petree1013, this one is for you. I think you'll be ok even though it is in Japanese.
Rahmens - the wiggly straw phenomenon.

how to eat sushi in japanHilarious! They start off all serious and you think it is an educational film, but then it just gets ridiculous. Although, i think some stupid Americans (given by the comments section) actually fell for it ( Read more... )

As a white girl dating a "yellow" guy, this 15 min student movie is totally hilarious.
Yellow Fever by WongFu Productions
- a comedy movie about why there are more WM/AF couples then AM/WF couples
Ironically, I think philip is cute ;)

While you're at it, go to www.wongfuproductions.com for some of their other vids, like R.P.S.

You Tube is the best dinner time killer ever. Since I don't have TV, it is the best way to waste a few brainless minutes while eating a quick bite. Best hits on tags "parody, trailer" - like Titanic Two - Jack's back, Brokeback to the Future, and tons of anime parodies like Fushigi Yuugi set to the Army Of Darkness trailor, where Tasuki is the ( Read more... )

Everything I need to know, I learned from the Japanese. Here is a collection of great educational Japanese videos. No English, but completely understandable w/out translations. Includes the classics such as "how to fold a shirt" and "how to cook" just about anything.

Akakure YouTube vids

Good news for virgins. Despite right wing protests, HPV vacinne was approved. I can't wait for it to be available. I'm pissed that they set the upper age limit at 26. They probably think that everyone older than that has either had sex already or never will.
( Full NYTimes article )

Sometimes, the most truthful things are the scariest and funniest all at once. If Florida is the US capitol state of weird people and happenings, Texas may just very well be the weirdest state for laws. No dildos? No legal heterosexual buttsex? Funny, scary, disturbing...Molly Ivans stars in this report.
The Dildo Diaries
(thanks to Kit for the

You MUST watch Part 1 - 2, and probably even 3. Ingenious in your face (quite literally) attacks at Bush and his policy.
http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/I don't know how he got to be a speaker for Bush, but damn, them are some jabbing insults that I think Bush didn't understand the half of. Awesome! Of course, the media plays it down and sides ( Read more... )

If only some other countries/continents had this problem, like oh, say impoverished parts of Africa or poor people in the US who just don't know when to stop.

Pushing for babies: Singapore fights fertility decline

My favorite line: "The city-state ranked 40th out of 41 countries in a survey on how frequently people have sex, according to the ( Read more... )

Here is an interesting article as an add-on to the discussion Kit and I were having in my last post. Car makers are using technology to increase vehicle size and acceleration, but not mileage.
The NYTimes article direct link
Best quote:
If 2005 model vehicles, with their better technology, had the ( Read more... )