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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG…

You lot have surely seen this ad by now, right? You know, the one with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG racing through the tunnel, giving it the whole loop de loop bit? If not, I got your back. Check it:

How AWESOME is that chorrie?

If still somewhat undecided… here’s a little more to get you stockpiling lottery tickets:

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Starting price? R 2 425 000. Bargain!

Yes please!

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Images sourced from:
Mercedes-Benz.co.za
ZCars.com.au

A pool in the sky…

Now this is what I call a pool! Clearly it beats the kak out of my overpaid vinyl splash-pool hastily erected at a precarious let’s-see-how-long-till-this-FAILs angle in my garden.

First up: the background info (for those of you who considers yourselves to be “readers”):

If you fancy a dip in this pool, you’ll need a head for heights – it’s 55 storeys up.

But swimming to the edge won’t be quite as risky as it looks. While the water in the infinity pool seems to end in a sheer drop, it actually spills into a catchment area where it is pumped back into the main pool. At three times the length of an Olympic pool and 650ft up, it is the largest outdoor pool in the world at that height.

It features in the impressive, boat-shaped ‘SkyPark’ perched atop the three towers that make up the world’s most expensive hotel, the £4billion Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore.

Fascinating. Here’s what all the fuss is about:

Ja, that’ll do.

Gold & diamond-covered sushi – why?

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.

Take a look:

BornRich.org described it like this:

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!

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Source: BornRich.org. And while we’re on the subject take a look at their previous post titled: “Most expensive food items in the world“.

I’ll be sure to give this self-indulgent stuff the attention it deserves as I munch on my Marmite-on-toast I’m planning on feasting on tonight.

Abandoned psychiatric hospital images…

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!’

Abandoned Mental Asylum

Click the first of the below images to open up the rest of the gallery:

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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.

Rocket launch as seen by skydivers…

Now THIS is an impressive photo!

Click image for a much larger version in a new window/tab.

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Source: ~~@imacza~~ Space.com

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This post was originally titled “Shuttle launch as seen by skydivers…”, but I was mistaken: it’s a rocket launch, not a shuttle (hence the differing permalink on this post). Further details about, and explanation of, the above pic here.

Thanks to ‘eot’ for letting me know.

Orangutan and dog become friends...

Another feel good animal-friendship story for this cold Monday morning…

Hound Dog and Orangutan Become Best Friends

Unlikely friends Surya the orangutan and Roscoe the hound dog were recently featured on National Geographic and the story of how these two animal pals met is now all over the internet. Get this: the orangutan was out for his daily elephant ride — OMG, jealous! — when he spotted “a worn-out old hound dog.” They ran right toward each other and hugged like long lost best friends.

Surya has learned to share his monkey biscuits with Roscoe and also to take him for a walk (which is actually more like a roll for the orangutan). The humans at the facility where Surya and Roscoe live are clearly pretty charmed by this animal pair. One of their keepers says, “Anything they can do together, I think they enjoy. Even if they just lay down together and hug.” Aww!

Source: urlesque

There is a YouTube clip of the two available on urlesque, the source of this post, but alas, National Geographic have blocked access to it outside of their main territories. Where those territories are and end evades me, but it does work in the USA. Or at least I assume so, or they wouldn’t have posted it, né?

Additionally, Sky News has a 12 photo slideshow of the pair. Go have a look.

Anyway… ag cute.

Images sourced from a previous urlesque post about these two.

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Another ‘ag moeder’ animal-friendship story:

The hippopotamus and the tortoise…

Please see if you can get me a cheaper quote...

Next time you and your dronkgat maaitjies decide to nick your old man’s supercar (your old man does have a supercar, right? C’mon, get with it!) for a wee joyride, try not to do this:

FAIL like you've never failed before!

Let’s check that out from a few more angles, just to fully appreciate the world of pain and trouble that’s heading your way: (click the first image to enlarge it and start the gallery)

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So what do you reckon that’ll cost to “buff out”? i.e. for how long do you think you’ll be repaying each and every cent of your pocket money?

Here’s a brief quote: (again, click for larger version)

But wait! There's more...

Nope, not done yet. You pulled a proper number on this one, didn’t you mate?

In case you thought you were done...

That’s right. You currently owe…

Eina!

Jissis!

Sorry for you pal.

Pulp Fiction chronological sequence...

Making sense of Pulp Fiction using a chart…

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Learn it. Now. Pop quiz any day now… Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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Thanks Neil

Row row row your fail boat through global shipping routes...

The good folks over at Wired Science recently posted this GPS map of global shipping routes traffic over a year.

This isn’t really a point to posting this, other than the fact that I thought it was kinda cool. Take a look:

Interesting?

Really?

Well I thought so.

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Source:A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS

Want an Aston Martin? Okay, how about 10 then?

Aston Martin One-77

Some folks clearly have way too much cash.

Always a fan of Aston Martin, and rather partial to some day owning one (ja right. Right after I buy a Gulfstream and an island), I nearly choked on my broke-ass working-class Bovril sarmie when I heard that some clown bought not one, but TEN, limited edition Aston Martin One-77 supercars.

Now we’re not just chatting about any old run of the mill Aston Martin either (is there such a thing?), as mentioned, this is the One-77 supercar – the whole “One-77″ bit means that only 77 are being made.

As griped by TopSpeed:

OK, now this is totally unfair. The Aston Martin One-77 is limited to only 77 units, but when only one customer gets 10 of them, it makes it impossible to have a chance to buy one. Not that we had that chance. Of course the buyer is from Middle East (where else!) and apparently he bought the cars for “The Family.”

When the customer made his demand (10 cars delivered by September), you can imagine that the guys from Aston Martin said this might be impossible. But a cheque of $23,000,000 made it more than possible (as a refresher an One-77 costs $1,4 million).

Oh, and apparently there’s more. There is another guy who asked for two One-77: one to drive and one to hang on the wall as a piece of art.

Firstly, he wrote a cheque for $23mil. WHO writes a cheque for $23mil? Do you? Didn’t think so. (And if you do, can I have one?)

Secondly, did you catch that bit about the other tonsil who plans to HANG THE CAR ON THE WALL AS A PIECE OF ART?

What, a van Gogh not good enough for your bog wall? FHM ran out of Jessica Biel posters? IT’S A SUPERCAR!!!! Not some piece of crap print of a frikkin iceberg or some lame-ass calendar with pictures of puppies!

You know what buddy? F@ck you AND your crappy wall. I hope it falls down and squashes your hydrangeas.

And I’m not alone in being just a teensy-weensy bit jealous – BornRich also recently had a post on the sale. Check out how he tries to be all formal and “Yes well, bravo to him. We wish him and his 10 supercars well and and and…”, but you just KNOW that deep down inside he is so green with envy that it is slowly killing him:

In the normal world of ours, we can only dream of owning “a” supercar, however, to dream of owning 10 supercars, either you’ve got to be a lazy bum with a lot of lazybones or you are someone with a lot of oil wells in the backyard. Of course, the second one sounds better and according to a report, a Middle Eastern buyer has decided to purchase 10 limited edition Aston Martin One-77 supercar for his family. At the 1.7 million price tag, One-77 supercar is limited to just 77 units of these exotic beasts, but owning 10 would mean $23 million. The One-77 is made using a carbon fiber monocoque to keep the weight at an absolute minimum – just 3,300 lbs — and the road-burning power comes from a 7.3-liter V12 making 750-hp with a top speed at 220 mph. So, if you haven’t seen money doing the talks before, I think you just did.

Now there are only 67, thanks to this guy. That’s just greedy, and generally terrible form. What will I buy now if none are available anymore?

Coz that’s what’s stopping me from owning one.

I swear.

Because Frik von F@ckknuckle decided to hang one on his goddamn wall.

Doos.

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Wanna know what all the fuss is about? Here are some pics of one kick-ass wall-hanging:

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