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Business Insider’s Best Sports GIF’s Of 2012 [GALLERY]
20 Dec 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
The past year has been an incredible one in terms of sporting events. But while watching athletes break records or pushing their bodies to the limit is always thrilling, its those micro-moments that make sports so fun to watch. And what better way to see spontaneous and awkward athlete reactions, or split-second failures, other than via GIF files?
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Brazilian Playboy Model’s ‘Sexy’ Post-Sandy Photo Shoot Goes Viral [Gallery]
01 Nov 2012 by Harry Haddon / 2 Comments
Former Playboy Brazil model Nana Gouvêa posted tactless photos on her Facebook page leaning seductively on fallen trees and ruined cars in a post-Sandy New York. It went viral, with an article on the photos gaining 5.9 million likes, and 5900 tweets.
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Man Endures Internet’s Ridicule After Frozen Pool Cannonball Fail [VIDEO]
19 Oct 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
All this German guy wanted to do was impress chicks and look awesome in front of his friends. And we’ll be honest, had he managed to jump into, and break through the surface of that frozen pool, that would have been pretty cool.
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Epic Fail – German Diver Scores Zero From All Seven Judges [VIDEO]
08 Aug 2012 by Simon Gerber / 1 Comment
It takes a lot to get to the Olympics. Strict training, years of dedication and many, many sacrifices. Especially when you come from a country like Germany, where the competition to make the cut is tough. When you finally make it onto the springboard at the London Games, it must really suck to Feck it up.
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Protests Cost Cape Town R2 Million
29 Jun 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
In a classic case of defeating the point so badly that the point goes into the corner and cries for its mommy, recent protests around Cape Town – usually focused on service delivery – have destroyed R2 millon worth of city property, the city has revealed.
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Homophobes Call For Boycott On Oreos
27 Jun 2012 by Simon Gerber / 1 Comment
America’s gay hating public have called for a boycott after cookie company Oreo posted a picture in support of Gay Pride on it’s website. I’d have thought it would have been the racists, seeing as an Oreo is all about vanilla sandwiched between two delicious pieces of chocolate wafer. Here’s what all the fuss was about.
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FAIL: Paris Hilton’s Disastrous DJ Debut [VIDEO]
27 Jun 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Paris Hilton is now a DJ, and booked (bought?) herself a set during the Pop Music Festival in Brazil. But it turns out she’s not quite “there” yet. That’s if the heckling and booing from the crowd was any indicator. Deadmau5 also had the following to say on Twitter after seeing it: “To be fair… the mayans saw this shit coming.”
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Microsoft’s Brand New Tablet Fails On Its Debut [VIDEO]
21 Jun 2012 by Albi P / 5 Comments
A few days ago Microsoft unveiled what many are calling its “iPad killer”, the brand new Surface tablet. Unfortunately for them however, things went horribly, horribly wrong at a live product demonstration. Click for for a laugh at their expense.
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FAIL: New Adidas Sneakers Have “Slave Shackles” Attached To Them [PICS]
19 Jun 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
In an attempt to create hype around an upcoming range of sneakers, Adidas posted a picture of their new “JS Roundhouse Mids” trainers on their Facebook page. But, as they soon learned, they were the only ones who thought accessorising a pair of shoes with slave shackles was a good idea.
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German Delegation to Britain Greeted By Villagers In Nazi Uniforms
14 Jun 2012 by Harry Haddon / No Comments
The idea of not mentioning the war was lost on a bunch of Poms in Haworth, a small village near Bradford in West Yorkshire, who were seen wearing Nazi SS costumes as a delegation of German visitors arrived on a visit to their British twin town.
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Sweden’s Twitter Experiment Gets A Little Anti-Semitic
13 Jun 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Sweden has been handing its Twitter account to a different citizen every week for the past seven months. Which has been great for the most part, with priests and lesbian truck drivers representing the country – except the latest @sweden handler has been catching some flack for trying to figure out “whats the fuzz with jews.”
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Scottish Rugby Victory Leads To Celebration Fail [VIDEO]
06 Jun 2012 by Simon Gerber / No Comments
The Scottish are not known to be the “winningest” of teams. So when a victory does come along, especially against a team like Australia, a celebration is in order. Sometimes, though, this gets taken just a little too far. It’s all fun and games until a flanker and a wing bash their heads open.
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FAIL: “Die Stem” Plays Before SA/Britain Investec London Cup Game
06 Jun 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Just before the start of the SA/Britain women’s hockey game at the London Cup yesterday, both teams had their national anthem played at the stadium. Except, when it was South Africa’s turn, they got played “Die Stem”. The South African Hockey Association has now requested a personal apology from competition manager Steve Catton.
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Stay Tuned: SA’s “Shambolic” Digital Switch Over Pushed Back Again
16 Apr 2012 by Matt McDonald / 1 Comment
South Africa’s transition to full digital terrestrial broadcasting is one of those processes that one measures in aeons, like the lifespan of stars or the inexorable evolution of monkey-fish-frogs into homo sapiens. The Ministry of Communications released the latest twist in this lengthy tale this morning, so get your R700 Set Top Box fee ready while we explore Dina’s latest digital daydream, after the jump!
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R3 Million Lamborghini Aventador Burns To A Crisp [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2012 by Albi P / 1 Comment
The unknown driver, described only as an “internet millionaire”, had taken the sports car on a test drive on a highway in southern California when the car inexplicably burst into flames. Some internet sources suggest the problem may have originated from the left rear wheel, however this has not yet been confirmed. Click through for the video.
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Drunk Poacher Attacks Fake Rhino
03 Apr 2012 by Matt McDonald / No Comments
The owners and employees of Lombardini Game Lodge near Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape were left somewhere between surprise, anger and hilarity when they arrived at work yesterday to discover that one of the lodge’s precious (though not living) inhabitants had been brutally attacked overnight.
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FAIL: Borat Song Plays Instead Of Kazakh National Anthem [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
At a recent sporting event in Kuwait, a Kazakh girl won the gold medal. But check out the awkwardness when the Borat parody of the Kazakh national anthem is played during the ceremony! Some weeks earlier, Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la Vida Loca” was also played instead of the country’s anthem at another sporting event. Both incredible moments can be seen after the jump.
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Chinese Fashion Students Show Off Victoria’s Secret Knock-Offs [PICS]
14 Mar 2012 by Matt McDonald / 1 Comment
Fashion students at Chengdu University of Technology in China recently pumped all their creativity and innovation into a theatrical lingerie show displaying various wonderful designs, except…er, wait, scratch creativity and innovation off the list because each and every one was a Vicky’s Secret knock off! FAIL! Full gallery after the jump.
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Hillary Clinton’s Fashion FAIL At The G20 [PIC]
22 Feb 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
This weekend, the G20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs held an informal meeting in Mexico. During this time a group photo was taken of everyone wearing tropical, weather-ready white cotton shirts. Everyone except Hillary Clinton, that is. Clearly her memo was lost in the mail as she rocked up in a lime green blouse. Awkward group photo after the jump.
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Viral Marketing Fail – PETA Taking Flack For New Pro-Vegan Ad [VIDEO]
15 Feb 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Yesterday PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) launched their new viral campaign to encourage people to “go vegan”. Unfortunately for them, what they apparently intended as a tongue-in-cheek ad has sparked outrage and concern by painting a sad picture of domestic abuse and violence.
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Bloggers Paid To Promote Google Chrome
04 Jan 2012 by Albi P / 2 Comments
Earlier this week it was revealed that there are literally hundreds of bloggers who were bribed to promote Google Chrome and to claim that their blog’s were “sponsored by Google”. Google’s response has been to point the finger at ad agencies.
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High School “Prank” FAIL Sees Children Make Out With Parents
19 Dec 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 3 Comments
I believe the expression, “oh, America!” is very appropriate here. The principal of a US high school has been forced to apologise after a recent pep rally “prank” provoked outrage. This after a video surfaced online of team captains being blindfolded in front of their classmates and told to wait for a kiss from a “special someone”. After literally making out with this special someone, it is then revealed to them that it was in fact their mother or father.
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Rick Perry: Parodies And Protected Posts
12 Dec 2011 by Matt McDonald / No Comments
It didn’t take long for the internet to respond to Perry’s ridiculously offensive ad. Besides over 120 000 dislikes on YouTube, here is a taste of the many fine parodies his bigoted nonsense stimulated, while his new videos have comment and rating functions blocked.
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K53 FAIL: Weltevreden Park Driving Test Gone Wrong [PIC]
01 Dec 2011 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
This picture was taken in Weltevreden Park, Johannesburg, earlier today. The events leading up to the picture being taken are not known, but I think it is safe to assume that the driver did not pass his or her K53 test.
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