[Found here, here and here. Each one would be enhanced with a Wilhelm Scream.]
Category: Stupid
Manikins, Watermelons & Fireworks: A Deadly Mix
Proof that manikins have no business setting off fireworks. Jump to 01:00 for the splodeys.
Don’t shoot bottle rockets at each other’s eyes or hold exploding M-80s, kids, and definitely don’t lean over a firework that’s going to shoot into the air and explode [via].
They could at least have made it more realistic and scattered some empty beer cans around. Here’s one with an appropriate soundtrack from 2010:
The manikins recovered from their injuries (several times) but they never learn from their mistakes. This one’s from 2009:
[Above videos courtesy of the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission.]
Meanwhile, this guy’s got some manikin blood in him.
Yeah, the explosion turned the lights on and changed his shirt, but so what. It’s still a classic.
Be sane tomorrow, and if you can’t manage that, at least be safe.
Saturday Matinee – Big Daddy, Big Daddy and Big Daddy
Big Daddy‘s take on Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” is pure awesome. Check out their mashup of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – you’ll love it. You might even be able to find a clean download somewhere before it’s gone (hint hint nudge nudge).
Then there’s this Big Daddy I never heard of. Pure brilliance happens within the first 60 seconds. See how long you can stand it before you click on
this. The Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Mugs mug too much, but their music is retrohot.
Nice drivin’ acoustic blues by Big Daddy Wilson, live at the Bluesmoose Café 14 March 2012, featuring
Big Daddy Wilson – vocal & percussion
Roberto Morbioli – Guitar
Detlef Blanke – Bass.
Whoa Mama! There’s a long weekend coming up. Have a great one, and be back here tomorrow if only because we told you to.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 441 – Sweded Pixar, Umbrella Strike & Capybara Rolling
“It’s Art.” “It’s a pile of bricks.” “NO. IT’S ART.”
In 1976 London there was some tabloid excitement about the Tate Museum’s tax-payer funded purchase and display of Carl Andre’s Equivalent VIII-a group of 120 bricks arranged in a rectangle.The piece was originally part of an installation in New York in 1966. When no one bought the work at the time, the artist returned the bricks to the supplier. He had to obtain new bricks for the Tate. It reportedly cost the tax payers about $12,000.00, the equivalent of about $50,000.00 today.
[Image and caption from here, and yes, it’s a true story.]
Congratulations to the Class of 2016
[Found at the University of California website.]
Lola Gets More Ink.
World’s Tallest Carwash
[Found in here.]
Fine Shredded Hot Links
Interactive 3D Music Map is kinda cool. It’s a graphic representation of styles and their relationships/influences with a vertical timeline [via].
Incoming! Interactive map of immigration to the U.S. 1820-2013 [via].
How to make Ottoman spiral candy.
“They are evil monsters who attack us night and day,” and they’re a protected species. Take a guess as to what those monsters are before you click here.
Giorgio de Chirico’s work animated.
This guy doesn’t lose his cool despite being surrounded by belligerents.
[Top image from here.]
Tacky Raccoons 