Is This The Most Brilliant, Or Most Stupid Bank Robbery Ever?

Obama at Barnard Is This The Most Brilliant, Or Most Stupid Bank Robbery Ever?

There’s a popular saying that says, “Everyone has the perfect plan for a bank robbery, and the perfect idea for a restaurant,” or something along those lines. In regards to the first, it’s not to say most people would ever seriously consider such a crime, but we’ve all watched enough movies and heard enough stories where we think we know what the best way to do it would be.

So it makes you wonder if Monday’s bank robbery of a Chase branch just blocks down the street from Barnard College as President Barack Obama delivered a commencement address was pure brilliance, or utter stupidity. Whatever your line of thinking, one things is for sure, they definitely had a lot of guts.

Why? Well, President Obama’s visit to Barnard meant most of the available police presence in the area would be occupied at the event, stationed around the campus. So it may seem like the perfect time to commit a robbery, striking when the police are busy and unavailable. But choosing a location so nearby to where that huge police presence was perhaps was a little ballsier than most.Continue Reading

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Licking Monkey Butt – Zoo Keeper Helps To Ease His Constipation

china wuhan zoo caretaker licks francois leaf monkey butt to help it defecate Licking Monkey Butt – Zoo Keeper Helps To Ease His ConstipationSometimes caring for animals can be a thankless task that involves a serious level of dedication. Often we will have to do things that people who have never had their own pets or worked with animals will find absolutely impossible to fathom. Well if you think clearing cat vomit off the carpet or using a poop-a-scoop to clean up feces when your puppy decided to take a dump in your local park is the extent of it –then think again!

Wuhan Zoo’s Monkey caretaker Zhang Bangsheng, 50, spent over an hour licking the buttocks of a small Francois’ Leaf Monkey after the little creature was struck with an unfortunate bout of constipation.

Bangsheng realized that the toothless monkey had ingested whole peanuts which had been thoughtlessly given to him by Zoo visitors and that this was likely to be the cause of his problem.
After an hour of non-stop butt licking, the little monkey finally defecated and a single peanut popped out. Zhang Bangsheng was overjoyed that his method had worked successfully.

The monkey in question was just a few months old and it is an extremely rare breed. As ChinaSmack.com reported, it was the first Francois’ Leaf monkey to have been born at the park in nearly a decade. The Zoo specifically entrusted the care of the monkey to Zhang Bangsheng because he is very experienced and extremely dedicated…After reading about this feat, I don’t think anyone would argue with that…

Glad as I am that the little fellow is ok, writing this has made me feel just a little bit queasy. I think I’m going to have to strike zoo keeper off the list of things I want to be when I grow up!

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Marc Jacobs Battle Of Wits Against Graffiti Artist Kidult Continues…

marcjacobskidultgraffiti Marc Jacobs Battle Of Wits Against Graffiti Artist Kidult Continues…

When notorious graffiti artist Kidult spray painted the word ‘ART’ in bright pink across the front of the Marc Jacobs store in Soho it was strike 1 for the graffiti artist. Kidult bragged about his successful feat on Twitter – he had made his point about consumerism.

Whilst most places would have simply tutted, sighed then gone about making arrangement to get the graffiti removed, Marc Jacobs had other plans…Continue Reading

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Queen’s Market Vendor’s ‘One Pound Fish’ Song Becomes Internet Hit [Video]

So of course the first thing that comes to mind after watching this newest viral video sensation is: “How much was that fish again?”

Very, very cheap. It’s a £1 fish.

But seriously, as odd as it may seem at first, it’s completely captivating. Once he starts singing, you really can’t stop watching. Afterwards the song will be stuck in your head for hours. (Trust me, I know.)

The man is Muhammad Shahid Nazir, a vendor at an ‘everything for a pound’ fish stall at the Queen’s Market in East London.

Rather than shouting at passerbys like all the other vendors, Nazir decided he could stand out from the crowd and attract more attention for his products by singing. He wrote the song himself, and within a month he had become a viral hit online. Many customers have posted videos of Nazir singing his £1 fish song, and between those videos his song has already received over a million views on YouTube.

Nazir explained, “I’d been doing the job for just a week before I decided to sing the song which I made up myself. I soon realized it got people’s attention and drew them to the stall to buy fish.”

He’s also been approached by a record label due to his nearly instant hit.Continue Reading

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Man Arrested After Brutal Pigeon Attack

pigeon attack Man Arrested After Brutal Pigeon AttackA 28-year old man has been arrested and summoned to appear in court on suspicion of breaching a section 5 public order act.

The man was arrested in the busy shopping area – Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester City centre after he horrifically attacked a pigeon in a crowded area.

Many witnesses looked on, mortified as the man grabbed the bird, proceeded to tear its wings from its body and then strangled the poor creature.

The attack took place at approximately 5.20om on Saturday 31st March, the area was packed full of shoppers who looked on in shock and confusion as the man carried out this brutal attack.

I mean I know pigeons aren’t exactly the most popular of all the winged beasts in our world, notorious for using their deadly aim to drop poop-bombs onto the heads of unsuspecting humans at the most inappropriate of times, but really – to strangle one and tear its wings off – a somewhat excessive amount of violence me thinks!

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A Claustrophobic Short Film By Tomek Suwalski: View From The Closet ( Widok z Szafy)

Tomek Suwalski’s 7 minutes short film, View From The Closet( Widok z Szafy), is about a disturbed, paranoid individual who enters his apartment to find himself being watched by something hiding in the closet. The film was an official selection at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival in 2006.Continue Reading

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Space Shuttle Mobile Food Kitchen For Sale On eBay

shuttlerestaurant Space Shuttle Mobile Food Kitchen For Sale On eBay

It’s not often you’ll get a chance to buy a space shuttle. For US $150,000, this awesome piece of history, the “Space Shuttle Café” can be yours to keep. You can do what ever you like with it. I’d turn it into a space themed restaurant if I had the money to buy it. From the eBay listing:

This kitchen is built inside the only road worthy DC3 Airplane licensed for street use in the world that we know of, painted in the theme of NASA’S Space Shuttle.

This is a once in a life time opportunity to own not only a great money making business, but a piece of American History also. This aircraft was built in 1944 and flew during World War II. It also flew as an airliner during the 50’s and 60’s and was alledged to have been hijacked to Cuba during that time.

It was converted for street use in 1976, mounted on a GMC Bus frame. We purchased the vehicle in 2001 and converted the empty shell into this completely self-contained commercial kitchen.

We have used the “Space Shuttle Café” for many different types of events including, air shows, car shows, craft fairs, festivals of all kinds, private parties including bar mitzvahs, weddings, birthday parties, corporate events, school fund raising events and much more. The only limiting factor for what this vehicle can be used for is your imagination. The possibilities are endless. It could even be put in a fixed location and you’d already have a working commercial kitchen.

The “Space Shuttle Café” was also the subject of a half hour television program called “Visiting with Huell Howser”. We would be happy to send a copy to any serious bidders.
Shipping and delivery can be arranged. We are near the Port of Los Angeles for world wide shipping. The vehicle can be driven or hauled in the U.S.

Go bid for it on eBay here.

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Clay Shirky: New Ideas From Recent Possibilities

In this video of his talk at PSFK CONFERENCE NYC, Clay Shirky talks about the work of Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. After working there as an assistant professor for almost ten years, Shirky describes five student projects that he thinks are pushing the creative boundaries – from interface design to how people cluster to build new work. At the end of the talk, the technology thought-leader compares creatives as members of a philharmonic orchestra and wonders if any rules can be drawn from looking at such an ensemble.

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MIT Student Constructs Mario Kart Replica

MIT grad student Charles Guan has converted the go-kart designs from Mario Kart into a working vehicle.

The “Chibikart” is powered by four motors attached to the wheels and has a max speed of 26 mph.

I gotta say from looking at the video that it’s a pretty efficient little cruiser with a 30-inch-long and 18 inches wide frame, running on a 32-volt battery and an e-bike controller from China to run the power plant of the vehicle.

It has four-wheel drive and it only took Guan three weeks to build.

About Charles Guan and his Chibikart.

(Via Technabob)

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Nirvana Is All You Need To Wake A Three Year Old

Photographer Esteban Reyes and his sister woke up their 3-year-old brother with Nirvana “Breed.”

My first thought was the kid looks way too big to be a three year old, but Esteban explains:

This is my half little brother and she is my sister. My mother married a BIG Viking icon smile Nirvana Is All You Need To Wake A Three Year Old So brother looks a little more than 3 years.
The last time we woke him up in the car, he got so grumpy and cranky. And since he loves this kind of music we just had to try a new method. I think there are parents that can recognize this scene.
He is half Norwegian and half Chilean.

Whether this video was legit or staged, it still was a great performance by the drummer boy.

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