Men, if you ever passed out drunk and woke up to find your so-called-friends had taken unflattering photos, consider yourself lucky. At least you woke up ... uhm, "intact."
Not such luck for Geraldo Ramos. The 64-year-old man from Santiago, Dominican Republic, woke up after a night of heavy drinking without his penis. According to local TV station Noticisas Sin, neighbors told Ramos that he was attacked by a dog. Ramos, on the other hand, had no recollection that he was deprived of his manhood by man's best friend.
If indeed that was the case, it wouldn't be the first time in recent past that something like this happened - last month, a paralyzed man in Arkansas woke up to find his new puppy was snacking on him.
Regardless of who took his penis, Ramos considered the incident as a wake up call for him and planned to quit boozin' in the future.
Who says you need a man and a woman to sing a duet? Watch Reggie Ramirez channel both Lionel Ritchie AND Diana Ross by singing Endless Love at Philippines Got Talent in this YouTube clip.
German conceptual artist Ole Ukena cleverly illustrates the trite maxim with this art installation that will inspire you not to postpone creativity, to finish what you sta ... Oh, I give up!
Principal Fong Yun of The Albert Kindergarten in Taichung, Taiwan, believes that kids today lack confidence and courage, so he set out to create a military-style training for children:
Yun is convince her training will help the students deal with hardships like tough college admission exams, job hunting and even marriage. Many Taiwanese parents seem to share her beliefs, as all the classes at Albert Kindergarten are full and parents drive from over half an hour ever day just to drop their kids off here. The children climb ladders, do handstands, backflips and all kinds of other exercises that even hardened marines sometimes find difficult. In order to graduate, they must prove they’ve mastered the entire routine by passing a challenging test.
What happens when you fiddle with your smartphone, take a picture, toast a piece of bread or turn on the TV? According to these fantastic illustrations by London-based illustrator Jing Zhang (@mazakiiz), whatever magic that happens is actually due to teeny tiny people that live inside!
Take a look at more of her fantastic "Imaginary Factory" series over at her website.
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What do you get when you combine young fast food employees with poor impulse control and low wages so they don't care about keeping their jobs? Fast food shenanigans that's pure Internet gold.
Here are a few examples of fast food workers gone wild (before they got fired anyhow) ... now, who wants to go grab a burger?
Burger King Bun Bed
Need a quick nap? This Japanese Burger King employee decided to make a comfy bed out of burger buns. But we wonder: what the heck is in that bucket?
The Taco Bell Taco-Licker
It's one thing to lick a stack of taco shells, it's another thing to lick a stack of taco shells, then post the photo to Taco Bell's official Facebook page! That sure got management's attention, who got the last lick by firing the taco-licker.
Friends? Engineering students from the prestigious Kyoto University of Japan have got no time for friends!
Thankfully, university officials recognize that fact and installed a series of screened seats called "bocchi seki" or "lonely seats" in the engineering school campus lunchroom. According to Asahi News, the seats turned out to be quite popular with the forever aloners:
"If you are sitting at a big table by yourself it's like you don't have any friends and that is embarrassing," said one 22 year-old male student. "When I don't have much time or I'm in a hurry, the lonely seats are convenient," said a 22 year-old female student.
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Braaaaiinns? Nope, Kraaaang! That's what we'd imagine a horde of Teenage Mutant Ninja Zombies would utter while they roam the storm sewers of New York in search for their favorite food.
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The best definition of the word "meh" that I've come across is comparing it as a "verbal shrug" - The word has plenty of usage on the Interweb (see: Words that the Internet Gave Us), usually to put someone or something down as weak or boring.
The apathetic expression has certainly wormed its way to the English vocabulary. In 2008, HarperCollins announced that the word would be included in the Collins English Dictionary as "an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring."
My question to you, Neatoramanauts, is simple: Is there an equivalent of "meh" in your language? How would you say "meh" in your language?
Did you hear about this one: Your dad constantly tell bad jokes in socially inappropriate situations. That's just dads being dads ... or is it? Maybe he's suffering from the Joking Disease.
No, it's not a joke: though rare, the Joking Disease or witzelsucht (derived from the German word witzeln meaning to joke and sucht meaning addiction) is quite real. The neurological disease is caused by damage to the frontal lobe of the brain. People with witzelsucht compulsively tell jokes and puns, but do not seem to "get" the humor - they don't laugh or smile, nor do they show any emotional reaction to jokes, either their own or other people's.
It's an apocalyptic scenario: In 1983, Ronald Reagan denounced the communist country as an "evil empire" and announced his plans for a space-based "Star Wars" ballistic missile shield. The Soviet Union retaliated by denouncing the US as an imperial superpower seeking to dominate the entire world. Shortly thereafter, the war of words became an actual war when someone launched chemical attacks, followed by nuclear strikes. The world plunged into World War III.
Thankfully, that didn't happen. But it could have. In any case, the Queen was ready with a speech, drafted by the British government, to urge Britons to remain united and resolute against "the madness" of nuclear war:
The document, released by the government under the 30-year rule, was drawn up as part of a war-gaming exercise in the spring of 1983, which worked through potential scenarios. [...]
Although it was only a simulation, the text of the Queen's address - written as if broadcast at midday on Friday 4 March 1983 - seeks to prepare the country for the ordeal of World War III.
The script, which starts off by referring to the Queen's traditional Christmas address, reads: "The horrors of war could not have seemed more remote as my family and I shared our Christmas joy with the growing family of the Commonwealth.
"Now, this madness of war is once more spreading through the world and our brave country must again prepare itself to survive against great odds. [...]
"Not for a single moment did I imagine that this solemn and awful duty would one day fall to me.
"But whatever terrors lie in wait for us all, the qualities that have helped to keep our freedom intact twice already during this sad century will once more be our strength." [...]
"If families remain united and resolute, giving shelter to those living alone and unprotected, our country's will to survive cannot be broken."
The speech concludes by saying the Queen's message to the nation was "simple".
It adds: "As we strive together to fight off the new evil, let us pray for our country and men of goodwill wherever they may be. God Bless you all.
The smiling face of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba above belies the havoc it can cause to your brain.
The naturally occuring organism normally feeds on bacteria and live in the mud layer of lakes and ponds, but under certain conditions it can swim around in the water. That's when an accidental encounter with a swimmer can turn deadly:
Under certain conditions, Naegleria fowleri can develop flagella—threadlike structures that enable it to rapidly move around and look for more favorable conditions. When people swim in warm freshwater during the summer, water contaminated with the moving amoeba can be forced up the nose and into the brain.
This causes headache, stiff neck, and vomiting, which progresses to more serious symptoms. Between exposure and onset, infection generally results in a coma and death after around five days.
That's what happened in primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare form of parasitic meningitis that was diagnosed in case of a 12-year-old Arkansas girl who has been hospitalized for over a week after being infected while swimming at Willow Springs Water Park in Little Rock.
