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What Happens When You Run The Fresh Prince Theme Tune Through Google Translate? [VIDEO]
16 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
Your life get’s flipped turned upside down. The funny geeky fellows over at YouTube channel collectivecadenza decided to find out, and ran the Fresh Prince’s iconic rap through five of the world’s most used languages, and then back to English.
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Joburg Cops Look For Joy Rides In High-Performance Cars
15 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 4 Comments
Well this is just plan ridiculous. Eyewitness News is reporting that policemen in Johannesburg are harassing owners of high-performance cars for rides in exchange not reporting their high-speed antics.
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Lindsay Lohan Live Tweeting The Golden Globes Is The Saddest Thing You’ll Ever Read
14 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Lindsay Lohan, everybody’s favourite Hollywood train-wreck wasn’t at the Golden Globes last night (insurance wouldn’t cover it) but she was tweeting up a storm to her 4,8 million followers.
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Recession Hits Somalian Pirates: Kingpin Quits As Hijackings Dry Up
11 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
It’s tough for everybody at the moment. It’s harder to get a home loan, increase your credit limit, or to hijack a supertanker. That’s the word from Somali pirate Mohamed Abdi Hassan — also known as “Afweyne,” or “Big Mouth” – who is quitting the game.
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150 Facts For 150 Years, Happy Birthday London Underground
10 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
The London Underground turned 150 yesterday. That’s a hell of a lot of underground travelling. The Telegraph put together a fantastic list of facts and figures about the world’s oldest underground railway.
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Man Who Wants To Deport Piers Morgan Gets Invited To His Show And Completely Loses It [VIDEO]
09 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 6 Comments
Alex Jones, the guy who wants to get Piers Morgan deported from the US for his views on gun control, was invited to Morgan’s show on Monday night. Jones lost the plot and ended up sounding like an even bigger nut-job than before. No one thought this possible.
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Amazing Blind Skateboarder Tommy Carrol Is Amazing [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Tommy Carrol has been skating since he was ten, but has been blind since the age of two. The guy has an incredible amount of talent. Most of us can hardly go down a straight road on a board, with both eyes open.
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Horrific Story On Sky News: South African Mothers Deliberately Drinking To Harm Babies [VIDEO]
07 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 2 Comments
Sky News reported over the weekend how some mothers in South Africa are drinking heavily during pregnancy to damage the unborn child in order to receive disability benefits.
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Lonmin In The Running For ‘The World’s Worst Corporation’
04 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Lonmin has been nominated for a Public Eye Award. Run each year as a “counterpoint to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF)” The Public Eye Awards (PEA) bestows the title of worst company of they year.
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The Strangest PSA Ever: The US Navy On Bath Salts, Demonic Girlfriends and Dubstep [VIDEO]
03 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Apparently bath salts and other synthetic drugs are proving to be quite a big issue for the US Navy – 11 sailors were discharged for using Spice in Novemebr. Thirteen were discharged for using the drug in April. A bizarre video will fix the problem, surely?
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In Russia Beer Finally Becomes An Alcoholic Drink
02 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
Up until yesterday Russia did not consider beer to be an alcoholic drink. It was a thirst quencher, a companion to vodka, something to sip on while you drove to work, but never booze.
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France’s Strange New Year ‘Tradition’ Continues
02 Jan 2013 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Each year hundreds of empty parked cars are set alight by youths in France, in a misguided New Years celebration. For the first time in years the numbers were released by the country’s Interior Minister, Manuel Valls, who said 1193 vehicles were burned.
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Hillary Clinton In Hospital With Blood Clot
31 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
Those who claimed that Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, was faking her concussion to avoid testifying about Benghazi must feel like real tits now, as the 65 year old was admitted to a New York hospital on Sunday with a blood clot.
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LA Gun Buyback Program Receives Nearly 2000 Guns, And Two Rocket Launchers
28 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
To get a feel for how many guns are in America you just have to look to Los Angeles where in an attempt to reduce the amount of weaponry the police are buying them back from the public.
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Real World Guns Are Being Marketed In War-Based Video Games
27 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
As US gun laws come under the spotlight after the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut another issue is receiving press, that of weapon manufacturers using games such as Medal Of Honor to market their wares.
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Would Jesus Have Been Your Facebook Friend?
27 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
According to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, head of the German Catholic Church he would have been. The Son of God would have retweeted, liked and pinned his love for you apparently. The Archbishop said nothing about whether Jesus Christ would have used Google plus or not.
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Mayan Temple Damaged By Stupid Tourists In ‘Apocalypse’ Frenzy
24 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
What’s worse that someone who thought the world was going to end last week? A tourist who thought the world was going to end. Tourists who flocked to Tikal, Guatemala the largest archeological site and urban centre of the Mayan civilisation for “end of the world” parties have damaged an ancient stone temple.
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The Kiffness’ New Video “Mr. Incredible” Is Both Kiff And Incredible
14 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
The Kiffness, local electronica band that are following in Goldfish’s footsteps have released a new music video, and it’s a stonker. It’s all about Bobo who goes on a moon safari, and takes a 3-iron with.
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Oscar Pistorius Raced An Arab Horse In Qatar, And Won [VIDEO]
14 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
Yeah, that’s right. Our very own Blade Runner took on a horse – that’s four legs against NONE – and dominated. The race took place in Qatar as part of an effort to promote disability sport and fight discrimination in the region.
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Five Hot Advertising Trends of 2012
13 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
Mashable has put together its top five advertising trends of 2012. They say the trends are “mostly about the shifting ways that consumers experience content and how publishers hope to harness those experiences.” So pretty much the same as every other year. Here’s the list:
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Justin Bieber, Castration Murder Plot Foiled
13 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / 1 Comment
According to various news sources a plan to kidnap, castrate and murder Justin Bieber has been foiled. Allegedly an Albuquerque hit men and a convicted killer were plotting to strangle and castrate teen pop star Justin Bieber and three other people, including his bodyguard.
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Dutchman Launches His Own Scale Replica Of Noah’s Ark After 20 Years Of Building [GALLERY]
12 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / 2 Comments
Johan Huibers took 20 years to build this scale replica of the biblical ship, after having nightmares of his homeland flooding. Now what does he plan to do with it?
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Never Before Seen (Weird) Anti-Scientology Rap Feat. Tom Cruise’s Ex [VIDEO]
11 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
We have no words. Scientology either screws people up for life, or just attracts weirdos from the start. Nothing else can explain this strange rap featuring top members of the cult including a prominent spokesperson, and Cruise’s church-approved ex-squeeze.
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Justin Bieber Tickets Go On Sale At 09h00 Today
10 Dec 2012 by Harry Haddon / 2 Comments
Tickets for Justin Bieber’s South African shows go on sale at 9am today. 5fm tweeted the news and it was confirmed by Big Concerts minutes later. The May 12 Joburg show is being sold today, while tickets for the May 8th Cape Town concert go on sale tomorrow.
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