ska for kids!
I'm lovin' this song from Yo Gabba Gabba! - Pick it up!
January 22, 2008
July 17, 2007
mrmule celebrity look-a-likes
\CLICKY BIGGY
from My Heritage
mu ha ha... try your boss, it's great fun
May 29, 2007
Good God! Its a dinosaur
At the Creation Museum in Kentucky, dinosaurs sail on the Ark!
Here exhibits show the Grand Canyon took just days to form during Noah's flood, dinosaurs coexisted with humans and had a place on Noah's Ark, and Cain married his sister to people the earth, among other Biblical wonders. Opponents argue that children who see the exhibits will be confused when they learn in school that the universe is 14 billion years old rather than 6,000. more
see also A FAILED ATTEMPT TO DIALOG WITH "YOUNG EARTH" CREATION SCIENTISTS
Evolution of the eye
The Root of All Evil? - The God Delusion (1 of 2)
and 2 of 2
and this lovely comic stip
May 15, 2007
Westerkerk carillon - lunchtime playlist
I work in Amsterdam, there is a big church nearby called the Westerkerk (it's near the Anne Frank house), it's recently been brought back to its former glory with a clean up and I've also noticed them playing funky melodies on the carillon. Last week was "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" and today I got the full title music for "The good, the bad and ugly".
Those crazy Dutch!
I'll keep you updated with any more audio delights!
May 12, 2007
For the country chef
I see where this is leading
Sheep Shagger Apron
LINK
January 8, 2007
Ando Momofuku - noodle master
Ando Momofuku, inventor and father of the instant ramen noodle passed away on January 5th at the age of 96.
I suspect he will be going to the great soup bowl in the sky.
In 1948, he founded the precursor to Nissin and in 1958 unveiled Chicken Ramen, the world's first instant noodle product.
The experience convinced him that "peace will come to the world when the people have enough to eat," according to Nissin.
I wander if he was a 'Pastafarian'?!
/touched by his noodly appendige!
June 23, 2006
Wuppie shoot em up
A Wuppie is a small fully ball with eyes and feet, created originally by Father Abraham (a crazy Dutch guy who sang tthe Smurf song) . Now its been miniturised into a supermarket give-away for the World Cup, in the traditional colours of Red, White, Blue and of course ORANJE! They are kinda taking over the country with people reporting their cars broken into, all for Wuppies! .. .
Anywho, get your revenge on these evil little marketing tools of the devil (Wuppie stands for "World Unique Promotional Product Identity & Emotion)
(thanks leo!)
May 19, 2006
Space Sneakers go Camel Toe!
Designed by those clever Ruskies for Asics, these space sneakers have a lovely cameltoe / Japanese Tabi style. Japan's astronaut Takao Doi will beta-test them on his Space Shuttle/ISS mission in 2007.
maybe I could find a pair to join my camel toe trainers (Maharishi Nike Rift)
via BoingBoing
April 22, 2006
Pimp my snack
Awesome instructional gallery of how crazy people have pimped various food stuffs (mostly chocolate bars as you can see with this MONSTER wagon wheel)
February 4, 2006
British Soldiers on LSD
This is too funny... I was in stiches on the floor.
One offficer climbs a tree to feed a bird...LOLOLOL!!!
via BoingBoing
January 11, 2006
Chuck Norris Facts
Chuck Norris is excellent, go find out some interesting facts about him!
Chuck Norris Facts:
#1 Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. But he is so badass, he has never cried. Ever.
#2 Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
#3 Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
#4 The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
#5 If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.
November 8, 2005
Arse over Udders
Ahhhh the old tradition of 'cow tipping' now has a science
A cow of 1.45 metres in height pushed at an angle of 23.4 degrees relative to the ground would require 2,910 Newtons of force, equivalent to 4.43 people
via BOING BOING
September 1, 2005
La Tomatina 2005 (update)
So me n mrs mule set off from NL on Friday night, drove through Belgium and France down to Bordeaux. When we arrived at 4am it was raining really hard....most upsetting... but the following day we met up with some friends, Barbara, Russell, Scarlet et al. It was glorious and sunny, we went for a 'beet spoat ride' (speedboat ride) in Glyns nice power boat across the lake, and enjoyed some drinks at the bar. In the evening we watched the sun going down over the Atlantic Ocean... very niiiice.
The following day we set off for Spain driving through the Pyrenees and down through Zaragoza to Buñol.
Bunol was already heaving with tourists for 'La Tomatina' which is part of a week long celebration. The actual day of the Tomatina begins with the locals climbing a greasy pole to pull off a Ham tied to the top.. This takes about an hour with hilarious attempts of wobbly human towers. Once the ham is down the tension really started to build up, people started ripping each others t-shirts off and throwing them around, water cannons were deployed to cool off the masses.
At about 11am a big 'boom' signals the arrival of the trucks, filled with tomatoes.. They slowly drive down the narrow street emptying their tomatoes on the way down... It turns into a frenzy, we were scrambling on the floor to pick up tomatoes and throw them at everyone or anyone in sight.... Pure mayhem!!!! After 40 minutes we were totally covered, drenched, stinking of tomato flesh (it was hard not to gag) tomato penetrates every bit of your clothing/hair/skin. We started to wander back the bus to clean ourselves up... Getting showered by the locals on the way. I took some photies with a waterproof camera... So you'll have to wait until I get the film developed... I can't wait!
We are still in Spain.. and debating catching a flight home because we are really, really tired. I think I may pop back in a few weeks and drive the bus home from San Pedro with mrs mules dad... huzzah!
August 22, 2005
La Tomatina 2005
The most well known festival this month is La Tomatina in Buñol near Valencia which is the world's biggest tomato fight. This takes place on the last Wednesday (31st). It lasts only two hours but the hearty partying begins at the beginning of the week.
Rules for those taking part include no bottles, no tearing of clothing and the tomatoes must be crushed before they're thrown.
Veterans of the battle advise that accommodation is scarce and it's best to stay in Valencia (40 kilometres from Bunyol) or elsewhere nearby and take public transport to the festivities.
Me n Mrs Mule will be driving down there in the Bus and stopping off in Bordeaux to see some friends on the way. We hope simply to drive n park there the night before.
The attire is simple: COME DRESSED TO WEAR TOMATO JUICE!!
(its interseting to note that the Dutch solcialist party logo is a Tomato being thrown... "For centuries the tomato has also been a symbol of protest: it was thrown at bad actors. The Socialist Party aims its tomatoes at political actors."
LOL... sweeet!
August 5, 2005
The art of war
July 10, 2005
Paella / Truckfest
Only the Spaniards could mix the wonderful smell and taste of Paella with, yup.. you guessed it, Diesel.
Check out this Truck & Monster paella short >>>>
LINK with piccy goodness
July 8, 2005
Best Voicemail Ever
too funny!
June 19, 2005
Homebrew baby wipes
not done a crazystuff post for a while so here goes....
Homemade Baby Wipes
I like this idea of making your own stuff at home, ok you still gotta buy the supersoft towls.. but the rest is (simple?!) considering the band saw!
"There are many places on the web where you can get recipes for homemade baby wipes. This, however, may be the only one which suggests making them with large shop tools. I think it adds an interesting element of excitement and danger to an otherwise mundane task."
February 11, 2005
Signing music
Just been sent this .WMV file for weekend amusment. A beautiful piece of signing, very funny!
HollowMen.wmv 3MB
January 20, 2005
Prior Art
Design #1834684504
It's a pager that plugs into the mains, records everything you say and loves you as a person.
The Surrealist dot org says this about priorart.cgi:
It's a series of randomly-generated product ideas! It raises questions about the nature of prior art in patenting issues, has some inspiring ideas, and is occasionally amusing!
Design #833092683
It's a wireless network device that makes popcorn, makes money fast and plays Nethack.
January 16, 2005
Insult Generator
The wonderful Shakespearian Insult Generator V3 0 now comes with added Pirate ye lice-infested bilge-rat...Give 'im twenty lashes o' the Cat! Arrgh!
Download it here for free
Shakespearian Insult Generator V3 0.zip 200KB
January 6, 2005
eBaY feedbacker of the year
You don't get more honest/crazy than this shopkeeper.
"Payment received within 3 hours via delivery monkey. Monkey wanted a tip though"
"Item arrived so fast that my head spun. I am in the hospital now. Thanks Jenny"
World Islands
From the people who brought you the The Palm Islands, Al Nakheel Properties (Nakheel Corp), have designed another bunch man-made islands shaped like the continents of the world.
Construction has begun on the $US 1.8 billion project which is set to be completed by the end of 2005.
Super Mario mosaic
December 15, 2004
11 pints to awake
The Scotsman reports that "New research shows motorway service station coffee is so weak that a drowsy driver would have to drink 11 pints to ward off fatigue."
"Of 25 service stations tested, not one served coffee strong enough to keep a driver awake for the recommended two hours, the motoring magazine Auto Express found..... Furthermore, price is not a reliable guide to caffeine levels, although the two cheapest cups, from McDonald?s and Burger King outlets, were in the bottom three for strength."
So, now that UK motorists are aware of this they will all be diving for the one drink that does laabel its caffine content with:
Ingredients: carbonated water, sucrose, glucose, sodium citrate, taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, inositol, niacin, D-pantothenol, pyridoxine HCL, vitamin B12, artificial flavours, colors
Nutrition Facts: Serving Size: 8.3 fl. oz Servings per Container: 1 Amount per serving: Calories: 110 Total Fat: 0g Sodium: 200mg Protein: 0g Total Carbohydrates: 28g Sugars: 27g
just don't drink it warm!
September 30, 2004
Senseo Heineken
**NEW** from Philips comes this super new Heineken/Senseo.
"Will you have in one minute a great tasty beer? With the beer pads from Heineken and the Senseo Beer apparatus from Phllips it is possible. Apparatus and beer are completely compatible. Whereby every Heineken beer has a full, round flavour"
clicky biggy
*note* Senseo/Philips make Senseo coffee pads and machines.. here
Link - how to make your own coffeepads
but i really don't think you can beat a good espresso machine
September 21, 2004
Manga gallery
Morning Wood T-shirt
**update**
This from Anonova
and BBC News
A BBC children's presenter has been reprimanded for wearing a T-shirt that contained a risque slogan.
Dominic Wood was rapped for wearing a "Morning Wood" T-shirt on his Dick and Dom in da Bungalow show.
The 26-year-old wore the T-shirt earlier this year on the two-hour Saturday programme aimed at eight to 12-year-olds.
The phrase is common slang for waking in the morning in an aroused state, says The Sun.
As a result of the incident, all presenters of live BBC kids' shows will have their clothing vetted.
A viewer complained to Ofcom that the message was "an offensive sexual slogan, completely inappropriate for a children's programme".
In its defence, the BBC said: "The innuendo was aimed at people outside the show's core audience. Children of that age could not be expected to recognise the joke.
"But the executive in charge was extremely concerned and has made her displeasure clear in the strongest terms."
Ofcom said the matter was now resolved and added: "The logo was inappropriate but for its core audience the double entendre was likely to be lost."
MY ORIGINAL POST HERE (WITH PHOTO)
http://www.mrmule.com/archives/000212.html
September 10, 2004
loop de loop
FW: The Best Chain Letter Ever
My name is mrmule and I approve this message........
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hello, my name is Lewis and I suffer from the guilt of not forwarding 50
billion f*cking chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe
that if you send them on, a poor 6-year-old girl in Arkansas with a breast
on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it removed
before her redneck parents sell her to a traveling freak show.
Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you, and everyone
to whom you send "his" email, $1000?
How stupid are we?
"Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll get
laid by a model I just happen to run into the next day!"
What a bunch of bullshit.
Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my house and sodomize
me in my sleep for not continuing a chain letter that was started by Peter
in 5 AD and brought to this country by midget pilgrims on the Mayflower.
f*ck 'em.
If you're going to forward something, at least send me something mildly
amusing. I've seen all the "send this to 10 of your closest friends, and
this poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a nickel
from some omniscient being" forwards about 90 times.
I don't f*cking care.
Show a little intelligence and think about what you're actually contributing
to by sending out these forwards. Chances are, it's your own unpopularity.
The point being? If you get some chain letter that's threatening to leave
you shagless or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it. If it's
funny, send it on.
Don't piss people off by making them feel guilty about a leper in Botswana
with no teeth who has been tied to the ass of a dead elephant for 27 years
and whose only salvation is the 5 cents per letter he'll receive if you
forward this email.
Now forward this to everyone you know.
Otherwise, tomorrow morning your underwear will turn carnivorous and will
consume your genitals.
Have a nice day.
P.S. Send me 15 bucks
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
August 19, 2004
Stealth Lynndie-ing
From BoingBoing
Stealth disco is when you take video tape yourself or someone rocking and grooving near someone who can't see you doing it.
In this warped variant of stealth disco, you strike the cigarette-dangling-from-mouth, finger-points-at-exposed-prisoner-genitalia pose made famous by Pfc. Lynndie England in Abu Ghraib torture photos. As a website devoted to Stealth Lynndie-ing explains, "The image has shocked, sickened and outraged people. But more importantly, it has captured the imagination of young men and women up and down the country who don't give much of a sh*t about anything."
LINK
Here are the basic instructions:
August 13, 2004
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
July 28, 2004
The Miraculous Winking Jesus
On April 23rd 1996, this picture of Jesus Christ miraculously winked at (someguy).
This experience has changed (someguys) life. Over nine hundred and twenty thousand people have come to witness this miracle. Many people have had a lot to say about their experience. - Rev. Jonathan C. Chance (Internet Field Missionary)
Found via
July 17, 2004
The Secret
Secret for longevity - thx Dad xx
July 12, 2004
New in car security
Traffic getting you down?... Roadrage getting too much?.. Try the *new* Trunk monkey.
Thanks Peal
July 9, 2004
Lego men update
*UPDATE* From my last post:
Lego men build PC
Apparently the lego men have formed a union, this from: (sgd.) Commissioner GOwin, Lego Workplace Safety Division.
It has come to our attention that you have been employing Lego workers in sub-standard, and un-safe working conditions. We have been referred to your website: http://www.skizzers.org/andy/lego.html by kind-hearted souls who have seen the deplorable state of your computer-assembly factory.
June 22, 2004
see thru public dunny
Users of this Switzerland toilet can see out, but passers by cannot see in.
Not sure if I could go!
June 21, 2004
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
Funny website with a great list of Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About.
Populated with the ever popular complaints like:
She really over-reacts whenever she catches me wearing her underwear
June 16, 2004
Fresh Veg?
WASHINGTON (AFP) - In a decision that will warm the hearts of fast-food fans, US authorities have classified batter-coated, frozen french fries as a fresh vegetable.
"They fall into the category of fresh because they are not processed," said agency spokesman George Chartier. "They are not transformed in the sense of being cooked."
LINK
DJ stuff
Description:
Rashid describes his table as one, "that is organic like sound, omnidirectional like sound, and that emphasizes the 'volumous' beats that irradiate from the two turntables." It is produced by Pure Design.
Price: $2900.00
Rashid obviously has his head firmly rammed up his back-side, spouting gibberish like that!
June 15, 2004
Best animations
Elvis lives in Flash Link
WARNING 1.75MB attachment
Including; Gay Spiderman, Ernie the baby eater, Homer the rasta, Strongbad and many, many more.
June 9, 2004
amusing place names by post code
Enter a UK post code for a selection of funny/naughty place names that exist nearby.
Here's the list generated from my old postcode.
Penistone (map)
11.7 miles
Shatton Moor
11.7 miles
Shafton Two Gates
13.3 miles
Upperthong
18.5 miles
Jughole wood
19.0 miles
Fartown
22.5 miles
Hole in the Wall
28.4 miles
Dick Slack
28.7 miles
Dirty Gutter
30.3 miles
Camp Town
31.4 miles
Doorbells of the future
Now you can have HAL on your very own door.
Gell-filled, illuminated interactive door-art.
These buttons are constructed of durable clear polycarbonate and anodized aluminum. The lighting is provided by an LED light source that has an extremely long life. The installation is simple and works with most existing and new systems!
pub webcams
Watch your buddies getting drunk, or really bring the pub to the home with
BEER100.com
June 8, 2004
Online church
Church of Fools is open 24 hours a day for exploration, chat and prayer, and at different times there are public services. Most mornings and evenings there are simple and short services (around 7.30am and 11pm UK time).
the UK's first web-based, 3D church, which opened as a three-month experiment on May 11th. Church of Fools is an attempt to create holy ground on the net, where people can worship, pray and talk about faith.
E.T must pay to phone home
A cosmic single currency for use in financial transactions between Earthlings and extra-terrestrial civilizations has been unveiled at a conference on unidentified flying objects here.
"We are offering the 'galactos' as a means of payment between plants. It will represent the Earth in financial relations in the Cosmos,"
The coin, made up of chrome and nickel, weighs three grams with the inscription "galactos" and the year of issue 2004. It will be identified by the letter G with two parallel lines like the US dollar.
Exchange rates please???????
F*cking villagers
Residents of an Austrian village called F*cking, have voted against changing the name.
The 150 or so people who live in the village debated the issue after roadsigns kept being stolen - many by British tourists.
Spokesman Siegfried Hoeppl, said: "Everyone here knows what it means in English, but for us F*cking is F*cking - and it's going to stay F*cking - even though the signs keep getting stolen."
He said the name came from Mr F*ck and his family who settled in the area 100 years ago, and added "ing", meaning village or settlement.
The villagers didn't find out about the English meaning of the word until Allied soldiers stationed in the region in 1945 pointed out the alternative meaning.
Local newspaper editor Menhardt Buzasa said there had been an increase in the number of signs being stolen, and said British tourists were usually blamed.
"I do not agree it is just the British. F*cking is universal. Germans use it as much now as the British, and it also means the same to the Americans, Australians and anyone in the English speaking world," he said.
Similar votes on a name change have taken place recently in neighbouring Austrian towns Wank am see and Petting, as well as in Vomitville and Windpassing.
Dirty water dogs
Dog meat used in hot dogs
Two directors of a Belgian meat wholesaler have been arrested after dog meat was found in hot dogs around Europe.
More than 20,000 kilos of hot dogs were seized by food inspectors during a routine visit to the company's headquarters in Brussels.
Health and safety officials have notified neighbouring countries that sausages sold by the firm involved are not fit for human consumption.
Several thousand of the dog food contaminated hot dogs have turned up in Holland, according to the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority.
Checks are being carried out to see in what other countries the hot dogs may have been sold.
The Federal Food Agency in Belgium has confirmed the meat used in the hot dogs was intended for use in the dog food industry.
mmmmmmm LEKKER!
May 17, 2004
Church Sign Generator
Fun for all the family.. any day of the week
Try out and post your own church signs!
link found via backtothefuture
May 3, 2004
hang the Easter bunny
Came across this inflatable bunny on Easter weekend here in Utrecht.
Poor thing!
April 2, 2004
stamp making
March 29, 2004
Worlds biggest slush puppy?
The finished product of Chilean-born Danish artist Marco Evaristti's 'Ice Cube Project' is seen in Ilullissat, Greenland.
Evaristti used 3,000 liters (780 gallons) of dye, three fire hoses, two icebreakers and a 20-man crew to spray the chunk of ice for his artwork.
March 27, 2004
Kids TV tells the truth
Watching Kids TV on a Saturday morning is part of a healthy working week, at the moment we get BBC1 'Dick n Dom in da bungalo'. It has some great sketches like the game 'bogies' where presenters compete to shout the word 'B O G E Y' as loud as they can in a public place. Blah blah blah...so today on the show presenter Dom is spouting a rather fine T-Shirt >>>
MORNING WOOD
lol