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The Cardboard Tube Fighting League Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
As kids, we couldn’t hack at our friends with a real sword, so we used cardboard tubes to fence. Who knew that it was an actual sport? The Cardboard Tube Fighting League has competitions all over the world where people come together to play and show off their homemade cardboard armor.
Official Site
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 378 [+].
The Force May Be With YouTube Posted: 3 years ago by indierockcafe
After announcing plans to share revenues with film makers and other special contributors to YouTube, one of the site's biggest traffic drivers 'Chad Vader' may have a chance to cash in.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 15 [+].
Harry Potter rides on London Tube Posted: 3 years ago by XXXXXPP
A London Underground station has been closed for the filming of JK Rowling's Harry Potter.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 13 [+].
Biomedical researchers create artificial human bone marrow in a test tube Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.
This development could lead to simpler pharmaceutical drug testing, closer study of immune system defects and a continuous supply of blood for transfusions.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 295 [+].
World’s First Drink In A Tube Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
No more inconvenient can or glass bottle that spoils the moment when you actually need your hands for something else at a hot party or in the nightclub.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 270 [+].
Is this all a game? Posted: 3 years ago by BrightonCub
Interesting article on how sites like eBay and, as the article uses as the main example, You Tube, follow the mechanics of computer games to draw people in and keep them there.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 13 [+].
Man robs armored-car guard, flees on an inner tube Posted: 1 year ago by arsphidius
The man confronted the guard and sprayed him with pepper spray. A witness says the robber then "grabbed the money and ran on foot to the river. He got into an inner tube and floated westbound."
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 23 [+].
Fixing a Flat Tire without Hands Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
A series of photos of a man, who cannot use his hands, patching, repairing and reseating a bicycle inner tube. Why? Apparently its his job.
I bet your little problems don't seem all that bad now.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 118 [+].
Family fight over feeding tube reminiscent of Schiavo case Posted: 1 year ago by DerAlt
A Florida woman put on a feeding tube after she had a stroke is at the center of a court case that is eerily similar to the lengthy legal dispute over whether Terri Schiavo should be kept alive.
Image not related.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 214 [+].
Ruben's Tube Posted: 2 years ago by Mershaullk
The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane, and fire.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 89 [+].
The New York Times Discovers Penis Pumps Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
A cost-effective option is a vacuum erection device or penis pump. It works like this: you place a tube on the penis and then pump the air out of the tube, which pulls blood into the penis. When the penis is erect, you then put a snug ring around the base to maintain the erection, which lasts long enough to have sex.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 237 [+].
Making The Rubens' Tube Posted: 8 months ago by bingo
If you have some music that you want to see instead of hear, and if you have some bbq gas and plumbing supplies too. Well why not build a Rubens' Tube? If you're lucky you'll be treated to an amazing representation of the music in flames.
*If you're unlucky something will explode
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 69 [+].
YouTube, Inc battle for youtube.cl Posted: 3 years ago by murphyz
YouTube.com, Google's popular video site, is threatening to launch a lawsuit to gain control over YouTube.cl, a domain that currently hosts a website developed for Chilean audiences, aggregating online videos from YouTube.com.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 19 [+].
Turkey lifts YouTube ban Posted: 3 years ago by TheStep
After a court ruled that YouTube should be banned in Turkey because of insults to the founder of modern Turkey, the court decided to say "hang on, we're wrong".
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 71 [+].
New housing development eliminates need for garbage bins Posted: 2 years ago by suebe
"Ecology is a nice word," says Oded Alon, project manager for the new village, "but you have to turn it into details."
And they are doing so on a grand scale in this new development in Israel.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 171 [+].
Steve Irwin - "How I'd like to be remembered" - video Posted: 3 years ago by hypnotode
Please prune this if it has already been posted.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 0 [+].
Some Very British Comments Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
6) Mrs. Irene Graham of Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscence of the German prisoner of war who was sent each week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the end of 1945, she recalled. "He'd always seemed a nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they spelt out 'Heil Hitler.'" (Bournemouth Evening Echo)
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 217 [+].
Last Round on the Underground Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
London revelers party the night away on the last night of drinking on the subway. Alcohol ban ends in chaos and arrests.
...idea for Improv Everywhere?
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 118 [+].
shutting down youtube? Posted: 2 years ago by gammerus
"Bob Tur is the little guy who is suing one giant (Google) to do what another giant (Viacom) probably never will — shut YouTube down."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 81 [+].
YouTube Sued by U-Tube Posted: 3 years ago by misterc
That's Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment Corp. to you.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 6 [+].
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