December 29, 2007

Now that's what I call a tip

Grumpy old customer passes away and leaves his best waitress with a US$50,000 tip and a car. Now that's tipping!

Posted by vantan at 9:57 PM

May 30, 2007

Malaysian pirates nabbed by night vision

Malaysia catches VCD pirates by using night vision goggles in cinemas.

Posted by vantan at 12:21 AM

April 28, 2007

Doggy body language

If you want to know if Spot loves you, see how he wags his tail.

Posted by vantan at 8:00 PM

April 27, 2007

A very happy meal?

Grandma finds green condom inside her granddaughter's Happy Meal bag. Not the best way to eat your greens.

Posted by vantan at 7:21 PM

April 14, 2007

Hallucination

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has a nice way of agreeing with people who disagree with views they think he has, which he's never actually had.

Posted by vantan at 11:42 PM

March 12, 2007

Car etiquette for ladies

Ladies: Watch this video on how to get out of the car without showing your knickers.

Posted by vantan at 1:00 PM

January 28, 2007

Get a First Life!

Get a First Life - Parody site on Second Life. Yes, you must have a real life and not get too swept away with Second Life...

Posted by vantan at 2:37 AM

January 20, 2007

Hippo kills and eats zebra

Hungry hippos kill and eat a zebra. Captured on film by the BBC. (via Digg)

Posted by vantan at 11:29 PM

September 25, 2006

BBC: Beijing's penis emporium

The BBC reports on how the Chinese eat different types of animal penises.

Posted by vantan at 12:10 PM

July 30, 2006

Google Aspirin

Google sends aspirin to blogger who wrote that AdWords changes were giving him a headache.

Posted by vantan at 12:32 AM

June 30, 2006

Penis pumps

Do penis pumps actually work? Slate finds out.

Posted by vantan at 10:31 AM

June 11, 2006

Cat chases bear up a tree

Domesticated tabby cat chases wild bear up a tree ... and then, another!

Posted by vantan at 3:17 PM

January 25, 2006

Beer Goggles

So it's true - the more you drink, the more attractive people appear to you!

Posted by vantan at 1:45 PM

January 18, 2006

Here's the Bill

Advertisement: Don't get stuck in the wrong job. I like this one.

Posted by vantan at 12:47 AM

January 17, 2006

A little parrot told me

This is straight out of a joke book: Parrot squawks out the name his owner's girlfriend's lover, among other things (ahem!). So when people ask him how the relationship ended, he can simply say, "A little bird told me..."

Posted by vantan at 10:57 PM

December 6, 2005

Playboy 'bodcast'

Playboy magazine has a 'bodcast' of its own. And a pay per view version may be coming soon.

Posted by vantan at 11:04 AM

November 18, 2005

Scott Adams blog

Scott Adams started a blog in October. Quite funny, but considering some of the things he writes about, he's asking for a swarm of comments all right

Posted by vantan at 6:01 PM

October 28, 2005

Looking too sharp

This is what happens when you over-sharpen Condoleeza's face (using Photoshop?).

Posted by vantan at 8:01 PM

October 13, 2005

World's oldest noodles

World's oldest noodles - found in where else, but China. (Marco Polo, eat your heart out)

Posted by vantan at 10:08 PM

September 27, 2005

iPod Erotica

A great, dirty spoof on Apple's iPod web page. Not for the faint-tarted. I mean, hearted. (another link taken from unionpost.org)

Posted by vantan at 1:31 AM

September 22, 2005

Most annoying shop music

Britney Spears comes out tops in shop assistant's list of annoying music

Posted by vantan at 11:01 PM

September 2, 2005

House on fire

Woman attempts to kill spiders in garage. Woman uses hairspray, then a cigarette lighter. House catches fire and burns down.

Posted by vantan at 6:11 PM | Comments (0)

August 10, 2005

Bush v Jesus

If Bush ran against Jesus, this would be his attempt at negative advertising.

Posted by vantan at 7:47 PM

August 8, 2005

A new kind of 'left behind'

Man pumps gas at a station with wife and daughter in the back seat. Wife goes to toilet. Man drives off, not realising wife isn't in car. Wife contacts man after 6 hours, 340km away in Milan.

Posted by vantan at 11:52 PM

July 24, 2005

Bikini bubble flash

Watch this bikini-clad woman bounce on huge bubbles. Well-programmed Flash (collision detection?).

Posted by vantan at 6:23 PM

Granny power!

Grannies try to join US army, to swap places with their grandchildren in Iraq

Posted by vantan at 4:55 PM

July 23, 2005

Fake sushi

Who'd have thought plastic sushi would cost this much?

Posted by vantan at 3:24 PM

July 17, 2005

Steal a car, get a girl

Grand Theft Auto has a hack which lets players have sex with virtual girlfriends

Posted by vantan at 5:44 PM

May 31, 2005

Why did the chicken...

Chicken crosses the road and gets fined US$54, under California law.

Posted by vantan at 1:09 AM

May 2, 2005

First Lady's a Desperate Housewife

I don't like Dubya very much, but I sure like his wife. And her bashingly good sense of humour!

Posted by vantan at 11:47 AM

April 16, 2005

Woman fells burglar with garden gnome

A 70-year old woman knocks out a burglar with a garden gnome. You just have to read this - every line is packed with understatement which the British do so well.

Posted by vantan at 1:43 AM

February 20, 2005

The bare truth

NZ man charged with protesting nude, goes to court naked

Posted by vantan at 2:10 PM

January 29, 2005

iPod shuffle roulette

Joy of Tech cartoon strip is really funny - check out this episode: iPod shuffle roulette!

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Not a squeak...

This endangered mouse, which could change directions while jumping 1.5 feet in the air, has apparently never existed.

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December 9, 2004

Brothel in a pig-sty

Malaysian police raid makeshift brothel after wives reported that their husbands were visiting a pig-sty for no reason. This is a really funny post!

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December 1, 2004

Trust falls are bad for your health

I really shouldn't be laughing at Mena's predicament (ahem) ... hope her knee gets better soon

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November 21, 2004

Class quiz

This snotty quiz reveals that I am servant class. Oh, sod it!

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October 17, 2004

Make Love Not War

Democrat Donkey screws GOP elephant. Magnificent piece of ass. (Flash required. Quotes taken crudely out of context)

Posted by vantan at 12:44 AM | Comments (0)

October 2, 2004

Cleaning pennies

As a student, I used Coca-cola to polish my badges. Now someone's discovered other edible cleaning agents, complete with scientific explanation. Link from Kottke.

Posted by vantan at 8:27 PM

September 29, 2004

I'm a no-frills OS

Yuck! According to this Operating System personality test, I am Windows 98! (Oh well. I could've been Win ME)

Posted by vantan at 5:51 PM

Windows spoof in Flash

Tongue-in-cheek depiction of a typical Windows interface, but done up in Flash. I like what happens to the pesky AOL icon when you double-click it.

Posted by vantan at 5:44 PM

September 16, 2004

iPod v Cassette

iPod versus Cassette - and it looks like the Cassette's winning

Posted by vantan at 2:59 PM

September 15, 2004

Storm in tupperware

Some wise guy's gone and auctioned off some air from Hurricane Frances (in tupperware). Thanks to D for the link.

Posted by vantan at 7:07 PM

September 7, 2004

How to fake an accent

The Morning News tells you how to fake accents to get what you want.

Posted by vantan at 10:51 AM

August 24, 2004

Cable, ahoy!

Tragedy - a ship's anchor struck an underwater cable, seriously crippling Sri Lanka's internet connection. The ship is now being held in custody with a US$5 million lawsuit in hand.

Posted by vantan at 6:59 AM

August 4, 2004

Net exemption

Addicted to the Net? Finnish men get to skip National Service (for a while).

Posted by vantan at 11:44 PM

July 16, 2004

Look, ma! No sex!

Singapore tames 'Sex and the City'

Posted by vantan at 8:36 AM

July 6, 2004

New breed of raunchy computer games

Leisure Suite Larry (part 2), Playboy and Singles are new, raunchy computer games

Posted by vantan at 11:04 AM