The funniest jokes are the ones that turn into successful businesses, like Antenn-Aid. NY Times: After Apple’s iPhone 4 press conference last week, Szymon Weglarski and Jon Dorfman, two designers from Brooklyn, decided they would have a little fun with the iPhone 4’s antenna problem. They designed tiny bandages that fit perfectly around the edge […]
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TrendHunter: Shoe Dating is a singular service that helps people find love—as well as the right pair of shoes. Malaysian retailer Shoes Shoes Shoes has teamed up with dating site Lunch Actually to offer this Cinderella-like service. Men who seek love help from Shoe Dating are asked to choose a pair of shoes they would
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To some it may be a waste of time, to Joseph Herscher it is fun. He has designed a Rube Goldberg-style, 19 step system to turn the pages of his newspaper.
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Business Insider: Here’s a business idea for you: Jackie Samuel is charging $1 a minute for cuddle sessions. Why did the 29-year-old turn her Penfield, N.Y., home into what is now known as The Snuggery? “I really just wanted to cuddle,” Samuel told Metro. She also told the Henrietta Post that she dabbled in cuddling
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Gismodiva: Movie directors have made quite a bit of money exploiting the hilarity of the inappropriate fart. How unfair, considering it is a universal action! There is no one in the world who can claim that they don’t suffer from flatulence ever. Everyone has had those moments in life when letting it rip would be
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According to the creator of this video, the penny is a “disgusting bacteria-ridden disks of suck that fail to facilitate commerce.” What do you think?
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Geeklogie: The Prince Charles cinema in London has recently started employing “ninjas” in black bodysuits to confront people using their cell phones or participating in other jerky behavior during a movie and pissing me off. Normally I just slap them in the back of the head and tell them I’ll be waiting for them when
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It might not have been the most stylish, but for decades the top-loading laundry machine was the most affordable and dependable. Now it’s ruined—and Americans have politics to thank. In 1996, top-loaders were pretty much the only type of washer around, and they were uniformly high quality. When Consumer Reports tested 18 models, 13 were
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Mississippi State University: Overbey combines a passion for storytelling with an interest in video games and online community to create an entertainment niche that pays for his MBA. His YouTube channel has more than 65,000 subscribers and more than 6 million combined viewers of his productions. In 2011, his video-based income exceeded $40,000. However, money
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