Man Assaulted After Purchasing Crack With Monopoly Money
Tue, 9/03/10 – 23:10 | No Comment

I’m not a drug dealer, never have been a drug dealer, and I don’t ever plan on being a drug dealer.  However, despite my lack of experience in the world of selling illegal drugs, I’m …

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Man Finds Terrifying Way To Test Whether Lava Lamp Would Work On Jupiter
Tuesday, 9 Mar, 2010 – 19:59 | 2 Comments
Man Finds Terrifying Way To Test Whether Lava Lamp Would Work On Jupiter

Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, …

Best Use of Duct Tape – Ever
Friday, 29 Jan, 2010 – 0:14 | 5 Comments
Best Use of Duct Tape – Ever

The Alaskan owner of a 1958 Piper Super Cub that looked a lot like the one shown above made a terrible mistake. Depending on which unqualified version of events you choose to believe, he either …

Man Takes On Pair Of Suspected Car Thieves
Monday, 18 Jan, 2010 – 21:20 | 2 Comments
Man Takes On Pair Of Suspected Car Thieves

Footage captured by a local resident shows an interesting confrontation between a passerby and a pair of suspected car thieves.
The almost comical nature of the confrontation and the ease at which our good Samaritan takes …

British Police Officers In Hot Water Over Riot Shield Sledding
Sunday, 17 Jan, 2010 – 8:34 | No Comment
British Police Officers In Hot Water Over Riot Shield Sledding

A group of British police officers has received a reprimand from their superiors after a YouTube user uploaded a picture of them sledding on riot shields.
While the upper echelons of the police hierarchy might be …

We Interrupt Your Weekend – January 15, 2010
Friday, 15 Jan, 2010 – 18:02 | No Comment
We Interrupt Your Weekend – January 15, 2010

In this week’s video we take a look at a spectacular rescue by a Brazilian firefighter, some dancing Saudi Arabian policemen, the sunroof speeder and what happens at a gas station if you accidentally push …

Shocking Shopping Secrets Of The Clergy?
Friday, 15 Jan, 2010 – 6:39 | 3 Comments
Shocking Shopping Secrets Of The Clergy?

I’d like to think that this was all a part of an expensive, well-organized prank – but you never know.
If it is a prank, a person or people would have had to …

How to Make Bungee Jumping Even More Terrifying
Saturday, 9 Jan, 2010 – 22:22 | One Comment
How to Make Bungee Jumping Even More Terrifying

These are definitely the people to go bungee jumping with if you don’t find jumping from a bridge with only an over-sized rubber band separating you from death scary enough. Seriously, who needs enemies with …

We Interrupt Your Weekend: January 8, 2010
Friday, 8 Jan, 2010 – 22:37 | One Comment
We Interrupt Your Weekend: January 8, 2010

This week on We Interrupt Your Weekend we take a look at a failed suicide attempt, a near miss at a train station, a tantrum at a McDonald’s “restaurant” and an Antarctic ramming.

Drunk Driver Captains School Bus
Wednesday, 6 Jan, 2010 – 6:49 | One Comment
Drunk Driver Captains School Bus

When their driver missed a turn, some of the older children on an Allegany County school bus knew that something was wrong. Despite protestations from the driver that everything was fine, they demanded that she …

HP Computers Seem Much Better At Recognizing White Faces
Monday, 21 Dec, 2009 – 21:25 | One Comment
HP Computers Seem Much Better At Recognizing White Faces

An African American HP user made an unusual discovery, the face tracking technology that came with his new notebook didn’t recognize his face.
It might have been put down to a malfunction, but for the …

Man Mounts Rocket Launcher On Motorcycle
Wednesday, 16 Dec, 2009 – 19:53 | 3 Comments
Man Mounts Rocket Launcher On Motorcycle

As you can see from the video, this gentleman has set about mounting a remotely controlled rocket launcher to his motorcycle.

Octopus Uses Coconut Shell as Exoskeleton
Monday, 14 Dec, 2009 – 20:26 | No Comment
Octopus Uses Coconut Shell as Exoskeleton

Video footage has emerged of octopi exhibiting some rather fascinating learned behavior; they were carrying coconut shells to use for their own protection.
Researchers observed veined octopuses (Amphioctopus marginatus) in Indonesia carrying coconut shells that were …

Biff’s Song: Thomas F. Wilson Sings About Annoying ‘Back To The Future’ Questions
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009 – 21:03 | One Comment
Biff’s Song: Thomas F. Wilson Sings About Annoying ‘Back To The Future’ Questions

Having been Biff must be a source of constant frustration for Thomas F. Wilson, if the lyrics of his song are anything to go by. Wilson’s IMDB profile reveals that he has kept himself busy …

Giant Leopard Seal Teaches Photographer How To Hunt
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 – 7:09 | One Comment
Giant Leopard Seal Teaches Photographer How To Hunt

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen describes how he was taught to hunt, and later fed by a large leopard seal in Antarctica over a four-day shoot.

Patient Police Officer Accosted By Affectionate Cat
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 23:50 | No Comment
Patient Police Officer Accosted By Affectionate Cat

Police officer Keith Urban got more than he bargained for in a routine traffic stop in Taylor, Texas, when an affectionate black cat climbed up his leg and onto his head.
Officer Urban can be seen …

Fake Elk Proves Too Much For Real Buck
Saturday, 14 Nov, 2009 – 11:05 | No Comment
Fake Elk Proves Too Much For Real Buck

A Wisconsin homeowner was left with a very damaged 640-lb fake elk and plenty of deer meat after a buck took exception to the presence of the life-like statue in its territory.