random stuff

[Ted Max]

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10534660.Catford_fox_horror_for_man_on_toilet/

Catford fox horror for man on toilet.

[El Pibe]

Genius, vizworthy stuff!!

The photoshopped recreation was just wonderful.

I see it's one in a series

Orpington shopper mugged by fox for garlic bread

Bloody middle class blow-in fox muggers, someone should tell Louisa!!!

[Ted Max]

Weakly handing over his garlic bread like that, though - the handy lads on the Gallery Road thread will have strong views on that.

[numbers]

Argh but why did he have tesco value garlic bread as well as gourmet stuff? This is the sort of searching question that the reporter should have addressed here.

[StraferJack]

What a guy can do with Star Wars figures, flour and high shutter speed

http://t.co/NoteJObefH

[nashoi]

I've just finished jury duty at the Old Bailey. Next to each court is a jury waiting room, the seats in there were fold up seats linked in rows, a bit like cheap cinema seats. Every few feet around the walls was the following sign:

"Please check your seat is NOT in the UPRIGHT position when you sit down"

So there have apparently been people sitting as jurors at the bailey who couldn't be trusted to sit on their own arses without injuring themselves.

[Dopamine1979]

Random query again:

What is generic vegetable oil mainly derived from?

[david_carnell]

If it's just labelled "vegetable oil" it's most likely to be soy-bean derived.

[El Pibe]

sainsbury's made from rapeseed apparently

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/oils_and_vinegar/sainsburys_pure_vegetable_oil_3l.html

[Jah Lush]

You know who you are. Stop it NOW!

http://www.ehow.co.uk/slideshow_12248729_irritating-ironic-hipster-fashion-trends.html?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=outbrain

[david_carnell]

Guilty on charge 9 m'lud. Otherwise I'm clean.

[Annette Curtain]

I'll put my hands up to 7 & 9 though suffer no guit over it

But I have a disclaimer waiver voucher to cash in here. I am in a business where both dress codes are legitimate, i'm no gun toting lumber jack

Not far off tho

[El Pibe]

[El Pibe]

More graphs

A statistician called Hilary discovers that Ms Rodham Clinton has renedered her name the most poisoned name in US history.

http://hilaryparker.com/2013/01/30/hilary-the-most-poisoned-baby-name-in-us-history/

She also did one on faddish name (witness the mighty growth of the name Colt thanks to the Fall guy)

http://flowingdata.com/2013/07/29/the-most-trendy-names-in-us-history/

Would love to see something similar done for the UK.

I imagine Adolf has probably sufferred a bit in Germany!!

[Dopamine1979]

Random query:

I walked past the gym on Crystal palace road yesterday morning at about 10am and saw a parade of people leaving the building each brandishing some form of padded stick. Then they all assesmbed on Goose Green. I have no idea what they were doing and I didn't have time to stick around. I assume some sort of exercise class?

Can anyone explain this?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Beating the Bounds?

50 shades of collective experience?

If seen with pots and pans, Rough Music?

Whacks on, whacks off?

[El Pibe]

Cripes.

Astronaut almost drowns...in space!!!!

Compelling stuff.

http://blogs.esa.int/luca-parmitano/2013/08/20/eva-23-exploring-the-frontier/

[Jeremy]

This reminds me of something... in the movie The Abyss, they used a "breathable liquid" in the diving suits, allowing humans to dive deep down into the sea. But before our hero takes the plunge, they demonstrate the principal using a rat, by submerging it in the special liquid.

The thing is, the rat scene wasn't CGI... they really did it.

[El Pibe]

So does that stuff really exist? I've often wondered, or did the rat drown shortly afterward?

[david_carnell]

Seemingly it does exist but not in a useful way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_breathing

Would you want to test it? The sensation of submerging your lungs in liquid makes my toes curl.

[El Pibe]

Apparently one chap tested it on himself and nearly died.

[StraferJack]

some interesting maps to have different views of the world

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

[mockney piers]

This made for uncomfortable reading.

I imagine http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/scientists-discover-normal-person-called-piers-2013082878985

[StraferJack]

telephone number layouts - we know the 3 x 4 grid by now. But it could have been sooo different if the labs approved something different back in the 50's

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/the-17-designs-that-bell-almost-used-for-the-layout-of-telephone-buttons/279237/

[numbers]

that's so cool re the telephone layouts, never thought how ingrained they've become or how different they could have been.

can't see the difference between IV-A and VI-A. am so glad 'they' didn't opt for II-B or V-B. confusing or what!