Outrageously politically incorrect adverts from the time equality forgot
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November 2007
Brazen Thief Robs 180 Kegs of Guinness
From Reuters: DUBLIN (Reuters) | A thief made off with 180 kegs of Guinness beer after smoothly driving into the Dublin brewery which makes the black stout and snatching a trailer load of drink, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday at the Guinness brewery on the […]
‘Transparent’ billboard
Artist Cayetano Ferrer posts an image of what’s hidden behind the billbooard onto it, then takes a chunk of it and posts on an adjacent building. Link
Pumpkin Carving Winners 2007
Gene Simmons pumpkin with ham tongue, from the 2006 winners list. Pumpkin Carving Winners 2007 This years online pumpkin carving contest was the best one yet. Some of these pumpkin designs are unbelievable! I am so proud of all of the submissions. Picking winners was really difficult. Here are my […]
WWF billboard that uses shadows to communicate its message
WWF billboard that uses shadows to communicate its message An awning on the top of the billboard creates the illusion of of the ocean rising.
Elaborate prank leaves Oregon officers in custody of gnomes
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. | A number of gnomes have taken sanctuary at the Springfield police station. Somebody apparently collected 75 lawn ornaments from around town and then, on the night of Oct. 17, placed them meticulously on and around the lawn of one house. Among the plastic and porcelain geese, deer […]
Lorry driver had to sleep in cab for three nights after sat-nav blunder left him wedged in country lane
Clip: A lorry driver who was led off course by his sat nav got his HGV so tightly wedged in a narrow country lane he had to spend three nights sleeping in his cab before being rescued. Residents living near the scene in Ivybridge, near Plymouth, Devon, were astonished […]
Cal physicists make a radio 10,000 times thinner than a human hair
Physicists at UC Berkeley say they have produced the world's smallest radio out of a single carbon nanotube that is 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. Professor Alex Zettl led a team that developed the minuscule filament, which can be tuned to receive AM or FM transmissions. The first […]