Once again, a toy company is giving young girls unrealistic body expectations. This time, though, they're useful. The Swiss Army Barbie has everything a girl needs: a knife, two saw blades, scissors, a bottle opener, a can opener, and a flathead screwdriver. When you send your child out into the world to rough it, make sure that she's equipped with the necessary tools. Mike Warren of Instructables shows us how with his latest invention.
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Nelly is an owl.
Nelly has seen things.
Nelly has seen terrible things.
Nelly is calm. You must believe this to be true.
Nelly appeared on an Australian TV news segment. A newscaster mentioned that she seemed very calm--right before she turned to the camera and revealed to millions of viewers a tiny glimpse into her inner horror.
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It's time to wake up, furry friend!
Well, I don't blame him a bit for staying in bed. He's got a perfect snoozing spot. It's a proper futon with a mattress, pillow, sheet, and blanket. Rocket News 24 tells us about Maru, a hamster owned by Japanese twitter user @tibi241. He's content to sleep in and let the world go by.
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Radio Poland reports that on August 11, a British man walked into a bank in Warsaw with a drawing of a gun. He presented it to a teller. Then he showed her a second sheet of paper on which was written in broken Polish a demand for money. It said:
“This is a robbery I have a gun give me all the money.”
The woman calmly told the man to wait at the back of the queue, and the Briton duly obliged.
In the meantime, the cashier called the police and the would be assailant was arrested shortly thereafter.
Kakudai is a plumbing supply company in Osaka, Japan. Its vast catalog of products include some funny faucet designs that would be ideal for quirky homeowners. Spoon & Tamago has a selection of the best. My favorite among them is this teapot design that would be great for filling your own kettle.
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You'll have to warn your guests before someone ends up with a mouthful of foam. You certainly can't blame them, though. These stools look delicious! Boggy Chan's design makes them appear like massive, meal-sized cupcakes. They're 1 of 15 pieces of tasty-looking furniture rounded up by Home Crux, including a banana chair, a chocolate bar sofa, and a pizza sleeping bag.
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The kitchen at 742 Evergreen Terrace is one of the most recognizable in all of television. Joe Hamilton and Marcia Andreychuk of Calgary, Alberta are making that cartoon room real. They're remodeling their own kitchen, which was built in the 1950s, into a replica of that of the Simpsons' house. With blue countertops, a green stove, and corncob curtains, it's shaping into a nearly perfect replica.
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Since 1969, Sesame Street has aired on PBS. This week, the company that owns the program announced that it had made a deal to move that show to the cable network HBO.
One of the most popular programs on that network is Game of Thrones. HBO works for Game of Thrones because of that show's savage violence and prolific nudity is permissible if not expected for the network.
This news story inspired David Elmaleh to make this video mixing scenes from the Game of Thrones blooper reel with the cheerful theme song from Sesame Street.
Content warning: gore, spoilers, and Elmo.
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In the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Skeletor lived in a dank and dreary base at Snake Mountain. It was a deeply unpleasant place. But that's a common experience. My first apartment was similarly small, bare, and located in a less that ideal neighborhood. It was hard to attract quality henchmen with it.
Once he defeated He-Man and took Castle Grayskull, he turned it into an estate befitting his social rank and ideal for relaxation after long days spent in governance. But he never forgot his origins. From the Battle Cat-skin rug to the commissioned painting of the old place at Snake Mountain, Skeletor remained comfortable in his memories of where he came from. Join him for a glass of warm brandy.
Artist Jason Edmiston has a gift for taking pop culture and adding a bit of humor. In the past, we've seen his images of Robocop as a cabbie and a hunting party from Planet of the Apes. He composed this painting for a limited edition print sold at the recent San Diego Comic Con.
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I'd advise against approaching this castle. The Beast is known for pulling people's arms out of their sockets.
Instagram user uhnet photographed this great Beauty and the Beast/Star Wars mashup couple at the Disney 23 Expo. Note that Lumiere is now fluent in more than 6 million forms of communication, but all of them with a heavy French accent.
Who would Mrs. Potts would be paired with in the Star Wars universe?
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The 70s were . . . different. They're over, which is probably a good thing. But that era remains fascinating to observe from a distance.
Science fiction was becoming a mainstream phenomenon. Musicians of the era remixed the sci-fi compositions of the time, such as this dance reworking of the Star Trek theme by The Universal Robot Band.
It's 1 of 7 disco-era musical variants of science fiction rounded up by Uproxx. They include the cantina band theme from Star Wars and an Italian synthpop song about Jabba the Hutt.
Do you remember Lite-Brite? It's a classic toy that consisted of translucent plastic pegs stuck into a backlit plastic plate. Arranging the pegs in patterns forms pictures.
Everbright is like that, but more sophisticated for those of us who pretend to be adults. Hero Design invented this board of 464 black dials lit with LEDs. Turning the dials activates and then adjusts the color. Users can time the color sequences to create animated images.
Hero Design envisions Everbright as an interactive wall display. When it's turned off and not in use, it simply hangs on the wall. It could be a work of decorative art for a home or office that changes when the owner is in the mood for something novel.
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Note that this trick may not work in real life because not only have your parents seen this before, they've tried it themselves.
It may not even be necessary--at least the first time. The bliss of grandparenting is enjoying young children, then sending them elsewhere.
It's a cat-astrophe! Ryder of Cedar Falls, Iowa has, as he calls it, "situations." All of the kittens must remain on the blanket so that they don't get lost. But whenever he gets one back to base, another escapes! It's like herding cats.
Slurm is a fictional soft drink on the TV show Futurama. It's tremendously popular, befitting its trademark phrase "It's Highly Addictive!" What is it made of? Where does it come from? You're better off not knowing.
So enjoy a fresh can of Slurm! You can with this little retail refrigerator that redditor Adammorgan710 made out of an old Red Bull-branded fridge. He used Photoshop to design the custom signs, which are cut to fit the original form. You can see more photos here.
