Random Absurdity

  • Political correctness is lost in this town

    In this day and age of political correctness, the somewhat cheeky logo of  The Dogs Bollocks Emporium was approved by the local council recently, with no objections from the locals. Given that the sign will be in the towns main street, the unanimous vote in favor that came complete...
  • Oops… prison accidentally labels area “execution yard”

    Russian speaking prisoners might be forgiven for having thought that there was more to British prisons than meets the eye, when a handbook distributed to them accidentally called the exercise yard the “execution yard”. The nomenclature FUBAR was not the only complaint raised about the aging Victorian penitentiary in...
  • Cat uses supreme confidence, sense of superiority to fend off gators

    In this video, a cat protects its human subjects from two seemingly hungry alligators. One gets the distinct impression that the cat in question thinks that it is half mountain lion or something, but whatever it thinks, its mind game with the gators appears to work....
  • Where’s Liu Bolin? Invisible Man Shows How to Hide in Plain Site

    Liu Bolin is a Chinese artist who specializes in making himself invisible, by painting himself to blend in with whatever is behind him. He has been doing his thing for a few years now and it keeps getting better and better. My personal favorite is the bulldozer. ...
  • Japanese Coast Guard performs dance routine on ship

    This video shows members of the Japanese Coast Guard (a highly rigid military organization) dressed as dancing schoolgirls dancing on the bow of a coastguard ship – in what may or may not be a bizarre hazing ritual. The action was captured by passengers aboard a civilian vessel somewhere...
  • How to break down and reassemble a Jeep in less than four minutes

    The Jeep Willys was and is a versatile little 4×4. This video demonstrates just how easily one can be stripped down and reassembled – as long as you have a team of Army mechanics on hand....
  • Balloon Boy’s dad wants you to scratch his back

    Remember Richard Heene, the guy who fooled the world into thinking that his son was floating away on a homemade science project? Now he’s conjuring up Billy Mays in a commercial because he has a product that he wants you to buy – it is called the BearScratch and...
  • An articulate protest against inarticulate protest signs

    The protest sign that you see above was produced by one Jeremy S for display at the Stewart/Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity. Perhaps the lunatics at the Westboro Baptist Church should take note? ...
  • Man makes, plays goat bagpipes

    When it comes to strange do-it-yourself musical instruments, these goat bagpipes definitely take the cake. If you are bored and have nothing to do, you could watch the whole thing – otherwise you can get the picture from the first couple of minutes. ...