Mountain Bike speed World record

Eric Barone, who broke the world speed record for mountain biking in Nov 4, 2001, tried to break it again by riding down Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua.

Seconds into his descent, Barone's bicycle snapped in two, hurtling the cyclist down the volcano.

"It looked as if there was a rock or something in the path that made the bicycle break in two," said one of Barone's assistants.

His first run was on a standard Mountain Bike and he smashed the previous world record (set by himself a couple of years earlier) by recording a speed of 101mph. His second run, on a specially modified bike ended in this spectacular crash. He broke several ribs and his sternum but was lucky to be alive.

He had crossed the speed sensor when the crash happened whcih recorded his speed at 107mph.

land HO!

Ok. That's disturbing.

A case of looking through a pair of naive-tinted glasses perhaps?

A billboard at Winchester Station promoting Portsmouth nautical museum/dockyard depicting a "brutally honest portrayal" of seafaring life. Surprisingly (not!), the dockyard's PR peeps told that the campaign had indeed raised a FEW(?) eyebrows and would not be gracing UK's billboards next year.

What do YOU think?

product endorsements..hehe

Photographer: Jessica, can you unsnap one more button for me?

Jessica: Like this?

P: Yea. Now put your left hand on the bale of hay...

J: What's a bale of hay?

P: Uh...it's that rectangular, straw-like thing...

J: Rectang...oh...like that square thing?

P: No, the rec...never mind. Yea, the square thing.

J: Like this?

P: Yea. Now lean left, sit up straight and stick your chest out.

J: You want to see my boobs?

P: Well, yes....uh...sorry...I mean no. I mean I...yea...no...just some cleavage.

J: Is this good?

P: Just a little bit more?

J: But the next button might pop open..wouldn't that be too much boob?

P: Girl, there's no such thing as too much boob...except this is an ad...not a Playboy shoot.

J: They're 34D, you know

P: Um, yes. We all know. Your father made that quite clear a while back

J: Hehe...he's weird like that

P: OK, now stare right at the lens..

J: The what?

P: Then lens...the camera!

J: Oh, the camera...sorry...OK. Like this?

P: Yea...now open your mouth a bit

J: ...ike...his...

P: and yea...now pretend you're about to fall asleep

J: You want me to fall asleep?

P: Not actually...just pretend

J: Um...how do I do that?

P: Just sort of close your eyes a bit...but not all the way...

J: Like this?

P: Yea. Now...Ooops...keep sticking out your chest.

J: Hehe...you like my boobs, don't you? I can tell.

P: Um. Hmm...let's just keep working...

J: But I can see...

P: Jessica....

J: Hehe...ok...sorry...stick my boobs out?

P: Yes

J: Like this?

P: Yes

J: Can you see enough of my boobs?

P: Yes, Jessica. Perfect. Now the look...

J: The look?

P: Jessica!

J: Oh right. Sorry. The falling asleep look. But what about the mouth?

P: OK, think of it like this. Ever see a baby sort of stare into space and drool?

J: Ew...yes.

P: Do that.

J: Huh?

P: Imagine you are a baby drooling.

J: Gross!

P: Believe me, the look will be great

J: But babies don't have boobs!

P: Well you do, girl. Big ones...according to your father. Now shut up, stick your tits out and drool!

Piracy 101: Piracy != Theft

LOL

Subliminal Advertising

Hmmm...

Lego: Batman

Never knew Alfred can kiss-arse and never knew Batman can be that cute ROFL

simple addiction

simple objective with an even simpler controls..the bliss of simplicity..
get distracted here..

Banksy: The Thing I Hate Most About Advertising

the colour of your valour?

blood red is good...

The left sleeve of L/Kpl Zamri Md Soot’s uniform was drenched with blood after another soldier accidentally cut his arm with a bayonet during a marching ceremony.

Despite the pain and heat, L/Kpl Zamri, who sustained a deep cut, stayed in formation for almost two hours until the end of the Regimental Colours Replacement ceremony at Stadium Darul Aman here yesterday.

His blood-soaked sleeve caught the attention of Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah.

The Sultan of Kedah, who is the colonel-in-chief of the Royal Malay Army Regiment, greeted L/Kpl Zamri at the end of the function shortly before the 29-year-old soldier was rushed to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital where he was warded for observation... More here

not pink..

nor baby blue..euh..

Godzilla not included

Some might call that false advertising