As I’m busy elsewhere, I’m afraid you’ll have to throw together your own pile of links in the comments. After nine years of Fridays I’m sure you know what to do. Indulge yourselves. I’ll set the ball rolling with an attempt to melt pennies with sunlight, some self-tightening trainers, a submarine surfacing in the Arctic Circle, the magnetic suit buttons you’ve always wanted but could only dream of, and an impressive display by Mr Smooth.
Play nicely. I’ll be checking in later.
Have a good weekend.
Penalty Kicks. (Trust me. Stay with it 'till the end.)
Posted by: R. Sherman | March 25, 2016 at 00:26
John and Paul Meet Tallulah.
(In memory of Joe Garagiola, American baseball player turned broadcaster who died this week age 90 and is the man at the desk)
Posted by: Ted S., Catskill Mtns., NY, USA | March 25, 2016 at 00:28
'Labour backbenchers had previously known Milne only as "that f***ing communist" who had for years been unflatteringly nicknamed "Shameless Bilge"... Former colleagues reveal how, despite his slight figure, Milne had a remarkable habit of refusing to give way in corridors. Over several years, his fellow journalists grew tired of his insistence that oncoming co-workers make way for him. Eventually, one snapped, telling his desk, "I'm not going to do it again. Next time he plays chicken with me, I'm not going to get out of the way." The whole office waited for the inevitable confrontation. Soon enough, it happened. As Milne walked down a corridor, the six-foot colleague approached from the other direction. They smashed into each other, sending Milne flying, along with the papers he was carrying. "Seumas was in shock," recalls an onlooker. "No one had ever done that to him before. He expected people to show deference to him. There was a horrible silence in the office. It was a moment that demonstrated how aloof he seemed from the rest of the working environment."'
http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/seumas-milne-labour-spin-doctor-jeremy-corbyn
Posted by: svh | March 25, 2016 at 06:38
Superb but mental.
One mistake.....just a single bitty one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL0rbxB9Lqg
Posted by: jones | March 25, 2016 at 06:58
As Milne walked down a corridor, the six-foot colleague approached from the other direction. They smashed into each other, sending Milne flying, along with the papers he was carrying. "
Oh, very well done.
And then in turn; Thalberg refused to take credit as producer, and as a result his name never appeared on the screen while he was alive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Thalberg . . . . .
Posted by: Hal | March 25, 2016 at 07:45
Mr Smooth
Slick.
Posted by: John D | March 25, 2016 at 08:37
"Real-time facial re-enactment."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmajJTcpNk&feature=youtu.be
Posted by: sk60 | March 25, 2016 at 09:08
Milne had a remarkable habit of refusing to give way in corridors.
It’s how egalitarians roll, apparently.
Posted by: David | March 25, 2016 at 09:36
When it all goes wrong:
http://www.dailysquat.com/feminist-picnic-falls-apart-after-no-one-makes-any-sandwiches/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
Posted by: Steve | March 25, 2016 at 10:50
That GQ article is superb!
Even Corbyn's visit to flooded villages in the north of England was handled with maddening amateurism. An advisor asked the leader's aides what he was going to wear, given the affected areas were submerged in four feet of water. "You're not going to send him wearing his brown loafers and that jacket are you?" Corbyn's team, according to those present, took offence and dismissed the question as flippant. Days later, a national newspaper published a story headlined "Jeremy Corbyn spurns wellies for brown loafers on visit to flood-ravaged York". "People will put up with the silly left-wing politics," says a leading MP, "but what they cannot abide is the incompetence. It's not as if they're not told about this stuff."
Bwahahaha!
Posted by: Tim Newman | March 25, 2016 at 10:58
My robotic alter ego.
Definitely NSFW.
Posted by: Lancastrian Oik | March 25, 2016 at 11:09
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/24/microsofts-teen-girl-ai-turns-into-a-hitler-loving-sex-robot-wit/
I think I got this over at Ace. Dearie me.
Posted by: Sporkatus | March 25, 2016 at 12:49
Long time lurker; first time commenter here. David, has it really been 9 years? That's incredible. I've been lurking here a while and it never gets old. This site is one of my favorite on the internet. You and your commenters are a treasure. Keep it up! Where's that tip jar...?
Posted by: CavScoutCoastie | March 25, 2016 at 13:11
David, has it really been 9 years?
I’m hoping there’s going to be cake when I reach ten.
Posted by: David | March 25, 2016 at 13:33
Crimes of the IRS.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/06/crimes-of-the-irs-john-eastman-comments.php
Posted by: Shiggz | March 25, 2016 at 14:52
Movie reviews by Mike Stoklasa.
http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/
Posted by: Shiggz | March 25, 2016 at 14:56
I think I got this over at Ace. Dearie me.
That's got to be one of the funniest things I've ever read - from naive teen girl to shitlord in 24 hours. What exactly did they imagine was going to happen? I mean, you'd think people at Microsoft would be at least somewhat familiar with the internet (shakes head in wonder).
Posted by: Jonathan | March 25, 2016 at 16:40
"I’m hoping there’s going to be cake when I reach ten."
Beer when you reach sixteen.
Posted by: pst314 | March 25, 2016 at 16:46
you'd think people at Microsoft would be at least somewhat familiar with the internet
. . . . . Ah, Microsoft?!?!
---Yes, I definitely grant that Word and Excel work nicely. And Then . . . . . .
Posted by: Hal | March 25, 2016 at 17:18
Scott Sterling and his face of steel. I did laugh (poor chap).
Posted by: mike fowle | March 25, 2016 at 19:39
Uni students get stuck for years arguing whether christian clubs should be allowed to require members to be christian. http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/university-of-sydney-evangelical-students-vote-to-keep-jesus-20160325-gnr38u.html
Posted by: David Taylor | March 25, 2016 at 21:10
RS, poor Scott Sterling. I have come out of the boxing ring in better shape.
Posted by: Jeff Wood | March 25, 2016 at 22:50
Meanwhile in far-off Australia, Tim Blair has some fun at the expense of Elizabeth Farrelly's impenetrable but impeccably PC prose
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/easter_betty/
Posted by: ACTOldFart | March 26, 2016 at 00:31
I have seen that Scott Sterling video about a half-dozen times and it still makes me ROTFL.
Filmed at my alma mater, that was.
My favorite Studio C sketch is Flirting Academy.
Posted by: dicentra | March 26, 2016 at 01:57
American Fascists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9mPo6goz-8
Posted by: Anna | March 26, 2016 at 08:28
"Rape culture."
https://twitter.com/MartinDaubney/status/713642491984154624
Posted by: Liz | March 26, 2016 at 12:32
“Rape culture.”
You mean feminists are wildly misinformed and/or inclined to lie?
I may need to sit down.
Posted by: David | March 26, 2016 at 12:41
Mike,
Scott Sterling and his face of steel. I did laugh (poor chap).
If that was completely staged, I'm impressed. The blood looked real.
I played soccer as a youngster, and not being the most fleet of foot, I usually played goalkeeper... until the day I took two shots off the noggin. The first just made me angry, the second put me in the hospital with a detached retina.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | March 27, 2016 at 02:13
If that was completely staged, I'm impressed. The blood looked real.
It's completely staged by a comedy troop at Brigham Young University called Studio C.
"Scott Sterling" is played by Matt Meese, one of the producer/writers at the show.
They're all a bunch of Mormons. Who knew they could be that funny?
Posted by: dicentra | March 27, 2016 at 02:53
So how they do the shots to the face? Was that digitized? It looked awfully real. I was thinking, I know it's "staged", but why would someone volunteer for that abuse?
Posted by: Spiny Norman | March 27, 2016 at 07:00
Oh, and I've never doubted that a Mormon could have a sense of humor. I had a Mormon friend in high school who as as much of a nut for Monty Python as I was. I would often start quoting a gag and she'd finish it. Some people thought we were weird.
Posted by: Spiny Norman | March 27, 2016 at 07:06
Many thanks, dicentra. Had a feeling it was staged but very impressively down and very funny. I've had a look at some of their other videos - good stuff.
Posted by: mike fowle | March 27, 2016 at 14:45
done not down
Posted by: mike fowle | March 27, 2016 at 14:46
About the only group that aren't funny are the marx worshipping "comedians" found on the BBC panel shows.
Posted by: AC1 | March 27, 2016 at 18:22
Heh.
Posted by: WTP | March 27, 2016 at 20:18
So how they do the shots to the face? Was that digitized?
I don't know the inside story. I DO know that BYU has one of the best Animation programs in the country, so maybe they got some help. Or maybe the BYU Motion Picture studio has their own gadgetry. Prolly that.
37 million views and counting.
Well done, Studio C. Well done.
Posted by: dicentra | March 28, 2016 at 18:19
'[A] submarine surfacing in the Arctic Circle'.
OK, I admit. I muted the sound when watching the video of the USS Hartford surfacing, and then played the main theme of 'Ice Station Zebra'.
It fits it to a tee.
Posted by: sackcloth and ashes | March 29, 2016 at 23:59