Movies and TV shows that really grab us never get old. We revisit them time after time and relive the way we felt when we first saw them. However, the people that make those movies age the same way the rest of us do. Scratch that… celebrities age more slowly than the rest of us. Still, when decades pass and we then see a cast reunion picture, it brings home how old that movie or TV show really is. Dominic Monaghan, who played Merry in The Lord of the Rings movies, recently posted this photo of cast members getting together. I almost didn't recognize Aragorn, or Legolas, or any of them outside Elijah Wood (Frodo). How much have the casts of other pop culture franchises changed over the years? See images of them, taken then and again more recently, at TVOM.
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Sometimes a funeral is just a mistake all around. You can't give someone an elaborate sendoff id they're not dead! In these stories of people who were alive at their funerals, they mainly turn out to be either 1. mistaken identity, 2. mistaken declaration of death, or 3. a prank. Each reason makes a great story.
6. THE REAWAKENING THAT INSPIRED A HOLIDAY
The village of Braughing in Hertfordshire, England, celebrates "Old Man’s Day" on October 2 each year. The tradition dates back to 1571, and the funeral of a local farmer by the name of Matthew Wall. On the way to his funeral, though, one of his pallbearers dropped his coffin.
It’s a good thing he did, because the jolt promptly woke up Wall up. The farmer would live for over two decades more, finally passing away in 1595. His coming back to life continues to be cause for celebration in Braughing.
8. THE MAN WHO TURNED UP DRUNK AT HIS OWN FUNERAL
When Ecuadorian man Edison Vicuna went missing for three days, his friends and family assumed the worst. Especially when the body turned up of a man whose face had been severely disfigured following a car accident. A post-mortem was performed, and the corpse was confirmed to be Vicuna’s.
Only it wasn’t. In fact, come his funeral, Vicuna turned up, drunk, causing mourners to scream in horror. The funeral, as you might expect, was halted, and the body was returned to the morgue, where it was properly identified as belonging to someone entirely different.
Read all the other true tales of people who turned up alive at their own funerals at mental_floss.
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Having a substitute teacher can be a wonderful experience for bored students, but things take a turn for the bizarre when Mr. Peapod shows up. You expect this comic from Buttersafe to follow the convention and repeat the style of the first joke, but that expectation gets yanked out from under you in this story. Mr. Peapod ends up being wrong in three completely different, yet disturbing ways. Now all the students are hoping against hope that he doesn't get that permanent opening.
You have to wonder why these ingenious ideas aren't in every home.
1. THE SWISS ARMY PIANO
In 1866, Charles Hess designed a piano containing a trundle bed, two closets, a four-drawer bureau, and a sewing area. Hess designed it for hotels and boarding schools, where bedrooms could also be used as daytime parlors. The piano could hold bedclothes, a washbowl, a pitcher, and towels. Meanwhile, the stool doubled as a writing desk and contained a mirror. Lower cabinets held a “lady’s work-box,” complete with needles and a pincushion. Procrastinating before your piano lessons has never been so easy.
2. THE WEEBLE-WOBBLE SOFA
As steamship travel became more popular and affordable in the mid-19th century, a nautical-minded inventor by the name of Newell proposed an “oscillating” couch that kept passengers level as the ship listed over the waves. Looking a lot like the hollowed-out shell of an oversized coconut, the teetering half-sphere was lined with plush cushions and came with its own fixed coffee table. Intended to prevent seasickness, unfortunately, the creation was probably just as likely to induce it.
3. THE WEARABLE STOOL
Railroad trains and music go together like peas and carrots. You know the songs (and if you don't, we have videos), now learn the stories behind five classic railway songs.
1. “I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD”
Originally, the song was about levees. Black laborers popularized it in the 1830s, later switching the lyrics as they began building railroads. The name “Dinah” typically referred to a female slave. And back then, the lyrics were PG-13. One verse goes: “Someone’s making love to Dinah / Someone’s making love I know. / Someone’s making love to Dinah, / ’cause I can’t hear the old banjo.” (Of course, back then, “making love” meant flirting.)
2. “DOWNTOWN TRAIN”
Although Tom Waits wrote the song, Rod Stewart made it a mainstream hit in 1989. It makes sense: Rod Stewart is a model train nut. While touring, he often works on train set pieces to relax. His Beverly Hills home boasts a sprawling 23 x 124-foot landscape of post-war Manhattan and Chicago, which he built himself. It almost takes up the whole third floor!
3. “BALLAD OF JOHN HENRY”
Just veggin' out in your comfy chair in front of the TV or computer seems like a nice way to spend the evening after a hard day at work. You might get so comfortable that you just dose off. But what if you just never got up again? Your enjoyment wouldn't last all that long.
As it turns out, it’s possible to have too much chill. You will die if you never get up from your seat.
Within a matter of hours, the reduced physical activity coupled with gravity will force the blood to pool in your legs, explains Hedge. The reduced circulation will put you at risk for developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in one or both of you legs. You might experience some swelling or pain, or you might not. But you won’t die from DVT, at least not directly. No, where you really run into trouble, Hedge stresses, is if part of that clot breaks off and enters your lungs. That might cause a pulmonary embolism, a blockage of the very important pulmonary artery, which can definitely kill you.
Oh, but that's only the fastest way to die sitting in your chair. If you don't experience DVT, other unpleasant things will lead to your demise. Find out about them in this article at Digg. After I read it, I felt the need to start a load of laundry, make the bed, and walk around the yard.
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P.J. McQuade always has the best pop culture holiday greeting cards, and his Valentine 2017 collection is no exception. Send your sweetheart a Valentine with his/her favorite fictional character to say how much you respect their geeky interests. You see here what they look like; continue reading to check out what they say inside.
No matter how long you've been playing Mario games, there's always something new to discover about the world of Mario, Luigi, and all the other components of the games. Like, how they were conceived, the stories behind each element, and stuff that happened along the way to the games' global domination.
Check out 18 Super Mario facts at TVOM.
Is there anything that could better put you in the mood for the Super Bowl than to see a bunch of football players spouting nonsense? Probably, but you'll enjoy this anyway. It's like the art of abstract trash talking.
Bad Lip Reading found some wonderful clips to add words to, even though the words are randomly ridiculous. They do match the lips well, you have to give them that much. -via The Daily Dot
Rescue Rovers Dog Adoptions took in a pregnant pit bull and placed her with foster mother Stevoni Wells. Grayce gave birth to eleven puppies! When they were just two days old, she took them in her mouth one by one and placed them all in Wells' lap.
Wells and her husband seem to think that Grayce wants to be petted but doesn't want to leave the puppies unsupervised. It's also possible that Grayce wants some help from an experienced mother. Or maybe it's just a gesture to show how much she loves and trusts her foster mom. -via Metafilter
A comic artist who goes by the name Avengergram imagines what superheroes do in their off hours. He uses 1/6 scale model action figures to illustrate these scenarios that give us a good look at our favorite comic book characters' sense of humor. Here, Black Panther reveals that he really does have the instincts of a cat.
And here's an illustration of the differences between superheroes from different countries.
You can follow Avengergram at Facebook or Instagram. -via Geeks Are Sexy
The Veil Brewing takes dessert beer to the next level. 'Hornswoggler' Choco milk stout, aged on Oreo cookies. There's even icing chunks pic.twitter.com/z9FOqjRsQW
— Beer Street Journal (@BeerSTJournal) January 30, 2017
The Veil Brewing Co. of Richmond, Virginia, has unveiled a new brew called Hornswoggler Chocolate Milk Stout with Oreos. Head brewer Matt Tarpey says it's selling like hotcakes.
“We made 64 cases and quickly sold out within a few hours last week,” Tarpey said.
The Scott’s Addition brewery, located at 1301 Roseneath Road, has a small amount left on draft which will be available for the next few days or until it runs out.
I dunno, when you think of "two great tastes that taste great together," beer and Oreos are not the first things that comes to mind. -Thanks, John Farrier!
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Bored Panda has one of their photo compilations up containing pictures that may well make you uncomfortable, ranging from illusion art to people who don't care about their behavior. There are a lot of baffling architectural details.
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At the original reddit thread, a commenter stated this is probably not an elevator in a restroom, but something scary anyway.
Italian here, I could be wrong about this specific picture since I have no proof, but 99% of the time this is a instamatic-potty configuration, pretty common in train stations and public places in my country, so you put money in, press a button to open the sliding door and do your business, also scary is the fact that if you do not exit in 15 minutes the door will open itself, exposing you to the people outside!!! . So not an elevator.
The post is called 10+ Photos That Are So Uncomfortable You Probably Won’t Finish Scrolling. The real reason you won't finish is that there are so many. I got to 130 and stopped scrolling because that's a lot of images, arranged by votes. -via Metafilter
Did you know that Underoos are still a thing? Not only that, but they are available in adult sizes. And if you are a Harry Potter fan, you can get Underoos with the coats of arms for each of the dormitories at Hogwarts. You can wear them and fantasize about being a Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin. Sorry guys, these are only available in women's sizes. Only $24.99 a set. Because there's no rule that says you have to outgrow Pottermania.
Two goats in Nepal got their heads stuck in the same jar. Whatever was in that container must have been really good, or else the critters are just insanely competitive.
It appears the farmer rescued them by brute force. Wouldn't it have been easier to shove one goat further into the pot while pulling the other out? -via Digg