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On a related subject...

Not exactly an animation film, but I don't know where to put it, so I guess it'll fit in here

Achmed, the dead terrorist

Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go#ws)

Silence... I kill you  ;D ;D ;D


I changed the subject from "on youtube" to "youtube, vimeo.." because there are other sources than just YT. /Art

Quote from: JRD on June 01, 2010, 02:18:47 PM
On a related subject...

Not exactly an animation film, but I don't know where to put it, so I guess it'll fit in here

Achmed, the dead terrorist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go

Silence... I kill you  ;D ;D ;D

Jeff Dunham that guy´s amazing. How he manages to do that stuff I´ll never know. Her´s a youngre version of him with peanut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDsjr7O6_T0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDsjr7O6_T0)

If it doesn't fit, create a topic (done, this is a split-off)   ;)

Although not YT, still a short film (on Vimeo) called

London Bus Tour

London Bus Tour (http://vimeo.com/28341276)

wow. ??? :) :-X

Murmuration (http://vimeo.com/31158841)

 ??? :-X 8)

By the way, I want to explicitly thank mandru for having introduced vimeo to OWG, ever since I keep visiting that site. :)

Amazing ??? :-X

I really like Murmuration.  :-X

Interestingly, the English language is extremely diversified when it comes to describing "collections" of animals, be it birds or anything else. In German, particularly collections of birds are all called the same, a "Schwarm Vögel" and may be called a "Vogelschar" but that sounds queer and old-fashioned. In English on the other hand.. oh dear.. here, just about BIRDS  ??? :)

Quotecongregation of birds
dissimulation of birds
flight of birds
flock of birds
volery of birds
sedge of bitterns
siege of bitterns
chain of bobolinks
wake of buzzards
brood of chickens
flock of chickens
peep of chickens
brood of chicks
chattering of chicks
clutch of chicks
chattering of choughs
bury of conies
cover of coots
flight of cormorants
sedge of cranes
siege of cranes
murder of crows
storytelling of crows
herd of curlews
bevy of doves
cote of doves
dole of doves
dule of doves
flight of doves
piteousness of doves
brace of ducks
flock of ducks
flush of ducks
paddling of ducks
raft of ducks
team of ducks
aerie of eagles
convocation of eagles
mob of emus
charm of finches
flock of geese
gaggle of geese
wedge of geese (flying in a 'V')
skein of geese (in flight)
charm of goldfinches
skein of goslings
covey of grouse
pack of grouse
colony of gulls
aerie of hawks
cast of hawks
kettle of hawks
brood of hens
hedge of herons
sedge of herons
siege of herons
charm of hummingbirds
band of jays
party of jays
scold of jays
deceit of lapwings
ascension of larks
exaltation of larks
tidings of magpies
sord of mallards
watch of nightingales
parliament of owls
wisdom of owls
company of parrots
covey of partridges
muster of peacocks
ostentation of peacocks
colony of penguins
crèche of penguins
huddle of penguins
parcel of penguins
rookery of penguins
nest of pheasants
covey of pheasants (on the ground)
nide of pheasants (on the ground)
nye of pheasants (on the ground)
bouquet of pheasants (when flushed)
flight of pigeons
flock of pigeons
congregation of plovers
wing of plovers
covey of ptarmigans
bevy of quail
covey of quail
conspirancy of ravens
storytelling of ravens
unkindness of ravens
building of rooks
clamor of rooks
parliament of rooks
storytelling of rooks
walk of snipes
wisp of snipes
host of sparrows
murmuration of starlings
muster of storks
mustering of storks
flight of swallows
bevy of swans
herd of swans
lamentation of swans
wedge of swans (flying in a 'V')
flock of swifts
spring of teals
flock of turkeys
rafter of turkeys
brood of turkeys (immature)
dule of turtledoves
pitying of turtledoves
colony of vultures
plump of waterfowl
raft of wigeons
plump of wildfowl
fall of woodcocks
descent of woodpeckers

source: http://palomaraudubon.org/collective.html (http://palomaraudubon.org/collective.html)

Bloody hell :o Where do some of these words come from? A "murder of crows" and a "storytelling of ravens" is weird enough, but what in the world is a "volery", a "sedge", a "dule", a "sord" and a "nye"?

What a trove of oddities ????

 :-D

Cool list Art.  It's a little disturbing how many of those I'm familiar with and might actually use conversationally if the right topic were to come up.   ???  Fortunately the fourth entry a "flock of birds" really does cover the entire list when referring to birds in flight for anyone that doesn't want to bother with keeping track of the rest of all that.   :laugh:

I've frequently engaged in conversations with friends over the years about the question of where do new words, phrases and descriptive terms originate.  As near as I can make out when  a person encounters something new whether its an actual physical thing, a useful additional step guaranteeing better results in a long accepted manufacturing process or a "thought tool" that enables others to look at the world around them through a new lens of understanding typically the discoverer in describing their findings will name that new thing setting in place a new word or phrase.

There are times that the community that receives that new concept and will be working with it chucks the discoverer's naming out the window and renames it.  Think about it.  What if Georg Ohm's last name had been Limpweiner or Fugett?  There's no way the scientific community would have turned "Limpweiner's law" loose in the classrooms of 14 to 15 year old school boys.   :-D

A lot of the namings for groups of birds among that list you provided Art are the type of results that occur when poets start naming things and if you step into an interior decorator's parlor you can bet that they could provide a list twice that long of the various shades of green that they would just die for the chance to redecorate your home with.   8-X

:lamp:  So I suggest that we take the initiative to coin names for groups of people that insist on naming/renaming things.

*A nattering (or a nagging) of Nomenclaturists.
*A twist of Taxonifiers.

(and let's not forget)
*A bowel full of International Astronomical Union Members (A trans-Neptunian dwarf planet?  What a swarm of Rectoids!  Give us back our ninth planet dammit  \:/   )

 :laugh:

Just today I showed that list to two very nice native Australian ladies (one of which a teacher of the English language) who were amazed at how many different expressions there were and generally as well as gently speaking, they were not familiar with all of the terms provided in that list.  :-D

I keep staying in touch with Australia for some reason, and most often with Sydney, for some reason.

Again. This bloke who made the film is from there, too.   :-()

Moving Day (http://vimeo.com/31708121)

That's quite funny :-D :-X An original idea, beautifully filmed.

I liked the final view.. "torched"  :laugh:

 :laugh:

That bird video was shot about 50 miles from me, its really cool :)

appears to be a nice spot you live in, then :)

Guys I didn't know where to post this, this is a must see, and don't forget the speakers......

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=341rybZ42vA#ws

not. available. in. TA-DAH! Germany!   :D

So how do you watch youtube video clips Art?

I click on them

 :o  Zing!

Quote from: Art Blade on March 29, 2012, 09:18:40 AM
I click on them

I know you click on them dumm kopf....!!  ::)  some people......  ;D    then what's wrong with the one i posted......... ???    :D

 :laugh:

nothing wrong with what you posted -- just with what they did to it in my country.

It's a HP printer advert about a bunch of toddlers having fun, wonder what could be bad about that   ???

A lot of the restrictions Art experiences seems to center around music copyrights (copyrights in general) and this clip prominently featured that piece of music "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates".   :-\\

Be careful of Art - he can become extremely literal at times!  :laugh:

 :-()

Indeed, all of those YT vids that are blocked in Germany contain music which is copyright protected here and YT has not made a deal with the German music industry in those cases.

In this particular case I get to see this:

QuoteUnfortunately, this SME music-content is not available in Germany because GEMA has not granted the respective music publishing rights.
Sorry about that.

Ok, will remember that in future   

Don't think thisone will be censored.... yet :-D

Cillit Bang Commercial Techno Remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbTsJBVjmOU#)

[smg id=4235 type=av]

This is the one Art, I converted it to flv

wow, thanks man.. :)  :-X

Amazing vid. How the heck did they do that? ??? :) :-X

I thought you might like it, that's why I looked and found YT converting software on CNet to transfer the clip to my pc on .flv 

thanks again, nexor :)

you welcome mate   :-X

Having done a search, I could find no mention of Freddie Wong's videos, or Freddie W as he signs himself.

As we're all gamers, here's a guy who apparently makes a living out of parodying games in delightful ways - if you haven't seen these, I hope you enjoy and they bring as much pleasure as they have to me over the past year.

Golf Wars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyDHaKtROZo#ws)

He has done many, many short films with his friends - all madcap and wildly inventive and usually involving lots of guns - except maybe this one  :)

Skyrim Badass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SEuoEJkODE#ws)

Just recently their team have begun to create a series - there are so many references in there...and a lot of laughs.

Video Game High School - episode 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqR3GVqib4#ws)

whoa, that was addictive. Watched the Video Game High School episodes, too. These guys are actually not only good, they're better than TV :)

Nice recommendation mate :)

No worries  :) there's stuff from at least the past two years on YouTube plus Freddie has his own channel - I'm glad it's appreciated as that stuff is too good not to share.

EA (yes, I know) teamed up with Freddie and Brandon letting them produce a trailer for BF3 - so those guys are going somewhere  :-X

Battlefield 3 MP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkHuUpGzOZs#ws)

Usually I'm not one for these motivational speeches, but this one grabbed my attention, my wife and I watched it about four times and every time I get all choked up   :(

http://www.dump.com/lookingpast/ (http://www.dump.com/lookingpast/)

I really don't like the way she promotes it, how she talks. Almost like recruiting for a sect speed-talking at 200 words per second not giving enough time to let anyone think. Her mouth a machine gun, her words the bullets. Hit us all, no captives, no survivors.

Let's put it this way: If you had a bottle of the finest wine you wouldn't put the bottle to your mouth and down the swill in one single swig and burp. You'd want to savour it, one sip at the time, and take a break between sips and after a glass. What she did was have you down all the barrels of the bloody vintage at once and drown you in it. Kind of overly motivated, almost as if on steroids.

Apart from that.. the essence of it was interesting.  :-D

Well, overwhelming, yes, a bit. But a nice way of promoting what's called, I think, civilization. Or at least what it should be. Having respect for others and ourselves unless and maybe just because they / we are NOT perfect. That's what makes us human and that's what makes civilisation such a weird, unnatural thing.  :)

Good one :-X

nice point of view :)

Don't ask.. it was one click away from sniper ghost warrior 2.

Fruit Ninja in Real Life to Dubstep! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-llZmPPNwU#ws)

Amazing video!!! :laugh: :-X

"...remember the prophecy... you are the chosen one" ^-^

He must have an aspiring baseball player - he swings the sword like a bat.

As most of you like a bit of SF - here's a series pilot which is pretty darn impressive.

L5 - EPISODE ONE - PILOT on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/41870411)

If the link doesn't w@&k, just click the link underneath :)

Electric Girl meets Electric Guitar.

http://www.thisisirishfilm.ie/shorts/delphine (http://www.thisisirishfilm.ie/shorts/delphine)

 :-X

Some lead CGI artist presents the making of "Drunk Aliens" from scratch to rendering and the final picture. He used Zbrush for main models and Modo701 for rendering and texturing.
Nice to watch :)

The Making of 'Drunk Aliens' on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/64119063)

So much w@&k.... cool description though :) :-X

 :)

 ^-^

Life in Germany - Ep. 11: 99 Random Facts about Germany (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sR0395jONQ#ws)

That was pretty cool.  I'm always on the look out for interesting random data bits.  :)

(Instead of data bits I was going to say trivia but I didn't want to imply by inference that Germany was in any way trivial  ;)  :-X )

don't worry, I got you.  :)

Before posting that clip I watched it myself and it's pretty accurate. The only thing which was wrong was around friends and their homes.

His comment was misleading that, being invited to someone's home, it was inappropriate to say something like "I like your kitchen" or similar things to someone you're not close to. That's nonsense. Then again, the people living in the area around Stuttgart have a very special mentality..  ;)

Basically we don't invite any people over to our homes at all unless we've already established some sort of mutual friendship or are obviously already well on our way. There is a chance of inviting people to one's home with a business background, an appointment of sorts. In any case, it will be considered polite if someone offers a nice remark about your home or details of it, why wouldn't we like it if someone appreciated our taste in furniture and interior design?  :) (I know that it is different in other countries, like in the orient.. people may feel obliged to give you what you like as in, "oh, such a nice vase.." -- "here, it is for you, take it. No no no, I insist, you must take it..")

Indeed we don't show strangers around but it is quite common to show friends around e.g. after moving house and "old" friends come pay a visit for the first time. Any first time visit (also a friend's new home) requires bringing a gift, usually indeed a bottle of wine (if you don't drink, you may offer it to guests or use it as a present for someone else). In case of a new home we often bring a traditional present instead, bread and salt.

By the way, it would be rather unusual and very uncommon to open the bottle that day. We often showcase gifts, including wine bottles, as long as the guests are there and stash them away later. That's probably because opening them right away would look kind of greedy or showing no respect like, what about it, it's just a beverage.. We do whatever we want with them once the guests are gone. I admit, many a time those bottles were opened regardless, but it was always very late at night and never right away and never by any guests :)

Very interesting watch indeed! We have lots of things similar in Holland, and other things different of course. Something that made me smile was the houses not having closets ^-^
In Holland there was a rule once that you have to pay extra tax per window in your home. That's why you can still see lots of old houses with blinded walls where you can most certainly see remainings of a window walled up there to avoid extra taxes :-D

 :) :-X

My brother in law has Apple TV. Not something to get right away, but we had much fun checking Just for Laughs pranks;

Magnetic Spoon Prank (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itXKhw_Cdd0#ws)

I almost stayed in it when I watched this one for the first time. These guys are hilarious, enjoy and you may surf along more of their product ^-^

 :)

do you want that vid to stay in this topic (it is reserved for animated short films) or maybe move that post to the non-animated (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=1611.0) topic?

Oh, well, let's move it. Didn't know there were two separate topics :-D

done :) Oh yes, you did know :-D Just check out the author of the last post before your video post.. we're all growing older and some of us have to pay with their memory :-()

I tend to realise my memory is the bottleneck when we're talking of ageing  :-D

As a study of two different approaches towards solving the same delicate problem in the development of their offspring I found this video to be an interesting summation of the distinct differences in psychology between dogs and cats.

Link here: http://www.wimp.com/usestairs/ (http://www.wimp.com/usestairs/)

Spoiler

I particularly appreciate the intriguing finesse behind the feline's direct method of teaching their kittens to not be a pu$$y.

I'll also toss this one in here just for fun.

Doritos: Guardian (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQBuZVNdbfM#)

2x :laugh:

Spoiler

The dog bit is obviously OK but I doubt the cat bit is. To me the "baby" cat doesn't look like a baby at all (long tail, long legs, small head by comparison) although it might be a young cat. If so, the other cat is supposedly of the same age or a little older. I think the person who uploaded the vid hates cats. :-D You don't teach someone how to do it by just pushing them over the edge; a cat would do the same as the dog: go first and wait for the kitten.

I am a cat fancier preferring cats over dogs though I've had many good dogs as pets.  Dogs have to seek approval and affection as they are pack animals and can't help it but to be befriended by a cat you've had to earn it and continue to reinforce the bond.

It's either that or they are trying to con you out of something.  :-\\

Spoiler

 

I knew the cat that gets knocked down the ladder wasn't a kitten.

I overlooked that detail in choosing to post the clip because the disparity of concern in the opposing methods was too irresistible to ignore.  Besides the crash when he hits bottom was pure comedic gravy!

The cat teaching method was hilarious :laugh: :-X

A dog has a boss. A cat has personnel :-D

mandru, agree :) I had to watch the ending about 10 times for that crash sound. :-D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiWN_G-qxrk&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiWN_G-qxrk&feature=youtu.be)

I had to post this one

He's a chip off the old block.

Isn't that cute.  ::)

Spoiler

A mother trying to regain control as a parent after letting that little spawn of evil become comfortable in calling her by her first name and thinking he has grounds for negotiation rights.  She could use this clip to defend herself in court as to why she had to kill this one before it could get loose an run amok outside.

No means no and sometimes "Because I said so!" is what's needed to draw the line on who's in charge.  Apparently (or should I say non-parentally) these are both concepts this future felon has never been forced to stretch his tiny little brain around.

I'd have found it cute if it had lasted 10 seconds. But that little s#!t-for-brains seriously trying to negotiate with his parents who film it, talk about spanking him OR someone else, and then publish it.. that's where I draw the line. I didn't even watch it to the end, too annoying.

Just watched that clip. Oooh, you little ba$t@rd... Thank your lucky stars you're not my kid, you wouldn't be able to sit for a week >:((

 :-D

He even calls his mama "darling" :laugh:

Wonder what kind of relationship his parents have. Probably not much brighter than the idea of publishing the little bugger on the net like this ::)

This is old, but still enjoyable.

Dad at Comedy Barn (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w#)

This is for those that don't live in a free world. (same video, but different source)

Spoiler

http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/m13996/ftp/170782038.flv (http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/m13996/ftp/170782038.flv)

 :D

 ???

Just my opinion but that bottomed out the scale to the silly side rather than being funny.

Heheheh... hiô-hiô-hiô  :laugh:

Hmm...  ????

thanks to Stiku's additional link, I was finally able to watch it, too.

It is hard to get the grin out of my face now.  :-D :-X

Something that, I don't ever want to see, when Im travelling  :o

[FULL HD] UTair Aviation 767-300 NEAR MISS? GO AROUND at Barcelona-El Prat (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N5THRSp4hM#ws)

That was crazy. Someone in the tower or in at least one of the planes must have had a little siesta  ??? Barcelona airport near El Prat de Llobregat is one that I have been frequenting for decades without any incidents. That one depicted is outstanding, nevertheless.

The first time I flew was to BCN and when we arrived at the airport we had to wait before we could land. We had a marvellous trip in a big circle around the city until the airport permitted us to land. When we landed, I saw a burnt out carcass of a small air plane on the side of the runway (it must have crashed earlier because it didn't smoke).

After that I visited BCN at least a dozen more times without any trouble, but I will never forget that first landing in my hole life :o :-D

Phew!  :o

Yikes :o I bet there were a few choice words spoken in the cockpit of the approaching aircraft 8-X

Don't know what to make of this, but this is so gentlemen like behaviour.  ::)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puLdF06h4jM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puLdF06h4jM#)

That was just oh so very strange. :-D

 ???? What is a LIMB-PENIS?

Good find :-X ^-^

it's "limp" -- also known as "floppy dick," captain Rehab's arch enemy. :-()

Un-arched enemy?  ????

that would raise expectations :laugh:

 :laugh: Excuse me - I have to mop up the coffee that you guys just made me spray all over my keyboard...

That is a curious clip - especially for me, since it apparently originated in my country. Those are Victorian police, the same constabulary that Ned Kelly made fools of back in the day (and he didn't have to try very hard). Evidently their proficiency as a law-enforcement body hasn't progressed very much since.

How embarrassing :-[

From time to time I hear news stories about the increasingly disturbing trend towards extreme liberalism in Australia.  New laws and codes of conduct that make reason stare in disbelief.  It really saddens me as I've always perceived the people there as being individualists who are outspoken and strong willed enough to never allow themselves to be herded around like sheep.  I see the guy in that clip as an example of that.

It's entirely possible that he had pointed out the dirty spoon he'd received along his soup, asking for a clean one and was being booked on charges of disparaging the w@&k ethics of a member of a protected ethnic group.  :(

All I can say that its not just a problem in Australia only, but increasingly more and more in Europe too.
Its actually horrible watching things get banned by the liberals acts, because they might offends someone who isn't from here.

I don't mind having different cultures mixed up, or taking something from some other culture, but I do take offensive side when something related to our culture is being repressed.  :angry-new:

just a note, I do like the Australian accent, that this particular person is speaking. Even more than Mr Abletile's British accent.

I totally agree about the liberalism here. Sometimes I think it's like the inmates have taken over the sanitarium ??? Example: Every time a police officer draws a pistol - or worse, draws it and actually discharges it - all the bleeding-heart civil libertarians and other assorted armchair critics crawl out of the woodwork with indignant complaints about "police brutality" and excessive use of force.

I have no doubt that these self-same holier-than-thouers would be the first ones to complain about the police being useless and ineffective if bad people were threatening them with offensive weapons while the police kept their own firearms securely in their holsters.

These twits do NOT reflect the attitude of the general Aussie public in this area, at least as far as I can fathom. In my line of w@&k I come into contact with a great swathe of the "common people", the overwhelming majority of whom would dearly love to take the hand-wringers outside and pummel some sense into their thick heads. Unfortunately, the civil libertarian movement (or whatever you would want to charitably call it) often seems to have the ear of the government.


Vive la révolution \:/

Quote from: fragger on July 12, 2014, 02:29:55 AM
these self-same holier-than-thouers

Good one :-X :)

I love your rants because of these creative expressions when it comes to dumb people ^-^

 :-D

Something I can't get enough of, that "face" LOL  :laugh: :-X

Lovely Owl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1PFLuTrgM#ws)

 :-X :laugh:

 ^-^

too funny, can't stop grinning looking at that owl :)

I was quite intrigued by that owl and here is a vid that sheds some light on the background of that owl which goes by the name "Molla".

Cute Owls! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3jYh9IpGj8#ws)

That was fun.  :)

That owl, Molla, reminds me of the gremlins ^-^

I didn't know where else to post this, this topic seems to be the most appropriate. I put it in a spoiler as the clip comes up in full-screen mode and I don't know how to stop it from doing that.

A very impressive piece of antique furniture:

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/embed/MKikHxKeodA?rel=0

Wow  :o

Thats a really nice piece of history and gadgets in the same cabinet.

for the fullscreen, click on the right bottom part, where it reads "Youtube", and it will redirect you straight to the normal youtube side, there you can get the normal link for the video.

wow, amazing.  ???

With that kind of force some of the drawers shot open, it is advisable not to store any type of explosives in them or it will be the last thing you're going to experience. :-D

Very cool!  Nice find fragger.  :-X

Indeed, impressive design and techniques. And imagine, most of it made of wood, that it still functions so perfectly. This piece of mechanics is built to last forever ;) :-X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub58JoML_3Y   :o

nice one.  :-D

 ??? Maybe that's just his opinion on whatever it was he was on about :-()

 :laugh:

Dutch TV presenter wont stop laughing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X1VIyZe3Ws#)

I've seen that one before -- the situation is horrible but it still makes me grin because his laughter is so infectious. :-D

The guy with that silly voice looks almost exactly like Dr. Isiah Friedlander, the shrink from GTAV!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 ^-^

I've been in situations like that, where you are simply NOT ALLOWED to laugh. When you only think of it, and start, you're lost :-()

OMG ??? That's terrible, but I have to admit, funny in a tragic and warped kind of way :laugh: There's nothing worse than getting the giggles at the most inappropriate time.

I don't understand the language (the only word I picked up was "problem") but it was obviously something quite serious and emotive being discussed. I noticed a couple of people walking out at the end, and the lady hustling the gravelly-voiced guy along was probably doing so to prevent him punching out the interviewer :-\\

I bet that presenter was desperately hoping for a convenient sinkhole to open up beneath him :laugh: If that didn't kill him, the looks on some of the people in the audience surely would have...

An amazingly talented lady:

Drawing Robin Williams (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIaEaB3tbWc#ws)

yes, excellent! :-X

Re: the earlier clip of the TV presenter who couldn't stop laughing, I found an English-subtitled version of it on You Tube, which was intercut with bits of a later interview with the presenter talking about what had happened on the show.

This episode of the show was about medical procedures gone wrong. The woman in the wheelchair had her spine permanently damaged during an operation to remove a tumor and the guy with the high voice had his vocal cords permanently damaged during a tonsillectomy - so also did the gravelly-voiced man in the audience who spoke up near the end.

The presenter told in his interview how normally he would have a rehearsal with his guests before the show, but the man with the high-pitched voice was running late and they didn't have time to rehearse, they had to go straight on. The guy's high voice caught the presenter completely off guard, and once he started laughing he couldn't get control of himself. He knew it was abhorrently wrong but simply couldn't stop.

The show was immediately cancelled after that episode and not only was the presenter fired but this incident spelled the end of his TV career.

I guess that's one last laugh you don't want to have 8-X

You do know that its a sketch for a comedy show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_de_gloria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_de_gloria)

No, I didn't know that. How could I possibly? We don't get Flemish TV shows here and thus I wasn't privy to the context.

same here, and I had no idea, either.

Browsing through my morning video sites and this thing blind sided me from out of nowhere.


http://www.dump.com/beansamurai/ (http://www.dump.com/beansamurai/)

that's nuts.  :-D

Quote from: fragger on October 06, 2014, 04:11:19 AM
No, I didn't know that. How could I possibly? We don't get Flemish TV shows here and thus I wasn't privy to the context.

Poor choice of words on my part.
"You might want to know that it's a Comedy sketch"

No worries, Stiku :) I should have added thanks for clearing that up ^-^

Funny clip, mandru :laugh:

The next installment of Far Cry 5?

http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/gl/qw/uk6d/430359/1528020615.webm

WTF ???  :D

W.. TF?!  :o ???

 :-()

 :o ???? ::) :laugh:

Why should those Guerrilla warfare types have all the fun?  Seems the chimpies want in on the action too.  :)

Spoiler

Actually it's quite similar to the music video The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun.  ????

Pretty primitive language to learn, it seems.

http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/q0/max/nhqp/44351/1531460308.mp4

 :-D

I guess nobody has heard of nVidia scamming people by now with the GTX970 memory, but if you have here's something that may make you laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spZJrsssPA0

Funny video :laugh:

I got heavily distracted by the real voice, and the text goes away so quickly. I had to pause-play-pause-play through it to get the message. Funny indeed, but the actor in the talk show is so freaking funny. I didn't exactly get what he is telling all together but it has something to do with a messed up cooking party at the beach with floating paella due to the flood :laugh:

I've heard about it (a 4gb board that doesn't access its memory properly, above 3.5gb its below the advertised specs, basically) and the vid is funny :laugh:

This isn't exactly how you're supposed to make use of an aircraft hangar...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMKhRQwe800 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMKhRQwe800)

Interesting video fragger.

But I'm kinda left wondering exactly how many planes does it take to make up a proper and formal "In Formation"?  Do just two planes qualify as either a world's first or a record worthy claim?  :-\\

Now that the situation has been defined and shown in example I suspect that it won't be long before this gets surpassed even if it's just Redbull making another publicity grab.


Oddly enough about twenty minutes ago I saw the scene from the movie It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World on TV where Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney are in a plane (with an unconscious pilot) and there's the obligatory madcap out of control fly-through of a hanger. :-D

Same, but at 720p
Sorry Fragger, but I have this thing called "can't stand big pixels"


! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3pkBSE1WBs#)

 :-D

Okay vacation is over, so back to normal. Which is watching hilarious vids  8)

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_GGLubmpg&ab_channel=TomEmeny#)

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghqUBVJEo7I&ab_channel=MailOnline#)

ba$t@rd didn't even wash he's hands.  \:/

here's the Hollywood version. :-D

Go to 1:20 to start watching the relevant bit.

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruCsYGL3QlY#)

Just as well this guy didn't have a heart condition...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOoiEbtf2w)

 :-X :-D

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fWVAN0Er_4#)

 ??? :-X :)

25,000 ft free fall without parachute (into a net) -- beating the until-then world record by factor 73. July 31, 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qF_fzEI4wU#t=2.327596 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qF_fzEI4wU#t=2.327596)

Amazing feat and bollocks of steel, but you have to ask the question: "Why?" ????

About the riskiest thing I've done in recent years was play XCOM on Ironman mode :-()

that guy, as far as I know, has been doing that kind of thing for the last 26 years and accumulated more than 18,000 jumps. He wanted to show that physics would actually allow to do that -- he compared it to a Formula 1 racing car that accelerates to very high speeds and brakes down to full stop within just a few meters. He wanted to do that, only instead of horizontally, he did it vertically.

Surf's up!

Praia do Norte, Nazaré, Portugal, home to some of the biggest waves on Earth.

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDtRmSCxBg#)

 :o :o :o

I've been to the Southern Atlantic coast of France, near Bordeaux. That is close, and the waves over there are extreme as well, but this... wow

It looks better on Youtube where you can see things more clearly than on the "small screen" here. Some of those waves are nightmarish. The people surfing them are either very brave or very crazy, dunno which. Both, I'd say.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDtRmSCxBg# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgDtRmSCxBg#)

 ??? :-X :) whoa, crazy.

Here, for (us) oldsters. ^-^

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWgOW2EZfA#)

 :-D Heh heh, that's more my speed these days!

They stole my idea. A few years ago I thought about starting up a Boring Old Farts club, along pretty much the same lines as this one. I know a few people who would be naturals, like a guy I know who collects beer bottle tops. He's got hundreds of them, all sorts of exotic brands I've never heard of from all around the world. I've also known somebody who collects pub coasters and someone else who collects Corgi toys ("Corgi" in this case is a brand name for anybody not familiar with them, an English company which made hundreds of small but very well detailed die-cast models of cars, trucks and vehicles in general. Some of the old ones are worth a fortune if in good condition and still in the original packaging. They can date back as far as the 1950s). This dude had a collection that I would have given my eyeteeth for when I was a kid.

My thought was that very senior and distinguished members of the club, those who proved themselves to be uniquely talented in the fine art of being boring, could join an elite inner circle called The Paint Watchers :-()

yeah.. have a fit girl paint that same wall over and over again.. :-D

Sorry, that's not in keeping with the spirit of boring old fartdom. Membership denied.

Our subsidiary, the Dirty Old Man club, may be more to your liking :-()

 :-D they're ALL MINE!




not the dirty old men, moron, the fit girls!

I had to laugh at that video for the Dull Men's Club.  I admire that the gentlemen featured fully grasped their quirkiness and reveled in it.  :-X

I had to stop the video a few times to relate some of their humorous comments over to Mrs. mandru including a line by one of the guys "...Time is what keeps everything from happening all at once" that she's heard me say several times over the years.


I'm wondering if their club has an experimental thought exercise group.  I spend a lot of time pondering the combination of unexpected elements to modify anything from ingredients for spins on new recipes for meals to life simplifying step-saving devices or even fanciful art installations.  I'm constantly looking at things and thinking "How can this be repurposed?"

Fortunately for Mrs. mandru I only ever get as far as the thought experiment portion of almost all of my ideas.  Earlier this evening I described the construction of a fountain using a plexiglass cylinder to display a captured whirlpool and showed her a cabinet from the Ikea catalogue that would w@&k beautifully to not only house the fountain but had spaces that were a natural to be converted (repurposed) into adjoined planter boxes.

She looked around our cramped apartment and asked "Where are you going to put this thing?"

Hon?  I was a bit shocked that she's gone that direction.  To put her at ease I asked "When do I ever build one of these things I come up with?"


And then there's my love of Science and thinking up things that haven't been tried yet.



An example on one of my latest thought projects.  I'm convinced that Aerogel capsules with hydrogen as the captured gas in its closed cell matrix could be used to provide superior buoyancy for hundreds or even thousands of enclosed exploratory probes to be seeded into the upper atmospheres of our outer gas giant planets.

In the same way a ship made of steel can float on our oceans one of these buoyant probes would sink a controlled distance (based on the displacement volume provided by the thickness of the outer shell of aerogel capsule and the weight of instruments enclosed)) once released into the various planet's atmospheres settling at a point of equilibrium riding the winds of other worlds.  You wouldn't want the probes to go too deep or they would be crushed by atmospheric pressures incomprehensibly greater than ours here on Earth.

Imagine a spacecraft arriving at and inserting itself into a stable orbit around Jupiter.  Then a number of descent drones (either powered or parachuting) would detach from the orbiter in a timed sequence so that once their atmospheric insertion maneuver is completed and at a safe drop off position (considering speed and altitude) the probes would be released to spread widely where the air currents might carry them.

Each probe when prompted by the position tracking orbiter would respond with its collected data for relay back to Earth.  Some tiny probes may have no other than the simple task of saying "I'm alive!  Here I am." while more ambitious probes could report on a wide range of statistics from atmospheric composition, temperature and beyond up to planetary x-ray emissions.

I chuckle at the thought of how coordinating scientists back on Earth would handle a more sophisticated probe's report of "EEK!  Something just touched my keel!"  :o




But getting back on topic to the video.  One of the things that really cracked me up was the lyrics and music "Not the Wanderer" (suitably reduced to something like elevator muzak) used to roll the end credits.

Hey, I'm the type of guy - who likes to stay at home
I'm always in one place - and that's my front room
And when I find myself - nodding off a bit
I get myself to bed - cause that's the sensible thing to do

I'm not the Wanderer - I don't like wandering
I don't know why though


In FO4 I've been spending a lot of time recently managing my settlements and because I'd heard that the settlers liked music I liberally scatter radios to the point where every corner of each site is filled with music from Diamond City Radio.  Not only is Wanderer one of the often repeated songs on their limited play list but when I was enlisted as an operative for the Railroad I'd selected Wanderer as my code name.

It even goes further than that.  If you examine one of the many abandoned motorcycles scattered around the Commonwealth there's an inscription on the left side of the fuel tanks that say "Lone Wanderer"  :laugh:

Very entertaining read mandru, as always :) And a nice little synchronicity tale about the Wanderer :-X I like your ideas for things. The whirlpool fountain sounds cool. How would you keep the whirlpool going though?

The Jupiter probe idea sounds entirely feasible to me. Maybe you should drop NASA a line about it, just to see how they respond.

Just on the subject of groups of old men, I'm wondering if any of you guys have anything like this in your parts of the world. In Australia there is a national organization called "Men's Sheds". These are usually funded by local councils, volunteer groups, or the members themselves, with a reasonable chip-in from the Federal Government. The idea is to provide male retirees with a place where they can get together and continue to practice their vocations. They vary widely in size and function, but generally they'll be kitted out with all kinds of equipment and tools for carpentry, metal working, auto workshop, and various other practical trades. They're not social clubs - Men's Sheds are expected to contribute useful benefits to local communities and to act as information hubs on the health status of the ageing male population.

The movement began mainly as a way to encourage older men to open up about their health issues, something they're reluctant to do around the opposite sex as it's often considered embarrassing or "unmanly" by men of certain generations. It also encourages them to have regular health checkups, which men are notorious for avoiding or putting off (including yours truly). Men's Sheds give these guys a place where they can not only do that but can also indulge in their interests and ply their trades among like-minded men without having to worry that they might be boring the ladies. Members are required to have a trade or skill they can bring to the Shed, but if they don't they are encouraged to learn one from other members. It's a great idea for retirees or lonely widowers who are able and like to feel that their skills and trades are still of value to society. Men hate to feel useless.

Not just any man can become a member, however. There is quite an intensive screening process to ensure that only decent and productive men come aboard who will act ethically and courteously. The Sheds are operated like a proper workplace. No drinking or drugs, no fighting, no racism or other discrimination, no profanity, and no antisocial or offensive behaviour is tolerated.

The Sheds are intended to put back useful benefits into society in the form of not-for-profit community support. In turn, each Men's Shed is uniquely designed and equipped to reflect the prevailing needs and abilities of the local members and their communities.

Not just anybody can throw up a Men's Shed however. One of the core requirements is that local health practitioners are involved and that there is an approved men's health program in place. This usually needs to be established before a Shed is allowed to operate.

They've copped a bit of flak from feminists who view it as discriminatory since no women are allowed to join, but these women totally miss the point of why the Sheds exist. It's not a gentleman's club, nor does it have anything to do with any "old boys' network" mentality. It has nothing to do with exclusion of women and everything to do with looking after the health of older men, both physical and mental, which can be problematic when females are present. It's not due to a perception of women as being intrusive or disruptive, nor is it intended to be misogynistic. As mentioned above, men of a certain age tend to clam up about personal issues in the presence of women, and they tend to avoid regularly seeing their doctors. Men's Sheds are intended to subvert that self-defeating macho mentality within a non-inhibiting environment where men can feel comfortable discussing their health issues while enjoying their beloved hobbies and interests, and not feel that they've been thrown onto the scrap heap of society once they retire.

It's a wonderful concept, and I fully intend to join one someday when I reach my dotage :-()

Thanks fragger.  :)

It's easier to show the basic fountain concept than describe its full construction.

Fountain example

Water flow introduced at the base of the cylinder and abutting the inner cylinder wall probably via an elbow joint that injects the water in a nearly horizontal alignment with the base of the cylinder and is aimed to follow (either clockwise or anti-clockwise) the contour of the inner wall will set up the kinetic energy mechanics to drive the whirlpool as seen here:   http://imgur.com/gallery/qxuV0CS (http://imgur.com/gallery/qxuV0CS)

In the example's source Youtube video link a person almost stops the vortex but when his hand is removed it quickly reestablishes itself.  I also notice the aesthetics of having the smooth stones placed up around the outer base of the fountain conceals the fill port elbow joint.

It looks like the water pump is turned off while the guy in the vid is stopping the vortex and back on when he removes his hand.  The water has dropped further below the upper lip of the cylinder than could be accounted for by fluid displacement from his hand and forearm's intrusion.

While the overflow water spilling down the outside of the cylinder is an interesting effect I really like the clearer view of the vortex provided in the period of time that the cylinder is refilling.

It makes me think that balancing the water pump's inflow to the drain's outflow capacity would be worthwhile.  Or maybe an easier w@&k around occurs to me that if the top lip of the cylinder were to have a pronounced pour spout the water would have an exit point other than cascading down the entire outside of the cylinder.  It would achieve the desirable clear view (which I prefer) of the vortex and would give me a chance to figure out something visually interesting to use the kinetic energy of the flowing over spill water.

Maybe if I could get a 20 liter clear Pyrex scientific beaker with pour spout and drill or torch cut input/output points in its base I could...  Hmm...

Oops!  :-[   There I go again.  :laugh:

I got carried away with the fountain post above and forgot to say that I thought implementation of the Men's Shed program was a great idea and a real boon to those involved but I would probably be denied membership.

Unfortunately for me being maldextrous (equally bad with both hands) the lack of dexterity and finesse with fine detail (like keeping paint off a ceiling while working the walls  :'( ) as well as having a history of being more aligned towards w@&k skills that involved driving, brute force lifting, hauling and swinging an axe or sledge hammer.  Because of simple ageing & body burn out I'm no longer able to engage in most of those things without further injury.

But hey!  The brain's still working on at least 6 of 8 cylinders so thought exercise suits me well and that difference of that two cylinder gap gives me a little leeway to sometimes approach problems with a less than logical answer but still come up with otherwise unseen workable solutions.  :-D

"Danny MacAskill's Wee Day Out"

https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/190785902

 :-X Good one :)

Spoiler

I was getting bored because he didn't fall once, so I decided to skip through to the near end of it... saw some funny bloopers there ^-^

 :-D

I was amazed by the skill and then enjoyed the last part just as much :-()

Great clip, very talented bloke :-X Lovely looking part of the world too!

This vid.. only 5 seconds.. I reckon you're going to watch it at least a second time.  :-D
My Cat Is Crazy. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXCsiSfg-ms#)

 :laugh:

 :laugh:

It's Suuuuper Puss!!!

It's spring and I got hunny bunnies to attend to.  So I ain't got no time for your shenanigans!


! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr2dxqDf8fM#)

interesting, I didn't know rabbits would defend themselves against aerial attacks  :-X :-D

 :-X :-D

"Nyeeeah (munch munch munch) Of coss you reelize, dis means WAR!"

 :laugh: