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We have reached advent. Here are some fun clips, a couple of cool ones and one touching story.

Shoppings carts with wheels roll. These guys did not think too much about it.
http://www.break.com/index/massive-shopping-cart-fail-by-two-morons.html

Trigger Happy TV have tons of fun hidden camera ideas. Here are two of them: Job interview with animals and Secret agent in train. Or simply watch the best of season 1.

The Matrix ping pong became a hit long ago. This new contribution with a couple fighting across the table is another highlight from the Japanese TV show.

Australian Nick Vujicic is no oridinary preacher. Even without arms and legs, he can achieve heaps. See one of the presentations or visit his blog.

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If you are ever to ice bathe, not too bad an experience in itself actually, please check the actual ice before jumping in.

I just viewed a lovely compilation of bad days at the office. Have a look. Or, if you are more into creative suggestion with too much time on your hands, try the telephone piano.

Models also work, and work hard. It is a tough profession, which tends to be looked down upon. No good. But, when things accidently slip up on the catwalk from time to time, it is hard not to smile.

Being a baby can also be hard, at least if the shaver works as good as this ad says it does. Have a look at the Fight for kisses.

I finish this entry of online goodies with a Norwegian parody of holidaying in the area around the Mediterranean Sea – also known as Syden (you must understand Norwegian language and culture to get this one).

E: Fun list of annoyance

A follow up on the ”things to do when bored”. Here is a list of 25 ways to annoy someone. I do not enourage or wish to move people to annoy others, but appreciate a good laugh – at least by the thought of conducting these.

1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
3. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public
consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeeep Bip..."
4. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
5. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
6. Name your dog "Dog."
7. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
8. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
9. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
10. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
11. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
12. Honk and wave to strangers.
13. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
14. dont use any punctuation either
15. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
16. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
17. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
19. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
20. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
21. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
22. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
23. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
24. Sing along at the opera.
25. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.

Like the previous entry, I got the list of an internet site – this time Everything Under The Moon.

E: Things to do when bored

This is a selection from a list made by Urban75.org. Ironically I am posting this because I have too much to do right now to properly discuss my recent days of insights and revelations – AND because I found the list somewhat funny. Making lists in general are, I find, and can spark creativity. This list however, encourages timewasting rather than efficiency.

• Blink wildly and then close your eyes really tight for an interesting light show
• See how long you can hold a note or noise.
• Try to not think about penguins
• Pretend you're a robot
• Scratch yourself
• Repeat the same word over and over until it loses its meaning
• Pretend to be a car
• Stand by an electric door to a bank or something and make that silly "Scccccccchwop" sound.
• Look at something for awhile, shut eyes, study after image
• Make a low buzzing noise
• See what's in your neighbour's rubbish/trash
• Watch TV, repeat everything said in Italian accent
• Step off a curb with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff
• Burn things with a magnifying glass
• Have a water gargling contest
• Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around (This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does this really work?)
• Have a "Who is less competitive" competition
wonder (Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.
• Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view
• Pull out a hair, stick in someone's ear (Best done to sleeping people)
• Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's neck
• Mow your lawn with scissors.
• Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.

E: Online clips 31

Watch how an excellent performance of playing Super Mario Bros matches amazingly well with some Asian children hit song.

Have you ever seen ladder racing? Well, here is your chance.

I am fascinated how there is composed so many new songs all the time, simultaneously, by different artist all around the world. Sometimes, however, one cannot avoid bits of recycling. Some claim there is nothing but reusing happening today. Here is a an example of how six songs collide.

I miss Taco Bell, a Mexican fast food chain in the US. I also enjoy rap and originality. I present to you a mixture of all three.

Finally, a Norwegian soft news story. The senior high school year in Norway, before graduating (May 1-17), we celebrate, dress up in similar clothing matching the type of high school branch chosen, and go wild through a concept named ”russ”. This is said to be fairly unique for our northern country. Anyway, in the bigger cities you have vast parties where seniors from around the place can bring their customized cars, vans or busses with their own design, colors and music sound systems. Certain people (from Asker) chip in about 8000 dollars all in all. The richest kids (Bærum) display a 300,000 dollar bus. Way overkill. Insane.

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Five filmed objects may set your creativity, abdomen (if laughing) or emotions in motion.

Have you tried Guitar Hero yet? The world record holder has, and the way he plays seems as if he has never done anything else.

The world strongest dad is a video tribute to the father who completed heaps of marathon and iron man-like competitions with and for his paralyzed son - finishing far better than average. Read the story and watch the touching video.

The following video also has a bit of touch, but then more in terms of full contact between a reporter and a snow sledge.

Beat boxing is cool. Literal beat boxing is funny. See the creative clip here.

America has got talent. And the best one has got the ability to make you wonder how on earth you can cut a man in half and make it look like it is for real.

Alternativer til streik

Få byer kan matche Bergen i utseende – når det ikke regner. Onsdag til i kveld tilbrakte jeg i i den solgule og himmelbå vestlandsperlen. Jeg dro på grunn av jobb, men bodde hos og fikk tilbrakt tid med Sathees jeg skal være forlover til i sommer og hans forlovede Judina. Jeg fikk også en mulighet til å bli kjent med hennes familie i Åsane-området. Bilder fra turen vil kanskje dukke opp etter hvert.

Men dette skal handle om streik. Hver uke henges det opp en liste på do med ulike tema, spørsmål eller utfordringer å lage liste på. Innholdet er sjelden av en seriøs karakter. Inspirert av Avinors evne til å holde tusenvis av flypassasjerer på bakken i flere dager, hang jeg opp følgende forslag på veggen for uke 21: ”Kreative former for/alternativer til streik”.

Her et er utvalg fra ukas liste:
• Jobb fort (og slurvete)-aksjon
• Alle beskjeder på internpost og med Posten
• Innføre aksjonen ”jobb kun når det regner”
• Spille musikk eller synge sanger ledelsen/sjefen hater
• Solitaire-turneringer
• Sitte på do hele dagen
• En-håndsdagen
• Sitt-sakte dagen
• Alle bytter arbeidsoppgaver med den som kommer etterpå i alfabetet
• Alle må kommunisere på limerick-form
• All kommunikasjon foreågr via pantomime, gjerne med svarte/hvite hansker.

PS: Turen min til Bergen gikk med tog på grunn av streiken. Selv om det er mer miljøvennlig, mer å se på og mindre styr, tar det likevel sju timer og jeg måtte reise i arbeidstiden på onsdag. Men det førte til brukbar produktivitet med jobbsysler, herlig utsikt og gode samtaler med en pensjonert engelskmann.

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Weekend web surfing should contain bits of recreation. A few video clips may do the trick.

I present to you an extreme talent of catching sunglasses OR a well done special effect video. Judge for yourself.

Have you even seen a candle cannon? No? Then check it out. http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

Next, an example of great dancing skills and cooperation amongst filipino prisoners. You can't touch this.

English is spoken throughout the world, but not necessarily well spoken. See this confident singer in Bulgarian idol with her of Mariah Carey’s ”Without you”.

Finally, a charming hard rock fan with diapers.

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Some say airport security is a security theatre for the passengers to feel safe. Chasers had a go at some limits in the area.

I think it is fun with yoyos, but will quickly get bored with the toy. The way these guys handle the threadbound item does not bore me a bit.

I have flown so many times that I have stopped really paying attention to the flight instruction before take-off. I would have loved to have a presentation similar to this one - at least every once in a while.

I could see myself being a creative soul in the advertisement industry. If so, I would know that I could work with content I found meaningful. Like this ad for the dove self-esteem fund.

Finally, I add a cool synposis of a 3-0 win the volleyballteam I coach, OSI H3, had against Myrer early in the season of 2007-08. The film is recorded and edited by our middle player René.

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There will be more pictures, stories, thoughts and happenings reported in the near future. Easter is the foundation for the entire Christianity. But for now I share a bit of recreational video time-outs for the holiday side of things.

Let us begin with a four musical contributions.

The best way to reveal a playback performance: Fall of the stage :)

A great way of having fun with Star Wars: Have Darth Wader play the harmonica.

Ronan Atkins has a great selection of character: see the janitor with a(n invisible) hidden drumming talent.

You think you can break dance? Not after watching this video

I have saved the best for last this time. This frozen Grand Central stunt in New York is one of the coolest things I have seen in a while. A similar project was undertaken in London. I would really like have a go at this idea myself sometime. (freezing)

Nordnorske statutter

Denne gang er det ikke setninger av dialektisk art, men derimot en liste over punkter som bekrefter nordnorsk tilhørighet. Listen ble funnet på Facebook-profilen til min søster, Ingvild.

Alle setningene kan innledes med: ”Du er norlænding når...”

* Du forsvarer det å bade i Nord-Norge med at ”det gjør bære ondt de ti første minuttan!”
* Du vet at Svalbard ikke ligger rett utenfor Kvaløya, selv om det ser sånn ut på værkartet.
* Du anser 2-3 mil som en liten svipptur
* Du orker ikke å kjøpe hagemøbler, men blir bare sittende litt på sparken når sola skinner
* Du er sørpå å sier du er fra Hammerfest og får spørsmål om du kjenner Ivar fra Narvik
* Shorts, bikini og sandaler ikke viser tegn til slitasje etter ti års ”bruk”
* Du lever fint med at kollektivtrafikk begrense seg til en buss som går en gang om dagen unntatt mandager
* Alle som skal etterligne dialekten din høres fullstendig Joker Nord ut
* Du bor i Oslo og bestiller billett hjem til juleferien i mai måned, og det fortsatt koster deg en formue.
* Du er sørpå og folk synes du er mer eksotisk enn en pakistaner.
* Du kan fortelle folk sørpå at gjennomsnittstemperaturen her oppe er -30 grader uten at noen reagerer
* Du får spørsmål som: ”Unnskyld, finnes det VG her oppe?”
* Du legger vekk vinterklærne til barna og finner frem sommerlue og sommervotter

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Need a break? Sunday is a day for resting and worship. I hereby post a few recreational glimpses picked from YouTube.com.

I am a volleyball player, but not so much a fan of watching it. But seeing people like Leonel Marshall in action will amaze anyone – regardless of sporting preference.
Speaking of volleyball, this compilation also have some neat moments.

But humans can impress with other moves as well. "Human jump rope" and a very efficient wheelbarrow swap are two examples. Not so impressive, but fairly humorous, is this guy tripping while attempting to jump higher than he can.
Speed skating is still not as popular as regular ice skating. But it is hard to forget the final lap of the 2002 olympic final.

Finally, an incredible story of a blind teenager’s way of overcoming his lack of sight (i.e. apparently NOT a handicap).

Barns herlige formuleringsevne 2

Her kommer 11 gullkorn til, som en oppfølger til Barns herlige formuleringsevne.

1) Gamle damer har nesten brukt opp kroppen sin og de er ofte så utbrente at det lukter svidd av dem.

2) Hvis du går en tur og hjernen faller ut, så finner vi ikke veien hjem for da kan vi ikke tenke klart lenger.

3) Kneskålene er to skåler som sitter under kneet, i tilfelle man får vann i kneet

4) Hvis du vil bli tynn i en fei, kan du bare gå til legen og bli støvsuget

5) Fordøyelse er noe man gjør i fordøyelsesparker

6) Hvis det er like strevsomt å være forelsket som å lære seg å skrive, vet jeg ikke om det er verdt det

7) Nå er det blitt ozonhull i himmelen. Det gjør gulvet til Gud ikke helt tett lenger. Det kan bli et problem.

8) Hvis man er støl i huden kan man bare smøre seg med tigerbalsam. Den virker fort, for moset tiger er ganske sterkt

9) Kona til Gud heter Gudmor. Hun er moren til alle barnebarna hans: Moses, Jesus og Julenissen

10) Øl gjør ofte at kroppen blir usymmetrisk

11) Å være engel er et typisk kvinneyrke.

E: Misleading web pages

Every so often people post a web page without thinking about possible double meanings. As URL addresses ain’t case-sensitive (it doesn’t matter if letters are small or capitol), you can easily read different meanings – also by mistakes.

A few known ones from the web are the following

nowHere.com -> noWhere.com
ChooseSpain.com –> ChoosesPain.com
PotsOfArt.com –> PotsoFart.com
ViaGrafix.com –> ViagraFix.com
Speed of Art -> www.speedofart.com

I chose not to refer to the more obscure mistakes made. Other times, addresses you type do not lead you to the content you are seeking.

Personally I recall being surprised three times this year.
1) www.kirken.com (church dotcom in Norwegian) refers to an anti-abortion site.
2) kyrkan.se (The Swedish church is named Svenska kyrkan) links to a casino site. The correct site is www.svenskakyrkan.se
3) Finally, www.duo.no will take you to a semi pornographic site instead of the University of Oslo publication system named Duo, short for Digitale Utgivelser ved UiO (www.duo.uio.no). This is wehere my thesis is published.

Beware of what you type :)

Barns herlige formuleringsevne

I påvente av litt tid til å skrive ut mange av de tankene jeg har om alt det som skjer i og rundt meg for tiden, gjengir jeg et dusin gullkorn-uttalelser fra de minste jeg fant i en liste

1) En bestemor er en som hele slekten har kommet ut gjennom. Da er det ikke så rart om hun blir litt slaskete i skinnet.

2) Jeg vil ikke begraves når jeg blir gammel, for jeg klarer ikke å ligge så lenge under jorda uten å puste. Og så er det så ekkelt å få jord i nesa. Da er det nesten bedre å bo på gamlehjem.

3) Bestemødre har veldig store behåer. De er så store at jeg får hele rumpa og to knær inn i den ene rundingen. I den andre kan broren min sitte

4) Hvis Gud hadde holdt det han sa om å la alle barna komme til seg, hadde vi ikke trengt barnehager

5) Først blir man celle, så blir man barn, så blir man mamma, så blir man bestemor, så blir man oldemor og så blir man tippoldemor. Til slutt blir man gjørme.

6) Faren min sier at moren min er bevisstløs når hun kjøper klær.

7) I gamle dager var det ikke lov for faren å føde barn. De syntes det var umusikalsk. Men i dag er det vanlig at moren og faren føder barnet sammen.

8) Babyer blir til i gjerningsøyeblikket

9) De som tror på Allah er muslinger. I Kina tror jeg de tror på noe annet. Der tror de på drager.

10) Det går ikke an å gjemme brokkolien i melkeglasset

11) Blåbær er innmari godt, fordi det er syltetøy inni dem

12) Folk som er forelsket holder hverandre i hendene så ikke ringene skal falle av, for de koster mange penger

E: Online clips 25

Michael Moore’s Sicko attacks the American health system. I have not seen the movie, but I believe this segment about Norway was left out. Although he ridicules a bit with the way a few (far from all) prisoners are treated on their way to readjust to society, Moore idealizes our national advantages.

Britain got talents. One of them is the opera singer Paul Pott. A recent one is 6-year old Connie. She impressed me during her first appearance. She made it through to the final, and this clip shows her singing there.

A little less serios is this farting fellow appearing in a the Norwegian Friday night entertainment show "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald".

Another incident is this big parade-like happening where a pigeon is supposed to take off in the end. I could not help crack up, although things do not go as planned.

There are thousands of items sold on various tv-shop programs. Most presentations go really well, but every so often something is bound to fail. And when it does, it is repeated over and over again. Enjoy the ladder.

X: Insurance hilarity/Forsikringsleven

It is Friday, weekend and time for a bit of insurance claim humor. Below are 20 selected highlights from a list of quotes from actual traffic incidents, snitched from the net.

1) Going to work at 7am this morning I drove out of my drive straight into a bus. The bus was 5 minutes early.
2) The accident happened because I had one eye on the lorry in front, one eye on the pedestrian and the other on the car behind.
3) I pulled into a lay-by with smoke coming from under the hood. I realised the car was on fire so took my dog and smothered it with a blanket.
4) Q: Could either driver have done anything to avoid the accident? A: Travelled by bus?
5) I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk."
6) Windscreen broken. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo.
7) The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit him again
8) I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.
9) A pedestrian hit me and went under my car
10) In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
11) I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car.
12) An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
13) Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
14) I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
15) I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull.
16) I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car.
17) The gentleman behind me struck me on the backside. He then went to rest in a bush with just his rear end showing.
18) When I saw I could not avoid a collision I stepped on the gas and crashed into the other car.
19) The pedestrian ran for the pavement, but I got him.
20) The accident was caused by me waving to the man I hit last week."

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Litt fredagshygge. Her er 15 utvalgte utrolige skademelinger fra den norske trafikkvirkeligheten. DinSide har et lengre utvalg av listen for verserer på nettet. Den engelske oversikten overfor er helt andre hendelser.

1) "Hunden var sort og lite synlig i mørket. Etter sammenstøtet oppførte den seg litt merkelig, men hundens eier opplyste senere at den aldri hadde vært helt god."
2) "Plutselig grep brøytekanten tak i forhjulet mitt og dro bilen rundt så den traff en stolpe."
3) "Jeg kom kjørende mot nevnte kryss, senket farten, så meg godt om, kjørte så ut i krysset - og traff hr. Pettersen. Dette er for meg en helt vanlig prosedyre."
4) "For et valg! Skulle jeg treffe bil B eller bil C? Jeg traff begge!"
5) "Jeg er ikke ute etter å forskyve skyld eller fraskrive meg ansvar, men kan bare konstatere fakta, og det ser svært dårlig ut for min del."
6) "Det var akkurat ikke plass til to biler i bredden. Oppdaget vi."
7) "Jeg vil si at jeg har 50 % skyld og motparten 75 %."
8) "Det hele var min skyld, men fører B sa at det var OK og at jeg bare skulle glemme skadene på hans bil. Det skulle han få fikset selv, sa han. Det viktigste for ham var at kona aldri fikk vite at han hadde vært akkurat der akkurat da."
9) "Det går ikke an å påstå at jeg holdt for stor fart. Bilen ble dyttet av min 72 år gamle søster."
10) "Vi kolliderte bare litt."
11) "Jeg vil gjerne gjøre oppmerksom på at vanligvis kjører jeg alltid veldig forsiktig i den svingen."
12) "Jeg kjørte aldeles ikke for fort. Jeg hadde jo to koldtbord bak i bilen!"
13) "Jeg fullførte svingen etter at veien hadde rettet seg ut."
14) "Ulykken kunne vært unngått hvis begge hadde klart å stoppe."
15) "Beklager håndskriften, men det at jeg skriver som en gris betyr ikke at jeg kjører som en."

X: List itch / Listekløe

A weekly written challenge pops up on the wall in the bathroom in the apartment, in which I live. This is to inspire creativity and trig the humor amongst the flatmates. Starting now, I will refer some highlights from the former lists, beginning with last week. Lists are cool.

Challenge posted week 45:
Interesting places to run (fake) ticket controls

1) In an airplane (after takeoff)
2) In the movie theatre
3) At a church service
4) At the parliament
5) At a nudist beach
6) In front of the ticket boot
7) The local prison
8) In our apartment
9) Oslo main street (Karl Johan)
10) At the bathroom
11) Day of the volunteers
12) During an army exercise
13) Marinas Trench


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Jeg bor med to flotte, omtenksomme og reflektere karer. Ikke minst er det mye moro med oss tre i andre etasje i Anton Shjøths gate 10a. På badet/do henges hver uke opp en ny utfordring for å pirre kreativiteten og trigge humoren hos beboerne. Noen uker fører til ekstra mye skriblerier, og jeg kjenner det er dags for å begynne å gjengi noen høydepunkter fra ukene som har gått. Jeg starter med å gjengi et uvalg av svarene fra forrige uke, uke 45. Lister er kult.

Utfordring uke 45
Interessante steder å ha (liksom) billettkontroll

1) I et fly (etter avgang)
2) Kinosal
3) Gudstjeneste
4) Stortinget
5) Midt i Oslofjordtunellen
6) Nudiststrand
7) Foran billettluka
8) Oslo kretsfengsel
9) Anton Schjøths gate 10a
10) Karl Johan
11) På do
12) De frivilliges dag
13) Forsvaret (på øvelse)
14) Marianagropen

E: Online clips 24

Weekend is coming up, and what better way to celebrate than by a list of fascinating and humorous clips?

The last activity I have seen, executed on a board: ropeboarding.

If you want to continue to be impressed with ropes, I would advice watching this jump rope performence.

In Sweden, a program host once vommited on live TV. Poor girl.

The last three takes are made in Norway. Watch a life pass in 40 seconds, on this Norwegian ad for social security.

Kristian Valen is a Norwegian comedian, here doing impressions of various national artists.

Finally an evidence of how tough the TV journalist job can be. For those not knowing Norwegian, the inteviewed gets upset over the simplest, most logical questions of all, i.e. what is the book (of poems) about?

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There are two clips featuring the classical song Pachelbel's Canon in D, which you just cannot miss. One is an amazing el-guitar performance. The other is a hilarious stand-up gag with a slightly sarcastic approach.

Basketball slam-dunking is cool. The player in this clip does not feel the same way after knocking down the living marker in his attempt to impress the crowd.

Watching a compilation dishonoring fair play by looking stupid when faking injuries, can also be fun.

I can’t help be impressed by the effort people lay down mock some of the outburst of the American president.

I do not watch the singing contest Idol, but operasinging Paul Pott’s breakthrough actually moved me to tears. This is a real-time real-life small outsider's story to success.

More clips here.