Fright club

Daniel Limmer's Emma is a short horror film that lasts just 15 seconds, judged best of the many entered in the aptly-named "15-Second Horror Film Challenge". The top 20 winners are conveniently available in a YouTube playlist.

And a little quiz... can you judge a book by its cover? In a quick 10 rounds, you'll see two books, one of which has a 5-star Amazon rating. How many can you correctly pick?

"Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?" -- Maurice Freehill

End of an error

News Be Funny has compiled the Best News Bloopers of 2017 for your year-end viewing enjoyment. Best, worst, whatever... your call.

And people sum up the dumbest thing they've ever bought in a terse six words or less.

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." -- Colette

Travel guides

Behold a gigantic Hot Wheels track of your childhood dreams that starts out of a second-floor window and goes all the heck over the backyard and garden.


And prepare for a most interesting takeoff in Hamburg, Germany.

Takeoff from gifs

"I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio." -- Rodney Dangerfield

Ad infinitum

Not sure of the purpose of this performance from a human centrifuge of a dancer spins over 100 times without stopping and doesn't even seem dizzy when she's finally done, but it's fairly impressive.

And speaking of going on forever, Infinitown is a procedurally-generated city that never seems to end.

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." -- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Interchange of plans

Looks like a transportation planner's wildest dreams realized in this traffic simulator gone amok running cars through a series of wacky traffic junctions.


And also not real but maybe enjoyable nonetheless, retaliatory rocket-fire on the roadway.

Not today, MOTHERF****R from funny

"An object at rest tends to stay at rest, especially if you're behind it when the light turns green." -- Robert Brault

Elf retooling

A machine that wraps gifts in 10 seconds, though not particularly well, from inventor Joseph Herscher. (And check out some of the other nifty contraptions from Joseph's Machines.)


And the GIF that just keeps on GIFfing... the conversation on Christmas Eve.

The conversation my son and I will have on Christmas Eve. from funny

"The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people." -- Karl Marx

Mistooken identity

Enjoy the holiday neo-classic "Dear Satan", a heartwarming Christmas story from Hell spawned courtesy of a child's typo. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, no less.


And no reason not to drop my cigarette in there, right?

WCGW if I drop this cigarette down a hole from Whatcouldgowrong

"As long as we know in our hearts what Christmas ought to be, Christmas is." -- Eric Sevareid

Project runaway

Your next assignment: The Expert, a classic comedy send-up of the worst type of corporate meetings.


And seasonal greetings -- grumpy cat crashes Nativity scene, causes inadvertent Holiday cheer.

"There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting." -- David Letterman

Fall colors

This is some crazy-ass domino-ing that sorta makes it look like the tiles are falling both directions at once. (Here's how it's done.)


And it's a shame that seemingly no one was watching this nifty pool table trickery. Thank goodness for the video.

Doesn't seem like anyone was watching from gifs

"Greatness is a birthmark." -- James Lendall Basford

Second chances

A pretty decent sketch in which gifts are for the giver.


And The Not Yorker is collecting rejected New Yorker magazine cover submissions to give them another run at the limelight. Enjoy the goodness.

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." -- Roy L. Smith

Smarter than your average

The most Canadian way to get rid of bears.


And is eavesdropping OK if you're someone like artist Avner Geller, who illustrates the funny conversations he overhears?

"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another." -- Juvenal, Satires

Brush off

This 77-year old Japanese artist paints incredible works of art with Microsoft Excel instead of paints, a canvas, and all that usual stuff.


And a crafty use of markers on an unsuspecting whiteboard.

The perfect use of Permanent and Temporary markers. from funny

"The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist." -- Robert Brault

With a vengeance

Ambulance chaser Barry Glazer makes a compelling case for his possibly legal legal services in this instant classic of an ad.


In other trawling, this golden retriever shows off his expert fishing technique.

Golden retriever waits patiently with bread under its mouth to catch a fish in the wild from NatureIsFuckingLit

"Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts." -- H.L. Mencken

Simmer up

The Onion's cooking videos are a perfect comeback to Gordon Ramsay and the scourge of lame culinary shows.


Also not serious, probably... smoking babies, suicidal Santa, assault rifle selfies, and other oddities from the Dark Stock Photos Twitter feed.

pic.twitter.com/GL1rHuWQPe

— Dark Stock Photos (@darkstockphotos) November 21, 2017

"Preheat the oven? Really? If I was the sort of person who planned ahead, I wouldn't be eating this Totino's Party Pizza in the first place." -- Adam Peterson

World beater

This "Geography Joe" guy typed the name of (more or less) every country on the globe in under three minutes.


And you probably needn't have lived in either one to appreciate the differences between New York and San Francisco, humorously illustrated.

"California, that advance post of our civilization, with its huge aircraft factories, TV and film studios, automobile way of life... its flavourless cosmopolitanism, its charlatan philosophies and religions, its lack of anything old and well-tried rooted in tradition and character." -- J.B. Priestley

Tanks for playing

No explosions, but fair job with these Thomas the Tank Engine stunts on a toy train track.


And nine handy flowcharts to help you navigate the Christmas season.

"If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future." -- Danielle Steel

Das boot

Well-dressed fellow rips the not-so-effective device off his car so as not to miss his flight. Nice how he abides the law by not littering.


And road rage, interrupted, in a big way.

Road rage: interrupted. from funny

"Sometimes you feel like giving up, but then you look at other people who have given up, and the results aren't that good." -- Robert Brault

High boltage

Enjoy this astounding video of lightning strikes filmed in 1,000 fps ultra-high def, even if the somewhat overwrought music seems right out of a Michael Bay movie.


And an outdoor enthusiast @YouDidNotSleepThere calls out illogical and improbable campsite photos in stock photography.

A post shared by @youdidnotsleepthere on Nov 15, 2017 at 11:03am PST

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." -- George Washington Carver

Paper jam

It's here -- OK Go's latest video made with 567 printers and God-knows-how-many sheets of paper starts out making you wonder how cool it could possibly be, and then...


And what does this GIF sound like to you?

Ooh look, I'm a @Twitter moment now https://t.co/bL2EvWHcnR

— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) December 4, 2017

"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves." -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The lowbrow art of advertising

Either Toyota just didn't know or care that her eyebrow was falling off at the end of this commercial, or, they saw the opportunity for a successful viral campaign.


Other suspect judgment... morons trying to drift, in a BMW no less, meet with an unsatisfactory ending.

Trying to drift from Whatcouldgowrong

"It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have." -- B. Earl Puckett

Duck scoop

How fast can a duck eat peas? Fast enough to worry the cat, anyway.


And other dangerous critters, this guy is more than fairly fortunate, I'd say, after trying his best Steve Irwin impersonation with an uncooperative alligator.

If I try to be like Steve Irwin from Whatcouldgowrong

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." -- Colette

Sea for Colorado

The closest the Centennial State gets to the ocean... take a look and tell me how these incredible clouds are not a roiling sea?


And a form of levitation practiced near high school football fields.

challenge accepted pic.twitter.com/QQ1JWbkXx0

— ariel (@arielo1220) December 2, 2017

"The clouds -- the only birds that never sleep." -- Victor Hugo

Viscous cycle

Watch Matt Stonie (a little reluctantly, it seems) eat/drink three pounds of honey in four minutes without making me nauseated. Can't promise the same for you.


And artist Rochelle Javier makes soap that looks good enough to eat.

"Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great." -- Henry IV of France

Doomsday afternoon

Succinct and pointful one-minute short about a survivalist's last stand of sorts


And some specimens of strange street flyers with a message found on the streets of New York.

"It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons." -- Johann Schiller

Same as it ever was

This is not my beautiful House... Donald Trump as David Byrne in "Once in a Lifetime".


And thinking ahead, some potential EU leaving names.

Potential EU leaving names

"Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own." --
Seneca

Anchor management

Vintage footage of a news anchor laughing hysterically about someone's tumor.


And a detailed, functional diagram of the human brain's anatomy in the style of a London tube map.

"The ear is the avenue to the heart." -- Voltaire

Stretch play

Check out maker and player Shane Speal rockin' good on one of his two-string cigar-box guitar.

And here's your chance to pull on Elastic Man's face and watch it snap back into place.

"Indecision may or may not be my problem." -- Jimmy Buffett

Feathering the nest

Brazen bird burgles bill from unsuspecting shopper.


And can you make sense of this picture? (Hint: tilt your head 90^o to the left.) If you still can't see it, here's a copy of the picture with an outline to help you out.)

It took me 5 minutes to understand this not disturbing photo. from pics

"When there's a single thief, it's robbery. When there are a thousand thieves, it's taxation." -- Vanya Cohen

Crumple zone

How do Dummies spend Christmas? Annihilating toys with 120-mph crash tests, that's how.

And now that it's almost winter, be cow-ful before you drive. (sorry)

Be cow-ful before you drive from funny

Finally, your fiends at MIT want you to engage in constructive debate.

"You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy." -- Eric Hoffer

Tooth hurts

Man sets record for most bottles opened using his teeth in one minute, with reckless abandon.


But you can take the path of less resistance with this nifty six-pack bottle opener.

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -- Elbert Hubbard

Board games

Quirky video from Kevin Parry who plays "miniature action sports" like skateboarding and surfing. (There's a behind-the-scenes video, too.)


And a store customer with a nice hacky-sack-style save, doesn't let the wayward beer get away.

Saving a beer from funny

"The ball is man's most disastrous invention, not excluding the wheel." -- Robert Morley

Queasy does it

This water slide / Ferris wheel contraption called the Slidewheel just might be the stomach-turningest amusement park ride ever invented. (For a better idea of how it works, there's this animated video.)


Also nauseating is this fellow's beer-based concoction flavored with cigarette smoke, a handful of wrigglers, and topped off with a flaming shot of hooch, which he impressively chugs down in a matter of seconds.

HMB while I drink my weird as all hell beer from holdmybeer

"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity." -- Thor Heyerdahl

Point of attack

If you don't like insects, you might really not like watching this exterminator remove a gigantic hornet nest hiding inside someone's backyard shed.


And this guy got stung playing the odds... what could go wrong?

WCGW if i put my hand here? from Whatcouldgowrong

"The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance." -- Laurence J. Peter

Catching fire

This video of a crazy wheel on fire is fake, right? (Well the flames, anyway.)

And if you see a fire off in the distance, start filming and you might catch an explosion like this.

Fire in the distance from gifs

"Never fight an inanimate object." -- P. J. O'Rourke

Turning a corner

Watch Lars Andersen bend arrows mid-flight and hit targets located behind obstacles. A valuable skill indeed.


And so-so effort by this furniture mover who tries to intentionally injure himself on the job by jumping in front of a kid on a scooter.

"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed." -- Stanley Kubrick

At once

Lend me your ears and tell me that 100 people singing different notes at the same time isn't the choir from Hell.


On the other hand, this synchronized bird diving is a little more like it.

Synchronized diving from gifs

"Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable." -- Franz Kafka

Brush with fate

Watch how this oddly-talented artist paints him a self-portrait backwards while looking in a mirror.


And a new wrinkle on breakfast from an Instagram account called @the_eggshibit.

A post shared by The Egg Exhibit🍳 (@the_eggshibit) on Nov 14, 2017 at 8:25am PST

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." -- Edgar Degas

Flight beer

This Carlton Draught commercial almost makes me want to drink their beer.


And surprisingly enough, hospital food in Japan looks good enough to eat.

"Beer is the cause and solution to all of life's problems." -- Homer Simpson

Rubberneckers

Try to watch this if you can... 14-year-old Pakistani boy can turn his head 180 degrees (yeah, like an owl) and other freaky flauntings of fantastic flexibility.


Also, surreal and slightly grotesque human-form animations from Esteban Diacono.

A post shared by Esteban Diacono (@_estebandiacono) on Oct 17, 2017 at 6:38am PDT

"Freaks are the much needed escape from the humdrum. They are poetry." -- Albert Perry

Atta boy

This smart, happy, and highly motivated pooch is proof positive that education, including dog obedience training, is better in the UK.


And it seems UPS drivers have a Facebook group dedicated to the dogs on their routes.

"Ever wonder where you'd end up if you took your dog for a walk and never once pulled back on the leash?" -- Robert Brault

Scraping by

Lesson learned -- do not park your car right next to the train tracks.

Also ill-advised, this nauseatingly bizarre family arrangement in which the daughter pleaded guilty to marrying her mom, who was once married to her biological son. Huh...?!?

"Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde

King of the jungle

Curious mountain lion chooses, presumably wisely, not to mess with a rather assertive skunk.

And a dog tries to stop two brothers from fighting.

Dog tries to stop two brothers from fighting

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." -- William Shakespeare

For art's sake

This guy used just a small fraction of the photos taken of it by the six million annual visitors to the Louvre to make Mona Lisa Selfie, a (very) short film made entirely of Instagram posts.

And watch a restorer clean 200-years-worth of grimy varnish off an oil painting without destroying the artwork itself.

A remarkable Jacobean re-emergence after 200 years of yellowing varnish 1/2 pic.twitter.com/yBGNGDcNd7

— Philip Mould (@philipmould) November 6, 2017

"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things." -- Henri Matisse

So shall ye reap

Nothing to report here... a morning news show crew tried the Carolina Reaper #OneChipChallenge, and it didn't go all that well for some of the participants.


And this deli customer was puzzled by a handwritten message on his sandwich wrapper... Who is Tom, and why has he been decreed the chooser of onions?

Tom knows best

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." -- William Arthur Ward

Bass serenade in the key of moo

Who said cows are drawn to music? Certainly not this guy.


And tough to believe that this blues guitar player, Toby Lee, is a mere 12 years old when he can play like this. The stuff he recorded a couple of years ago (at age 10) is similarly impressive.

"Music is the poetry of the air." -- Richter

Pot luck

This real and amusing ad from Oregon-based cannabis delivery company Briteside is a spot-on parody of the formulaic big pharma commercials that seem to OD the TV airwaves.


And maybe they'll make a no-smoking PSA out of this citizen video of a smoker being handcuffed and hauled out of the stands at a football game. Got what she deserved, it appears.

Don't smoke in SEC stadiums. Thanks. pic.twitter.com/HdudwN8Wq5

— SEC Country (@SECcountry) November 5, 2017

"If we see you smoking we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action." -- Douglas Adams

Cutting edge

Jimmy Kimmel pulls a back-to-the-future trick on passersby by telling them an iPhone 4 is the new iPhone X, and the reactions are pretty much what you'd expect from the brand-loyal sheeple.


And what would happen if toddlers could post on Facebook? Nothing good, of course.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard P. Feynman

Pro bono

Guy films a too-good ad to auction off his girlfriend's used car, so good in fact that the plan backfires when bidders go crazy, and eBay suspects fraud and cancels it.


And a flowchart to help you decide whether to work gratis. Also available as a letterpress print.

"The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." -- Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Volley fever

Check out tennis pro Pablo Cuevas' perfectly executed "tweener" last week.

And the bestselling artists of all time, according to the Recording Industry Association of America's list of gold and platinum artists. Also, check out the RIAA's database, which can be quite the time suck if you want to filter and reminisce.

"I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good." -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Oversharing

Seems that people will share just about anything about themselves when you put them in front of the camera, as evidenced by these 100 folks who were asked, "What's the worst thing you've ever done?", and gave quite the range of answers.


And make sure you think about your ink, lest you regret it.

I’ve got regrets, but at least I didn’t get Kevin Spacey’s face tattooed on me. pic.twitter.com/TxOXdyfCdn

— Chris McPhail (@ChrisMcPhaiI) November 2, 2017

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." -- George Bernard Shaw

Swing set

Grab a listen to this 1930s jazz style cover of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", including zombie tap dancers no less, from a collaboration between Wayne Brady and Postmodern Jukebox.


And not unlike the doodles you made in your school notebook, artist Jake Fried puts black markers and Liquid Paper to good use in making these intricate and mesmerizing short films.

"Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains." -- John Philip Sousa

Tip the scales

Finally an extreme sport I want to watch from funny

Looks like fishketballski is the new "extreme sport" capturing the hearts of Americans from coast to coast.


And a little less eclectic, clandestine photos of museum visitors who happen to match the artworks they're viewing.

https://peoplematchingartworks.tumblr.com/post/166683116125/austrian-artist-stefan-draschan-has-spent-hours

"Sports is human life in microcosm." -- Howard Cosell

Out of the shadows

Have you ever heard someone say that a car "came out of nowhere" to cause an accident?


And also out of thin air, it appears Sports Illustrated predicted the Houston Astros World Series victory three years ago.

Called it... pic.twitter.com/GK8VZDmPR2

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 2, 2017

"The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be." -- Paul Valery

Roar deal

What would you do if you heard this mountain lion in the woods?


And in other cats, the BYU mascot is trying to pick up the slack for its struggling football team this year.

BYU might be struggling this year, but their mascot is on another level from sports

"We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us." -- Albert Einstein

Major kernel

Over 200 pieces of candy corn fall in a perfect domino-like spiral for a sweet little Halloween trick.

Plus the definitive pseudo-scientific Halloween candy power ranking, as best FiveThirtyEight could muster.

Finally, give him a hand but don't ask why someone wondered what Hamburger Helper's skeleton looks like.

"I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch." -- Gilda Radner

Cut the gourd

Impressive timelapse video of an artist carving Wonder Woman into a detailed pumpkin masterpiece.


And a Hungarian puli dog dressed as a mop stole the show at the recent annual Mainstrasse Paw-Rade in Covington, Kentucky.

"All men are equal before fish." -- Herbert Hoover

Battle of the midway

A little late in the year, but former NASA-JPL engineer Mark Rober engagingly explores the science of carnival game scams and a few tips on how to win (or at least not lose).


And Matt Shirley tries to make a whiteboard chart every day to amuse and entertain.

A post shared by Matt Shirley (@mattsurelee) on Oct 24, 2017 at 4:30pm PDT

"You must lose a fly to catch a trout." -- George Herbert

Scare and scare alike

Probably the most frightening thing about this year's round of Halloween news bloopers is the sheer number of them, though some (like the ones in haunted houses) aren't half bad. But they didn't stop there -- they already have a sequel, news bloopers #2, which is a whole other trove.


And from your friends at xkcd, a perspective on research risks, from molasses storage on up to genetic engineering.

"Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance." -- Arnold Glasow

Sad little clouds

Amazing the result when this Kamikaze attack detonates ammunition aboard a Navy ship. (10x mr. g)


And this toner explosion is still probably better than a "PC Load Letter" error.

pic.twitter.com/mFGYsPZDZy

— cursed images (@Cursedlmages) October 23, 2017

"When all else is lost, the future still remains." -- Christian Nestell Bovee

Carving artist

Imagine the tons of work that went into this stop-motion animation created by carving a zillion pumpkins.


And some of the creepiest book covers of all time, according to LitHub. Open if you dare.

"If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." -- Lucy Larcom

Take a mulligan

Golfers, non-golfers, and ethicists alike might enjoy this quick recounting of "The Golfer's Dilemma" by comedian Gary Mule Deer.


And 29 mildly amusing B.S. things people say (and what they actually mean).

"Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one." -- Chinese Proverb

Miles of tiles

These seemingly impossible unconventional domino tricks aren't your father's boring old stacks a'fallin'.


And would someone please explain this nerdly humor for the mathematically-minded to me?.

"Pure mathematics is the magician's real wand." -- Novalis

Art of the deal

Blind card magician Richard Turner wows Penn and Teller with his amazing skills.


And why not test out your flipbook animation on a power drill? (See more of Federico Tobon's work on his Instagram.)

"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest." -- J.G. Holland

Qualified quality

Proof positive that petting your dog is just about the most relaxing thing you can possibly do.


And a map of Americans' well-being, according to a new Gallup poll.

"A dog is so often the answer -- when you're lonely and need company, or when you're tired of company and need lonely." -- Robert Brault

College try

Precision Shooter from nevertellmetheodds

Precision shooter's impressive pong skills are a testament to the value of a college education.


And this math question isn't really all that complicated, is it?

Math gets complicated! from funny

"A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed." -- Robert G. Ingersoll

Small favors

Japanese maker Okawa Kagu has produced a line of high quality, miniature furniture just for cats. And since they're versions of actual human-size pieces, you and your felines can have matching sets.


And dare to dream big. [courtesy of Cliff Pickover]

This image, widely circulating on the Web, is titled "Dream Big." pic.twitter.com/RrNi8VObli

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) October 19, 2017

"Insight is the first condition of Art." -- George Henry Lewes

Longshot

Fan’s paper airplane scores a goal from the stands at Wembley from nevertellmetheodds

Whatever it's called, a fan's paper airplane somehow scores a goal from the stands at Wembley Stadium. (thanks mr. g)


And 10 other things you didn't know had names in the English language.

"Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered." -- William Shakespeare

Smoke break

I'm not sure what's going on here, but looks like the driver decides to chill and vape after a few unsuccessful attempts to get the car up a tow ramp.


And other things that don't make much sense, translation fails from all the world over.

"It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake." -- Mark Twain

Tourist trap

Harsh-but-hilarious trick, this fake cracking effect on a near-4,000-foot high glass skywalk.

Also deceptive, a confusing-yet-creative Halloween costume costume idea.

"I used to sell furniture for a living. The trouble was, it was my own." -- Les Dawson

Semi solid

Watch and learn from this skilled truck driver, who shows us how parking a big rig is done.


And a print of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" lyrics printed as a flowchart.

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." -- Jimmy Dean

Fine lines

Kasey Golden wondered, "How small can I draw?" and whether muscle memory would scale down to smaller and smaller pieces of paper. Amazingly, looks like it does.

And we know them when we see them, but how well can people draw famous logos from memory?

"I have memories — but only a fool stores his past in the future." -- David Gerrold

Beanball

Epic match point in a sport that seems likely to end in someone cracking a skull, losing an eye, or else just coming away from it dumber than when he started. (thanks mr. g)


And found on someone's mother's Facebook page -- gifts for any age.

"The breakfast of champions is not cereal, it's the opposition." -- Nick Seitz

Brand procession

There're more real people involved in the name origins of 30 popular alcohol brands than you might think.


And forget Mezcal -- you need this muy costoso gin that has an old motorcycle part in the bottle.

"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water." -- W.C. Fields

Public outburst

Some self-aggrandizing Einstein at a gas station won't put out his cigarette, so the attendant takes matters into his own hands with a fire extinguisher.


And this jolly fellow has a laugh so contagious, it gets the chickens going.

"Eventually you come to realize that most people aren't looking for a fight but for someone to surrender to." -- Robert Brault

Shorts jockey

Watch Silvio Sabba break his own Guinness World Record by jumping into 13 pairs of skivvies in 30 seconds. And they said he was past his prime and ready to retire...


And amazing how graphs and an opera soundtrack can make mundane tasks gripping to watch.

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door." -- Milton Berle

Strike one

Genius tries to teach a car a lesson by punching it as it rolls down the freeway, but gets TKO'd.


And check this artist's nail-art self-portraits, the stuff of salon nightmares.

A post shared by Dain Yoon 윤다인 (@designdain) on Sep 11, 2017 at 8:52am PDT

"The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out." -- Chinese Proverb

By the sane token

What a way to ride the NYC subway -- clinging to the outside -- in this video posted by Instagram user @subwaycreatures.


And something Big Apple-ish that's a little less stressful... Skyline Chess is bringing the iconic architecture of the New York City skyline to a chess board near you. Your move.

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." -- William Feather

Looking for answers

Interesting concept... comments from people who think Google's Facebook page is the search engine made into a song. (And you might also really, really, really like this ditty.)


Also, this alleged underwater Afghan hound doing the dog paddle looks like Cousin It floating through the ether.

This underwater afghan hound is the funniest thing I've seen in my life via @klarna pic.twitter.com/ORKEeV9oLx

— Spooky Dogfriend (@GrrlGhost) September 27, 2017

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem." -- David Carradine

Piece of the action

Admirable effort in "Grand Theft Lego" to bring GTA-style action to the plastic building block world.


And a more-or-less polar opposite, Short Trip is a scenic tram simulator (that you control via arrow keys), with every detail hand-drawn by Alexander Perrin.

Hello! My web-based, hand-drawn scenic tram simulator 'Short Trip' is now in service. Take a 5 minute ride at https://t.co/2FpH1tR7aU pic.twitter.com/JG1FUyR7tE

— Alexander Perrin (@alexanderperrin) September 24, 2017

"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived." -- Abraham Lincoln

Smash hit

Moron inexplicably busting out a store window gets his fill of instant karma. Such a shame, but hopefully the car is okay.


You'll also probably get what you deserve with this interesting setup in el baño de los hombres.




And this three-year-old who claims to know everything does a moderately amusing Reddit "Ask Me Anything" to prove it.

"Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart." -- Henri Frederic Amiel

Leap of faith

... from funny

Where did he go? Cat and ninja-mouse face off in battle of wits and patience.


And some animals look like they're posing for their band's new album cover.



Finally, this guy moved to a new house and his dog had never seen stairs before.

"Moved house, dog has never seen stairs before"

This video legit keeps tickling me pic.twitter.com/MxJcfUP4v4

— Tei (@TeiHusky) September 18, 2017

"Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills." -- Voltaire

Two by fore

A post shared by Garrett Clark & Micah Morris (@gm__golf) on Sep 15, 2017 at 4:03pm PDT

Impressive golf trick shot from Garrett Clark and Micah Morris involves a trusting friend and a precision ricochet.


And a captain always goes down with the ship, unless for some reason it's water skis and a bottle of wine. Celebratory and refreshing on a summer day. (thanks mr. g)

"They call it golf because all of the other four-letter words were taken." -- Raymond Floyd

Branching out

Performing squirrel delights a crowd of Norwegians by leaping from tree to tree, and possibly vaulting squirrel-watching onto the "top 10 things to do in Norway" list.


And a cat that has trained its person to repeatedly push it across the floor with a broom.

"It is a perversely human perception that animals in their native habitat are running wild." -- Robert Brault

Blanket coverage

Unfortunate guy on disability sees Antiques Roadshow highest appraisal and realizes he has that same item. A happy ending indeed. (thanks mr. g)

And 11 band names that don't mean what you think they do.

"The flower that you hold in your hands was born today and already it is as old as you are." -- Antonio Porchia

Outdoor plumbing

Don't worry about traffic -- just put the top down and go back to the hot tub time machine future in this drivable "jacruzii".


And play a bunch of games on this mind-bending banana-shaped pool table.

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds." -- G.K. Chesterton

Crank caller

Now maybe this isn't quite at the level of "It", but this horror short called "Slash in the Box" might make for a nightmare or two.


And what's creepier than a creepy doll? A doll that's been abandoned so long that wasps have built a nest around it.

Wasps built a nest around this doll and now you can show your kids what they're getting for Xmas. 💀👍 #horror pic.twitter.com/LqJV1De1EJ

— Eric Weiss (@ZombieRiot) August 28, 2017

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." -- Alphonse Karr