Urkobold: 3/27/11

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Swiss Flying Nazi Robots Learning to Play Tennis

Got this one from my dad (via ExtremeTech and Popular Science):

Okay, I threw in the Nazi part on my own, but this looks like something Nazis would do, doesn't it?

The U.K. Reminds the U.S. that We Don't Have a Monopoly on Stupid

From Ace of Spades HQ:

Among foreigners the common stereotype of rural Americans is that we're all a bunch of ignorant, possibly in-bred rednecks. Think Cletus from The Simpsons. Well thanks to this clip from The Scheme, a British reality show that's like a Scottish version of Jersey Shore, it's clear that America does not have a monopoly on redneckery.

For the record all the people in this video are supposed to be speaking English. But they probably have been drinking and I don't think that retardation of some form is out of the question. . . .

Lord Hoggett

Cracked.com posted an article today entitled, "8 Famous Movies Made by the Last Person You'd Ever Suspect." Nice piece, but the one on George Miller--Mad Max director, George Miller--was my favorite. What movie did he direct that seems so odd? Why Babe, of course. Here's the pay-off image (and quote) from the article:

Just walk away, pig. Just walk away.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

William Shakespeare's Terminator II

Via Neatorama. Apparently, a theater in Nashville intends to present the whole Terminator 2 story--with all of the dialogue replaced with lines from Shakespeare's plays.

Here's one I came up with for the first film. Instead of "I'll be back" use "I shall return before your lordship thence."

Evil Fiziks Types Strike Again!

Knowing our own Viking Moose was indisposed, Evul Fiziks types used the chance to strike. They announced potentially finding a new sub-atomic particle. Taking advantage of the respite provided by having one of their chief adversaries on the sidelines, they gleefully announced a "heavy-force-carrying particle" they called a "W boson."

Very clever, but Urkobold™ is still on to you, fizikists. Inventing a new particle will give you good reason to write new textbooks and bilk undergrads out of another $162 a semester, but your profit will be short-lived. We’re watching.