Best use of bananas in a music video. (Caution:YouTube) Ajdar appears to be a William Hung-style star in Turkey. Chiquita galore!

Trolley spotting. Flickr trollies. Trolley art. Trolley furniture. Injurious trolleys. Homeopathic trolley remedy. Trolley morons.

Warning labels are getting increasingly surreal/stupid as companies walk in fear of lawsuits. A Michigan lobby group hands out annual awards to the most unusual of these. More weird warning labels from another lobby group. Yet more. And now, you can generate your own! more inside

Coal mining may have caused quake. On Thursday 28 December 1989, at 10.27am, Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia had a 5.6 earthquake. This new study thinks it may have been the coal mining activities (taking out millions of tons of coal and pumping out groundwater) that was the trigger, not natural intra-plate tension. more inside

Curious George. Has anyone else tried to post a comment to tracy's admin blog recently and not been able to. I tried to do so on the new thread regarding jb's MoFi post. I got a window for posting a comment, but when I tried, got a message that I couldn't post without logging in. But, there didn't be any way to actually do that. So, went back to the eeked thread and tried to add a whining comment, but the thread is closed. *cries*

What does 200 calories look like? Portions of various foods that make up 200 calories; everything from celery to bagels to butter. Photo heavy, via more than one place.

Potion bottles! Gitcher potion bottles here! - quite lovely handpainted ones. Or fetching pottery ones. Or these elegant beauties. more inside

Inventor Of Ramen Dead more inside

Wild Boar are making a comeback. A few confrontations, and some recipes. more inside

Prisoner confesses to cannibalism A French prisoner has confessed to murdering his cellmate and then eating part of his body. Because you know how it gets some days.

No Béarla Manchán Magan travelled around Ireland speaking only Irish, recently recognised by the EU as an official working language, only to find incomprehension and occasionally hostility. Yu Ming could have told him as much. via metafilter, the last link is a charming short film.

The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Spiders Imbeded video. NSFW.

What Makes a Cartoon New Yorker-Worthy? Draw Your Own Conclusion. How does a New Yorker Cartoonist deal with rejection? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade: The Rejection Show, Official Site for all things rejected. more inside

Midichlorians are real! Specifically living in tick ova. Midichlorians are fictional organisms described in Star Wars. Tick ova are not. more inside

Cheerleaders gone bad. No, wait, done good. Oh, whatever.

Double Wires (flash game where you get to swing around like spider-man)

Thinning the herd. No, it wasn't Jackass he was imitating...

Sick Little Monkey. I have a head cold and a question for those who know medicine. more inside

Middle School Girls Gone Wild They writhe and strut, shake their bottoms, splay their legs, thrust their chests out and in and out again. Some straddle empty chairs, like lap dancers without laps. They don’t smile much. Their faces are locked from grim exertion, from all that leaping up and lying down without poles to hold onto. “Don’t stop don’t stop,” sings Janet Jackson, all whispery. “Jerk it like you’re making it choke. ...Ohh. I’m so stimulated. Feel so X-rated.” The girls spend a lot of time lying on the floor. They are in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. When are girls too young to go wild? . . . What happens when the whole culture crosses over? more inside

Tom, may I borrow your Holy Book? No, the other one ... Newly elected Congressional representative Keith Ellison caused a stir when he stated his intention to take his oath of office with his hand resting on the holy Quran. The Detroit-born Minnesota Democrat is answering his critics by borrowing for the ceremony a translation of the holy book from the Library of Congress -- a book that belonged to none other than Thomas Jefferson (purchased by the library in 1815). I can say little more here than "Cool." more inside