Quantcast
Channel: someecards.com
Viewing all 38991 articles
Browse latest View live

12 whimsical beds to make your one-night stands even more awkward.

0
0

Bringing someone home for the first time is always nerve wracking, but if you have one of these 12 crazy weird beds at least you'll be remembered for something.  

1. Pizza Bed

Face it, you're already greasy anyway.

2. Rock Bed

Just like in caveman times!

3. Hamburger Bed

Sleeping under a bun? Yeah I'm lovin it!

4. Pool Bed

Might not be the best choice for sleepwalkers.

5. Nerd Bed

You'll probably be sleeping in this one alone.

6. Wolf Bed

For when you like wolves, but in a really chill not over the top way.

7. Boat Bed

When this boat's a rockin' don't come a knockin'.

8. Zombie Bed

Sweet dreams.

9. Nest Bed

Eggcellent 

10. Beer Barrel Bed

Also makes a great coffin!

11. Hammock Bed

Put your trust in the bungee...

 

12.  Mousetrap Bed

No, I think you WILL be staying for breakfast.

Man gets tapeworm. Tapeworm gets cancer. Man dies of tapeworm's cancer.

0
0

It's a "meet cute" story as old as time: man ingests tapeworm, tapeworm grows to alarming sizes inside the man's digestive system, tapeworm begins having uncontrollable DNA errors leading to malignant cancers, man's weakened immune system allows these tapeworm tumors to spread throughout his body, everyone dies of tapeworm cancer. That's what happened to a Colombian man this month when he went to the hospital with a fever and cough, and experiencing sudden weight loss.

This image from the CDC shows the tapeworm cancer cells in the tumor from the Colombian patient. You could probably just tell from looking, though, right?

The doctors ran scans on the man and discovered tumors in his lungs and lymph nodes. When the doctors in Colombia did a biopsy on the tumors, they found really weird cells. Upon closer examination, the cells were rapidly multiplying and clumping just like cancer cells, but they were about 1/10 the size of human cells. Doctors also found actual, live tapeworms in the tumor, which is not usually where tapeworms live.

An H. Nana egg, H. Nana adults, and an H. Nana head(ish thing).

Freaked out, the Colombians contacted the American Center for Disease Control for help. Eventually, the mystery was solved with the help of the CDC: the tiny-celled tumors were harboring tapeworms is because the tiny-celled tumors were tapeworms (or rapidly-multiplying clusters of tapeworm cells, anyway). They didn't look like tapeworm cells anymore, but DNA tests confirmed that was what was happening.

This is probably more than you wanted to learn about egg release through the genital atrium of the gravid proglotids today.

It should be noted that the Colombian man had been HIV-positive for 10 years, but was not on any retrovirals. Normally, the human immune system fights back against parasites like tapeworms, but with the Colombian's system compromised, obviously tapeworms were allowed to grow, which raised the chances of a DNA error that could lead to tapeworm cancer, which was allowed to spread also because of the weakened immune system. Unfortunately, just 72 hours after doctors finally figured out what was happening, he died (doctors are unsure if tapeworm medication could have helped, anyway).

While this is an extremely unlikely way to die, it might not be so extreme as it sounds. Worldwide, about 75 million people are infected with the H. Nana tapeworm and 35 million live with HIV. This man's case is prompting doctors to wonder if perhaps previous examples had escaped medical notice.

Here's how people in various jobs react to being asked for free "spec work." (Hint: very poorly.)

0
0

People in advertising, as well as design, computer programming, writing, and other fields involving creating complex works of intellectual effort, have a problem with free "spec work" that no other industry would ever put up with. This video from ad agency Zulu Alpha Kilo explores how weird (and infuriating) it would be if you tried to pull off this "give me free samples first" attitude as a consumer in the real world:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=essNmNOrQto

Spec work is work "on speculation." In other words, it's free work you do in hopes of winning a full contract. Obviously, there are times this makes sense. If you're designing a new tank or ordering a five-year ad campaign, asking competitors to submit something is necessary. But as many "freelance contractors" and small firms can tell you, this system is getting out of control, and nowadays people just expect free work from you in a way that would make even the most desperate-for-work barista tell someone to go roast themselves.

Zulu Alpha Kilo made this video for Strategy magazine's Agency of the Year event this week, which included a number of humorous videos. Zulu is dead serious about this topic, though, with founder Zak Mroueh telling AdWeek "We haven't done a pitch that requires spec creative in five years. This approach allows us to support our clients' brands rather than using the resources our clients pay for to gain new business."

This guy got catfished by his own buddy. They got pretty close to actually hooking up.

0
0

According to Metro UK, a guy named Ollie catfished his own friend with sexy messages from a mysterious woman. Ollie's friend thought he'd met the girl in question at a nightclub in Northern Ireland called Kelly's. He didn't remember getting "Rachel's" number, but when she texted him the next day, he decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth and went with it. Meanwhile, Ollie took the joke so far he might owe his buddy a romantic dinner at this point:

Too real?

At what point does it stop being a joke, Ollie?! There's also this screenshot of some de-contextualized part of their convo. It's like a deleted scene from a movie that doesn't really clear anything up:

Get a room, lovebirds.

Oh, what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive and then suddenly realize our soul mate has been there on the couch playing Halo the whole time. 

Stand-up comedians put on a show for cute puppies. It was a ruff crowd.

0
0

Got any good material about Milk-Bones? Then this is the show for you. Comedian Emily McKenna Winter and a bunch of other stand-up comics assembled an audience of dogs and tried out some pun-filled material on them—all canine-focused. Some of the dogs look bewildered; some look amused. A few try to leave mid-set. In other words, it's your standard open mic audience. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-vpQlmriHk

There is now no doubt that Gwen Stefani is enjoying Miranda Lambert's sloppy seconds.

0
0

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are officially a couple, according to reps for Stefani. Stefani filed for divorce from her husband of 13 years, Gavin Rossdale, in August. Shelton and his ex Miranda Lambert announced their divorce in July after four years of marriage. Shelton, 39, and Stefani, 46, are both coaches on NBC's The VoiceHopefully Blake won't have to endure too many trolling comments, like these other country stars that read mean tweets about themselves.

Stefani's reps confirmed their relationship just before last night's Country Music Awards. This was, of course, the first time in several years that Shelton and Miranda Lambert attended the awards show without each other. Lambert ended up winning Female Vocalist of the Year. Take that, Blake! There is no award for Divorce of the Year, but that would make every awards show a lot more interesting.

Don't speak, she knows just what you're saying.

One of the hosts, Brad Paisley, made light of the freshly divorced Shelton during his opening monologue, but Shelton took it in stride:

https://twitter.com/blakeshelton/status/662321449810530304

So Miranda won an award, and Blake has a newly official relationship with Gwen. The only update we're missing is from poor Gavin. Stay strong brother. Keep a low profile, or make things really interesting by appearing as a guest judge on The Voice

Kim Kardashian's fans caught her Photoshopping a perfect selfie into a super-perfect selfie.

0
0

Kim Kardashian accidentally posted two versions of a selfie—one unretouched and one retouched—of her and Kanye at Kendall Jenner's 20th birthday party. She deleted the unretouched one, but not before fans could save it. Here it is:

Oh my gosh, how could she post this?!

And here it is with alterations:

Thank god. Much better.

Can you spot the difference? If not, this GIF might help you out.

http://giphy.com/gifs/kim-kardashian-photoshop-3oEdvdm9SOrH1FMORO?utm_source=iframe&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=tag_click

She pulled in her neck and the back of her ponytail a bit. That's insane. What will we find out next? That this isn't real?

Man, Mark Zuckerberg really knows how to write a Facebook caption.

0
0

Mark Zuckerburg posted a photo on his Facebook page with his pregnant wife, Priscilla Chan. Zuckerberg is known for many things; unique hiring criteria, possibly creating a dislike button on Facebook, and publicly pursuing goals such as learning Mandarin. The beautiful picture contains a wonderful and loving tribute to his wife Priscilla, and their unborn child, who is going to have a very interesting life:

This is a stunning photo of Priscilla. I love her expression: intense yet kind, fierce yet loving, leading yet always supporting others. 

Thank you to Annie Leibovitz for capturing her spirit so beautifully.

For those that don't know, having Annie Leibovitz take your pregnancy photo doesn't come cheap. She famously photographed John Lennon hours before he was shot, and she served as tour photographer for The Rolling Stones. Her pictures have appeared in every respected magazine and newspaper across the world. And she captured this gem of Mark and Priscilla:

What do your parents do for a living?

The picture has close to one million likes. But a million likes isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion likes. Good luck to Priscilla in the homestretch as she and Mark build their own network.


Bindi Irwin won't get any 'Dancing With The Stars' money unless she "proves" her dad is dead.

0
0

Dancing With the Starshas had the very refreshing and lovely Bindi Irwin on for about 8 weeks now, and according to her contract that means they owe her about $230,000. Here's the thing, Bindi is a teen, which is easy to forget due to her poise and maturity, but there are a lot of rules around releasing that much money to a minor. There are laws in place to protect child actors' money from greedy Show Parents, though none exist to keep kids from buying a million koalas if they want to (those are conserved koalas, not pets jk jk):

https://instagram.com/p/9Y2jaCzWdD/?taken-by=bindisueirwin

One condition of the money's release was that Bindi's mother present a signed form relinquishing all claims to her 17-year-old daughter's cashola. That should be that. But it isn't! According to TMZ, a judge is refusing to give her her money, because there's no matching signed form from Bindi's father, Steve Irwin. Who is dead. Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter died rather famously in a stingray attack in 2006.

The L.A. Superior Court judge has told Bindi's lawyers that without a signed form from a man who probably never guessed his daughter would be dancing with the stars, "the court is unable to find that it is in the best interest of the minor to be bound by the terms of the contract." It may simply be a matter of presenting a death certificate in court, though that's unclear from the report. Some are even speculating that the judge is still—at this very moment—ignorant of who Steve Irwin was or that he was murdered by some cartilaginous punk. Right now, it's just a cruel twist that Steve Irwin's very public death needs to be proven, especially when Bindi's been trying to focus on the many positive memories she has of her father all season:

https://instagram.com/p/8e0HvEzWSs/?taken-by=bindisueirwin

And throughout her life!

Is this an actual ghost caught on film or just something that looks exactly like a ghost?

0
0

A chilling new piece of CCTV footage is terrifying people who believe in ghosts all over the world, although nonbelievers will probably just think it's a human-shaped cloud of mist like they always do. The ten-second clip was captured at the White Lion pub in Yateley, Hampshire, in the UK on October 15. The pub's security system went off, after which a security camera caught a glimpse of what clearly looks like a hooded figure made out of mist moving into and out of frame. If you can watch it without the hair on the back of your neck stand up, congratulations on being jaded.

The pub's staff was not surprised to see the footage at all, because the building has a well-established reputation for being haunted. Supposedly, the ghost is that of the original owner, James Rogers. The last time his favorite tankard was moved from its place of honor at the bar, the alarm system went off mysteriously—exactly as it did just before this video was recorded.

Bartender Andy Froker uploaded the video to the Internet, where it's gone viral because people love ghosts. He told the story to Get Hampshire:

The alarm was going off and we were looking back on the CCTV to see if there was any reason why and we noticed a bit of a ghostly figure. I didn’t know how to get it off of the CCTV so just recorded it on my phone and put it online and it’s gone a bit crazy since. It’s not the first time it has happened. There were only three of us in the pub one time and I was serving someone at the bar and the old manager was upstairs. We heard a glass fall off of the shelf and smash and when we watched that back on the CCTV it looked like it had flown off the shelf rather than fallen. I’ve always been a bit on the fence to be honest and not sure if I do believe in ghosts but I don’t know what it was.

If that's not the scariest story you've ever heard, you're doing it wrong. Halloween may be over, but the frights are only just beginning. And this time, spook central is Hampshire.

Couples who met online read over their first conversations together, and it's surreal.

0
0

Couples who met online revisited their first conversations, and it was strange, but in a good way. The video, produced by BuzzFeed Yellow, features three couples going over their polite and stilted, yet enthusiastic, first conversations. Considering how close they are now, its definitely a strange experience. It does go to show, however, that the hidden secret to successful online dating is to be a decent and courteous human being.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTmmvt_dl0Q

A woman with one leg was told she's not "disabled enough" to receive a disability-friendly car.

0
0

A woman who had to have one her legs amputated was told that she's no longer "disabled enough" to receive a disability-friendly car through a government program. Her name is Olivia Cork, and she's a 19-year-old student from Stoke-on-Trent, England. She had her right leg amputated five years ago and as a result, she drives a "Motability" car—a government-subsidized Ford Fiesta that's been customized to accommodate her needs. She uses it to drive to school and get to her swimming practices (she aspires to be a paralympian).

Olivia in her Motability car.

Because of recent budget changes in "Personal Independence Payment," a government program meant to assist people like Olivia, she has been deemed ineligible to continue using it. According to Olivia:

If you can walk a certain distance, a few house lengths, then you are not deemed disabled enough. It does not matter if you use crutches or prosthetic legs or whatever.

She asked them to reconsider, but they stuck with their decision. She had until next April, at which point they would take it from her. But last month she received a letter from them saying that it would be taken on November 9th, and the only way she could keep it would be to raise 4,900 pounds (around $7,500).

When asked for a comment on the matter, the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) said that Olivia "was given the opportunity to appeal the decision regarding her claim for PIP but chose not to." Olivia understood where they were coming from, noting: “I know it is a privilege to have it in the first place. But," she continued, "the car is a complete lifeline. It is my independence.”

Olivia started a crowdfunding campaign and thankfully, by the goodwill of her friends and supporters, raised enough money to keep her vehicle.

Maniac geniuses tickle Elmo into ash with a jet engine.

0
0

In 1996, Tickle Me Elmo was the greatest must-have Christmas junk, but now it is the must-annihilate toy of 2015. The YouTubers at PowerModz had a jet engine handy (as one does), and decided to see how the peak of mid-90s plush robotics technology holds up in the face of a flaming horizontal tornado. What happens to Elmo would give a 90s kid nightmares, although I imagine more than a few spiteful 90s parents wished a similar fate on him (jump to 1:10 for the action):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1p2-SB-WE

Now the only thing missing is a test on a Furby for comparison.

Student applying to college accidentally solves his own kidnapping case.

0
0

An Alabama boy who vanished 13 years ago at the age of five accidentally solved his own missing persons case while applying to college. Julian Hernandez, now 18, was found alive in Ohio after he and his guidance counselor began probing into why several universities couldn’t verify his social security number. When they ran his information though the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s database, they discovered his missing poster. The boy’s mother reported him missing in 2002 from their home in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. At the time of Julian's disappearance, authorities suspected his father Bobby took him to Florida, but they could never track them down. Bobby Hernandez was arrested Monday on abduction charges.

Julian at age 5.

All told, this case has involved the FBI's Violent Crime Task Force, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Vestavia Hills Police Department, and the Birmingham Division of the FBI. And Julian and his guidance counselor, of course. The authorities are working to extradite Bobby Hernandez back to Alabama to face charges. Hopefully, Julian can work through this mind-bending development in his life and still get into college. At this point, he should be a worthy recipient of several scholarships, and will at least have a pretty awesome essay.

Drinking


The razor-filled Halloween candy a parent found isn’t as interesting as how it got there.

0
0

It seems like as long as trick-or-treating has existed, parents have worried about strangers giving their kids Halloween candy that's been drugged or filled with razor blades or just straight-up poisoned. Just this year, there was a big scare about (pricey, pricey) ecstasy showing up in kids' pillowcases or pumpkins or whatever digital eBags they use to collect candy in these days. So people were ready to believe it when a man in Fort Worth, Texas claimed his son was given a Rice Krispy Treat with a razor blade in it

This child is about to die from eating a razor blade, probably.

Parents freaked out. Posts spread all over Facebook warning people to check their kids' candy. And, obviously, the police looked into it. According to CBS Dallas:

...detectives executed a search warrant on a home where the treat was believed to have come from. Detectives spoke with the resident who denied any knowledge of the incident and provided evidence contrary to what detectives were told by the child’s father as to what treats were given out.

Under questioning, the man admitted that he put the razor blade in the treat himself, which is an awful thing to do both because it scared scores of people and because it ruined a perfectly good Rice Krispy Treat. They've issued a warrant for the man's arrest, but they should have suspected him as the culprit in the first place, because that candy-tampering pretty much never happens. According to the Internet sleuths at Snopes:

Despite long-held beliefs that Halloween candy tampering is both commonplace and regularly results in harm to children, reports of actual attempts to do so are virtually non-existent (or based on half-truths).

Hopefully, this man will get caught, because he perpetrated the greatest crime of all: keeping kids from eating their candy.

Potty-mouthed Brit orders a glass table from eBay and instead gets 40 'f***ing fish.'

0
0

We've all been made fools of by the Internet at some point. Whether it's a misleading Tinder pic or a spacious apartment on Craigslist that's really a closet, we've all been there, and Becky Smith is no exception. She ordered a table and chairs from eBay, and instead got 40 live tropical fish. Not sure how you even get those two things confused? That's like ordering a Chris Hemsworth, and getting a Chris Christie. NOT EVEN CLOSE!

So, what do you do when you get catfished with actual fish? Well, if you're anything like this shocked Brit, you curse like a sailor while your friend records it for Youtube. Her awesome accent makes it even more enjoyable. Check out the hilarious video here:

https://youtu.be/BzPSmX9ivIU

What's that saying? "Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a woman 40 fish, and she'll drop a bunch of f-bombs."

Workplace

Bryan Cranston and Stephen Colbert wax philosophical about the universe, puppies, and manatees.

0
0

In one of his best recurring segments on the new show, Big Questions with Even Bigger Stars, Stephen Colbert gets real with Bryan Cranston, the one who knocks. Watch as these big stars stare up at the stars and discuss the dream of growing up to be a child prodigy, and how tragic it would be if manatees are crying but we can't tell, because they're underwater. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FJoRMv1odQ

Impressively flexible barber helps boy with Autism overcome his fear of scissors and get styled.

0
0

James Williams is a barber in Briton Ferry, United Kingdom, who barbs as Jim the Trim. This week, Jim the Trim went viral for going the extra mile in order to cut a few inches off the hair of a young boy with Autism. 

Posting on his Facebook page, Jim the Trim wrote about his new friend and client, Mason, who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder a few months ago. Jim has been trying many different ways to cut Mason's hair, but finally found a way that Mason was comfortable with: 

 the extremes you need to achieve when your cutting hair is amazing even having to go down to a child's level literally haha :)

mason who few months ago got diagnosed with asd, Jamie & denine got recommended to me , so over last few month I have been attempting to find different ways how to cut masons hair, he wouldn't allow me to go near one of his ears he would run away on times if he wasn't up to it ,

But today I finally achieved it where we both layed on the floor in silence & he allowed me to cut away & give him his first proper haircut, again achieving something in a job I love making both parents happy by giving extra attention to mason by building a friendship at trust with mason & myself

What gave the finishing touch I asked for a high 5, he hugged me 

Mason was comfortable on the floor and distracted by the phone, so he didn't fear the scissors approaching his head.

Together they found a system that worked, which should inspire barbers in other communities. 

Commenters are sharing stories of similar experiences, and expressing their appreciation for Jim the Trim.

Barber of the year, right here. 

Viewing all 38991 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images