So have you been keeping up to date with the latest releases from The Lonely Island? For those not familiar with these three, The Lonely Island is an American comedy troupe composed of Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, and Andy Samberg, best known for its musical parodies (as written on Wikipedia – so it MUST be true ). Take one of their latest, and one of their best, examples – with really really really impressive viewership stats listed too (who says this site ain’t educationamaleducationarising well smart?):
I just had sex (feat. Akon) – and starring the superbly-fine Jessica Alba (38,9 million views so far!)
Comedy gold? Thought so. But it doesn’t end there – check out some of these guys’ previous classics:
Jizz in my pants – starring Molly Sims and Jamie-Lynn Sigler (95,7 million views so far!)
Ever heard of Airbnb? Me neither, but apparently it’s really taking off.
The general premise is that you list your house/flat/spare room/hammock for rent on their site, and global travellers are free to select your palace and pull in for a couple of nights shuteye. So basically it’s allowing you to start a BnB of sorts, without the whole pesky having-to-start-an-actual-business vibe. Check out their introductory video:
What d’ya think? Sound fair? The theory is sound – one can get bored of impersonal hotels in faraway places. If experiencing life as lived by locals in a new locale is something you’re keen on, then it definitely doesn’t sound too shabby to me. Just be sure to lock your jewellery away, mmmkay? Although, I see that both hosts and guests get to comment and give feedback on the folks on their site, so there’s nothing to stop you checking up on axemurderer59 before committing to playing the good host.
Yeah, but it’s all fun and games till a ginger hippie pulls up and starts giving you kak about your raging biltong habit, innit?
Who needs a room for tonight? (Anyone who does NOT look like Jessica Alba’s twin need not apply.)
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In the spirit of house-sharing, guests, etc. I thought it was time to dust off some of the older posts and give them a new look at the world, like this one about visitors from May 2009 (the post, not the visitors). Coz this site had all of 5 or 6 readers back then when we started, so it’s probably not really proof of me being toooooo lazy… yes?
Thanks to my job I spend a fair amount of time in hotels and guest houses. Some of my friends also run guest houses. Whenever I go stay at any of the aforementioned places, I generally get left a copy of the facility visitor information booklet as well as the rules of said establishment. You know the drill – drinks will be served at this time, food at that time, gate keys here, etc… blah blah blah.
Seeing as they feel that they are free to enforce their dictatorial whims on poor little old me, I therefore feel that I too am entitled to leave guests staying at MY house some general visitor information, guidelines and rules. It’s only fair.
I therefore present: Stu’s house visitor information and guidelines…
Dear guest
Thank you for staying at Stu’s house. We trust that you will enjoy your stay at this fine establishment. If anything is not to your satisfaction, please inform your host, Stu, so that he may tell you to go f@ck yourself. It’s MY house and I like it, and that’s what it’s all about – I pay the rent, and I’m the one who has to live here. Your opinion is null and void. This is not a negotiation.
You will find that you have been allocated the guest bedroom. This is in fact my storeroom, that the missus insisted I squeeze a bed into for when we have guests. You are therefore greatly inconveniencing me by inhibiting access to my stuff. Tread carefully – literally and figuratively – if you step on my things, I’ll step on you. And I’ve been told I’m kinda… rotund. Consider yourself warned.
You will find fresh towels in the cupboard. These are my clean towels for when I feel like treating the world to a glimpse of my Adonis-like physique at the swimming pool. Use your own.
Cocktails will be served on the deck in the evening. And by “cocktails” I mean “Oros”, and by “deck” I mean the “1 metre by 1 metre paved slab in front of the door”. Oh, and by “served” I mean “make it yourself”. And while we’re on the subject of drinks – if you drink my whiskey I’m… <insert random jolly painful experience here>. Capeish?
There is a well-stocked refrigerator in the kitchen. This is full of yummy treats like fancy cheeses, Belgian chocolates and whatever else I fancied last time I was at Woolworths. This is where my meals come from. The cupboard next to the fridge has a few leftover crackers for you. I trust you’ll enjoy your meal.
There will be no hanky-panky whilst you are a guest at Stu’s house – I’m the only one with permission to get my freak on in this establishment. You are no oil painting and we therefore do not wish to imagine you doing the nasty. End of discussion.
Parking is at your own risk. My neighbours are all students who tend to arrive home at stupid o’clock after somewhat overdoing the latest Bulls’ victory drinkathon, and will more than likely scrape their hippie-mobile all down the side of your fancy new Beemer. Sorry for you.
Wake-up calls need to be requested the evening before. If the call is requested before I plan on arising for the day, then you’d best make a plan to rustle up an alarm clock, coz it ain’t gonna happen. If it is for a respectable hour, then I will try my utmost to storm in and pour a glass of iced-water on you to get your lazy ass out of bed. Up and at ‘em Sunshine!
You are welcome to stay as long as you’d like, unless of course I get bored of visitors, in which case you may arrive back to find your stuff in the outside bin and my mate with the tow truck hooking up your car. Run along now.
We trust that you will have a pleasurable stay at Stu’s house, and extend an invitation to you to return promptly.
Ever find yourself with the latest catchy pop tune stuck in your head for days on end? You know, stuck in the elevator humming away the latest Beyonce treffer, or forgetting that you’re in a rather rough bar and that quietly singing a Miley Cyrus ballad to yourself is probably going to get you… injured.
I know I sure as Hell do – having a baby at home means I permanently have a head full of whatever nursery rhymes or lullabies were last playing or being crooned in my house. Believe me, you can get really tired of “Twinkle twinkle little star” after the 750th time.
Enter a site called unhear it (slogan: Get that damn song out of your head), who have come up with a way of replacing that catchy tune in your head with… another catchy tune. Their method? Ummm… the site plays a tune. If you don’t dig it you can simply click “New Song”. A quick trial dished up the following:
I’m just a girl – No Doubt (I probably shouldn’t sing this too often)
Bad romance – Lady Gaga (Raa Raa)
Conga – Gloria Estefan (C’mon Sannie shake your ass and do the Conga – or something like that)
Relax – Frankie goes to Hollywood (good tune)
Train – Hey soul sister (good tune)
Never gonna give you up – Rick Astley (the song that spawned the tradition of Rickrolling – legendary!)
Some random TV show jingle which I can’t place (which got me thinking about TV jingles in general, followed by a solid two hours of me humming the Airwolf theme)
Macarena – Los Del Rio (That’s about the point where the site lost me. NOBODY plays the Macarena and gets away with it in 2010! People have died for less.)
So all in all: Yes – it will get you crooning something different, which is exactly what the site promises to do. Try it out: unhear it.
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
Que tu cuerpo es pa’ darle alegria y cosa buena
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria, Macarena
Heeeeey Macarena
AAAhAA!
Internet memes: The term Internet meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with “cream”) is used to describe a concept that spreads swiftly via the Internet. The content often consists of a saying or joke, a rumor, an altered or original image, a complete website, a video clip or animation, or an offbeat news story, among many other possibilities. In simple terms, an Internet meme is an inside joke, that a large number of Internet users are in on.
Playboy’s new “safe for work”, i.e. no boobs (BOOOO!!!!!) site, the Smoking Jacket, recently decided to whip together what it deems to be the ultimate guy movie. Girls, guns, shit blowing up… you get the idea. Oh, and piranhas. You don’t wanna forget the piranhas.
Check it out:
Oscars for everyone! Can I get it in 3D please?
My one and only complaint: I saw a snippet of Twilight in there. How exactly did Twilight make it into Awesome: the movie? Sparkly vampires… I think not.
Some folks need their heads read: apparently you can now treat yourself to sushi at a cost of $2,750. “Why so pricey?” I hear my local Ocean Basket branch whine. Well, good Sirs, it’s due mainly (okay, it’s due pretty much TOTALLY) to it being covered in gold and diamonds.
For those rich food fanatics who like to savor the most expensive foods and delicacies known to the man, next on the list is world’s most expensive sushi made by Filipino chef Angelito Araneta Jr. What makes this plate of sushi consisting of five pieces the most expensive is not the fish, but the garnishing in gold leaves and diamonds. The sushi is garnished with .20-carat African diamonds and wrapped with 24-karat gold leaves and is available in a restaurant in Manila for $2,750.
All I can say about this is: “Why? WTF is the point of covering your chow in gold and diamonds?” Pretentious knobs, the lot of ‘em!
Jissis. Take a look at these pics of an abandoned mental asylum in New Jersey. That place would scare the kak outta you on a moonlit night.
The institution in question is a New Jersey State Hospital located in Morristown, NJ, USA, and was built in the 1870′s. Known as Greystone Psychiatric Hospital it’s probably safe to assume that the very next day it was considered by all who passed by to be ‘as scary as f@ck!’
Click the first of the below images to open up the rest of the gallery:
— These pics are taken from Forbidden Places. Head over for a look and to see even more pics of the place. There is also a detailed description of the tour these brave souls did in the building to snap these pictures, along with a video clip with the “New jocks please” caption: “The wind blowing the gossamer curtain in the operation room made for a ghostly sight.” Ya think?
How they ever managed to get out to tell their tale before the ghosts got them is anyone’s guess.
Apple has announced that it’s sold 3 million iPads -– less than three months since the device hit stores.
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It would appear that iPad sales aren’t slowing down at all since launch – in fact, they might be accelerating. The company announced it had hit two million devices sold just 22 days ago, whereas it took the company 28 days to sell its first million devices, and another month to sell its second. With the device going on sale in more countries in July, those numbers could jump even faster.
Not too shabby. By the way, I see you still haven’t bought me one yet. What exactly is the delay? Maaitjie FAIL.
First iPhone 4 reviews coming in
According to Wired some tech journos managed to get their hands on the new iPhone 4, and their reviews are starting to come in. Here’s the crux of it:
The reviewers agreed that the iPhone 4’s hardware is state-of-the-art industrial design.
Detailed enough for you? Yes? No? Maybe?
Unfortunately the majority of the snippets deal more with moaning about America’s (apparently) rather rubbish AT&T network – seeing as the phone is locked to them, a la Vodacom here in South Africa, – and less about the phone itself.
Dear iPhone 4 reviewers cited in the article
There are other countries on the planet too. Yes, that is correct – Earth does not consist solely of the good ol’ US of A. Capeish? We want to know about the phone, not your FAIL networks.
The iPhone 4 goes on sale tomorrow (Thursday 24 June) in the US, the UK, France, Germany and Japan. And in South Africa? Who knows…
Just incidentally, I want one. In case you were wondering. So whenever you get around to buying me that iPad you promised, feel free to throw in an iPhone 4 for good measure. Thanks, you’re a legend!
). Take one of their latest, and one of their best, examples – with really really really impressive viewership stats listed too (who says this site ain’t 
