Europe According to Stereotype | andrewcusack.com A London-based graphic designer has created a series of maps depicting Europe according to the national stereotypes in the minds of various peoples. Yanko Tsvetkov, a Bulgarian living in Great Britain, created the first one in 2009 in the midst of the energy dispute between Russia and the Ukraine. Russia was labelled “Paranoid Oil Empire”, the Ukraine “Gas Stealers”, and the E.U. as “Union of Subsidized Farmers”. Switzerland was simply “Bank”. “I created the first one in 2009 because at that time there was an energy crisis in Europe,” Mr. Europe according to the French. Europe according to the Germans. Europe according to the Italians. Europe according to the British. Europe according to the Americans.
HOW TO WRITE GOOD Caveat emptor. Carpe diem. O si villi, si ergo, fortibus es in ero. Et tu, brute. by Frank L. Visco My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules: Avoid alliteration. Walking with cheetahs... the big cats of the Kalahari who are mans best... - StumbleUpon By Jonathan Scott Updated: 08:07 GMT, 12 November 2010 A Nomadic tribesman of the San people strides across the hot Kalahari Desert — in the company of a cheetah he has helped to tame. Though they’re killers in the wild, these big cats are surprisingly easy to domesticate. The animals in these striking pictures, taken in the Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary in Namibia, were hand-reared from cubs after their mother was shot by poachers five years ago. As a result, the three cheetahs — a male and two females — are happy to trot next to their handlers, men from the San tribe, on their daily three-hour walk across the desert. Taking a stroll: A Nomadic tribesman walks side by side in the company of a cheetah that he has helped to tame Fast learner: A cheetah picks up tips from a Bushman on how to hunt in the grasses that fringe the desert After stretching their legs, the cats — who can run 100 metres in 4.5 seconds — even play ‘fetch’ when the tribesmen throw bits of rope for them to chase.
11 Sexy Photos Totally Ruined By People in the Background There's some part of human nature that really makes us laugh when attempted sexiness crashes and burns. This photo collection is a celebration of that horrible, yet undeniable, instinct that we all have. I've been collecting funny photos off the Internet for years and these are the 11 best photos I've ever found where someone (read: a woman) was trying to be sexy... but someone or something crept into the background of the photo and ruined it. This is the first list in a two-part series... today I have 11 sexy photos totally ruined by people in the background, tomorrow I'll have 11 photos of people totally ruined by sex in the background. The old man sleeps.
The Sexy Armpit - A Whiff of Pop Culture from New Jersey Breathingearth - CO2, birth &death rates by country, simulated real-time Deer loses head-butt with Wisconsin lawn ornament By Bob Lamb La Crosse Tribune Posted: 11/10/2009 12:01:00 AM CST | Updated: 4 years ago This 640-pound concrete elk statue lies on its side in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye s home in rural Viroqua. The dead buck lies about 20 feet away. A love-struck buck ran out of luck a week ago. The seven-point buck was killed when it rammed a 640-pound concrete statue of an elk in the backyard of Mark and Carol Brye's home in rural Viroqua, Wis. Bucks often fight during the breeding season, commonly called the rut. Mark Brye, who owns Brye Plumbing in Viroqua, was still laughing about the suicidal buck he found near his elk statue last week. Brye said his morning ritual is to rise early and look out at the life-like statue about 40 yards from his home. "Our son and daughter gave it to us for Christmas four years ago because we like to hunt elk," Brye said. Brye said he knew exactly what happened when he saw the statue tipped over. He didn't realize the buck lay dead a short distance away.
Be Warned! This Gallery Is Not For Those Who Can’t Handle A Monstrous Amount Of Cuteness: 40 Pictures Of Puppy Dogs | We Rule The Internet November 29, 2010 | 399 Comments » | Topics: Cute, Dog, Pictures Pictures of Pennies Hi, I'm Mitch Fincher and these pages are from a talk I gave while a Civil Engineering student at Texas Tech University. The following is the basic pattern for building cantilevered structures with Pennies. Although it looks trivial, we can build amazing structures with these pillars. All penny columns are ten pennies high, a "stack". Now, I'll show you how to build a simple bridge. Carefully filling the space between with pennies, we create a one penny-span bridge. Repeating the process by putting an extra triad on top of each stack, we can create a two penny-span bridge. Although it looks weak, it will actually hold quite a bit of weight. We can move on to a three penny-span bridge. And finally to six and seven penny-span bridges. Click "Next" to move on to "The Big Tower". Submit your amazing coin stacking pictures. Note: All stacks of coins were done without any glue.