As an ad gimmick for Amstel Beer, Airworks built this XXL foosball table to accomodate 2 entire soccer teams (22 players): http://airworksinflatables.com/pages/projects_pages/table_football.html - via Gizmodo...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/worlds-longest-foosball-table/"Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepé Le Pew"- Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean actorThat's Craig Steven's super-neat LEGO bust of Johnny Depp as Captain Jac...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/captain-jack-sparrow-lego-bust/Did aliens just landed in western Canada? Some people have reportedly seen striking images of aliens on the wall of a Calgary home:"I looked out and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I've lost my mind,'" resident Kar...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/the-aliens-of-calgary/Philematology is the art or science of kissing.The origin of the word kiss comes from Old English cyssan ("to kiss"), which transformed into the Middle English kissen before becoming the word...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/trivia-philematology/On May 3, 1978, Gary Thuerk, a marketer with the Digital Equipment Corporation, sent the very first spam e-mail to 393 Arpanet users. You can read the actual e-mail and its consequences at the link. Image via Flickr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/spam-turns-30/We all learned it growing up - The Earth's crust is made up of three distinct layers: Core, mantle, and crust. Unfortunately, as with other simplistic theories like the tongue map, scientists have recently discovered tha...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/crust-mantle-peanut-butter/Fantastic "frozen wave" photos like this one have circulated on the internet to illustrate the 2008 Michigan cold snap. The accompanying text says they were taken in Macinaw City on Lake Huron. The photos are r...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/thats-not-michigan/My sister-in-law sent these photos from Bangkok. These two kids were spotted rescuing a small dog that was stuck in an aqueduct. Innovation and pluck! I love Thailand. [Flickr set]...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/thai-dog-rescue/There is a crisis of insults on the Web. On one hand, the volume of flames is very high yet the quality is poor. Gone are the days of the razor-sharp wit of Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill*, only to b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/03/10-insulting-words-you-should-know/(YouTube link) Flapping lips are a lot funnier in slow motion. And the music just adds to it! -via b3ta...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/raspberry-duet/Bat Conservation International (BCI) is an organization dedicated to our flying mammal friends. They are mobilizing in response to a bat affliction known as white-nose syndrome {wiki} that has killed thousands of bats....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/white-nose-syndrome/Dentsu ad agency in Brazil created a series of clever advertisement for Minichamps, a diecast miniature car collectible: "baby" version of the logos!Link - thanks Haendel Dantas!Previously on Neatorama...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/baby-car-logo/Last year, Mayor Dave Heilmann of Oak Lawn, Illinois, added humorous signs to the city's stop signs in attempt to get drivers to obey.The Illinois Department of Transportation, however, wasn't amused: they ordered the ma...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/idot-failed-to-see-the-humor-in-stop-in-the-name-of-love-signs/A historical look at the stuff that gets us hammered. Who's ready for the first round?BeerTo quote Homer Simpson, is there anything it can't do? Most likely invented in Persia circa 7,000 B.C.E., beer's gone on to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/the-origin-of-booze/Yay for Los Angeles! The City of Angels no longer holds the dubious title of the Sootiest City in the United States. That honor is now held by Pittsburgh (though LA is still the most polluted other measures).The American...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/the-most-polluted-cities-in-the-united-states/You've probably heard of Fox's hit game show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" but Dan Piraro of Bizarro has a better idea: "Are You Faster Than a Fifth Grader?"For more Bizarro...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/bizarro-are-you-faster-than-a-fifth-grader/Just in time for Kentucky Derby, here's a list of dirty, names of racehorses: Earlier this year, a man named Andy Hillis decided to christen his racehorse Nutzapper. A Tonight Show guest had used the term when referr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/nutzapper-and-other-really-dirty-racehorse-names/Neatorama reader Steven Wasserman told us about his dad's tin can art:My father, David Wasserman was a successful commercial artist. In his spare time, he created monumental and beautiful works of metal collage depic...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/david-wassermans-tin-can-art/People of the Greek Island of Lesbos [wiki], the original Lesbians, are suing gay organizations from using the term "lesbian" to mean a homosexual woman:The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lam...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/Neatorama reader Hugo Brown told us about a coffee table he designed and made: a Let It Ride board game coffee table complete with stormtrooper, unicorn, and karma. No words on how the game is played, though.Lin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/let-it-ride-coffee-table/With gas prices climbing towards $4/gallon (I was in San Francisco last week, where gas prices had already passed that level a while ago), it's no surprise that people are trying to maximize their car's MPG.But Wayne Ger...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/king-of-the-hypermilers-59-mpg-in-an-old-honda-accord/Maker Faire is this weekend in San Francisco. Scott Beale of Laughing Squid has already posted a gallery full of fascinating photos....
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/maker-faire-bay-area-2008-photo-gallery/(YouTube link) Synchronization of 5 coupled metronomes in Lancaster University. Pretty neat. -via Cynical-C...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/synchronization/I'm a fan of both Barack Obama AND Mike Gravel, but I don't know quite what to make of this new video by my amigo "rx" of Dick is a Killer fame. Here's his YouTube channel. Enjoy - or flame away!...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/barack-obama-vs-mike-gravel/OK - not Cat Juggling*, but something almost as good. Baby dropping! Even better, perhaps? YouTube. *First person in comments to correctly identify the "cat juggling" reference WITHOUT THE AID OF GOOGLE gets a ti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/cat-juggling/Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who was convicted of running a high-end prostitution ring in the nation's capital (her nickname is the "D.C. Madam"), was found dead of an apparent suicide today (CNN and ABC News have th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/dc-madam-found-dead-was-it-really-suicide/We've posted about the "magical" power of the pig bladder powder to regrow finger a couple of months ago - and now, the BBC has an interview with the man who regrew his finger, Lee Spievak.Link (BBC Media Playe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/the-man-who-regrew-his-finger/To foster a fun and creative work environment, more and more companies are having "take your pet to work" day. But Jim Harding, CEO of a Seattle start-up tech company Cirqe went a step further: he took his yak...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/ceo-brings-yak-to-office-yes-yak/UK postman Adam Williamson got suspended from his job at the Royal Mail and was even escorted home by the police because he showed up at work wearing non-regulation shorts:When postman Adam Williamson found he could...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/postal-worker-suspended-for-wearing-the-wrong-shorts/According to an Army study, recruits with criminal, bad driving or drug record (therefore require special waivers to enlist) have more discipline problems and are more likely to drop out because of alcohol problems than...
https://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/01/army-study-bad-recruits-make-good-soldiers/
