These humorous plaques were put by unknown people on the benches of Cheshire West and Chester City as a mark of protest to the proposed Public Space Protection Order. While the city views the plan as a way to combat ‘antisocial’ behavior in the local area, the protestors hold the view that PSPO could ‘target the homeless and socially vulnerable’.
One could have their bandaids explain what happened in detail, or you could use the Boo-Boos to totally not exaggerate the injury by making it look worse than it is. You don’t get to say “Tis but a scratch” for a papercut – you’ve got to earn your right to say it.
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There it is, ladies and gentlemen – the elusive northern water squirrel. Don’t mess with it, it has mad waterbending skills.
Beauty is subjective, and in the eye of the beer holder beholder. The video here takes a quick look at the standards of feminine beauty and body type, starting from ancient Greece, and covering several points in history to finally reach the modern age.
Why would you want to burn your selfie onto your toast? You don’t. But, well, it’s an interesting idea so maybe you ought to try it. It’s probably not as fun as having Jesus on the toast, but you’ll learn to live with it.
It’s a pretty standard exercise to see published celebrity images that have been touched up with photoshop to make the celebs appear thinner, often going to impossible limits. Well, but then not everyone likes seeing people thin. So artist David Lopera went the opposite route and decided celebrities needed to get a “bit” chubbier.
This very long exposure shot of the Earth was captured by astronaut Don Pettit, who spent time aboard the International Space Station during Expeditions 30 and 31. Numerous images of 30 second exposure were captured and stacked together to create this image, which presents a 15 minute exposure.
Sense says there is no reason to be creeped out by bookmarks sticking out of books. Yet, books with tongues sticking out is probably an image I could do without. They are supposed to be cute and harmless, and yet there is something so very unnatural about a book sticking out a shining red tongue. They say it is funny, it probably is, in a very weird kind of way. The Big Mouth Bookmark is available at Suck UK.
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No one said you need to go camping in that stinking tent fit for a plebian. What you need is something more elegant, more luxurious, and more of a portable shelter than some filthy tent. The tent is inspired by the Yurt, a portable structure that is commonly used by the nomads of Central Asia. That means the structure has to be easily portable, and comfortable enough to be a dwelling.