Monday, June 30, 2008

ADRENALINE JUNKIES HIT THE PAYLOAD


Dwarfed by a huge waterfall - this is the moment extreme sportsman Ben Stookesberry was dramatically dragged to safety after plunging 210ft over the edge. Adrenalin junkie Ben took on the giant drop during a pioneering trip down the remote Rio Alceseca in Mexico. He and fellow canoeists made the first ever entire 22-kilometre descent of the river deep in the rugged Sierra Madre Oriental mountains. And from the look of these pictures it seems pretty clear why kayakers have avoided it until now. As well as the whitewater they also had to contend with tropical bugs and jungle foot-rot.

This is just one of the pictures snapped by professional photographer Luke Gilman. He has been around the world to take the best pictures of kayakers in action.
Here Jesse Coombs paddles off of the 70-foot-tall Lower Mesa Falls on the Henry's Fork River, US

In other shots he captured another death-defying paddler Pat Keller as he plunged 120ft from La Paz Waterfall in Costa Rica. Amazingly he escaped from the fall with just a broken hand. Luke said: "I want to show the power of water and how inconsequential the kayaker is compared to the power of the water." He added: "Every time a kayaker goes over a waterfall of more than 40 feet there is chance for injury and even death."

AMY PUNCHES FAN IN HEAD


A man who was allegedly elbowed in the head by Amy Winehouse at Glastonbury Festival claims to have mobile phone footage of the incident. James Gostelow, 25, from London, said the singer caught him on the forehead after someone in the crowd behind him threw a hat at her. Winehouse, 24, was seen apparently lashing out at the audience during her Pyramid Stage performance on Saturday.But police said they had received no complaints of assault. Broadcast footage on the night appeared to show Winehouse elbow one fan after being hit on the head by a hat, then throw a series of punches into the crowd. Mr Gostelow said the incident was a case of mistaken identity. "I saw a hat being thrown from behind me and it hit Amy's beehive. She looked down, saw me looking up, and her elbow went for me. "She caught my forehead, then someone may have shouted something from the back, which is when she went in again." Winehouse, who performed in front of an estimated 75,000 people, jumped off the stage and into the security pit for the last two songs of her set. Speaking after the incident, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis defended the star, saying she had appeared to lash out after being touched by a fan. Mr Gostelow, who did not see anyone touch the singer, said he was "shocked" rather than sore. He added that while he was "disappointed", he had no intention of making a complaint to police. "At the end of the day it is all part of being at the front and being pushed by thousands of people. It is all part of the Glastonbury experience," he said. "I'm just pleased I got to see her. She did a great act. "Not everyone can say they have been hit by Amy Winehouse. I just want to shake the person who threw the hat." On Saturday, her representatives said: "The 'lashing out' was when someone tried to grab her hair and she reacted."
SEE MORE HERE http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7481435.stm

NOT A GOOD DAY


When this man accidentally dropped his cigarette lighter down a hole in a pavement he made the ill-advised decision to try and retrieve it – with his feet. It was a choice he lived to regret. Having misjudged the diameter of the 18in (30 centimetre) hole, which workmen had dug to fix in a lamppost, he became wedged in it up to his armpits. A crowd of more than 100 people gathered around to watch as he struggled to wriggle free. Some tried to pull him out, but he was stuck fast. The unidentified man was eventually rescued by firefighters, after being laughed at and photographed by morning shoppers in Swansea, south Wales, for more than two hours. One onlooker, 29-year-old builder Gareth Hughes, said: "He was wedged in so tight we'd have pulled his arms out of their sockets if we'd pulled any harder. He was stuck fast, right up to his chest. "We were all stood around this unfortunate man in the hole having a right old laugh. "The man said he'd gone in feet first to retrieve a lighter he'd dropped in the hole and got stuck. "God knows how he even managed to squeeze in the hole because it was only 30cm in diameter. "Once the firemen arrived, they strapped a rope round him, beneath his armpits, and winched him out." "We used a quad pod, which has a winch, to pull him out."

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Highest Popping Toaster in the World


Technology is so often a disappointment. Computers crash, phones don't work and - most frustrating of all - toasters don't pop the toast up when they're done in that cool way they do in movies. Instead, the thing just limply flollops up, leaving you to electrocute yourself as you try to dig bits of crumpet out of the toaster's innards with a knife.
But not if you're Freddie Yauner.
Highest_popping_toaster_lowres_04Yauner, a student at the Royal College of Art, claims to have broken the Guinness World Record for getting the highest pop ever achieved by a toaster. His pimped-out device - a sleak beast powered by high-pressure CO2 and a mechanical ram, which he has dubbed 'The Moaster' - managed to propel the toast an impressive, record-setting 2m 60cm into the air in an indoor test. Given that this height was somewhat limited by the fact that there was a ceiling, which the toast hit, Yauner is confident that the Moaster can surpass this in an outdoor test which, reports suggest, he is hoping to run today. 'Everyone loves it when a toaster has a good pop to it, so I thought this was the logical next step, to create a new space in the market," Freddy said rather optimistically...

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Diamond Covered Mercedes of Prince Waleed

IT BELONGS TO PRINCE AL WALEED FROM SAUDI ARABIA
IS IT JUST ME OR IS IT SOMEWHAT OFFENSIVE FOR A CAR LIKE THIS TO EXIST IN A WORLD WHERE SO MANY ARE SO DESPERATELY POOR, SICK AND HUNGRY - OR AM I JUST HAVING A BONO MOMENT...







Thursday, June 19, 2008

WORST PRODUCT IDEA OF ALL TIME?

HEY GREAT IDEA! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

Yes, it's Kellogg's™ Lego® Fruit Flavored Snacks. Hey, kids! Eating Lego blocks is a tasty and fun treat! Oh what's that in the crystal ball, is that lawsuits by the thousands I see...

HAVE COLDPLAY ROBBED THIS SONG??


Coldplay have been accused of plagiarism by a little-known US indie band. Creaky Boards claim the group stole the title track for new release 'Viva La Vida' from them. Coldplay today said the accusations were "completely untrue" and until this week they had never heard of Creaky Boards. Coldplay's new album, the group's fourth, has already become one of the fastest-selling records in history. It shot straight to the top of the albums chart on Monday - despite their album having been on sale for just three days. Creaky Boards, an unsigned band from Brooklyn in the US, has posted a clip on YouTube splicing together segments of their track The Songs I Didn't Write, and Coldplay's song. In the clip, Andrew Hoepfner, the band's songwriter, alleges that Chris Martin may have stolen their melody after watching them at a New York festival last October. A caption in the YouTube clip says: "We were flattered when we thought we saw Chris Martin in the crowd that night. He seemed pretty into it. Maybe too into it. "Anyway, I wish Coldplay the best of luck. If they ever want to collaborate, I've got some microphones we could use in my bedroom. I'm gonna get ready to play a show now. I hope the sound guy remembers to pass the tip jar... " YouTube users have been divided on their opinion about Creaky Boards' claims. One user, WiiVaio, said: "Martin should at least throw a little cash their way, lord knows he has enough. But another user, Peebob, wrote: "The first 2 lines are similar thats it! There has been bigger "plagerisms" done before...This is such a desperate attempt to get ur band bigger.pretty pathetic!" Coldplay's spokesman Murray Chalmers said: "These accusations are completely untrue. "Until this week the Coldplay camp had never heard of Creaky Boards. At the time when the lead singer says Chris Martin was watching the band he was actually on a different continent. "Chris was actually in Abbey Road studios doing some recording."

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

THUNDERCATS ARE GO!





Youghal, Co. Cork is set to be the most exciting location in the country this coming June when the Thundercat European Beach Challenge takes place from the 20th to the 22nd. On water, on land and in the air, the thousands that attend are promised world-class entertainment for the entire family. For the first time ever in Ireland top international Thundercat teams will race right on the shoreline, giving spectators a Powerboating experience they can almost reach out and touch. Unusually, for an Irish outdoor event, weather conditions are not an issue - if the weather is great then everyone will enjoy a balmy, yet exciting weekend at the beach in Youghal, but if the weather is in any way inclement then the Thundercat spectacle gets even more exciting. In short, whatever the weather - Youghal is going to be the place to be.
SO SEE YOUGHAL THERE!

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WATCH OUT 4 COUNTERFEIT COINS

IT MUST HAVE BEEN AFTER THE MOUSE

Hello, technical support, how can I help you'?

LADY: 'Last night my computer started making a lot of hissing noise at me so I shut it down. This morning when I turned it on the computer started hissing and cracking,then started smoking and a bad smell, then nothing'.

SUPPORT: 'I will have a technician come over first thing this morning, just leave the computer just like it is, so they can find theproblem and fix it, or change it out with another computer. Give me your address; phone number and the technician will be there just as soon as they can'.

When the technician got there, the lady showed the technician where the computer was, said what happened to it, this is what the technician found wrong. Take a look at the pictures … you won't believe your eyes!

And you thought you had computer problems !




BOUNCY JAPANESE BALLOON MAN



The latest utterly inexplicable absurdist slapstick torture comedy from Japanese TV - a man trapped inside a giant rubber balloon being forced to carry out a series of bizarre yet mundane tasks on crudely constructed obstacle courses, commented upon by two giggling madmen.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

CORKMAN CANNES AWARD WINNING SHORT



Evening All!

'Without Words', the film written by my friend Brian Deane and with 2 of our songs on it, has won an award in Cannes from none other than SPIKE LEE!
It was up against huge compition and they chose it, flew Deany to Cannes and Spike presented him the award!

Emmet@emmetscanlan.com

OBAMA GIRL

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

ANIMATOR VERSUS ANIMATION

GET A LOAD OF THIS WOW WOW WOW AND TRIPLE WOW AGAIN

SETTLE BACK & ENJOY!

HOME ALONE

Make sure you read the text before hitting play...

These people were always finding water all over their pool deck and furniture, every time they came home after being away for a few hours. They thought the neighbourhood kids were waiting for them to leave and using the pool. However, they could never catch them doing it. So they set up their video cam and left. This is what they found.

ALL NEW HOFF