Archive for November 2007

Ten Pound Hairball Removed From Woman

An 18-year old woman went to the doctor for abdominal pain and a 40-pound weight loss. When the doctor performed a CT scan, they found a mass which turned out to be a 10-pound hairball!Doctors found a mass there, and...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/ten-pound-hairball-removed-from-woman/

The Gulabi Gang

A gang of Indian women are taking on corrupt officials and men who beat their wives. They dress in pink and wield axes to fight for the poor and downtrodden. The several hundred vigilante women of India's northern U...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/the-gulabi-gang/

Sexist Advertising

The Daily Mail ran an article on advertisements from a time when no one gave a second thought about portraying women as weak, stupid, and in need of a man to lead her through life. I can personally recall how people us...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/sexist-advertising/

The Strongest Beer in the United States

How much would you pay for an exceptional brew? $10 a six-pack? $20 a six-pack? How about $5 an ounce? That's the minimum going rate for Boston Beer's Samuel Adams Utopias, which retails starting at $120 per 24-ou...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/the-strongest-beer-in-the-united-states/

The Incredible Rubberman

Captain Frodo, The Incredible Rubberman, is a travelling showman who grew up in Norway but now lives in Melbourne. Frodo has a form of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome which results in faulty collagen and ultimately resul...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/the-incredible-rubberman/

Tay Zonday is back: Cherry Chocolate Rain

Tay "I move away from the mic to breathe in" Zonday is back with a Dr. Pepper corporate-sponsored updated version of Chocolate Rain and a new professional YouTube video. Yay for Tay. Edit by Alex - and here's the o...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/tay-zonday-is-back-cherry-chocolate-rain/

What is It? Game 47

Hooray! It's time to play this week's game in collaboration with What is it? Blog. Can you tell me what this strange (and scary!) contraption is for?Place your guess in the comment section - no prize, so...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/what-is-it-game-47/

Woman Got Herself Sterilized to "Save the Planet"

Toni Vernelli, 27, got herself sterilized because she wanted to save the planet!At the age of 27 this young woman at the height of her reproductive years was sterilised to "protect the planet".Incr...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/woman-got-herself-sterilized-to-save-the-planet/

Ridable Robot for Special Needs Kids

Kudos to the researchers at the University of Delaware! They have developed a ridable robot for special-needs children who can't move around. The robot, called UD1, is drivable using a joystick and has "smart techno...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/ridable-robot-for-special-needs-kids/

The Seven Don'ts of Shanghai

We just found out that the Mafia has its own Ten Commandments, so it's no surprise that the people of Shanghai also have their own list of "Seven Don'ts"For those who're too lazy to look 'em up:expectoration: s...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/the-seven-donts-of-shanghai/

£1 million Cabinet Found in Pizza Parlor

A long-lost, £1 million 17th century cabinet was found ... outside the toilets of a pizza parlor in Yorkshire, England! The missing section of a 17th century cabinet worth £1 million has been found outsid...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/1-million-cabinet-found-in-pizza-parlor/

Dog and Squirrel Armors

Andy of Pittbull Armory builds suits of armor for men and women, but that's not what got him in Neatorama: he also makes armor for dogs (that's his pitbull Spok modeling the steel armor!In case that's not strange enough,...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/dog-and-squirrel-armors/

Drink Away the Art!

Now this is modern art I can appreciate: an "interactive art" installation by Hannes Broecker where museum goers are invited to pick up a glass and take a drink of a variety of cocktails in the contain...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/drink-away-the-art/

Books To Go Bookshelf

Rose Cobb's Books To Go bookshelf is a stackable shelving unit with wheels, perfect for those who like to carry lots and lots of books wherever they go (or who move home a lot, I suppose!). Notice the handy dand...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/books-to-go-bookshelf/

Knitted Santa Bike Helmet Cover

Salihan of A Simple Abundant Life blog created this knitted Santa bike helmet for her brother-in-law. He actually rode home with it!Link | The pattern for all you creative folks - via Craft...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/knitted-santa-bike-helmet-cover/

DIY Hot Tub

Instructables user veloboy wrote this step-by-step guide on how to build your own wood-fired hot tub using a storage container, a pimped out LP gas tank, tubings and corrugated metal.Link - via Make (with video clip)Prev...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/diy-hot-tub/

Fossil Evidence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Scientists have discovered the first fossilized evidence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Either that or some fossilized jellyfish from the Middle Cambrian (about 500 million years ago).Link | The scientific paper: Excep...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/fossil-evidence-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/

Quote: Einstein on Americans

"The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being." - Albert Einstein, physicist (1879 - 1955)...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/quote-einstein-on-americans/

Thing Happen When You Wear Eleganza!

Many, many more bad fashion ads from 1970s Ebony magazine at I'm Learning to Share! blog: Link - via Martin Klasch...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/29/thing-happen-when-you-wear-eleganza/

Top 10 World's Uncracked Codes

That's Kryptos [wiki], a sculpture by James Sanborn on the grounds of the CIA headquarter in Langley, Virginia. The sculpture is a code, which is unsolved for over 27 years.Kryptos has four encrypted passages, three of w...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/top-10-worlds-uncracked-codes/

Key to Reserva, a Movie From Scorsese/Hitchcock

What would happen if acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese [imdb] got a script by Alfred Hitchcock [imdb] that was never made into a movie? Can Scorsese make the film like Hitchcock would've made it? There's a catch: t...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/key-to-reserva-a-movie-from-scorsesehitchcock/

Singapore's Media Development Authority Senior Management Rap

Hip-hop and ya don't stop! Singapore's Media Development Authority is a governmental agency created to plan and promote the growth of media in the city-island-nation. The MDA's senior management has also come togethe...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/singapores-media-development-authority-senior-management-rap/

Extreme Caterpillar Dance

Remember the silly Stormtrooper that dances around Tokyo? Well, he's got nothing on this crazy breakdancer (actually, that's Jason Bradbury of UK's Gadget Show) doing the caterpillar! (And where did he get such stylish c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/extreme-caterpillar-dance/

Bizarro: Superman and Global Warming

Here's a sly comic from Bizarro about Superman and global warming ...For more Bizarro, visit Dan Piraro's website: Link - Thanks Chad Cloman!...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/bizarro-superman-and-global-warming/

Book Made From Human Skin

Here's something gruesome - a book made from human skin is being auctioned off this Sunday. You can even make out a ghostly image of a face on the cover:A macabre 17th century book about the execution of Gunpowder Pl...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/book-made-from-human-skin/

The Color of Money: Scenes of Slavery Art Inspired by Old Confederate Money

Quite a few years ago, a collector brought an old Confederate banknote and asked John W. Jones to enlarge it. John, a south Carolina-born artist and commercial illustrator, was stunned to find that quite a lot of Souther...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/the-color-of-money-scenes-of-slavery-art-inspired-by-old-confederate-money/

Amputees 'regain sense of touch'

Scientists have managed to restore a sense of touch to two patients with prosthetic arms, in what is seen as a step towards creating sensitive limbs. When heat or pressure was applied to the chest, the patients said...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/amputees-regain-sense-of-touch/

The Bling Fling

Here's a really neat trick to impress your friends. I practiced it for about 10 minutes and I get the hang of it rather quickly. Give it a try... Link Magic, Street, Fun, Friends...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/the-bling-fling/

Runaway Skateboard Tube

They always say you should make sure your playground equipment is firmly anchored to the ground. Unlike this fellow. I wouldn’t post this if the guy hadn’t survived, but will he be able to hang onto his skateboard?...

https://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/28/runaway-skateboard-tube/
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