Your bum can save the planet
That’s the message from ticketing app Trainline in a wacky new spot that is packed with wonky visuals, brazen bum shots, and cheeky assertions (“Crack net zero with that jiggly climate hero”).
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When Sally met Hellmann’s
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal join hands with the mayo brand to recreate what is probably their most memorable movie scene together. What’s more, Hellmann’s has partnered with Katz’s Deli to offer a limited-edition “What She’s Having” Sandwich Package.
Bill to legalise ‘cockfighting with a robot’
An Oklahoma lawmaker wants to enact changes to laws on cockfighting, which is treated as a felony in the state. Towards that end, he has put forth a couple of bills, one of which provides “an exemption to allow cockfighting with a robot where no harm comes to the fowl”.
Denmark bakery is selling Trump ‘moron’ cakes
As posted by Reddit user PrincessRad…
…along with this explanation:
It’s a wordplay on the Danish “Kaj kage” A cake that looks like a Green frog from a Danish Kids TV show. AND that “Kvaj” is used for someone who has done/said something really stupid. To make up for doing/saying something really stupid you give “Kvajebajer” – Aka “Moron” beers as an apology for doing/saying that stupid thing.
‘Man's Penis Sticks to Icy Sidewalk’
As reported by TMZ, alongside a clip of the incident, which happened in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada:
Police in Alberta tell us ... the man in the clip got intoxicated and began arguing with people inside East Village Pub & Eatery in Fort McMurray early on Sunday, January 12.
Cops say the dispute spilled into the street, where the guy's pants fell down while fighting with the bar's patrons.
During the confrontation, the dude toppled to the ground and his penis attached to the ice. First responders managed to detach his unit without injuring him before he was arrested. He was not charged, according to police.
Notably, the news was reported by a radio channel in Idaho, on its website, with this headline:
Cops Free Man’s Penis Stuck To Icy Street North Of Good Grief, ID
Per Wikipedia, Good Grief is an unincorporated community in Idaho that is (per Google Maps) around 1200 km south of Fort McMurray.
The news was also posted on Facebook by Garrick Hotel Bar in Fort McMurray with this ‘offer’:
We are offering $100 to any man who will peacefully and willingly freeze his penis to the ground in front of Garrick Hotel Bar.
(just kidding about $100, may be a beer lol)
‘Cosy Cookie’ Wearable Beanbag
It’s a limited edition offer from Domino’s UK about which its spokesperson was quoted saying this:
We know our fans love our iconic chocolate chip cookies, so we wanted to create an even bigger and better form that people can get stuck into… literally. So, if wearing our Cosy Cookie and enjoying a piping hot slice of pizza doesn’t make a grey January better, we don’t know what does.
Actually, it’s IKEA
From Canada: what look like pretentious spots for high-end luxury brands turn out to be delightful spoofs by IKEA.
‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
That’s the title of a bill filed by a Mississippi Democrat lawmaker, that is evidently a satirical take on the reproductive laws pushed forth by Republicans. In the words of the man behind it, though:
The filing of this bill is to point out the double standards in legislation. You have male dominated legislatures in Mississippi and all over the country that pass laws that dictate what a woman can and can not do with her body. I was raised by strong parents that preached equality for all. My mother and my father both believe in equal rights for women. One of the reasons why this legislation is so important is that with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, it has not only impacted women’s ability to get abortion care but it has also affected women’s ability to access basic gynecological care that includes contraceptive care.
For the record, the bill seeks to make it unlawful “for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.”
‘Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs’
A few months ago, there was news out of Florida that the highway patrol had arrested a woman who was carrying drugs in a bag labelled ‘Bag of Drugs’.
Guess what? This week, there is news, also from Florida, that police arrested a woman who was carrying drugs in a bag labelled ‘Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs’.
As reported by the local sheriff:
Often times in law enforcement we say to ourselves “you just can’t make this stuff up” and this case is without question one of those cases!!
Last week, Deputy Justin Shannon arrested Teryn Acri after a traffic stop where she had trafficking amounts of methamphetamine, and was ultimately charged with trafficking in meth, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was arrested on January 6th with “no bond” and of course bonded out on January 8th after getting a ridiculous bond set of $15,500, but hey that’s a story for another day!!
Now last night, just 10 days after getting out of jail, Deputy Lexi Gordon and her K9 partner Aurora were out on patrol and conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle where Acri happened to be the passenger. As Deputy Gordon spoke to the driver he agreed to a search of the vehicle stating nothing illegal should be inside.
Well unfortunately for him, this is the part you just can’t make up, as Acri had had a few bags with her and one of them had the words “Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs” printed on it!! The bag was filled with snacks…nah just kidding it was actually drugs, that’s right, she actually had a bag with drugs in it that said on the side “Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs”!!
A better use for Ad Agency BS
New York Festivals is inviting submissions for this year’s advertising awards and they have a very specific message for agencies, and quite a way to convey that.
Gordon Ramsay finds calm in farming
Make that ‘virtual farming’ — the kind offered by gaming app, Hay Day.
Soup… transformed into candy
I’ll let this press release from food brand Progresso explain:
Enjoy soup like never before — Progresso™, your go-to for comforting, premium soups, is innovating beyond expectations this cold and flu season with the launch of the first-ever limited-edition Soup Drops. What’s a Soup Drop? Well, it’s soup you can suck on, of course!
While most folks flock to the cough drop aisle at the first sign of a cold, Progresso is here to say, “Hold my spoon!” Progresso Soup Drops deliver the classic, hearty flavor of Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup in a format that will definitely SOUPrise fans — it’s a convenient hard candy drop — reminding you of the comfort you can find in a bowl of Progresso Soup. These savory drops are arriving for a limited time this month for National Soup Month, right at the height of cold and flu season. Now, there’s no spoon needed to dive into the classic taste of the iconic Progresso Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup, but you certainly can reach for the real thing if you’re looking for that feeling of a hug in a bowl!
Pay for your drink… what you feel is fair
As reported by Time Out:
For one day this month you’ll be able to visit a London pub and pay what you feel is fair – based on how much you earn.
The pub – called The Fair Pour – comes from Oxfam, which is drawing attention to the Davos World Economic Forum which will be taking place at the same time. The Fair Pour aims to ‘highlight the growing inequality gap between the super-rich and the rest of the world’. The pub will be open on January 21 from midday until 9pm – and will be taking over The Queen's Head at 64 Theobalds Road.
With pints now reaching the £8 mark in London, it seems a fitting thirsty cause to use in order to draw attention to the vast disparity between earners. ‘At the Fair Pour, more affluent customers are encouraged to dig deep and to pay prices that reflect their individual wealth, highlighting how a fairer tax system could help tackle inequality,’ says Oxfam.
RIP David Lynch
Excerpts from Roger Ebert’s review of Mulholland Drive:
David Lynch has been working toward “Mulholland Drive” all of his career…
The movie is a surrealist dreamscape in the form of a Hollywood film noir, and the less sense it makes, the more we can’t stop watching it.
The movie is hypnotic; we’re drawn along as if one thing leads to another–but nothing leads anywhere, and that’s even before the characters start to fracture and recombine like flesh caught in a kaleidoscope. “Mulholland Drive” isn’t like “Memento,” where if you watch it closely enough, you can hope to explain the mystery. There is no explanation. There may not even be a mystery.
This is a movie to surrender yourself to. If you require logic, see something else. “Mulholland Drive” works directly on the emotions, like music. Individual scenes play well by themselves, as they do in dreams, but they don’t connect in a way that makes sense–again, like dreams. The way you know the movie is over is that it ends.
Also worth checking out: David Lynch, the god
Pizzeria overprices Hawaiian pizza… because they hate it
Well, that’s the reason they are giving. Yet there’s no denying the fact that the move has got the pizzeria worldwide attention.
Excerpts from a news report:
Lupa Pizza, a neighborhood joint in Norwich, Norfolk, England, boasts of “catering to all taste buds.” Naturally, that includes offering a Hawaiian pizza. But there’s a catch.
It will cost you £100—the equivalent of $121 in American currency.
That’s because co-owner Francis Woolf would rather not sell it to you.
“I absolutely loathe pineapple on a pizza,” Woolf recently told Norwich Evening News. His head chef, Quin Jianoran, added that he loves a good piña colada. “But pineapple on pizza? Never.”
But Woolf and Jianoran aren’t complaining about the scads of free coverage they’ve earned for this media-savvy marketing ploy. News outlets all over the UK—as well as the U.S.—have picked up the story.
“It started off as a bit of fun, but we’ve found it’s something that people feel really strongly about,” Woolf told the UK website The Mirror. “Since last week we’ve heard from people in Australia, America, Canada, New Zealand and basically the whole English-speaking world. We love pineapple but loathe pineapple on pizza—more than anything, we don’t think it tastes good. But the response we’ve got has been very exciting, and we’ve loved hearing from everyone.”
“If someone does order the £100 pizza, of course we will make it for them, but [we] believe that is a fair price for bad taste,” Woolf told Fox News, adding that it’s “a way to make our stance on the subject [known].”
Basketball star sneaks girlfriend into dorm… in suitcase
To quote from a report on the South China Morning Post website:
A top Chinese basketball player has been suspended after being accused of smuggling his girlfriend into his dormitory in a suitcase.
The punishment was meted out to Zhang Xingliang on January 8 by the Guangzhou Loong Lions, a team from southern China’s Guangdong province.
The club said Zhang, 20, had violated the team’s management rules.
In a statement, the club, which is a member of the Chinese Basketball Association, said he had not handled his personal matters appropriately, the Yangcheng Evening News reported.
Also this:
Zhang’s girlfriend, who was not identified in the report but who some mainland media said was a struggling arts student, said on social media that she was studying English all night in the dormitory.
If Dollar Shave Club were a real club…
That’s the idea presented in a ballsy new campaign for the brand, studded with a couple of cheeky videos (so far). It’s been touted as a return to the playful irreverence of the brand’s early years. There are even references to the viral video that first put the brand on the map.
A Hunter’s Proposal
From Maine: a tale of how one hunter proposed to another, that was reported on a local news website. Here’s an excerpt:
With blood up to his elbows, Jared Lavers of New Gloucester dropped to one knee in the North Maine Woods beside his dead moose and asked his girlfriend of six years for her hand in marriage.
It wasn’t exactly Prince Charming on a white horse, but Christine Messer thought it was perfect. She didn’t want fancy, she said, just something special.
Lavers, 34, and Messer, 37, both love to hunt, which is why Messer said it meant a lot to her that he planned his proposal out the way he did. Lavers started hunting when he was 10 years old, although he began tagging along on his father’s hunts when he was 6 or 7. Messer had hunted some before the two became a couple.
The couple’s first date was on July 18, 2018, and Lavers proposed on September 24, 2024.
“It wasn’t long into our relationship that I knew she was the one,” Lavers said. “I’m just a procrastinator.”
He thought about proposing on the anniversary of their first date in 2024, but then he was drawn in the moose lottery mid-June for the September week of bull season. It was his first moose permit. He didn’t have a subpermittee. His plan called for him to be the one to kill the animal.
“Why not put two extremely special moments together into the best moment of my life?, he said.