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This young lady in a tasteful and classic bridal gown is showing off everything, thanks to her selfie stick. Fashion designer Reem Acra unveiled this selfie stick decorated with a bridal motif as part of her 2016 bridal show. There's no need for a wedding photographer. The bride can now take care of the photo album on her own.
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When Aniporn Chalermburanawong parades down the catwalk at the Miss Universe pageant in December, she'll wear "Tuk Tuk Thailand"--a dress made to resemble a rickshaw painted in the colors of the Thai flag. This was the winning design in a national contest featuring 356 submissions. The AP describes the dress:
The outfit features an electric blue bustier and mini-skirt with thigh-high black tights — and a central headlight with handlebars just below the bosom. Attached to the costume is a backdrop of a tuk-tuk in Thailand's national colors — red, white and blue — with six national flags, a dozen more headlights and an overhead banner that says: "Thailand."
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See you later, suckers! I'm starting my new career as a restaurateur. All I have to do is eat a larger-than-average lunch and drink a margarita.
The Don Chingon, a new restaurant in Brooklyn, is offering up a 10% stake in the business. To win that prize, first eat a 30-pound burrito. That's more than twice the current record holding burrito of 14.25 pounds. Then drink a margarita made with a ghost pepper. Then--now this is the hardest part--not die. The Daily Meal reports:
To enter the challenge, you first have to put down a $150 entrance fee. Then, you will have one hour to finish eating a 30-pound burrito made with steak, chicken, pork, rice, beans, and salsa, and drinking a margarita made with the terrifyingly spicy Ghost Pepper.
Challenge participants will be disqualified if they leave to take a bathroom break or discharge any bodily fluids. That means you can’t cry or have a runny nose from drinking the Ghost Pepper margarita.
You can make out your will, if you like. Just note that "ownership is non-transferable upon death." So it actually is important to remain alive to complete the contest.
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It's both challenging and delicious. Cléon Daniel's newest pool table looks like Homer Simpson's favorite donut when the balls are arranged on the top like sprinkles. You can play the game from the side or, if you haven't eaten too many donuts, from the hole in the center.
It's a nice change of pace from Daniel's previous banana-shaped pool table that is healthier, but not as sweet. He exhibited this one at The Garden of Earthly Delights show in London.
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Sarah Ray of Clarksville, Tennessee wasn't on duty on the morning of October 3. She had just concluded her wedding and was on her way to the reception. Then she heard that her father and grandparents were in a car crash. Another vehicle had run a red light and slammed into their car. She rushed to the scene. Her mother, Marcy Martin, snapped a photo of the moment. News Channel 5 reports:
“I love this photo because it shows her character and accentuates her beauty,” Martin said.
Sarah said her grandmother, who suffered major bumps and bruises, was worried that she ruined her wedding day but at the end, the reception went on.
The family said the photo has gotten a lot of comments on Facebook, even calling Sarah a hero. Although to her, it was just another day on the job.
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In the Simpsons episode "Homer Loves Flanders," Homer invites his neighbor, Ned Flanders, to spend time with him. Flanders flatly declines. Homer, feeling awkward, says, "Oh, okay," then backs into the hedge dividing his property and Flanders's.
The scene has become a popular animated .gif that Internet users put up when they feel the need to get out of an awkward conversation. I see it all the time when I talk with people online.
Some ingenious nail artist that I can't track down recreated the memorable scene on her fingernails. Now she has the perfect prop when she needs to exit a conversation.
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In the old days, there were no save points or memory storage for video games. If you needed to stop playing for a while, you had to pause the game and then leave the console alone while tending to your business. No one could use the console without losing your game.
20 years ago, Twitter user @Wanikun was playing the puzzle game Umihara Kawase on his Super Nintendo Entertainment System. He stopped for a while and left his console turned on and plugged in. Eventually he'll get back to it.
Eventually.
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In the United States, it's common for lines at women's restrooms to be longer than those at men's. That won't be a problem at the Takarazuka Grand Theater in the city of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. For a century, this unique establishment has offered performances in which all roles are played by women. Rocket News 24 describes it as "a sort of reverse of kabuki's men-only policy." It's a theater tradition by and for women.
So the architects have sensibly made almost all of the toilet facilities for women. The opulent restrooms, which feature carved wood furniture and gold leaf furnishings, have 63 toilet stalls for women. The men get 2 toilets and 3 urinals.
This amazing clockwork automaton is called Colibri. Derek Hugger, a master of this craft, made it by precisely designing and aligning gears and levers so that a hummingbird appears to approach a flower, drink nectar, then fly away. Hugger based his design on how actual hummingbirds move and spent about 700 hours getting the approximately 400 parts to move in perfect synchronicity.
"Stay Classy, San Diego"--that was the tagline of Will Ferrell's character Ron Burgundy in the iconic movie Anchorman. Now the most popular man on the West Coast has moved to the East Coast. Stay Classy New York is bar filled with pictures and references to Will Ferrell's roles, especially Ron Burgundy. He's kind of a big deal and so is this bar. The menu has cocktails with names you'll recognize, such as Great Odin's Raven and Milk Was a Bad Choice. You can see more photos at BuzzFeed.
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Shinobu Kobayashi, a Japanese woodworker, is currently studying that craft in Sweden. In this .gif, he demonstrates the flexibility and utility of the kawai tsugite joint, which was invented by a professor at Tokyo University.
There's a monster on top of the bed. Don't look. Don't let your fingers creep out from under the covers. Just lie still and don't make a sound. It might not see you if you just keep still and silent.
The monster in the closet seems to understand: the little girl isn't trapped in the bedroom with him. He's trapped in the bedroom with her.
Artist Jay Fosgitt composed this image on commission. The sandbox looks a little dangerous. An unwary tyke could get stuck there, slowly digested for a long time out. At least Han has a way out.
Muppet Babies was a great show. As one commenter points out, a Star Wars Babies show would be fun!
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2 years ago, master pastry chef Dominique Ansel wowed the world with the cronut—a hybrid donut and croissant. Now he’s using his unique genius to reinvent the s’more. That classic camp food is now a lot more than just a graham cracker, marshmallow, and chocolate.
Ansel uses as the base a speculoos cookie, which is a carefully made gingerbread cookie. He uses a particular type of sea salt to accentuate the flavor of the dark chocolate ganache. To tie them together, Ansel’s secret weapon is a honey-infused marshmallow. Sprinkled on top to add texture and a bit of flavor contrast is caramelia—a type of chocolate-covered puffed rice. You can see more photos at Time Out New York.
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Donuts are awesome. Ice cream is awesome. The only way to expand this awesomeness is to put them together by stuffing donuts with ice cream.
After Ice Cream in Long Beach, California is taking this idea even further. It’s developed a wide away of bizarrely wonderful ice cream flavors, which it stuffs into donuts. Among these flavors is one that would lure Cookie Monster away from his favorite treat. I would to fly to California right now to try Cookie Monster Ice Cream.
-via The Vulgar Chef (warning: foul language)
