after seeing it?
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the second pic in the "tanks are not invincible" piece is not of a tank, but of a self propelled howitzer... The British AS-90 Braveheart, if I'm not mistaken (though, self propelled artillery is not my speciality).
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Yeah, but 'Self Propelled Artillery Pieces aren't invincible' is just not as catchy and sexy
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Either some people are VERY bad drivers, or some greater power has an interesting sense of humor.
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How about both?
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Hmmmm...a lot of those smell of Photoshop to me.
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Nah, I don't think so. They're very well done if they are and, ultimately, this sort of thing does happen - plus everyone has camera phones these days.
Coincidences do happen. That's why we have a word for them.
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the guy in the third tanks pic looks like he knows he won't be military much longer.
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Just about a month and a half ago, I was changing freeways when I noticed that the people in the lane I was merging into were driving really slowly. So I look to see what's up and in front of the lead car is... a wheel, rolling along. Okay. I make the merge and keep my eyes open. I see in the rear view mirror that the wheel makes it safely to the shoulder rather than falling over and creating a hazard.
So I'm driving down the road and FIVE MILES LATER I see a pickup pulled off to the side of the road minus one rear wheel. Did they not notice?
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No... wait... it was nine miles, not five. I clocked it the next day, out of curiosity.
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great collection. thanks. here's one i took:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33653037@N00/375445346/
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the picture on "crowded" section, the first one, was taken in Indonesia, I'm sure. It's a usual thing in Indonesia to crowd up a vehicle, usually when they're going together to some place. Soccer competition for instance.
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The pic of the crowded mini.. The girl stood up to the left of the middle stood up dude with her right arm in the air.. NICE TITS.
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actually it's not a Mini, it's a Ziguli (Lada 2101)...
Nice tits, anyway
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The pickup/Ferrari accident has a Snopes entry. The gist of it is some kid was driving, lost control, and got launched through the garage door after hitting something in the front yard of the home.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/accident/darling.asp
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Posted in another forum:
Needs more Australian content.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20950916-1245,00.html
http://jalopnik.com/337725/hoon-of-the-day-holden-test-drive-crash-experience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/globetrotter1937/135252023/ .
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Valentine's Echo: Superb collection, and does it for me! Wish I could take pix like that.
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these are the very BEST I have come across. I do hope folks will take time to look at your post. Excellent and beautiful.
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Beautiful! Check out the frogs, too
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That VW bus ball reminds me of the escape pods in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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we <3 katamari?
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Awsome pics,
I was borned in moscow, so it really speaks to me.
I've posted one of the pics on my own blog. (
jenlog.com) with a link back to you.
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Israel is not a totalitarim as depicted in imallfake.com.
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Sweet.....
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i like it, nice pics. especially totalism pic
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Well, anyone depicting nazi regalia in combination with the german "black red golden" flag is outing himself as ignorant jerk. Black red gold where the national colors of Germany BEFORE the third reich and AFTER - but are quite the opposite of a nazi flag (which had to be black white red).
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When you look at those designs today, they can hardly be considered "aerodynamic".
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Now I know where Lexus got their inspiration from.
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The Fascination cars still survive, apparently. Two of them are owned by a car collector who also happens to own a Tucker.
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Check Tatra T77:
The world's first serially produced aerodynamic car with a rear-mounted air-cooled engine was introduced to the press on March 5th, 1934, in Prague. The T77 was a real sensation, overtaking the world's motor car industry by several decades
http://www.tatra.demon.nl/cars_history_T77_T77A.htm
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Thanks for the tip, MB!!
Tatra is certainly a marvel
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I love the Texaco Lubritorium. What a great name! Much better that Quik-Lube or the like.
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http://www.tatraclub.at/2004_Quizz04.htm
First aerodynamic car - in 1923.
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Bill said...
When you look at those designs today, they can hardly be considered "aerodynamic".
Not true- a teardrop shape is very aerodynamic- much more so than modern cars
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Dymaxion - perfect car for Sponge Bob !
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This place is incredible, havent been there since I was a child, but its one of those places that really sticks with me.
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Yeah, the Mont St-Michel IS definitely a place to visit, especially at dawn and/or dusk.
I've been there three or four times I think, but as I grew up, my vision of the Mont changed drastically.
It's huge and at the same time so confined, but each time mind blowing. Also lately they installed new lightings at the base of the abbaye, they look marvelous.
Oh and you can sign up for walks starting on the shore, that leads you through the bay to the Mont. You have to be guided cause it's a common place known for its quicksands. But it's really worth it.
Alex, from Paris, France
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Absolutely wonderful.
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that Moon's got to be photoshopped, right?
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No, this was taken when the moon crashed into the earth last Saturday.
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Last Saturday!? Dammit, I miss all the good stuff.
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Harvest moon. When atmospheric conditions are just right...it can fill your field of vision. I've seen it this way, almost this big, from near the Philadelphia airport sometime in mid-80s
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That's an amazing castle.
I can only imagine how romantic a walk on the shore would be.
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That's an amazing place and amazing shots!!! Photographers who took these photos made a really good job! Thanks people for showing us such a wonderful place.
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I agree this place looks incredible and the next best thing if you cannot visit there is to watch the movie filmed there called "Mindwalk".
Other historical castles in Scotland and England
and the history associated with the
"The King Maker" at:
http://familyforest.wordpress.com/2007/09/15/the-king-maker/
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Ahhhh. No wonder there are cheese bits near my computer when I wake up in the morning.
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I love these...Funny stuff there!
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I want to hot karl that mouse.
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someone please scoop me up, I just got melted...
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I am utterly in love <3
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Wow, I don't think I've ever absorbed that much cute all at once before.
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Hey from Spain, i just wanted to say that this is one of the most interesting sites i've ever surfed, good work ;)
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That is definitely "cuteness" aaaaahhhhh!!!!
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We have many wallabies (species of macropod closely related to kangaroo)living on our property in southern Tasmania. They are extremely cute indeed, we consider ourselves fortunate to share our home with them. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos.
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This is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.
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Man thats so cool, I wouldnt mind seeing a video of this or some of the owners feed back on how the squirrels doing now as an adult.
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these have GOT to be the best pictures I've ever seen...very cute. Thanks for giving me something to smile about today.
Sarah
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Wow! That is amazing and so adorable!
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I'm loving the "centerfold spread" of the baby squirrel on the bed drinking milk from the dropper
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Great Video...Great site! I'd love to swap links with you!
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Squirrell Special Needs:
When I was a child, my mother rescued and raised 2 squirrells. We nearly lost both of them (we did loose one) at about 2 years of age because they were not getting enough potassium in their diet. The one we saved lived to the age of 5. You can contact me at the email address of "noxbestia@" via gmail.com if you want to know more about our experiences.
Johnny-dog Duane Rice
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That is one fu*cked up looking car in a really bad way.
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Looks dated as a matter of fact. Looks like it would have been a concept car in the late 80's.
This is a WILD Failure.
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Wow. Nasty, nasty, nasty! This is why the Chinese don't design for themselves!
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Is this sleeper or a shoe? This got to be the Ugliest of the Ugly concept I have ever seen.
Congratulation to whomever design this concept for winning the Ugliest concept car award.
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Thank God this is just a stupid and meaningless concept. A silly question, how in the hell would someone change a flat tire on either the front of back wheels? lol
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I first saw this concept in Design News mag. for 11/23/1959.It was called the Prvenac [The "First"]and was designed by Prof. Ing.Nestorovic, head of Mot. Veh. Dept, Faculty for Mech. Eng'g., Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
the design was simple [elliptical]and ugly but only in a '50s sort of way and all things considered, not so offensive as this flashy Chinese model. I have 2 top views of the body, and 3 pics of the Chassis.
looks to be easily homebuilt. Just one aspect of the design I didn't understand, or I might have tried putting one together.
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simply beautiful.
great blog by the way, keep up the good work mate!
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Fantastic post!
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me likes little bitty killer frogs
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Dangerous and cool looking, but i think the blue ringed octopus is a bit more lethal than this.
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The venom from a single bite of the inland taipan might be potent enough to kill about 250,000 mice, or the mouse equivalent of 100 men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipan
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Beautiful pictures, and not just on this post.
Cool blog.
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Um... At least some of those aren't poison fros. LOL The third down, for one example, is a "Pac Man Frog" and I used to have one. Not a bit dangerous, unless you're a bug or baby mouse.
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nice blog! worth visiting whole pages. thanks.
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Interestingly the frogs' poison comes from eating ants. Frogs raised in captivity are not poisonous.
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0809-frogs.html
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Let us not forget the box jellyfish.
http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/jellyfish.htm
"You have virtually no chance of surviving the venomous sting, unless treated immediately. The pain is so excruciating and overwhelming that you would most likely go into shock and drown before reaching the shore. So don't go swimming alone! Be sure to know the first aid procedures."
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WOW! You should be in National Geographic Mag. Your blog is informative and the pictures are amazingly colorful and bright. Each picture deserves to be in a cover of a magazine.
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There's an open source Bit Torrent program called "Azurues" and its icon is one of these little blue poisonous froggies.
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super blog!!!!!!!!!!
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i liked this topic too much.
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oh, that's fantastic!!! Too much interesting.
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i think your all ur pics are smart and fantastic - Especially the frogs!
Awesome work.
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I really love the pictures you have on your post. they're great. it's the only place i've seen pictures of the "Mint Green" morph of the Golden Dart Frog. My favorite pic tho is the blue dart frog on the red plant.
in response to comments questioning the potential lethality of our little yellow friend:
The Golden Poison Dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is "currently considered the most poisonous vertebrate worldwide". Each Golden Dart Frog contains an average of about 1 milligram of batrachotoxin, enough to kill 10,000 mice or 10-20 humans.
the above information was taken from Wikipedia.
i also found a number of other sources claiming that the P. terribilis is the most POISONOUS [CAPS for a reason] animal in the world. One of these sources mention that batrachotoxin is the most lethal poison/venom found in any animal.
the reason I used CAPS for "poisonous" is because there is a difference between poisonous and venomous. venomous animals deliver their toxins via injection in the forms such as a bite or sting whereas the toxins of a poisonous animal are delivered through absorption (touching) or ingestion (eating/swallowing). Therefore, regardless of the lethality of inland taipans or ringed octopuses, the Golden Poison Dart Frog is the most poisonous animal in the world.
That said:
sorry anonymous, but while it is ONE of the most venomous animals in the world, the blue ringed octopus is not more potentially lethal than P. terribilis. While there is no known antidote to their venom, a bite can be survived with artificial respiration: "Respiratory support, together with reassurance, until medical assistance arrives ensures that the victim will generally recover well." (quote from Wikipedia).
Matt,
That statistic of a single bite possibly killing 250,000 mice or 100 people refers to the milking with the highest recorded venom yield for that snake (meaning the most venom recorded in a bite from that snake). The venom yield (amount of venom delivered in a single bite) was 110mg. The average venom yield for the inland taipan is 44mg. That means that the average bitewould potentially kill 100,000 mice or 40 people. That's 1.1 mg per person. That means the LD50 (dose of substance required to prove lethal to 50% of the tested population) of the inland taipan's toxin is 0.025mg/kg, making it, yes, the most venomous animal in the world. However, our little yellow friend's toxin (batrachotoxin) has an LD50 of 1-2mcg(micrograms)/kg [a.k.a 0.001-0.002mg/kg], making the toxin of P. terribilis 12-25 times more potent than the toxin of the inland taipan, thus making the Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) the most toxic animal in the world.
plus the fact that a cute little frog less than 2 inches in length can singlehandedly kill up to 20 people just seems so much cooler than death via a bite from a brown colored snake.
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Very informative, Ben - thank you very much!
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GRANDES FOTOS..SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO
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i have a friend whose little dog got sick and vet said was from frog spraying on him---is this possoble here in indiana??
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Does anybody know anyone who keeps frogs such as these at home, in an aquarium, as pets?
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The sign with the heart means "no pacemaker"
"Caution: Volcano Debris"?
hilarious!!
the other is - "low clearance ahead 30 meters".
The "traffic circle" is what everyone else in the world calls a "roundabout", and it's a common traffic junction pretty much everywhere (except, aparently, the USA). They're only put in places where three or more roads meet, and are a much more efficient junction than T junctions or crossroads, etc.
In this case, it's blindingly obvious that there was an additional road on the left that's since been landscaped away - look at the dent in the grass. It's not worth digging up the entire roundabout, so they left it there with only two exits.
Could you really not work this out?
"Meters" is _not_ abbreviated "t". That sign actually means "no vehicles carrying explosives over 30 tons", the 30 tons referring to the entire vehicle of course, not the explosives.
The firt weird sign could be translated as "Do not get close of this if you are wearing a peacemaker" it could be some kind of machinery emitting Micro-waves.
As the second anonymous said these kind of traffic junctions are also usual in Spanish roads and streets.
These were funny!
Wow, when I first read it was signs I figured I'd already seen them before. But there were quite a few in there that I hadn't. Thats probably the best laugh I've had all day... other than at one of my coworkers drinking stories... but thats a whole different story.
I'm not the Only Bathroom Researcher
very nice. im impressed
The one with a heart, a lead, and a red circle with a line through it is, I believe, a "if you have a pacememaker, don't enter this area" type sign.
Yes, "anonymous", we do have traffic circles, roundabouts, rotaries, here in the US, mostly
in the East.
"No pacemakers?" I could have sworn it was "no tugging at heartstrings."
Lol... "Do not get close of this if you are wearing a peacemaker"
^- I guess there'd be a gun on the sign then...
No, really, it's a warning for ppl with artificial cardiac pacemakers because there could be interferences (electromagnetic fields) in the area that might hinder the pacemaker from working correctly.
Usually this problem has to do with large magnets, but it even a hairdryer can be problematic...
thx for your patients... erm... patience
Day
There is nothing more relaxing then a fighterpilot on amfetamines!
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the second mystery sign could be "No Suicide Car Bombers on 30th of the Month"
"Be Prepared for the Unexpected" was taken on the way to Cape Scott Provincial Park (northern most tip of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada). I should know, I've got the original. :P
New Cuyama welcome sign, WTF is that all about? Checked Wiki and it has the same picture with the caption 'humorous sign'..
Have I missed something?
The "no pacemaker" sign is not only common in Asia, but also in Europe (well, at least in Germany). At my college it's often seen together with signs like "High Magnetic Fields" and "no credit cards, keys or other stuff like that". Can't find links to show you the pictures, though.
I'd say that the one with the little clay face and handwritten sign was by David Shrigley, given the strangeness and the handwriting.
Thank you Azdaja, it does seem to be his work - I updated the credit info. At least handwriting fits...
omg wow the poor quality high prices sign is from my home town guelph, ontario the other side of the store it has other things in the window making ridiculous claims about how good the store is but on that side its saying that the store is terrible
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