Fun Stuff

Squidlies?

/ Shane / 5 Comments

Okay, this is a little odd. Our house is split on this one, I think it is super cool and Sara thinks it is super disgusting.

What you do is stab uncooked spaghetti through hotdog pieces and then boil the whole thing, cooking the hot dogs and spaghetti at the same time. I would certainly be willing to try it and I’m imagining that kids would like it.  There is also some good discussion on that link as to what to call it (Squidlies was one suggestion, my favorite), so does anybody have any other suggestions?

Link via InteractiveReader

How good are you at eyeballing things?

/ Shane / 3 Comments

This isn’t really a game per say, but more like a test to see how good you are at eyeballing things. But it was still a lot of fun and as soon as I got done with it I wanted to try again.  My score was 5.22 but I definitely think I could improve because I had like 2 that were way off for some reason and the messed up my average.

Watching it backwards

/ Shane / 1 Comment

There was a post over on PlanetDan about what happens when you watch movies backwards.  The original premise was:

If you watch the movie ‘Jaws’ backwards, it’s a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach.

A good example is:

If you watch Scarface backwards, it’s about a man who gives up cocaine and crime to follow his dream of becoming a dishwasher to earn enough money so he can visit Cuba.

And another example, from Dan himself:

If you watch the Shining backwards, it’s about a man who is unfortunately stuck in a hedge maze that is driving him mad, until he finally finds his way out, right back into the arms of his loving family.

I might add a few such as, if you watch The Matrix backwards, it’s about a man who lives in a dull crappy world with awful food until they mercifully plug him into a large computer to live the good life. Or, if you watch Spiderman backwards, it’s about a nice superhero who goes around helping people until an evil spider sucks his powers out through his hand and turns him into such a dork that his girlfriend doesn’t even want to be seen with him anymore.

So, what do you think people? Any more suggestions? I think this is the original thread, if you want to spend hours and hours looking for inspiration.

The B-AK-47

/ Shane / Leave a comment

What do you do when you have a lot of extra bacon and a blow torch? Obviously, you make a scale model replica of an AK-47 entirely out of bacon.


I think Gizmodo said it best: “The BA-K-47 Doesn’t Fire Bullets, But It Does Slay PETA Activists”

Link via Tony Vegas.

And, as long as we are on the topic of bacon, if you happen to live in the Seattle area why not check out Baconopolis? Billed as “bacon’s biggest social event” it looks pretty fancy pants, like maybe you need a suit. For the price though, I would definitely check it out.

Link via InteractiveReader.

Another Important Developmental Toy

/ Shane / 1 Comment

As we all know, an important developmental step in the life of a child is deciding which side to come down on in the endless Pirates vs. Ninjas debate.  The sooner this is settled the better, for example, if your child thinks that a ninja could beat a pirate, he potentially has some form of mental illness. Well, now we have a tool for helping your child make that decision earlier in life: the pirate vs. ninja mobile!

Via Gizmodo via Tony Vegas