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Make Like A Bird! 11 Tales Of Crazy Human Flight
Forget that 10k run in your local park - how about this for an insanely ambitious challenge: flying across the North Atlantic Ocean strapped to a jetwing. Yes, I did say a jetwing, and no, I'm guessing there's no in-flight entertainment. Admittedly, the aeronaut who's making the flight (Yves Rossy) is a Jetwing veteran and has a team of choppers, planes, search and rescue specialists and doubtless hordes of media pundits to catch him if he falls (the flight is the brainchild of Webtel.mobi, who are sponsoring the event), but a walk in the park it ain't. It promises to be a spectacular, if a little insane, challenge - and one for the history books regardless of how it ends. But how does flying between continents strapped to a sheet of carbon fibre stack up in terms of stupidity against the history of human flight? Luckily for you, we have some prime examples all lined up...
Forget that 10k run in your local park - how about this for an insanely ambitious challenge: flying across the North Atlantic Ocean strapped to a jetwing. Yes, I did say a jetwing, and no, I'm guessing there's no in-flight entertainment. Admittedly, the aeronaut who's making the flight (Yves Rossy) is a Jetwing veteran and has a team of choppers, planes, search and rescue specialists and doubtless hordes of media pundits to catch him if he falls (the flight is the brainchild of Webtel.mobi, who are sponsoring the event), but a walk in the park it ain't. It promises to be a spectacular, if a little insane, challenge - and one for the history books regardless of how it ends. But how does flying between continents strapped to a sheet of carbon fibre stack up in terms of stupidity against the history of human flight? Luckily for you, we have some prime examples all lined up...
WEBTHUMP! November 11 2009
10 - Win tickets to see Rihanna in concert! Do it now! - Popsugar 9 - Fingerless gloves: the critical re-evaluation - Interestment 8 - Things we're now afraid of: getting trapped on an iceberg with three polar bears - Asylum 7 - This just in: bald bears are TERRIFYING - Geekology
Sesame Street’s 10 Greatest Musical Moments
Have you heard? Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Just think about that. Four decades of Sesame Street falsely teaching children that the last letter of the alphabet is 'zee' instead of 'zed'. Four decades of Sesame Street teaching children to laugh in an unconvincing east European accent whenever they count to five. Four decades of Sesame Street showing slightly underwhelming short-form documentaries about bottle factories. And four decades of solid gold musical performances. For a kid's TV show, Sesame Street has played host to some genuinely incredible musical acts in its time, and here's a list of our favourites. Do let us know if we've missed any out...
Have you heard? Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Just think about that. Four decades of Sesame Street falsely teaching children that the last letter of the alphabet is 'zee' instead of 'zed'. Four decades of Sesame Street teaching children to laugh in an unconvincing east European accent whenever they count to five. Four decades of Sesame Street showing slightly underwhelming short-form documentaries about bottle factories. And four decades of solid gold musical performances. For a kid's TV show, Sesame Street has played host to some genuinely incredible musical acts in its time, and here's a list of our favourites. Do let us know if we've missed any out...
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is
Cool uncle and embarrassing aunt. Folded: The Chase from Midnight Express – Club Version (very Berlin. Then again you could remix Giorgio Moroder's alarm clock and make a decent track) Films on the telly (why are they always more fun than putting on a DVD?) Be miserable (doctor’s orders) Donut Drake in Uncharted 2 (such a laugh climbing on the wrecked train ...
Cool uncle and embarrassing aunt. Folded: The Chase from Midnight Express – Club Version (very Berlin. Then again you could remix Giorgio Moroder's alarm clock and make a decent track) Films on the telly (why are they always more fun than putting on a DVD?) Be miserable (doctor’s orders) Donut Drake in Uncharted 2 (such a laugh climbing on the wrecked train ...
MySpace Trawl – One Little Plane
Yee-haw kids, its reality pop star season, so what does that mean? It means that anyone who’s got an ounce of talent in their blood is going to get ignored. Money-making mass-produced rubbish will take over and make us all believe it's the best thing since the last reality show winner from the previous month. So ...
Yee-haw kids, its reality pop star season, so what does that mean? It means that anyone who’s got an ounce of talent in their blood is going to get ignored. Money-making mass-produced rubbish will take over and make us all believe it's the best thing since the last reality show winner from the previous month. So ...
WEBTHUMP! November 4 2009
10 - Here, have a story about bat-centric oral sex - Slantedscience 9 - And now, for anyone who thinks that Nintendo Wiis aren't creepy enough - Geekologie 8 - The Roots have missed their calling. Hip-hop's gain is 1970's MOR deep, deep loss - MyChemicalToilet 7 - What did Kim Kardashian dress up as for Halloween? What? A sort of prostitutey Disney princess? Get out of town - AmyGrindhouse
Top 30 Hottest Ever Sports Illustrated Swimwear Models
We love Sports Illustrated swimwear models here at hecklerspray. Sure, we like looking at the pictures of beautiful girls but we also like to think they are performing an important role of getting more people interested in swimming. Well, put it this way, nothing has made us more interested in the breaststroke than the thought of a lovely girl in a tight-fitting bikini. OK, enough of the terrible jokes and roll on the pictures of half-naked women...
We love Sports Illustrated swimwear models here at hecklerspray. Sure, we like looking at the pictures of beautiful girls but we also like to think they are performing an important role of getting more people interested in swimming. Well, put it this way, nothing has made us more interested in the breaststroke than the thought of a lovely girl in a tight-fitting bikini. OK, enough of the terrible jokes and roll on the pictures of half-naked women...
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is
Right and wrong. Folded: Flashback by Calvin Harris (the definition of a ditty. Annoy yourself for liking it) Halloween: Vampires (only really frightening if you fear teenagers) Burger King ‘Tub Burger’ (or ‘Windows 7’ according to the PR. Looks delicious) Zombieland (shouldn’t be compared to Shaun of the Dead, but it will be. Plus, whisper it, it might be funnier too) Give in ...
Right and wrong. Folded: Flashback by Calvin Harris (the definition of a ditty. Annoy yourself for liking it) Halloween: Vampires (only really frightening if you fear teenagers) Burger King ‘Tub Burger’ (or ‘Windows 7’ according to the PR. Looks delicious) Zombieland (shouldn’t be compared to Shaun of the Dead, but it will be. Plus, whisper it, it might be funnier too) Give in ...
