Russian vs. airbag

Just add vodka...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGJApB6NxyI

And in another brush with inflatables, Tubing Fail Win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_7_x3xhRhc


"Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Miracle water will make you rich

God bless Rev. Peter Popoff for sharing his miracle water, "Stop settling for less -- reach for God's best! God is a God of more, and now there is more miracle spring water in a new larger packet!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-HfjSMK57k

(Not surprisingly, the good Rev. Popoff was debunked by James ("Amazing") Randi.)


"A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." - Bill Cosby


And if the message is the message, here's a handy site if you need to make a massive, flashing screen-filling, eye-decimating statement.
http://www.bigassmessage.com/

Amateur "Transformers" short out-bad-asses Hollywood

A Russian amateur filmmaker created this two-or-so-minute-long "Transformers" short using a couple of sub-$1,000 cameras, two hours of footage, and a month of editing. The Boing Boing review: "...it's insanely badass: a perfect vision of an alternate universe where shirtless Russian thugs go bot-to-bot on dusty distant roads; more fun than the big-budget Hollywood equivalent."
http://vimeo.com/14852606

And for some reason a London-based man mapped Europe according to... Europe.
http://alphadesigner.com/project-mapping-stereotypes.html


"If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be 'meetings'." - Unknown

No One Likes M. Night Shyamalan

Harsh, but amusing.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1940892

And on a not-really-related tangent, Trashonomics, an infographic about garbage in the United States.
http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/trashonomics-09202010/


"In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool." - Lord Chesterfield

Hollywouldn't

Oktapodi is an animated short film nominated for an Oscar in 2009. Nice, action-packed story. Well worth the seconds -- alright...two minutes -- off your life.
http://vimeo.com/4352688

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, a short DIY version of the classic "King Kong" done by some kids (supposedly in the 1970s). Either way, really not bad, all considered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTUFVsZtFNI


"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore

50 novels in 4 Minutes

Spoiler alert, I guess (?).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AapzgNJgtAw

And, also succinct...Ten Word Wiki.
http://www.tenwordwiki.com/All_Pages


"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." - Albert Einstein

Faith

Lady receives the gift of INSTANT hip healing in church, presumably as a result of the recent health care reform law. Proof indeed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6csPWzurwHo

And in other hard-to-imagine scenarios, "Luck" features a full 9-plus-minute compilation of people inches from getting mushed and crushed by all forms of danger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy8eDhZAuk0


"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

My Most Exciting Day

An optimistic outlook and a little imagination helps make the best out of a less-than-optimal situation in this brief tribute to the human spirit (or child naivete).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSRMeiLljnw

And in other discrepancies of perception, a clever and well-done comic-strip shows how we're often wrong about things.
http://www.viruscomix.com/page528.html


"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castaneda

"Instant Elements" using Google Instant Search

Google Instant being put to good use with this novel idea for an instant video using a listy song. I wonder how this would work with R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgFh6IAQoDA

And another use for Google services...a world touristiness map this time, with color-coding by level of touristiness. (Western Europe looks like it's on fire.)


"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." - Napoleon Bonaparte

Use the faucet, Luke

Sad, sad Yoda cat. Funny (looking).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSvMiPd-lA

And other strange visages...a gallery of specialty cakes on Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9438541@N04/sets/72157600664133756/


"The less you talk, the more you're listened to." - Abigail van Buren

Off the beaten path

The Poopmobile is a radio-controlled turd on wheels with a noble purpose: to demonstrate the plight of the 2.6 billion people on this planet who don't have access to a toilet. (PETF?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY5Vw_ejQSA

And far afield is this milspec skateboard of sorts that reminds of a Razor scooter. Any way you look at it, the DTV Shredder -- which can travel at over 30mph, go up a 40-degree slope, turn around in four feet, and be remotely operated -- is something to see in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh2nLWYnxkM


"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw

Stairway to heaven

Helmet-cam video of some guy free climbing a tower higher than the Empire State Building. Some good comments... e.g., "There is only one single explanation possible. The guy climbing the tower has to be Chuck Norris." Or, "Did you bring the light bulb? No, I thought you grabbed it?!?". And though not the funniest, this one pretty much sums it up: "His paycheck better be as large as his balls."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I

And while we're on the subject, a top-X post of on-stage falls.
http://www.ranker.com/list/the-30-greatest-on-stage-falls-of-all-time/robert-wabash


"What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your present circumstances seems more likely, consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer." - Douglas Adams

Extreme River Rope-a-Dope Swing

...unless you don't consider 60-foot triple backflips into a not-too-many feet of water extreme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsdRdgZ16k

And for some more risky behavior, try wearing these banana shoes in public.
http://kobilevidesign.blogspot.com/2010/04/banana-2010-leather.html


"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." - W. H. Auden

Deckchair

Who needs instruction manuals anyway?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOKiYiJsbiE

And, an infographic of what happens when this guy explains to people that he's colorblind.
http://i.imgur.com/J7wne.png


"He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which." - Douglas Adams

LSD cautionary tale from the 60s

bOING bOING headline: "Warning: LSD turns hot dogs into screaming trolls with 7 children."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSmu_JDtzVM

Got a song stuck in your head and need it out? Try some reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology...and risk trading bad for worse.
http://unhearit.com/


"One sometimes finds what one is not looking for." - Alexander Fleming

My Morning Run

Dudes ripping up some buildings, etc., in a parkour two-minute drill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOOlUR9Cg1Q

And clips of serious industrial shredders taking care of business, including a psychedelic VW Beetle, a fridge, and a couch. Watch 'em shred.
http://www.ssiworld.com/watch/


"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all." - Sam Ewing

Japanese Precision Walking Competition

According to Neatorama, "Kind of like marching band, but without the tubas." Give it a minute or so to get going.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afpc_EcohcY

And some other things that might have translation issues, check out funnytranslator.com, which lets you play a little langtran-induced telephone.

I put in Kind of like marching band, but without the tubas. After 50 translations it spit out, This control is disabled. So I tried, The one beer to have when you're having more than one. Fifty translations later... After a few years ago. Sort of apt, actually.


"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." -- Mark Twain

neo lebowski

Morpheus meets the Dude, an entertaining and well-done mashup of The Matrix and The Big Lebowski.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqqIUxZTdVc

And while on the topic of cryptic subjects...what terrible business jargon do you need unsucked?
http://unsuck-it.com/


"People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates." - Thomas Szasz