Somehow, this manic monkey manages to mesmerizes you with hopes of being the one to discover an undiscovered word, and get your name on an unimportant wall of fame. The search is on.
[Via: The Presurfer]
With the belief that encrusting things in crystals makes anything (everything) better, the opening of the U.S. Potato Board’s “Healthy Mr. Potato Head Quarters” in New York included this pair of crystal-encrusted Mr. and Mrs. Potato Heads. Though a potato head with its own security guard probably isn’t that much fun to play with (unless you’re playing tag, but the guy in the background of this pic would probably win that game pretty quick) it’s definitely a sight to behold.
[Via: Reuters]
Want proof that the US has become overly litigious (as if you needed more)? An elementary school south of Boston recently banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised “chase game” during recess, citing the fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable. I can only imagine some parents’ reaction to this: “Gosh, I’m so glad Billy isn’t playing with other children on the school yard anymore, he scraped his knee that one time and has never been the same since. It’s a good thing we can keep him inside playing video games all day in a safe environment where he’s surely not going to get hurt, or interact with other children in any sort of exercising fashion”. Banning tag? Really? Is that what’s necessary to keep people from suing the schools these days? I shed a tear for any child who will be forced to play jacks and tiddlywinks thanks to this new rule. Some people just need to lighten up.
[Via: CNN]