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• Commented on World's oldest basketball shoes <em>(hoax!)</em>
  They do look so modern and contemporary. The design has obviously endured. Some sports shoe manufacturers have their own in-house archives/museum of models of shoes and the development of designs....
• Commented on Ryanair serious about charging to use toilets in-flight, may charge extra "breathing fee" for inhaling during flight
  This totally bleedin'ly HAS to be a stunt. One thing Michael O'Leary is good at (yup, opening up new routes of travel at very cheap prices, and creating a real competitive market, etc) BUT - and possibly more importantly, is...
• Commented on The Frank Lloyd Wright Ax Murders
  I'm very much enjoying Maggie Koerth-Baker's blogs so far. Thank you....
• Commented on Ryanair will fine passengers who board with too much carry-on
  People should never expect a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g from Ryanair - other than then eventually, just about, being delivered to your supposed destination - after much waiting, delays, hassle and extra charges. It's the way it, eh, 'works'. I'm amazed when I read...
• Commented on Instant corner shop, just add shipping container
  This is luxurious compared to 'corner shops' in the Philippines. A corrugated iron roof, a light blub of two powered by a small generator and a few wooden crates stacked on top of one another for shelves. If yer lucky...
• Commented on Now we are nine: Boing Boing's birthday!
  Onwards and across the universe! Congrats....
• Commented on Czech artist tells European Union to lighten up
  Many, many people in Europe who saw this thought it was genuinely FUNNY. They saw the humour, very clearly. It's amazing to me how many commentators here are so very pissed off (mostly from the US?) when many European commentators...
• Commented on Woman sues over child's toys landing in her yard
  Her name is Edna (you may hear it on the wind - EDNA-aaaa - JESTER!!! It's too precious. D'ya think kids are lobbing their toys into her garden to get a re-action - 't-all??? Growing up, we had a neighbour...
• Commented on The Goons: "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas"
  Roy Trumbull is right!!! My parents listened to The Goons a lot, so they were very happy with us being into Monty Python and many other comedy shows. The album 'Songs for Swinging Sellars' is a classic. Me parents had...
• Commented on Hyper-surveilled handbag in shop-window
  Funny that I'm in DUBLIN (hence the non-obscure name!) and never thought to post a pic of this cos I knew it was a generic LV window display that I personally don't think is clever or cute - or actually...
• Commented on Permission for Persimmons, please
  Very lovely photos - and great blog title!...
• Commented on Dery on decapitation
  Eh, should it be 'Dery' ... or decry?!? :-)...
• Commented on Improv Everywhere welcomes strangers arriving at JFK airport
  Those Improv Everywhere people are cool. Aren't they ones that did the statue/freezed poses in Grand Central and the Musical in a LA Mall a while ago? It's far more enjoyable than a hugely manipulated and set-up 'for a fall'...
• Commented on Kinoki footpad scam debunked
  So called detox footpads (and there are loads on teh market) have been revealed to be a scam or at least do not do what they say on the packet. In fact, so called detox systems, in general, or herbs,...
• Commented on Reminder: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund benefit in NYC on Thursday
  Very cool visual for the event....
• Commented on Fantastic research blog
  Fantastic site and a clever way to begin the blog. Snopes.com is one of fav sites too....
• Commented on Animatronic waterboarding exhibit at Coney Island
  It doesn't mater if it's 'lost' on people making the effort to see it 'properly', ie putting money in to see it working. I love the fact that it's allowed to be there. The BBC had it's own way of...
• Commented on Gigantic horrifying hotdog -- 3.5lbs -- is free if you eat it in 4 minutes
  @ Zaner, No.12 - "uh, because what we do best is consume stuff and make a spectacle of it. Obvious. Oh, and bully other countries/cultures around. And then comsume their stuff and make a spectacle of it." How can I...
• Commented on Gigantic horrifying hotdog -- 3.5lbs -- is free if you eat it in 4 minutes
  I know people are being light-hearted here about this but I genuinely find these things really disgusting. May be a cultural thing. It's like that giant burger story a couple of years ago that someone mentioned above. It's hideous ,this...
• Commented on Retro-futuristic poster makes fun of futurism
  That's great!...
• Commented on Dave McKean's Keanoshow, surreal gorgeous short videos on DVD
  'Videos' on DVD? Why is the term 'video' still used - anyone? Is that no-one can think of a better term, or that people aren't bothered to come up with a more appropriate word?...
• Commented on Go Anywhere Backpack smooshes into a pocket-sized ball
  This style of folding back-pack has been around for a long while. I have one that folds into a small zip-up flat wallet sized bag. It doesn't take weight and many items well, unfortunately. Unless the material used here is...
• Commented on UFO turns out to be, er, something commonplace
  There has been an increase in supposed UFO 'sightings' in Wales. A lot of people think it may have to do with lights, night filming and other effects to do with the BBC TV series Dr Who and Torchwood being...
• Commented on Top X: 10 Perfectly Pure Gadgets
  The CORK SCREW. No mention so far. I love the list. Very non-worldly democratic, if you get my meaning - very US/European standard for today. No vindictive criticism of that is intended....
• Commented on Christopher Hitchens waterboards himself
  Well, fuck me if Hitchens isn't an attention seeking whore in another part of the media that most attention seeking whores don't find attention. Totally redundant. Or retardant. Oops - there's another idea......
• Commented on Pac Man cake with cupcake ghosts
  WOW! Such attention to detail - I hope there's real love involved and not just for making cakes. Very cool and brilliant. But isn't it WRONG to eat them??? ;-)...
• Commented on Tardis sheds by the shedload
  I now this will sound strange, funny and especially odd but a view of a TARDIS out of context sends me into a slightly sexual thrill. These TARDIS shed people are clearly messing with people of my mind minds......
• Commented on Suffering from HIDDEN TALENTS -- 1950 magazine ad
  Adorable. And they mention women! In the 1950s! Clearly these people were high. Love it....
• Commented on Italians choosing pasta over pizza
  Meh, at least Italians can afford to make a choice of some sort at least (like most of us in the Western world) - so not really a big deal on that score. It's more interesting that Opec were asked...
• Commented on Hot day fun for kids: paint the house with water
  Sometimes I just come here to read the comments of the one or two retards who deliberately provoke flaming cos they believe they've found an almost criminally negligent flaw with a simple idea. Most entertaining indeed - not always but...