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Two Big Football Fans

Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan are ready for the Super Bowl! They’ve got the appropriate jerseys for each team, and a …ball. The Tweet posted by Stewart just says “Football!” Someone needs to explain to them the difference between the football they know and pigskin tackle toss. Also sometimes known as handegg. -via Buzzfeed


Prank: Trapped in an Ikea House


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Ylvis is the Norwegian music and comedy group most famous for their song “What Does the Fox Say?” Its members pulled this delicious prank at an Ikea store. There was a mock house in that store. Ylvis altered it so that the entrance and exit disappeared.  A couple entered to explore the furnishings. But then they couldn’t get out!

It gets even better: one of the pranksters slipped in through a concealed entrance. The couple followed her around, hoping that she knew how to escape.

-via 22 Words


Why the Sandwich is the King of Food-Engineering

Sandwiches are the bomb. This graphic from Doghouse Diaries outlines many of the reasons we love sandwiches. However, you can tell it was written by a guy, because they left out my favorite reason that sandwiches are the perfect food: it eliminates dishes to be washed. Take it from someone who's eaten thousands of sandwiches in the past 50 years, and made even more than that. -via Tastefully Offensive


Light Bulb Lamp

Dmitry Kul's refreshing design puts a bare light bulb on the ceiling. His gallery has other clever, minimalist designs, including a dumbbell that looks like slabs of meat and a birdhouse that looks like a camera.

Link (Translation) -via Lustik


Jimmy Nicol, the Beatles Drummer for Ten Days

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website.

Jimmy Nicol was an adept and professional 24-year-old drummer who had played with several British bands and on many recording sessions. Jimmy, a well-respected journeyman musician, had recently formed a new band in 1964 called The Shubdubs. Ordinarily, all this would probably never meant a hill of beans to anyone but Jimmy's friends, relatives, bandmates, and girlfriend -but things were to take a very abrupt change in the life of Jimmy Nicol. He was about to skyrocket from total obscurity to becoming one of the most famous people on the planet Earth.

On June 3, 1964, Ringo Starr, the Beatles' ultra-popular drummer, collapsed and was hospitalized from a severe and sudden case of tonsillitis. The Beatles, the four most popular and famous human beings in show business (or any other business), were on the eve of their next tour, taking in Australia, Holland, Denmark, and Hong Kong. Frantic, the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein huddled with their producer George Martin.

The "canceling the tour" option was obvious, but that would result in thousands of disappointed fans, not to mention millions of lost pounds. The Beatles were approached with the idea of embarking on their tour without Ringo, using a fill-in drummer instead. John and Paul were surprisingly agreeable and accepted the idea readily. It was George Harrison who refused. "If Ringo's not going, I'm not going,"said George firmly. "You can find two replacements." Finally, after much persuasion, George gave in.

Jimmy Nicol received a phone call from out of the blue, midday on June 3, 1964. "I was having a bit of a lie down after lunch when the phone rang," said Jimmy. After what must have been the most surreal phone call of his life, Jimmy Nicol drove to the Beatles' office, rehearsed quickly with the boys, and was packed and ready to leave for Australia.

When Jimmy's fee was discussed, Brian offered £2,500 and a £2,500 bonus up front. "Good God," chimed in perennial agitator John Lennon. "You'll make the chap crazy. Give him £10,000!"

Jimmy Nicol was going to be the new drummer for the Beatles. "I got no sleep that night," remembered Jimmy (you think?). Now one-fourth of the Fab Four, Jimmy arrived with his mated in Melbourne the next day. On June 4, 300,000 fans lined the streets and greeted the Beatles as they were driven from the airport to their hotel. (As an interesting bit of Beatle trivia, this crowd was to be the biggest to ever see the Beatles. It is quite ironic that Ringo was not there to share the experience.)

His hair now combed down into a semi-Beatles moptop, Jimmy hopped up on his drum kit and drummed on that night's Melbourne concert, undoubtedly realizing that just a few hours ago, if he had dropped off the face of the Earth, a handful of people would have been affected or cared. Jimmy wore Ringo's suit (the pants were too short). Paul recalled, "He was sitting up on his rostrum eyeing all the women." The Beatles' usual concert set of eleven songs was clipped down to ten, as Ringo's trademark song "I Wanna Be Your Man" bit the dust.

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