Tag: FAIL

Hot Air Blown [Updated with Link to story]

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I don’t know the story behind it, but that’s some scary stuff. Besides the balloon snag, that tower wasn’t engineered to handle a bigass inflated windsock trying to pull it down.

[Found here.]

UPDATE: Apparently the accident dates to October 2004 during a hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque NM. After the collision, the veteran pilot grabbed the tower to stop the gondola from swinging, and he and two boys (ages 10 and 14) climbed down 600 feet as news helicopters buffeted the tower before being called off. Here’s the balloon in better health:

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[Full Story here; h/t Guy Fleegman via Twitter.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.317 – The Vacuum Of Space, A Long Lick & How To Make Leaf Angels

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Dog Lick
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[Found here, here and here.]

Stuffed Classroom WTF

Crappy Taxidermy Classroom FAIL

I don’t even know what that classroom display animal is/was, but it’s obvious that it was blinded and kicked in the snout by a something larger and more adept at surival. Maybe it’s just a good luck mascot that every child whacks on the way to the playground to prevent injuries. Your guess is as good as mine

[Found here.]

Swingers

Illusion Produced By A Ride In The Swing

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 315 – Lickin’ Lizards, The Ice Countess & Captain Americannot

Lizard Licks

Countess Minto

Captain American't

[Found here, here and here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 314 – Tetherball, Color Queen & Inflatable Raft FAIL

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Self Inflating Life Raft

[Found here and here. 2nd one is related to this one.]

Efficiency Apartment For Rent

Efficiency Apartment

There’s an inflatable mattress in the tub, too. Provide your own cooler.

[h/t Dan S. via email.]

The .Gif Friday Post No.313 – Dance Hard

Dance Hard 21

Dance Hard 20

Dance Hard 23

[Top two found here, bottom here.]

They Are The Eggmen, I Am The Narwhal

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Goo Goo Goo Joob.
Note that the background decor is pure awesome and negates everything bad in the world.

[Found here.]

Hot Links of the 11th Dimension

FLATLAND Edwin Abbott

In Dreams is an experimental film about childhood nightmares by Samuel Blain.

“I never forget a face.” Yeah, you’ve heard someone say it, but how would they know? I got a score of 91% and 82% on this test.

The Legend of Chuck Norris lives on. I’m amazed that I didn’t make it into the Top 50, or maybe I did…

Crashing Cell Phone Conversations At The Airport.

This Guy Travelled The Country In A Pink Tutu Just To Make His Wife Laugh During Chemo.

Very cool fractal art.

Yeah, it snowed in Cairo. BFD. Weather happens, and it’s not caused by humans. We don’t have that much power, never will, no matter what Mr. Catastrophe told you.

How long can YOU watch a kitten with nasal problems in front of a fire place? [via]

WorpDress just informed me that this our 2,609th blog post. Wish they’d warned me a few years ago. I’d have cleaned up the yard, re-caulked the tub and got rid of the meerkats (cutesy little standy-uppy weasel-lookin’ bastards).

Top image from Edwin A. Abbot’s 1884 classic novella “Flatland.”