Sports
Highest Bungee Jump
What!?! The guy doesn't bounce up back to the helicopter?!? Ripoff!!!!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 04, 2009 -
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Category: Sports, Stupidity, World Records
Premium Flying Disc
I've created a new category for Overpriced Merchandise, since it's been a recurring theme at WU for a while.What we have here is not just a frisbee, it's a "premium leather flying disc" that has felt lining for "finger comfort." Plus, it comes in an "array of hues." It's yours for only $305.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Mar 29, 2009 -
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Category: Overpriced Merchandise, Sports
Co-ed Pig Wrestling
As Mr. Skip Peterson tells us: "This is an annual fund raiser held in Buffalo, Wyoming, for a local gymnastics team. Contestants have one minute to get the greased hog, butt first into the barrel. The coed team must also dip their hands into a bucket of Crisco before the game begins. The winning time this year was 7.45 seconds. Every team had a freash pig and each pig was only allowed to participate one time. Enjoy!"2008 Coed Pig Wrestling Championships from skip peterson on Vimeo.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 08, 2009 -
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Category: Agriculture, Animals, Education, Entertainment, Exercise and Fitness, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Sports, Men, Women
Surf Dogs!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 26, 2009 -
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Category: Nature, Sports, Dogs
Electronic Drink Caddie
Well, I hope that any golfer who employs both the Uroclub and the Electronic Drink Caddie does not mix them up by mistake, either drinking from the Uroclub or pissing into the Drink Caddie.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 23, 2009 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Sports, Products
Follies of the Mad Men #50
At one time, during either the seventies or the eighties, I believe, this campaign was ubiquitous. I would run across OJ and his boots in every issue of Playboy I intended to cut up for collages, whereupon I would promptly rip out the page intact and mail it to a friend. That's why I had to find a scan on eBay, for this post, and can't tell you the exact provenance of the advertisement.
Of course, today we laugh because of OJ's appearance. "So that's how he was able to escape so fast after the murders! He deployed his third leg!"
But consider the campaign even without OJ.
First you get the off-color allusion to "third leg = penis." Then you get the Addams-Family-style associations of "Our boots are worn by mutants and freaks."
Brilliant!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 10, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Death, Fashion, Shoes, Law, Lawsuits, Sports, Scary Criminals, Stupid Criminals, 1970s, 1980s
The Golden Years
A look at the glory days of Homer Simpson's favorite sport. At least from the point-of-view of a certain manufacturer....
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 20, 2008 -
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Category: Sports, Documentaries, 1960s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The Impactors
The first rule of the Impactors Club is that it's For Men Only. The second rule of the Impactors Club is that... well, you get the idea.The Impactors is for men who enjoy "adult hard riding." They're into "Bareback, Saddle, Naked, etc. Leather, Sweat, and sharp spurs." Sharp spurs are essential. The things they like to ride are horses, ponies, and donkeys.
Poe's Law states that it's almost impossible to distinguish between extreme religious fundamentalism and parodies of it. I think there needs to be a similar law that would apply to sadistic freaks, because I can't tell whether the Impactors is a joke... or not.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 15, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Sports, Stupidity
Hoberman Arch
Six years have passed since the whole world saw the wonderfully weird portal created by Chuck Hoberman, but it's never too soon to admire it again.Wouldn't you want a small version of this in your home?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 30, 2008 -
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Category: Inventions, Sports, Technology, Television
2008 Wife-Carrying Contest
I'm thinking we need to enter a WEIRD UNIVERSE team in one of these competitions. Any volunteers?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 14, 2008 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Human Marvels, Sports, Husbands, Wives, Foreign Customs, Marriage
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