Category: Curiosities

Shirt of the Day: make a pig of yourself

The magical mystery animal. The pig. It’s all good.

A weighty rug

This is a pretty cool idea. Scales are both aesthetically unpleasing and cold to touch.

Colour me colrouphobic: attack of the killer clown

Here’s one to stoke your (largely rational) fear of clowns.

“Killed by being swung around by the feet by a circus clown”

From the California Biographical Collection Burial Records, via here.

Typographic moustaches

If you want to make a type-face and need a good type-moustache here’s a handy guide to the moustaches produced by flipping the curly brackets ({) from popular fonts.

From here. You can buy it as a poster.

Say it with manure: in the mail

Delivering a pile of steaming manure to the doorstep of your frenemy (or their letterbox) has never been easier.

Poopsenders have a selection of manures that they will mail, with the above card, to your most hated friends. They’ve got elephant and gorilla manure on offer – so it’s not just your run of the mill waste.

Pizza in a cone

Best. Food. Idea. Ever.

The pizza cone.

Rapping Paper

A beginner’s guide to making a pun based product would look something like this…

1. Think of a funny and cheap pun based product.
2. Buy a colour printer.
3. Print the lyrics of rap songs on wrapping paper.
4. Sell on the Internet.

Here you go. Rapping Paper.

Eminem.

Run DMC.

Awkward Stock Photos

Have you ever used or searched through stock photo libraries just trying to find the right image for your design? I have. Stock photos are heaps cheaper than photo shoots, and a great way for photographers to make a little pocket money. Good stock photos are awesome. You can search for photos by obvious keywords.

There are, however, a litany of awful stock photos in libraries around the interwebs. This blog, Awkward Stock Photos, exists to record the worst offenders.

One wonders what possible application this image has, and what keywords one would be using to find it: “criminal school girl with walkman and balaklava” is hardly likely to be a common request.

This one is too disturbing to feature in image form – only click it if you can stomach artistic elderly nudity (a bottom) in anatomically impossible situations.

Lens Cap On

Have you ever been so focused on capturing the perfect shot that you haven’t noticed the obvious – your lens cap is still on. Don’t let those moments go to waste. Maybe start your own version of this Lens Cap On tumblr.

The best/worst dive bar in Brooklyn? YES. You can’t tell, but the jukebox is all Tom Waits records.

Shirt of the Day: Game on

All games actually come from the same place. Did you know that? Don’t believe me? Here’s the shirt to prove it.

High steaks advertising

Scent branding is taken to a whole new level with this billboard advertising a steakhouse – during peak hour it pumps the smell of delicious steak into the streets

One armed, one legged, chicken-killing monkey

I’m not sure if there’s a moral to this story. But I found it a bit amusing. It’s the ultimate case of “monkey see, monkey do”… the monkey was rescued from a perilous health situation by its owner, who amputated two decayed limbs. The primate now hangs out in the house, trying to earn his keep by copying his master as he goes about his house chores. Unfortunately he has a real knack for killing chickens.

“And when Li slaughtered a chicken, the monkey copied him and has since killed about 80 chickens, reports the Chuncheng Evening Post.

“From then on, whenever it’s not occupied, it jumps into the chicken pen, and kills the chickens, no matter how big or small, and tries to pluck them,” said Li.

“His record is nine chickens in one day. The lesson I have learned is to never slaughter a chicken in front of a monkey.””

Shirt of the Day: Blind man’s shirt

This shirt comes from a series of pretty classy and slightly functional white t-shirts. If you pull the string the blind lifts.
blind_model_image blind_product_image

Give the gift of ninja

What to give the man who has everything… though, unfortunately, only the New York man who has everything… NINJA CLASSES.

If you really love your man, or want to turn an employee into a lean, mean, killing machine with the world’s most awesome performance incentive.

“Learn from an actual Shidoshi (teacher of the warrior ways) about the history, tradition and philosophy of these night tigers before practicing their self-defense, heightened awareness and combat strategy methods.

These lessons are a great compliment to existing martial art experience. The opportunity to use weapons in this class is on a case to case scenario and under the sole discretion of the instructor.
After this session with our experienced ninja instructor you will better understand the mystery and power that surrounds this 900-year-old martial art.”

There is such a thing as a free lunch… if you can finish it

If I could take my perfect food holiday it would be to travel the world visiting restaurants with eating challenges… well, not really. But if that’s your dream getaway here’s a compilation of some of the best and biggest in the category.
The Bull Burger

“This massive burger contains 2-½ pounds of hamburger, four slices of cheese, four slices of bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles, mayo, mustard and French fries. Complete this challenge in 30 minutes and you’ll see your photo on the Bull Board, a T-shirt and your burger for free.”

Red Devil’s Pizza

“Finish a 28-inch pizza between two people within a half hour. Finish the pie and receive a gift certificate for two additional 28-inch, four-topping pizzas and Red Devil Pizza merchandise. After every 20 winners, there will be a drawing for a $500 prize.”

Mt Olympus Burger

“You and three friends can try to mount the 50-pound Mt. Olympus Burger in three hours. It’s free if you finish.”

More here.