Finding a present for the Star Wars fan in your life is no longer a trial of perseverance and good timing. I’ve solved the problem for you. I give you the Jedi bathrobe. I promise it’s not a mind trick.
Category: Curiosities
Forceful bathrobe
Super(annuated)man
Ever wondered where all the superheroes go when they’re too old to continue as caped crusaders? They never seem to get old in the comics, and yet technology changes around them. Weird.
But now, the secret is out. There’s some sort of Superhero nursing home out there…
Flags of our forefathers
If you took the 200 biggest countries in the world and weighted them by population and laid their flags on top of each other with those weightings determining the opacity of each layer you would end up with a flag like this.
We know this because these guys decided to create a new global country – a one world government of sorts… look out conspiracy theorists.
Remote controlled ball makes bowling slightly more palatable
I hate ten pin bowling. Fairly passionately. It’s a crappy game. Mostly because I’m terrible at it. Gutter ball after gutter ball. Maybe I should invest the $1,500 that one of these remote controlled balls costs.
Cardboard cut out Transformers
These cardboard box Transformers costumes will not effectively disguise you as a robot. But they’re cool.
How to get in the news
You’ve no doubt spent years trying to fake a news clipping to give your bizarre scar a fitting explanation.
Well. Here you go. A press clipping generator.
London’s burning
What better way to commemorate a famous fire than to turn the skyline of the city in question into a fireplace decoration.
Now, to fetch the engines…
Via core77.
Street cred fail
Anyone who grew up playing Streetfighter 2 knows that the Shoryuken is a most potent weapon.
Here’s Big Bird unleashing the awesome power of a shoryuken (dragon punch) on the cookie monster. He knows where it’s at…
But is it worthy of a tattoo? This guy thought so. But unlike Big Bird he doesn’t have a clue how to land the killer blow.
Unfortunately he made a little mistake. see, to hit that move you’ve got to do this →↓↘ + P…
From kotaku.
Become a muppeteer
How well do you know your Muppets? Here’s a collection of 101 Muppets from the well known to the obscure, with an informative rollover.
Here’s a screenshot.
When all else fails… succeed
Failblog is for losers. Succeed Blog is where it’s at.
Bear with me
Sharing gummi bears has been an almost impossible task. Until now. The average gummi bear is too small to split more than two ways.
The GummyDevil, on the other hand, has more than enough gummi goodness to go round…
You can buy one for about 30GBP.
If you need tips on how to share the big fella then this instructable on Gummi Bear surgery will come in handy.
Pac Can
How’s this for an in store display – Pacman and ghosts made entirely out of tinned fish.
From a bunch of “Canstruction” art on Flickr.
The real food chain
Despite what you might have learned in school – we are not on top…
