Racing stripes

Snake in the grass? You wish. It's way worse.

"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way." - Aristotle

Hold the pickle

Check out Mac Sabbath, a Black Sabbath cover band that performs dressed as McDonald's characters, complete with fast food-themed lyrics (à la Weird Al).

Also rockin', some old folks groovin' to Kraftwerk, though keep in mind that the band formed in 1970, so septugenarian fans are well within the realm of possibility.

"Age is not important unless you're a cheese." - Helen Hayes

What the duck

Add a twist to the wild duck chase, as fowl hunts dog for a change of pace.

And this good deed for the day is worth the payoff. If you're thinking pratfall or something worthless like an iPhone, guess again.

"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

The year that was (2014 edition)

Check out this compilation reel of 2014's best news bloopers. (There's also a part 2.)

"Time is flying never to return." - Virgil

Call me Ralph

Cats captured in a montage of techno-colored interludes might be a bit off-putting for the faint-of-stomach, if not emblematic of year-end revelry.

"Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something's time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings." - Henry Cloud

Lane change

Has this ever happened to you? Watch "Stay In Queue", where the lesson is commit and see it through.

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." - Jonathan Swift

Karma and dogma

Adventures at the mall as told in "Car Park", 2014 British Comedy Award winner for best
Internet short from Bird Box Studio.

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." - Henry A. Kissinger

Black Christmas

Just in time for the holidays, Bing Crosby croons death metal, either to your delight or horror.

And the popularity of the top music genres since 1950 in one easy-to-use graphic.

"What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day." - Phyllis Diller

Thought crimes

The original "Cat gives a dog hypnotherapy" was ripe for a translation. Beware of felines bearing massages.

And watch time and color pass if you have the patience.

"We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves." - Galileo Galilei

All in one

Just try keeping up with the non-stop pop culture references in Cruisr's animated music video for "All Over".

And a regular laugh riot of old comic book con ads, and some more here.

"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food." - W. C. Fields

On the up and up

Pouring a few bushels of plastic balls onto an escalator turns it in to something like a perpetual motion machine, enough to amuse you for a minute or two.

"Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon." - Emily Dickinson

De nada

For your viewing pleasure, a "Seinfeld" aquarium built into an old TV. Should make it easy to name the goldfish.

And finding economics lessons in that "show about nothing".

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." - Theodore Roosevelt

Escape plan

Worst parking/driving job ever, as this surveillance camera video shows in painful detail. Watch it at 2x speed to minimize the agony. (Thanks RG)

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh

Crowd dynamics

This is how it goes when an endless surge of people rushes into a slowly-rotating metal barrier. Surprisingly mesmerising, although probably more interesting if done with real people.

"The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile." - Benito Mussolini

'Stache away

A few ways to remove your mustache that I wouldn't recommend to my worst mustachioed enemy.

And gear up and draw away using the Inspirograph. Hours of fun and RSI without the pile of paper.

"Most hard-boiled people are half-baked." - Wilson Mizner

Got game

The question of why certain races seem to dominate certain sports is finally answered in this recently unearthed video. (thanks BK)

And like a game of "Telephone", run some text through a translator a bunch of times and see what comes out the other end.

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." - Peter Drucker

Ornament express

Doofus cat vs. Christmas tree. Guess who wins.

And better than a selfie — "You complete me."

"Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean." - Christopher Reeve

Don't knock it

Knock knock. Who knows? Who knows how long this man kept his daughter standing in a field until they nailed the take...

And the final rankings of favorite numbers are out, with unsurprising results and some interesting reasoning behind the selections.

"I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink." - Joe E. Lewis