I was born and raised in South Africa, but have Dutch grandparents. Spent 5 years in Ghana with my family for my dad's work, and now live in The Hague, The Netherlands.I have travelled a lot around the world for work and holidays and spend most of my timing trying to find even more things to keep myself busy.I have a website that will one day (hopefully before I turn 90) be done so it looks all nice and pretty: http://www.reinhardtsmit.com
BMW GINA: light visionary model concept car Posted: 4 months ago by wildminou
The GINA concept uses a textile fabric starches over a wire frame, instead of the traditional steel and plastic body shell. Even if you don't care much about car, it's impressive
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Giant Cheese Grater Room Divider Posted: 4 months ago by muppetmaker
Looking to spice up your home decor? Trying to find an practical way of shredding that 20 lb wheel of cheese? Having trouble finding a new way to sacrifice your holiday goat?
LOOK NO FURTHER!
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Monster telescope planned for Moon Posted: 4 months ago by maxriter
NASA scientists have found a way to make giant space telescopes out of moondust. They unveiled plans today to mix lunar soil with a chemical hardener to make a light-collecting mirror more than 50 metres wide.
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Chinese Put Goldfish in Trinkets. Posted: 4 months ago by muppet
A cute little cartoon fish is one of the mascots for the Beijing Olympics. But this sick tourist trinket shows a shocking contempt for the creatures – with a live goldfish stuffed into a
tiny plastic bag on a keyring.
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Scarification tattoo Posted: 4 months ago by kamaloo
The stuff you gotta do to be more hip...
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How To Nail Jello to a Wall Posted: 4 months ago by jemtman
Science provides the answer
--sorry if this is a duplicate--
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NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt Posted: 5 months ago by Jetka
...but you'll have to wait until May 14th.
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Target is racist Posted: 5 months ago by zzz
See this ad if you don't believe me
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3 Bored Guys and a Pair of Jeans Posted: 5 months ago by muppetmaker
Guys who have way to much time on their hands, find fantastic ways to put their pants on.
Culminating in a guy DOING A BACK FLIP! into a pair of jeans.
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Crosswalk Madness Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives
Using an underground tunnel and teamwork, these students ruin traffic. Brilliant!
Watch carefully for the cow.
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Condom Bungy Jump Posted: 6 months ago by Ankabout
South African makes the headlines by jumping 30m attached to... condoms.
"It was difficult as the condoms are slippery. When we tied knots they would just slip out"
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Amsterdam forgets its 200th anniversary as capital of the Netherlands Posted: 6 months ago by kissmenow
200 years ago, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte made Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands. (We keep our government at a safe distance -- in The Hague). 100 years ago there was a week-long party. This time around, the city's rulers forgot...
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Surgeons have removed a man's appendix through his mouth Posted: 6 months ago by coldbladed
The pioneering operation - dubbed "cakehole surgery" - means no unsightly scars, and the patient was doing sit-ups three days afterwards.
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Madagascar 2 Trailer Posted: 6 months ago by 1thirteen3
I'm SO excited. I LOVED Madagascar and can't wait for Madagascar 2.
Anyone else with me?
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Best Sport Since Rollerball! Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
The Japanese have kicked the world's arse. They have invented what could possibly be the greatest sport ever.
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Save Time - Everywhere! Posted: 6 months ago by suckersklub
Learn how to turbo-park your car, quick-peel an egg, speed-dry your manicure, fast-pour ketchup, and even instantly soothe a baby.
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Light of the world Posted: 6 months ago by lynxears
Still images of cities around the world, taken clearly from the international space station for the first time.
It's beautiful, and amazing.
(Other cities-from-space photos have been taken, but these are vivid. Check it out).
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Researchers turn brushing your teeth into a game Posted: 6 months ago by leehblanc
Kids -- they hate brushing their teeth. Sure, we try and show them pictures of zombie faces and toothless seniors, but it just doesn't work. Finally, someone has come up with a solution to the problem: make it fun.
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You have to burn the rope Posted: 6 months ago by 1thirteen3
Computer games are getting so hard these days...
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Macbook Air Parody Posted: 6 months ago by tubs
A Dell version of the popular advertisement. Hilarious!
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Its not Beer Pong... Its PORTOPONG Posted: 7 months ago by muppetmaker
With a few heavy .05 BAC breath's you can create a Beer Pong table that will go anywhere.
Let the Frat's rejoice, their messiah is here.
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Could You Pass 8th Grade Science? Posted: 7 months ago by 2longdogs
Think you know a thing or two about science? Take our short quiz to determine if you'd pass an 8th grade science test.
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Bad Photoshop Posted: 7 months ago by Bornbad
With great power comes great responsibility.
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The number one song Posted: 7 months ago by JOHNDX
This is cool, find out what the number one song was on the day you were born!
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Plane almost crashes in heavy winds Posted: 7 months ago by Hoosker
Heavy winds almost cost this pilot and passengers dearly.
Warning; If you are about to fly, watching is not advisable.
Comments: 13 Score: [-] 513 [+].