Showing posts with label Light Stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Light Stuff. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Facebook Nonsense
I know I am kinda mean... but seriously...this is just shows that people are generally gullible and....stupid? I am sorry.. maybe you can say just take this as a joke or use other famous people's name instead of Bill Gates...but seriously, do you think this will work? LOL
Friday, July 15, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Too Much Muscles?
Fancy a muscular body? Probably too much....just too much...
Alright.
Sources : www.berry.com
Alright.
If you have enjoyed the previous pictures, you would most probably enjoy the last ones. ;)
Sources : www.berry.com
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Kiwi
The term "kiwi" can be referred to the "kiwi bird" or the "kiwi fruit".
Was the fruit named after the kiwi bird?
Or the bird named after the kiwi fruit?
Let's find out...
According to this legend...
Long time ago, there lived a peculiar species of birds.
They have short brown feathers, long sharp beak and no tail.
These birds could not fly and easily become victims of other predators.
They were of the size of a domestic chicken, yet lay an egg at a time which is six times larger than a regular chicken egg.
Unknown to most people, these birds are monogamous in their relationship for their entire lives.
During the mating season from June to March, the pair will call out to each other and meet at their nesting burrows every three days.
The male birds are the ones who incubated the eggs.
One particular season, the female bird laid an egg.
To lay an egg takes so much of that poor bird as bearing the egg leave little spaces in her stomach that she is forced to fast.
The male bird felt pain for his mate and visited her as often as he could.
When one day, she finally laid the egg and he happily incubated it for 63 days.
The female bird would be the one out searching for food.
Finally, the egg hatched.
The male bird was overjoyed and eager for the female to come back.
But she never did.
Few days later, he brought his little one out to search for food, and hopefully for his beloved and the baby's mother.
They found her stuck between some roots of a tree and were clueless on how to get her out.
Suddenly, a red-faced monkey came, broke the roots and took his mate away.
The male bird tried chasing after the monkey and the monkey climbed up the tree.
They watched in horror as the monkey tore up his wife and ate her.
It was too much for the baby to watch.
The baby suffered shocked and eventually fell sick and died.
When it died, it curled up itself.
The male could do nothing, and watched as the loves of his life of being taken away by the sadistic truth of nature.
As mentioned, these birds led monogamous lives and there is no way he can start over again.
So every night, he makes noises to the moon, as if calling back his loves.
He occasionally nudged his dead baby, as if trying to wake it up.
Tane Mahuta, the god of the forest heard his cries one day and came up to him.
The male bird complained of the fate of its kind, being so weak with no special capabilities.
The god felt deep sympathy for him and said he could do nothing much, as this is life.
However, the god turned its dead baby into a fruit and soon, many of these birds-look-alike fruits start growing in the forest.
This move may not entirely help the species, but at least confuse the predators.
The male bird can only accept the gift granted by the god of forest.
But nothing can change the fact that both his wife and baby is gone and he would remain lonely forever.
These birds are being named "Kiwi" because of the sound they make; - "kee-weee".
The locals named the fruits after the birds because of its similarities in terms of appearance.
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I have a confession to make.
I made up the legend.
But the facts were true though.
I write about this because I have sudden liking for kiwi fruits.
Was the fruit named after the kiwi bird?
Or the bird named after the kiwi fruit?
Let's find out...
According to this legend...
Long time ago, there lived a peculiar species of birds.
They have short brown feathers, long sharp beak and no tail.
These birds could not fly and easily become victims of other predators.
They were of the size of a domestic chicken, yet lay an egg at a time which is six times larger than a regular chicken egg.
Unknown to most people, these birds are monogamous in their relationship for their entire lives.
During the mating season from June to March, the pair will call out to each other and meet at their nesting burrows every three days.
The male birds are the ones who incubated the eggs.
One particular season, the female bird laid an egg.
To lay an egg takes so much of that poor bird as bearing the egg leave little spaces in her stomach that she is forced to fast.
The male bird felt pain for his mate and visited her as often as he could.
When one day, she finally laid the egg and he happily incubated it for 63 days.
The female bird would be the one out searching for food.
Finally, the egg hatched.
The male bird was overjoyed and eager for the female to come back.
But she never did.
Few days later, he brought his little one out to search for food, and hopefully for his beloved and the baby's mother.
They found her stuck between some roots of a tree and were clueless on how to get her out.
Suddenly, a red-faced monkey came, broke the roots and took his mate away.
The male bird tried chasing after the monkey and the monkey climbed up the tree.
They watched in horror as the monkey tore up his wife and ate her.
It was too much for the baby to watch.
The baby suffered shocked and eventually fell sick and died.
When it died, it curled up itself.
The male could do nothing, and watched as the loves of his life of being taken away by the sadistic truth of nature.
As mentioned, these birds led monogamous lives and there is no way he can start over again.
So every night, he makes noises to the moon, as if calling back his loves.
He occasionally nudged his dead baby, as if trying to wake it up.
Tane Mahuta, the god of the forest heard his cries one day and came up to him.
The male bird complained of the fate of its kind, being so weak with no special capabilities.
The god felt deep sympathy for him and said he could do nothing much, as this is life.
However, the god turned its dead baby into a fruit and soon, many of these birds-look-alike fruits start growing in the forest.
This move may not entirely help the species, but at least confuse the predators.
The male bird can only accept the gift granted by the god of forest.
But nothing can change the fact that both his wife and baby is gone and he would remain lonely forever.
These birds are being named "Kiwi" because of the sound they make; - "kee-weee".
The locals named the fruits after the birds because of its similarities in terms of appearance.
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I have a confession to make.
I made up the legend.
But the facts were true though.
I write about this because I have sudden liking for kiwi fruits.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
World's Largest
1.World's Largest Arthropod
Hail Crabzilla! The Japanese Spider Crab is the biggest arthropod on Earth--their legs are believed to grow up to 12 feet long. But since they live at such great depths (typically 1,000 feet down or so) a full grown spider crab has yet to be caught. So for now, we'll have to make due with the 5 foot long Crabzilla (that's what it's called--I didn't make it up!), one of the largest known crabs in the planet
2.World's Largest Human Rainbow
On September 18, 2004, over 31,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines broke the record previously held by the Maltese. They used the human rainbow to celebrate the university's centennial, which was from 1904 to 2004, and to highlight the signing of the Declaration of Peace which will be submitted to the United Nations.
This beat the previous effort of 2003, when 11,750 individuals assembled in Floriana, Malta, to break the record.
3. World's Largest Hand
24-year-old macrodactyly patient Liu Hua, from Jiangsu, China, was recognized in 2007 as the man with the world's largest hand. He was born with a left thumb, index and middle finger much larger than normal, which grew dramatically together with his arm as he grew older and has had a serious impact on his work and day-to-day life.
When Liu was hospitalized in Shanghai in July 2007, his left thumb measured 26 centimeters, his index finger was 30cm and his middle finger 15cm. The overall weight of his left arm was about 10 kilograms. Surgeons ended up making a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu's fingers and thumb, removing 5.1kg of flesh and bone in the procedure.
4.World's Largest Goldfish
It might look like an enormously generous fairground prize. But no goldfish bowl in the world could contain this catch. The orange koi carp weighs 30lb – the same as an average three-year-old girl – and is thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever captured.
5.World's Largest Chocolate Bar
It is a chocolate lover's dream. Armenian company Grand Candy unveiled the world's largest ever -chocolate bar — a 10-inch-thick slab weighing in at 9,720 pounds and measuring 18.4 feet by 9-feet. In a televised ceremony, representatives of Guinness World Records measured the dark-chocolate bar and handed a document to company managers certifying it as the new record-holder
6.World's Largest Natural Breasts
Norma Stitz, real name Annie Hawkins -Turner, was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Jackson State University and got a BSW (Bachelor of Social Work). Norma began sending in pictures to publications in the early 1990's and there were finally published in 1994. Treated mainly as a curiousity, the magazines soon learned that there are many men out there that really do love big breasts like this and she began appearing in more mags. By 1997 she was also making her own movies as well.
In 1999, the Guinness World Records declared Norma as having the Biggest Natural Breasts in the world and also the owner of the largest bra. Her measurements at the time were 70-48-52". Her bra size was 48V. Each breast weighed 28 pounds and she weighed 270. Since then her breasts have grown up to 72ZZZ and she tops the scale at 345 pounds.
7.World's Largest Serving Of Fried Chicken
Kentucky Fried Chicken, a unit of Yum! Brands, Inc. served 2,493.35 lbs. of fried chicken to the citizens of Louisville – setting the new world record for the Largest serving of fried chicken during the celebration of KFC's 70th anniversary of its Original Recipe of 11 herbs and spices
P/S : I feel like eating KFC now..
Sources : http://oddee.com/item_97197.asp
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Hillarious Bikini Photobombs
The next one is not a photobomb...but it will turn off Twilight Edward's Fans...
(click on the picture to enlarge)
Sources : http://thisisphotobomb.com
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