See those black bits scattered around this Boeing? It’s just part of a massive flock of starlings hitting its fuselage and engine as it was taking off at 200mph. About two hundred birds were sucked into the turbine. The photographer, Juergen Kienast,  said the sound of the engine as it sucked the birds was defeaning: The pitch of the engine said it all. It was like sticking a bit of metal pipe into a blender.

It’s almost the end of September and so only a month to go until Halloween, that time of year where for a week kids want some nice treat like candy or are rude little gits and expect money – so they get the trick, permanent marker on the face. There’s a site available with links to lots of DIY projects for Halloween so you can make it that bit more fun – it’s always more fun when you get into the spirit and make things – be it a costume, or a skeleton in a coffin. From a realistic mummy … Continue reading →

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An upcoming product from a company called TheyFit, is designed to deal with a problem many a European man has had (and some from other countries too but we like to boast the most): condoms that are made to measure, lots of sizes, just like bra’s. There will be 70 sizes in total available and measurements will be in width/length, e.g. G33, N32 etc. Below is a copy of the chart that will be downloadable so you can print it off and measure yourself up.

If I still lived in my old house I’d have this – a penis chandelier. Made by a Dutch company called Rock and Royal, it would undoubtedly be a talking point for any guests. The company actually does a lot of weird chandeliers so this isn’t that strange, taking a look at their Impressions page shows spiders, guns, flags, pirate ships, musical instruments etc. Nothing quite trumps the in-your-face-ness of the penis chandelier though.