Finally, we know who would win in a battle betwen an octopus and a shark (Real Video)

<i>When your freight's destroyed</i>, and it don't look good, who you gonna call? Country & McDaniel! Their business is shipping disasters. Neat gallery of foulups, like the Sealand grounding nightmare, an Iraq missile hit on an Airbus freighter, the worst pothole in the world, and what happens with there's a fire on the fireworks freighter. [Bad web design alert -- their huge menus are top-posted on all the pages and you have to scroll past them to get to the content]

Comfort Pets: An Urn Alternative. Just wrong.

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is not officially on the endangered species lists, but it is at critically low levels for breeding requirements. Whereas in past decades sightings of the tree octopus were common among campers and outdoorsmen, these days you will be lucky if you see one. Something needs to be done, and I think you'll agree that more people need to be made aware of the plight of the tree octopus. more inside

via metachat, the "What Do These Things Have In Common Game", with two unsolved and generally ignored puzzles by a shameless selflinker. #5 and #6 previous topics include Muppets (Beaker, Big Bird, Gonzo, Grover, Scooter), Old Comics (Mutt & Jeff, Li'l Abner, Barney Google, Peanuts, B.C., Blondie) and fast food (Taco BELL, KENTUCKY Fried Chicken, LONG JOHN SILVER's Fish & Chips, Pizza HUT).

You like to think of yourself as a bit different, and you are carried by host-specific mammalian ticks. Results for "which X are you?" type quizzes by flashboy.

You can't say it's a surprise: Artist Mark Chamberlain proves the rumours true. via Cruel Site of the Day. NSFW more inside