ANYONE SEEN THE DOG'S RUBBER DUCKIE?

Underwear, a kitchen knife and a wig have made a list of the top 10 weirdest items removed from the stomachs of pets in the UK last year. The list, released by PDSA, also includes a 10-inch tent peg, a bell, a fishing hook and a rubber duck. PDSA senior veterinary surgeon, Sean Wensley, said: 'There is a medical term for pets eating strange objects - pica. 'Dogs, especially puppies and younger dogs, use their mouth to investigate objects as well as to eat. Sometimes a dog will swallow an object by mistake, even though it had only meant to investigate it. 'Owners should give their pets the chance to investigate new objects by providing them with plenty of pet-safe toys to play with - that way the whole family can enjoy the festive season safely.'

The top twenty list in full is:
1. Ten-inch tent peg
2. Christmas decoration (star shaped)
3. Kitchen knife
4. Alphabet fridge magnets
5. Man's wig
6. Ann Summers underwear
7. Bell
8. Fishing hook
9. Socks
10. Rubber duck
11. Baby's dummy
12. Golf balls
13. Coins
14. Balloons
15. Metal ball from a computer mouse
16. Shoe laces
17. Power ball
18. Corn on the cob
19. Needle and thread
20. Box of chocolates

GOT ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT LIST? COMMENT BELOW...

2 UGLY 2 EAT

When 49 Christmas dinner shoppers give you the bird because you don't look good enough to eat, you could feel a bit down in the gobble.

But not Wilbur - who is probably the tattiest turkey in Britain.
The nine-month-old Norfolk Black and Blue scoffs at anyone who feels sorry for him being the only one of a flock of 50 left unsold at a pick-your-own farm. For he's now celebrating the festive gift of life - after being adopted as a family pet by owner Peter Hayford. Despite being fed like all his siblings on a diet of home-grown corn, Wilbur weighs just 11lb against their average 15lb. And not only is he scrawny. He has a mis-shapen body, walks with a pronounced limp and has more than a few tail feathers missing. No wonder every would be purchaser reckoned, even within his earshot, that he'd fowl up their oven. Their uncaring roastings though, were definitely Wilbur's gain - as instead of being stuffed he'll now be roaming free on 72-acre Branscombe Farm, near Totnes, Devon, among the beef cattle, chickens, ducks and other turkeys which are kept specifically for breeding. Peter, 66, isn't letting on whether he intends to let Wilbur mate and possibly produce similar offspring. But the dad of four said: "While he might be an ugly creature, we think he's lovely." Peter, who is chairman of the Turkey Club UK and sells his poultry for £3 a pound to pals and neighbours, smiled: "Wilbur will simply become one of the family. "His first Christmas may have been meant to be his last but nobody chose him because he was too sad and bedraggled. "Now so what if he doesn't have the looks? His appearance has made him the luckiest little bird in the world."

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY (PART THE FIRST) - ALLI WANT FOR XMAS AS U HAVE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE!

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY (PART THE SECOND) - FAKE THUNDERCATS TRAILER BETTER THAN REAL ONE!

This is a fake trailer for a hypothetical Thundercats movie starring Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Vin Diesel, made by cutting together footage from masterpieces such as The Chronicles Of Riddick, Troy, X-Men 2, Spy Kids and Farscape. It manages to not only be better than many of the source films, but also to get us more excited for a Thundercats movie than any real-life Thundercats movie possibly could.

Depressingly, it turns out there is actually a Thundercats movie in the works, and it will be entirely CGI and directed by a video game designer and it will almost certainly suck.

Big fat congratulations are due then to WormyTV, who apparently made this by painstakingly Photoshopping every frame of the trailer to turn Pitt, Jackman, Diesel and the rest into manimals. Took him a year and a half, apparently. Worth every minute of it.


Real thundercats movie trailer

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY (PART THE FIRST) - CUTE ANIMAL XMAS SONG

The chorus of birds, deer, owls, rabbits, hedgehogs and others creatures belt out a version of the 1980s festive song Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie. With superimposed red lips the animals chirp their way through the Christmas classic with the help of an orchestra of squirrels and insects kitted out with saxophones, trumpets and trombones. Instead of the line "wish I was at home for Christmas" the animals chirp "wish I had a home for Christmas" as they implore us to do more for wildlife and the environment. The video is part of a campaign by the BBC Breathing Places website, which encourages viewers to enjoy the outdoors, called "Do One Thing". Some of the Christmas tips include providing water for birds, planting a tree, getting an allotment, making a woodpile or feeding a mammal. Stop The Cavalry peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in December 1980.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY (PART THE SECOND) - SANTA'S 07 JOURNEY TRACKED...

JUST ANOTHER XMAS REALLY...

XMAS PRESENTS FOR REAL MEN

THE REAL REASON SANTA NEVER REPLIED YOUR LETTER

RED ROOSTER JINGLE BELL BALL

EIMEAR CAROLINE ME & THE BLIZZARDS SIGNED GEE-TAR

AND SO THIS IS XMAS...

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - HOW FAR WILL A CONDOM STRETCH?

FURTHER THAN YOU WOULD BLOODY THINK CLEARLY!

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY (PART THE FIRST) : That confirms it then, Squirrels CAN waterski!

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY (PART THE SECOND) - Have you ever had this much fun with a chair?

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR CANCER - SAY WHAT?

SO WRONG, IT'S RIGHT OR IS IT....

IF I WERE A GIRL REDFM'S CHRIS CURTIS IN FULL EFFECT!

Couch Potatoes Travel in Style

A fan of the Cleveland Browns American football team is in legal trouble, after he took his couch out for a spin.
Mike Meredith has a motorised sofa - the 'Go-Kouch' - that he usually rides around a municipal parking lot for tailgate parties before games.
But on Nov. 23, he decided to take the couch (which is actually a converted riding mower) the extra two blocks to the Browns' stadium for a game with Houston.
Meredith told The Plain Dealer newspaper that several police officers happily waved him through. However, one didn't see the funny side of it, and issued him a citation for driving an unregistered vehicle and having expired plates.

Dolphin Stampede!

Can you imagine the size of the whale that must have been chasing them?
What about the reaction of the people filming this wonder of nature. Don't you think that they could have sounded a little bit more excited?

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - 40 INSPIRATIONAL SPEECHES IN TWO MINUTES

STEVE, ME, THE FAMOUS BEARD & PAUL FROM SPORT

THIS IS THE LAST KNOWN SIGHTING OF THE BEARD THAT KC & LENNY ATTEMPTED TO AUCTION AT RECENT JINGLE BELL BALL IN THE PAVILLION...PLEASE ALERT AUTHORITIES IF SPOTTED THIS BEARD HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR VICIOUS UNPROVOKED ATTACKS...

12 DAYS OF XMAS FAIR

Make your list. Check it twice. For the first year ever, citizens of
Cork will have the opportunity to shop, eat, relax, view a film and
various live performances, all under one roof! Where? The beautiful
Bodega, on Cornmarket st. Traditionally Cork's commercial centre, the
Coal Quay will come to life in the countdown to Christmas. Running
from Saturday 13th to Wednesday 24th of December, this boutique mix,
of traders, craftspeople, artisans and performers will provide
everything you need to transform your shopping experience into a
stress free, festive day out for all ages and tastes.
Affordable fine art, funky vintage home-wares, natural cosmetics, hand
crafted candles, ethical fashions and jewellery, ceramics, vouchers,
original gift ideas and festive foliage with a twist are just some
of the goodies available to wet your appetite. Hungry? Mmm…cake …
mince pies…yes please....
Why not watch a classic Christmas film, visit the gallery, see a live
performance or pamper yourself in the comfort zone? Be good to
yourself spend some time.

TOMB TIME KEEPING

Archaeologists in China are scratching their heads as to how a tiny Swiss watch ended up in a 400 year old tomb they believed to have been undisturbed since it was created.
The time on the watch was stopped at 10.06am, and on the back was engraved the word "Swiss".
The dig has been stopped and they are awaiting experts from Beijing to help them with the mystery.

Bróg for a Rogue.

Bush didn't give much of a vocal reaction at the time, but maybe he was thinking the same thing as Austin Powers when he fell victim to a similar attack.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - MADONNA GOES ARSE OVER (CONE-SHAPED) TIT ON STAGE...

And tries to make it look like part of her dance routine!!!!
And yes Britney standing side stage was heard to say oops she did it again...

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - WHAT AN AMAZING FEAT OR, ER, FEET...

Even if you don't like the sight of feet, you have to appreciate this guy's talent!

BEST TOILET EVER ...BUT COULD YOU RELAX?

FROM GIANT TAPE PLAYER TO MONIKER

Moniker night at The Infirmary [Friday 12th December 2008]
Moniker are a Cork based arts collective who combine visual art, music and installations. Previous Moniker events have been the 24hoursnonstopart at Cork and Wexford, the Giant Tape Player [GTP] at ‘Cork x South West’ festival in Skibbereen, Visuals [VJ sets] at the Tir na gCasta area and Set design in the Spoken word area at The Electric Picnic 2008.
After the success of these projects and festivals over the last year, Moniker are starting a monthly event in Cork city at The Infirmary with large scale installations and live DJ and VJ sets to provide a fun, quirky alternative to the hum drum club scene.
Want to spend your Friday night throwing shapes in front of Cork’s biggest TV to some bassbootiebreakpopelectroclubcore…dub?
Moniker 12th December 2008
@ The Infirmary Bar [the side of the Mardyke] Little Hanover St., Cork.
Doors @10.00pm ‘til 2.00am
5 Euro cover charge / 4 Euro with flyer

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - WHAT THE BUCK!?!

One year after YouTube, the online video powerhouse, invited members to become “partners” and added advertising to their videos, the most successful users are earning six-figure incomes from the Web site. For some, like Michael Buckley, the self-taught host of a celebrity chatter show, filming funny videos is now a full-time job. Mr. Buckley quit his day job in September after his online profits had greatly surpassed his salary as an administrative assistant for a music promotion company. His thrice-a-week online show “is silly,” he said, but it has helped him escape his credit-card debt. All he needed was a $2,000 Canon camera, a $6 piece of fabric for a backdrop and a pair of work lights from Home Depot.Mr. Buckley said he was earning over $100,000 from YouTube advertisements. “I didn’t start it to make money,” he said, “but what a lovely surprise.”

NOW THAT'S JUST WRONG!

A dog groomer has transformed the appearance of her pet poodle into a series of bizarre designs, including a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, a cockerel and a camel. Sandra Hartness, 37, uses eight-year-old pet poodle Cindy to demonstrate her designs. Cindy has won dozens of awards after being fluffed, shaved and coloured to look like everything from a chicken to a dragon. And she is quite happy to oblige - sitting perfectly still for more than two hours while the transformation takes place. Mrs Hartness, the owner of pet-grooming salon Sandy Paws, started competitive creative grooming eight years ago. She said: "I found out about creative grooming competitions through an article in a trade magazine called Groomer and Groomer. "I spotted the amazing designs and immediately thought 'gosh!' I can do that and I know I can do it better.

FORGET KUNG FU PANDA & CHECK OUT KUNG FU SQUIRRALS!

A vicious fight for dominance in the African desert between two furious squirrels has been captured on camera.

The Cape grey squirrels can be seen hitting out at each other in a fight for survival. British photographer David Slater, a former International Wildbird Photographer of the Year, captured the aggression as other squirrels looked on. Another picture shows five of the animals gathered together in a gang. The squirrels live in the Etosha National Park in Namibia's Kalahari basin. Temperatures can swing from freezing at night to 40 centigrade during the day. The group of five watched from a safe distance as the two squirrels sorted out their differences in spectacular style. Even when one appears floored and at the mercy of the other it rallies valiantly, fending off a ferocious attack with a leg, foot and claws outstretched. In other pictures feet and fur continue to fly as the pair then grapple at close quarters in the swirling dust. The remarkable series of photos were taken while a colony of the creatures, which are poor tree climbers so tend to live below ground in burrows, ventured to the surface to forage for food.

WTF! OBAMA WAXWORK LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HIM...

Officially: The director of Rome's wax museum, Museo Delle Cere, Fernando Canini adjusts the head of a statue representing US President-elect Barack Obama.

Unofficially: Eh, does anyone wanna tell them that this feckin waxwork of Obama LOOKAS NOTHING BLOODY LIKE HIM!! SERIOUSLY W.T.F.! Oh and it also looks like he is trying to strangle him too, just to add insult to, eh, well insult actually...

MIRACLE BOY SURVIVES ARROW IN HEAD

A schoolboy archer had a narrow escape after being shot through the eye with an arrow.

It went through 11-year-old Liu Cheong's eye socket, completely through his head and was only stopped by the back of his skull. "If the arrow had been shot with just a bit more force, it would have come out the back of his head," said doctors at Jida Hospital in Changchun, eastern China. The boy only survived because the arrow had miraculously missed his brain. Surgeons spent four hours removing the 16 inch arrow which had sunk more than four inches into the boy's head. They had to cut away part of it just to get him in the CT scanner.

After brain scans and x-rays, doctors began to cut away parts of his skull to remove the arrow without damaging optic nerves or brain tissue. His parents have been warned he still faces a risk of infection and may need further ops. The teammate who shot him - a 13-year-old girl called Yan Shin - is being treated for shock. "It is a miracle he survived the accident," said one medic. Teachers at Jiutai City school believe the youngsters were practicing on their own when the accident happened.

OH MI GOD THIS IS SO SAD...

A surveillance camera on a Santiago motorway captured images of a dog dodging speeding cars to pull the lifeless body of another dog, which had been hit a vehicle, away from traffic and onto the median strip. The scene was broadcast by Chilean television stations and then posted on websites such as YouTube. By Monday, hundreds of thousands of people had viewed versions of the rescue. Highway crews removed both the dead dog from the median strip of the Vespucio Norte Highway shortly after the December 4 incident. But the rescuer dog, believed to be a stray, ran away. Authorities say images of the rescue prompted some people to call and offer to adopt the dog, but neither highway workers nor a television crew were able to find it.
SADLY IT DIDN'T WORK OUT QUITE AS WELL AS THIS...

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - WHEN 'NO' JUST ISN'T A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER FOR A KID

An Australian boy caused a bit of a furore when he got himself stuck inside a toy-grabbing claw game in a shopping centre. The two-year-old climbed through the prize chute to join the toys, where he stayed until firefighters managed to open the glass door. The incident happened at the Oasis Shopping Village in the Northern Territory. Firefighters used a hacksaw to set the boy loose. One onlooker said it was "extremely amusing", adding: "His parents looked more embarrassed than anything."
The stunt paid off for the toddler, however, when he was allowed to walk off with one of the toys. The little brat.
Here's some classic online examples of how that situation would have played out!

ESCAPE FROM JAWS - FOR REAL!

A pair of scuba divers off the coast of Mexico survived a terrifying ordeal straight out of Jaws when a great white shark burst through the side of their metal cage.

One moment they were watching the animal feeding off a school of tuna in the azure waters around the Isle de Guadalupe. But the next, it was charging straight towards them: seconds later it crashed through their protective cage, its huge head ripping apart the bars.

The pair, whose film of last year's incident has become a huge hit on YouTube, had to crouch down into the corner of their cage while the enormous predator thrashed wildly around.

They then managed to escape from the water and onto the Searcher boat owned by a tour company, which offers shark dives for £2,000 apiece. With equipment just six years old, the company has now pledged to upgrade. And in a statement commenting on the incident they said: "When we said 'you can get face-to-face with the ultimate predator' this is not what we had in mind".

One of the two divers - who goes by the YouTube nickname ScubaDubaDive - said on the website that the shark had hit them by accident. "After it hit the tuna in front of the cage its eyes were closed to protect them," he said. "It hit the cage and then reacted."

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - KANYE LOSES PLOT ONSTAGE...AGAIN!

SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING AT HIM SO HE GOT HIS REVENGE...WELL I ALWAYS SAY DON'T MESS WITH A MAN WITH A MIC IN HIS HAND...

KILLARNEY GRAFFITI MYSTERY

How do you feel about rats? They wouldn't be the most loved creatures in the world would they? Disgusting disease ridden rodents would be a polite way of putting it. Well in Killarney there is an artist who is leaving graffiti images of rats all over walls, laneways and doorsteps in the town. These pictures are everywhere and some of the painted rats seem to be in conversation with each other, whihc weirdly manages to make the rats seem more endearing and likeable. The artist has not yet identified themselves but locals are calling him or her the Pied Piper of the town. A tribute to Banksy perhaps? Or even further back Blek Le Rat?

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - OMG THIS IS OTT

Electrician Alex Goodhind decks out his home in Wiltshire with decorations every year, but this Christmas has forked out an extra £3,000 for new lights to put on his most dazzling display yet.

The lights require so much electricity that he paid for workmen to dig up his road and lay an industrial-strength power cable, after finding himself unable to boil a kettle when the display was switched on. The energy bill for the lights is expected to pass the £700 it cost last Christmas, but Mr Goodhind says the price is worth it for the hundreds of local people who come to see the house every day over the festive period.

The 24-year-old, who started planning this year's decorations in July, puts on his annual display to raise money for a local hospice following the death of his mother. Last year he raised £2,000 for Dorothy House in Bradford on Avon through donations from neighbours and visitors, with local community groups laying on minibus trips to the spectacle.

AND IN THE STATES THEY GO FOR IT EVEN MORE!



BUT NOT EVERYONE IS SPLURGING THIS XMAS

In previous years Christmas in Southward Close, Northumberland, was bathed in the light of 350,000 lights and dozens of huge decorations. Children would trudge for miles to see such wonders as a lit-up igloo, snowmen's tea party, ski slope and a full-size Santa sleigh and reindeer perched on a roof. But now, as the financial crisis bites deep, householders have seemingly opted to save their money. John Scott, 59, a retired civil servant, is typical of those who have pulled the plug on Christmas cheer. "We did the lights and decorations for seven years, but it got too expensive and too much work," he said. "The decorations cost thousands and our electricity bill rocketed over the Christmas period. "With energy bills going up and up it got too expensive to carry on every year. Our bill was doubled when we started doing the lights, and in a credit crunch it was an expense we couldn't stretch to. "It's a shame because hundreds of locals used to come to see the lights switched on. We used to raise thousands of pounds for local charities too. "It's not just our house though - everyone in the street has toned down the decorations." Elsewhere the picture is the same. Alan and Anne Crabtree used to adorn their home with a giant neon Santa and sleigh. But the first new days of December have come and gone without a single Christmas light appearing. A disconsolate neighbouring householder observed: "It's the death of Christmas." A tad dramatic but you know what he means...

263 ft World Record Snowmobile Jump

NOW THAT'S QUITE A JUMP IN FAIRNESS...

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - SIMPSONS GET A MAPPLE STORE!

WOW WHAT A MASSIVE AD FOR A CERTAIN THINLY DISGUISED (ACTUALLY MAKE THAT BARELY) DISGUISED COMPUTER COMPANY...I WONDER DID THEY ACTUALLY PAY FOR IT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO A SIMPSONS EPISODE...WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME...STILL AMUSING NONETHELESS...

BEARS IN SPACE ARE TEDDY FOR LIFT OFF

They could be auditioning for a Star Paws movie but these two bears have, in fact, been shot into space by students.

This amazing photo shows the teddies 30km (19 miles) above Earth after being launched on a giant helium weather balloon. Wearing custom-made space suits to ensure they could endure temperatures of -37C, MAT and KMS were strapped to the inflatable device and had their picture taken by an on-board webcam. They were parachuted back after the four-hour weather experiment and landed just 80km (50 miles) from their launchpad - Cambridge University's space flight science club. Thia Unsworth, 12, from Parkside College, helped design the spacesuit for MAT. She said: 'It was unbelievable to see the balloon take off and it's incredible to see the bears in space.'

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BABIES

IF YOU DON'T LAUGH ALONG TO THIS THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU...

AND TRY THIS ONE FOR SIZE...
A home video of a toddler biting his brother's finger and then smiling broadly has become a YouTube hit, with more than 65 million views.

The clip , which was only intended to be seen by the boys' godfather overseas, is now the twelfth most popular video ever uploaded onto the website. Titled Charlie Bit My Finger – Again, the clip has made unlikely international stars of brothers Harry 5, and Charlie, 2. It has featured on television shows in the US and even sparked fan clubs for the boys in countries including Lebanon and Belize. Parents Howard and Shelley Howard Davies-Carr, from Buckinghamshire, said that they had been overwhelmed by the popularity of the video, which they posted in March 2007. "To say the response has been insane is not even close. My sons are now almost legendary. People want their autographs – it's just crazy," said Mr Davies-Carr, an IT consultant. "Last August there were only 20 hits a day. By Christmas I was stunned to see it hit a million," he told The Sun newspaper. The boys are shy about their new fame and get embarrassed when the clip is shown on television, according to their mother who has just given birth to a third son, Jasper.

WANNA FLY WITHOUT A ROCKET?

VIRAL VIDEO(S) OF THE DAY - ARE U HAVIN' A LAFF? WATCH THESE & U WILL BE...

DRUNK LITHUANIAN ICE DIVER

SILVIO BERLUSCONI PICKS HIS NOSE & EATS IT! UGH YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT BUDDY!

OUCH! TAKE THAT...THIS IS THE ULTIMATE FACEPLANT...

HEARD ABOUT THE WALRUS THAT PLAYS THE SAXOPHONE? COO COO KACHOO

When you think of the connection between 'popular music' and 'walruses', the chances are you'll come up with The Beatles' 'I Am The Walrus,' and not much more.

But that's because you've never seen Sara, the incredible saxophone-playing walrus of Istanbul. A star of the show at the newly-opened Istanbul Dolphinarium, Sara – prompted by her Russian trainer, Sergiy – clasps a saxophone in her flippers and rocks out to a powerful sax solo. However, we have terrible news for any potential fans of the supposedly talented creature - because Sara is not actually playing the saxophone. She's just miming, the big faker. She's actually the Milli Vanilli of the musical-walrus world. However, pretend-saxophone-playing is not the limit of Sara's skills. She can also dress up as a train conductor and blow a whistle, for some reason. Her routine also includes lying face down and catching a rose thrown to her. And she has become adept at games with balls and hoops. Sara is delighting onlookers with her routines at Istanbul Dolphinarium in Istanbul, Turkey, which opened its doors on Monday. Her role at the Dolphinarium is a far cry from the behaviour of her wild counterparts, which spend most of their lives on sea ice in seeking out molluscs to eat. The walrus has played a prominent role in the cultures of many indigenous Arctic peoples, who have hunted them for their meat, fat, skin, tusks and bones. Adult males can weigh as much as 4,500lbs.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - COBH LIGHTS UP FOR XMAS

Hello..
l am sending in a show that i would like you to take a look at,
l have great display of lights covering my house, but i also
have a musical show that the lights dance too...
lt would be great for some coverage as l am also doing
it for a charity, l believe that l am the only person that has this
type of light show.

Thank you
Kiran Sawani

No thank you Kiran! chatted to him on the show today really nice guy and he is collecting for the Irish Cancer Society if u spot the gaff in Cobh drop in ask him to stick on the music and dig as deep as you are able in these challenging financial times...

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - PETE THE EXTREME K9!

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY: FROM FLYING CARS TO FLYING JETPACK MEN

From flying cars....

The Moller M400 Skycar is a four-seat motor which can unfold its wings in seconds and then soar through the air at up to 600kph (375mph) for a distance of 1,200km (750 miles). It is designed to be far simpler to fly than a helicopter and it boasts that its fuel consumption is lower than that of a Land Rover or Porsche. The Skycar has cost its Californian developers a reported £135million and is set to retail for £675,000 when it goes on sale in 2012.

To a jetpack - with the news that a daredevil wearing a jet pack has flown across a 1,500-foot-wide canyon in southern Colorado. We are living in the future, clearly.

Eric Scott took 21 seconds to cross the Royal Gorge at 75 mph on Monday, according to his sponsors, energy drink peddlers the Go Fast Sports & Beverage company.

They also say that he didn't use a parachute while flying across the 1,100-foot-deep canyon. He was wearing a jet pack powered by hydrogen peroxide and developed by Jet Pack International.

HOW A REAL MAN TAKES OFF HIS JOCKS!

WHO NEEDS POCKETS?

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY: SNOWKITING NOW THAT SOUNDS DANGEROUS...

A winter sportsman narrowly escaped death after being pulled hundreds of feet into the air by a gust of wind before crashing to earth next to a rocky outcrop, in a terrifying ordeal captured on video.

The accident highlights the dangers of the extreme sport of snowkiting, a cross between snowboarding and kitesurfing in which enthusiasts attached to large kites harness the power of the wind to perform stunts at winter resorts. In the footage, which is believed to have been filmed in Algeria, the snowkiter is seen travelling in circles on the ground in an effort to build up speed, when a sudden gust sucks him vertically into the air. The man, who is named in the clip as Algerian extreme sportsman Malik Bouchenafa, narrowly avoids crashing into a brick wall, but refuses to let go of the handle as the wind pulls him higher into the sky. Mr Bouchenafa's friends on the ground cry out in fear as he becomes no more than a small dot in the sky, the wind buffeting and spinning his body in all directions. After nearly 30 seconds in the air he plummets to earth on higher ground, just a few feet from a formation of rocks sticking out through the snow. Despite his ordeal it appears Mr Bouchenafa was uninjured, as later in the footage he is shown boarding back down the hill carrying his kite. Commenters on the clip, which was posted on YouTube last week, criticised Mr Bouchenafa for risking his life, one describing him as "a person who has totally lost their grip on reality". Another accused the Algerian, who is known as Magic Malik and made his name as a kitesurfer on water, of using methods suitable for the ocean in an entirely inappropriate situation. "You do not use sea-kite techniques in the mountains, the rangers have better things to do," he wrote.

BEST WATER FOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD - EVER!

A JAPANESE MALL WE HAVE BEEN TOLD...

AND YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT TOUGH...

BANGLADESH APPARENTLY...SOME SKILL IN FAIRNESS..

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY PART 2: WHEELCHAIR-BOUND KID PULLS OFF BACK FLIP!

A stunt-mad teenager with Spina Bifida has become the first person to pull off a back-flip in a wheelchair.

Sixteen-year-old Aaron Fotheringham - known as 'Wheels' - got official recognition last month, even though he has been doing them for two years. He takes his specially made wheelchair on to skate ramps in Las Vegas, where he has become a something of a celebrity in the skate scene. He said: "It feels awesome to have the record." Aaron invented a sport that he calls "hardcore sitting" - using a wheelchair to perform moves more often seen done on skateboards or BMX bikes. He has been doing stunts since the age of nine when his elder brother Brian took him to their local skate park. Brian encouraged him to go down a ramp and the obsession was born. Now Aaron gets flown all over the world to perform stunts and spends at least three hours a day practising. He has become a role model to many young people who use wheelchairs. He said: "Everyone thinks 'oh you're disabled that's such a terrible thing' but I think it's positive. It's like being able to carry your skateboard everywhere with you. "People don't realise how much can be done in a chair." He added: "I get little kids telling me they like being in their chair now. It feels so cool to get people interested in hardcore sitting." Just like skaters, Aaron said he has had his fair share of falls. "I've shattered my elbow and had concussion too many times to count," he said. But he has become so good that he has won a sponsor, Colours Inc., that supplied him with his £5,300 ($8,000) reinforced aluminium wheelchair.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY: CHEERLEADING NUNS? YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT...

Supporters say they have been converted after watching a new dance troupe. The sisters, along with monks and priests, used special dance routines to disco music to wow crowds at a match in Sassari, southern Italy. "You wanted us to speak your language – well here we are," choreographer Father Steven told the audience. Now the troupe is on a tour of Italian discos and nightclubs to spread the message of Christianity to young people.

HE FINALLY DID IT!

PLAYING WITH THE MOON

ROMANTIC SLEIGH RIDE ANYONE?

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY: DEA AGENT SHOOTS OWN FOOT

WHAT A PRIZE LANGER!

DON'T MESS WITH GUNS KIDS!

EVER SEE THE TERMINAL?

A Japanese man has set up home in Mexico City's airport and has no intention of leaving. Hiroshi Nohara has become something of a celebrity in Terminal 1 of Benito Juarez International Airport since arriving on September 2. Mr Nohara has said he can't explain what drew him to the airport, or why he has decided to stay. "I do not understand why I am here," Mr Nohara, who is originally from Tokyo, told a local television station through an interpreter. "I don't have any reasons." Mr Nohara holds a valid visa and local authorities admit they have no reason to force him to leave. All they can do is wait for the paperwork to expire in March. In the meantime, Mr Nohara has become famous and is regularly featured on local television. He sleeps in a chair in the airport's food court, surviving off food given to him by vendors keen to see their merchandising promoted in his TV interviews. Passengers who recognise him also help him out by buying him burgers and coffee. In return, he is happy to pose for a photograph or sign an autograph. After three months of living rough, however, Mr Nohara is looking decidedly dishevelled. His beard and hair unkempt and his clothes are in need of a wash. Some people using the food court have complained that he needs a shower. The quietly spoken Mr Nohara replies that he just wants to be left alone and preferred it when he was not in the media spotlight. His story is similar to that the 2004 film "The Terminal," in which an Eastern European man, played by Tom Hanks, gets trapped at New York's JFK International Airport by revolution in his homeland and is repeatedly denied permission to leave by immigration officials.

ONION-POWERED IPOD WILL PLAY THE TRACKS OF YOUR TEARS - BOOM BOOM!

Owen Louis definitely knows his onions when it comes to environmental friendliness - he sticks his iPod in them. The music fan is so worried about the amount of electricity his MP3 player uses, he powers it up using the vegetables. Owen, 21, bores two holes in an onion, soaks it in an energy drink then sticks a USB cable into it - and can charge his iPod for an hour. 'I was watching TV with my laptop on and my iPod playing and thought, "How much electricity must I be using?",' he said. 'A friend showed me the experiment as a laugh but I thought it was the greatest thing I have ever seen, and do it religiously every day.' Owen, from Portsmouth, said the idea was a foolproof way of staying green as the onion decomposes and the drink bottle can be recycled once finished with. Phil Stubbles, a physics lecturer from St Vincent College in Gosport, Hampshire, said almost all vegetables could power iPods because they contain ions which react with energy drinks to create a charge. 'The only problem is you have no control over how long it may work for ... and it can be smelly,' he added.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - COME TO AUSTRALIA COBBERS! BUT BE WARNED IF YOU DO...

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY PART 2 - Astronauts take part in seven hour spacewalk off space station as urine recycler breaks

Astronauts on the international space station have begun the longest and hardest spacewalk of their maintenance mission as the system for converting urine into drinking water breaks down again.

NASA astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen were due to spend more than seven hours fixing a clogged solar wing-rotating joint. As they began their spacewalk, a new recycling system for converting urine into drinking water broke down again for the third day in a row. The problem could jeopardise NASA's plan to return recycled water to earth aboard space shuttle Endeavour next weekend. The £100 million water recycling system, delivered a week ago by space shuttle Endeavour, is essential for allowing more astronauts to live on the space station next year. The wing-rotating joint stopped working properly more than a year ago, after it became jammed with metal grit from grinding parts. It can no longer keep the solar wings on the right side of the space station pointed toward the sun. The astronauts first began their repair work – which involves cleaning, lubrication and the replacement of bearings – last week. Ms Stefanyshyn-Piper, who dropped a £67,000 tool kit during a previous spacewalk, was forced to share some of her equipment with Mr Bowen during the repair. As for the broken urine-recycling system, flight controllers and astronauts alike were disappointed when it stopped working again. Mission Control radioed up the bad news just before the spacewalk began. "I'm very sorry to hear that," astronaut Sandra Magnus replied. NASA wants samples of the recycled water returned aboard Endeavour in order to conduct tests and ensure that it is safe to drink. The equipment is supposed to run for at least 90 days before anyone takes a sip. The space agency cannot expand the size of the space station crew from three to six unless the water recycling system is working. NASA still hopes for that to happen by June. Endeavour is supposed to leave the space station at the end of this month but its departure could be put back a day in order to collect enough samples from the recycling equipment.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - Police dash cam of Meteor over Edmonton, Canada

ONE WORD: WOW! IMAGINE SEEING THAT IN FRONT OF YOU? FREAKED YOU WOULD BE - DO YOU SEE HOW BRIGHT THE NIGHT BECOMES AS A RESULT - UNREAL!!!

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY PART 2 - SEE THIS? THAT'S ME THAT IS...

The beautiful game was given a touch of the circus when the finest freestyle footballers displayed their ball skills at the world championships in Brazil. Boasting tricks that would make Cristiano Ronaldo envious, the 44 contestants - known as ballers - went head to head in front of thousands of fans at the Complexo Exportivo do Pacaembu. Some managed to balance a football on their head while spinning round the floor and others juggled the ball from foot to foot in a variety of contorted positions. The winner, 24-year-old Arnaud Garnier of France, spun a ball on a Biro he was holding between his teeth. Yosuke Yokota from Japan came second and Britain's John Whetton, 19, reached the last 16. Judges at the Red Bull Street Style 2008 World Finals included international footballers such as Edgar Davids of the Netherlands and Bebeto, a World Cup-winner with Brazil in 1994. Their task was to judge the ballers based on the criteria of ball control, technique, and style in combination with the music. "Some of the stuff the guys showed was just unbelievable," said Davids. The next world championship is scheduled for 2010 in South Africa, which hosts the World Cup in the same year.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY - NOW THAT'S ONE LOOOONG SURFBOARD

A Brazilian man has broken his own record for catching a wave on the longest surfboard. Rico de Souza rode the 30ft (9.16 metre) board for ten seconds before being tumbling into the water at a beach in Rio de Janeiro. The 55-year-old needed several attempts at the record as he struggled to build up enough speed to propel the 16st board which he had designed himself. He eventually spotted a powerful wave and managed to clamber to his feet and keep his balance long enough to claim his record. Afterwards he said that the ride had been a thrilling experience. "It was an exceptional wave, the wave was shaky, the board was jumping, but I managed to stand firm," he said. Asked about his future plans, he said that he only wanted to enjoy life and do good deeds. "Life is a joke and we have to take advantage of our passage through earth in the best way possible," he said. Mr de Souza set the previous record on a 25.6ft (8 metre) board in 2006. Since then he has made several design improvements to the board. He had been due to attempt the new record this weekend, but managed to achieve the feat during his own practice session on Monday. Mr de Souza organised another record in September this year, when 88 people surfed the same wave for over ten seconds – up four from 2007.

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE DAY PART 2: SOLICITOR SCOFFS 41 PIES IN 10 MINUTES. WHY? WHO CARES, JUST LOOK...

Denzil Gunner, 30, on a year-long mission to take on strange challenges won £1,000 at the annual competition in Somerset and may now be chosen to represent Britain in extreme eating competitions in America. However, Mr Gunner, from Notting Hill, in London, was five pies short of the world record of 46, which is held by an 8st American woman. Sonya Thomas, 36, from Virginia, devoured 46 mince pies in 10 minutes in 2006. The annual contest is a popular event on the competitive eating circuit and this year 29 pie-eaters took part. Mr Gunner said: "I didn't do any eating preparation at all, I just showed up and went for it. "My technique was just to cram as many in as possible and drink as much water as I could because they are very dry. "I didn't really think about it I just kept on eating until they said stop and then I realised how ill I felt. "You can't really taste them but I'm glad its over a month to Christmas when I have to eat another one. "I'm worried about the drive home now, I think there will be a lot of stops in lay-bys." Speed eating is a major phenomenon in America and some of the bigger events are televised with prize funds of thousands of dollars. But extreme eating in the UK has attracted criticism from health campaigners, who have condemned it for glorifying gluttony. Organiser Daniel Medley said the International Federation of Competitive Eating will be interested in Mr Gunner as his mince pie achievement was impressive. "This is the closest that a Brit has ever got to the record," he said. "If he wants to go to America we will take him and the federation will be quite keen on him going over there and doing the circuit. "Americans are quite confused about mince pies because they think they contain meat." Last year house-husband Clive Pearson, 34, from Chilcompton, in Somerset, stuffed down 26 mince pies in 10 minutes to win.