Romania: How To Sort Cases of Beer
Well, those crates of beer aren’t going to sort themselves, will they? That’s why this group of Romanian warehouse workers sort cases of empty beer bottles for recycling LIKE A BOSS! (via Neatorama)
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January 24, 2013
January 23, 2013
UK: tigers play with snowmen at safari park
Four Siberian Amur tigers at Longleat safari park in Wiltshire play with snowmen as their enclosure is hit by heavy snow at the weekend. The big cats appear unfazed by the cold weather and are seen frolicking in the snow. The tigers were filmed by a camera hidden by staff in a snowman (via guardian.co.uk)
January 22, 2013
Male Dutch Television Hosts Suffer Through Simulated Birth
Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno, the hosts of the Dutch TV show “Guinea Pigs”, are no strangers to stomach-churning stunts. They narrowly avoided legal action in 2011 after eating pieces of each other’s flesh on air. But their latest one probably upset their tummies more than those of anyone in the audience.
During their Jan. 14 show, Storm and Zeno shared footage of themselves experiencing simulated labor pains at the hands of some all-too eager female technicians. In order to understand “the worst pain there is” the only way men can, they strapped some electrodes onto their abdomens to experience contractions.
What ensued was cringe-worthy for men and delightful glee for women. Though they started out with intermittent giggles and groans, the pair were clutching pillows and each other in misery by the end of the nearly 10 minute ordeal. The hosts didn’t have to experience the final act of birth (we don’t want to know how they would simulate that), but their sheer agony was enough proof that they got the idea. (via TIME.com)
January 21, 2013
Russia: Homophobes Beat LGBT Activists in Voronezh
On January 20 2013, at the central square of Voronezh a crowd of LGBT opponents beat the gay activists who came to protest against the homophobic laws.
About 50 people planned to participate in the rally, which was approved by the municipal authorities. But in the end, only 6 activists gathered in the center of Voronezh. They were met by 150 opponents of the LGBT community, who blocked their entrance to the square and, after pelting the activists with snowballs, started beating them. (via Red Hot Russia)
January 21, 2013
Here Comes the Sun flashmob cheers Spanish unemployment office
A flashmob of musicians has cheered up the long queue in a busy Spanish unemployment office by playing the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun.
During the stunt organised by Carne Cruda 2.0, a programme on the leading Cadena SER network, a small orchestra emerged instrument by instrument from the waiting room in a Madrid unemployment office. All work in the office came to a standstill and many people sang along in English.
Spain is enduring an unprecedented economic crisis caused by a property crash and public debt crisis. Unemployment, already at 26%, is expected to grow. Spain lost around 800,000 jobs last year and more than half of under-25s are unemployed. The Spanish government has resorted to severe budget cuts to reduce its deficit but austerity measures have also depressed the economy. (via guardian.co.uk)
January 19, 2013
Russia: fireman atop his ladder is knocked down by snow falling from the roof
A Siberian firefighter climbs to the top of his ladder to rescue a baby girl from an apartment building. At the very top, a large chunk of snow and ice dislodges and lands right on top of him.
Fortunately, he is able to hold on and his colleague is able to complete the rescue… (via 22 Words)
January 19, 2013
Finland Snow Swimming, Freestyle Face Plow Championship
Known for little else, Finland has produced the world’s first snow swimming champion. Not to be mistaken with America’s SNOW swimming team, this sport literally combines the Scandinavian snow with a short freestyle swim, but this one may not be seen in Sochi at the 2014 Winter Olympics. (via Hypervocal)
December 10, 2012
Norway: European Union’s presidents collect Nobel peace prize in Oslo
The Nobel peace prize is awarded to the European Union at a ceremony in Norway’s capital Oslo. The EU’s three presidents Herman van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso and Martin Schulz collect the prize. German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president François Hollande are given a spontaneous round of applause as they are honoured in a speech. The Nobel committee points to the reconciliation between Germany and France after the second world war as the beginning of 60 years of European peace (via guardian.co.uk)
December 2, 2012
Russian children’s ice hockey match ends after brawl
An ice hockey match between two teams of 10-year-olds from Moscow and Novokuznetsk is called off after most of the players are sin-binned for fighting. Russian pro-hockey is often mocked for lacking the sort of fisticuffs that characterise the NHL, but that may not last for long. (via guardian.co.uk)
December 2, 2012
War on Britain’s Roads - video excerpts
Footage shot by cyclists using helmet-mounted cameras is used in War on Britain’s Roads, a BBC1 documentary, to purportedly show the fraught relationship between cyclists and other road users. But motoring and cycling groups say what is presented as everyday footage actually comes from a professionally-shot commercial film of cycle couriers staging a breakneck race through central London (via guardian.co.uk)
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