Not only should sleepless babies beware of cradles tumbling out of trees, but Napoleon himself might come to get them too!

Baby, baby, naughty baby ( Read more... )

NZ had a spot of bad weather recently and this is the result. NSFW language.

Eels in the Gutter

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An English acquaintance was asking me about his running yesterday. He'd only managed one round of the park and didn't feel very well after. Was he dehydrated?

Let me guess. What time was this run? Of course, in the middle of the day when it was so very, very warm ( Read more... )

Another video, this one via sessifet25. I spent about half of it turning round to Wingnut, going, "really?!" The last one is my favourite.

Scheldwoorden - Don Quishocking

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On a lighter note, in The pen of my aunt is on the gardener's postillion..., clanwilliam asks about the origin of the phrase, "la plume de ma tante." Good question. But then she has to go and invite people to come up with other clichés and translated phrases... flexor's Amsterdam phrasebook is my absolute favourite so far.

Air New Zealand announced its plans to introduce a new seating arrangement called "Skycouch" back in January. Skycouch is three economy seats which can be turned into a narrow bed for two adults, for the price of about two-and-a-half seats. A bunch of us were discussing this on Saturday and while most were enthusiastic about a more comfortable ( Read more... )

I was in the Netherlands over a week ago and ran into all sorts of interesting things: football cards, eels, special ice, travel smart cards, etc. Unfortunately, the minute I returned, I became embroiled in the continuing problem of how to get Tower Hamlets Council to fix the water to our building ( Read more... )

We were discussing what happens to diamonds in volcanoes last night when Stroopwafel Fiend alerted me to some puerile chemistry humour, Molecules With Silly Or Unusual Names. Starting with arsole and going on to things like megaphone, moronic acid and snottites. Yum.

I can't believe I missed this. Italian singer Adriano Celentano wrote a gibberish song to sound like American English. The video of it is something else.

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano with with Raffaella Carrà

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(via Public Address.)

I tweeted this earlier, but it's such a perfect Friday afternoon video that it deserves a wider audience. It's a clip from a reality show, Police Ten 7, featuring a NZ police slogan. Pure gold.

Police Ten 7 - Safer Communities Together

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