This dog was simply trying to chase or retrieve something it knew was under the couch, and solved the problem by chewing its way into the couch. And once in, it figured the best way out was to chew its way out. And that's when the hilarity begins. Though the only other thing we see in the room is a bone, the caption suggests the dog was after a mouse. Either way, the only way that dog gets out is if the couch is completely taken apart:
Autocorrect in text messages seems to hilariously alter words more than it helps them. Words become hostile, gentle, sexual, or plain nonsensical with the slip of a finger. And the fine folks at Damn You Autocorrect topped off 2015 with the best autocorrect mistakes of December. Apparently the holiday season has some words that are much different with just a few letters. Warning: NSFW/Disturbing images/language below.
The night before New Year's, Playback.fm uploaded this music video created from the isolated vocal track from Queen's iconic 'We Are The Champions' along with footage from four of Queen's concert films. Two things are certain after watching this. 1) Like Adele's raw mic feed on Saturday Night Live, Freddie Mercury proves he's a member of a very exclusive club of singers who makes for an interesting watch after the (really awesome) band is stripped away. 2) It's time to go back to work now, but at least you can look back at your winter vacation and know that you conquered it. You are the champion of moving slowly forward through time. Congratulations.
New Year's brings many great photos from around the world, usually of crowds celebrating or fireworks exploding, but this year a picture of Manchester, UK police dealing with drunk locals has gone viral for reminding people of the greatest works of Renaissance art. The photo, now dubbed the 'Creation of Manchester,' was taken by Joel Goodman for the Manchester Evening News in the early hours of New Year's.
If you can't immediately see just how impressive the composition of the picture is, here it is with the curve of the "Golden Ratio" prized by Italian artists superimposed over it.
The woman walking behind the man on the ground may seem sober, but on the other hand, she's wearing capri pants in January.
Indeed, many people thought the idea of a photo looking like a beautiful painting was too subtle, and went ahead and finished the job.
And then there's the work of art within the work of art, namely this drunk man who appears to be reaching for a beer, a beer which seems to contain all his hopes and dreams.
https://twitter.com/RF_McCarthy/status/682944502521294848?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwAnd on the seventh day, God headed to the pub and told Adam not to wait up.
According to an interview with Hannah Kirby, the woman in the red dress, he wasn't reaching for a beer but had just been accidentally knocked over while police scuffled with another man—this photo captures the moment he let go of the beer after saving it. Here's another photoshopped version of the man, this time picturing him as a Sopranos cast member (who didn't make it, apparently).
That beer eventually made it out and went legit. It teaches math in Bayonne.
You'll also be relieved to hear that the man struggling with police was "fine" and did not get charged with anything, according to Kirby (who appears to be yelling at him to cooperate in the picture). Although this photo was by far the most viral of New Year's 2016, this album of 36 images of drunk Britons celebrating their new calendars also received more than 1.5 million views on Imgur:
So, how did police feel about the image? Manchester's finest praised the photograph, calling it "a normal night for cops, captured brilliantly."
As for photographer Joel Goodman, he's enjoyed the attention but is using his moment to highlight the fact that he would have been arrested in countries like Spain for trying to photograph police in action, and to issues of photo rights in the media. Goodman has made photographing the nocturnal wildlife of urban Britain his specialty, and has even had very amusing exhibitions of his work.
The long-hyped Kanye West and Kim Kardashian-West collaboration Saint West finally dropped in December (see the best of Twitter's reactions), but unlike virtually every other member of Saint's extended family, the baby boy has been completely out of the public eye. Until late on Saturday, Dec. 2nd, that is, when Kim K-W gave the world an exclusive glimpse at an exclusive part of her baby (the hand part) grasping the exclusive finger of older sister North West, who has described Saint as "my best friend."
These photos may be too cute and sad, to the extent that they risk humanizing Saint's parents and extended family. Quick, let's look at photos of their "relaxed" at-home New Year's Eve celebration, which is still absurdly full of selfies.
Today, the first Sunday after New Year's, is the single best day to be single online, according to a variety of dating sites that report a spike in new memberships every year on what Match.com calls 'Dating Sunday.' According to The Guardian, the increase in interest holds constant across many sites. But why?
OMG we're all going online to have sex, why aren't you joining us?
On the plus side, the beginning of the year is historically a time to try new things, especially in the realm of self-improvement. Unlike going to the gym, however, starting your online dating career in January may improve (rather than decrease) your odds of success. Says Shannon Smith, a spokesperson for the site PlentyOfFish.com, singles "who sign up during the first week of January will find their partner an average of two weeks faster than those who sign up later, taking an average of just 10 weeks" to get a new significant other.
How big is the effect? Plenty Of Fish reports a 24% increase in signups, Match.com says it's their busiest day of the year, Tinder confirms early January is their most active season, and ChristianMingle says they get a 41% increase in memberships every year between New Year's and Valentines.
Although none of the dating site spokespeople would ever say it, the influx of single people also correlates with the end of many couples. January is known as "Divorce Month" by lawyers because historically there's a huge surge in filings when A) the lawyers come back to work after two weeks off and B) lots of couples return from their last holiday season of pretending to get along for the family. The worst single day of the year? The Monday when the kids go back to school. In other words, the day after everyone set up new dating profiles on 'Dating Sunday' while their spouse was in the other room.
Someone recently asked the Internet to share "Don't Tell Your Mother" stories about their fathers, and the results are equal parts hilarious and heartwarming (and sometimes slightly worrying). As much as every child mythologizes their father, inevitably there comes a day when you realize they're human—and while it sometimes happens when they disappoint you, more often it comes when you realize they're just as scared of your mom as you are. That's when you stop being a parent and child and become a team. Here are 15 of the best stories people shared in response to the question:
1. Let's start with a father who made the promise you're supposed to make to your teenagers and followed through like a champ.
2. Now that a responsible story has been told, let's pivot to the dad who put himself on the line for his horny son and bears a limp of honor to this day.
3. Your parents changed hundreds of dirty diapers for you. The least you could do is keep one secret.
3. This kid who was denied junk food as a kid (except this one time), which perhaps explains why "Burgerplease" became their online username.
4. This father who bonded with his daughter's boyfriend over beer, "church porn," and a holy fear of her mother.
5. This dad/child combo who proved that the responsibility-shirking acorn doesn't fall far from the tree.
6. This dad whose secret activities turned out to be the opposite of cheating.
7. Being allowed to see "age inappropriate" movies is a common way dads everywhere bond with their kids. Of course, sometimes it backfires.
8. Going back to real hero dads, here's a story about why buying books is never spoiling your child.
9. This kid who went to college and still hasn't figured out that his parents were clearly in on his little "scheme."
10. This father who was put in an awkward situation by his son, and really deserves to keep this secret more than anyone else on the list.
11. This dad whose idyllic childhood almost killed his own kids, but only ended up giving them awesome stories.
12. This dad who silently pulled through every teenager's worst nightmare.
13. This dad who almost lost his new wife after letting his child look after her baby... if by "baby," you mean dog.
14. This father who (probably) gave his kid one free pass in exchange for the digital help many parents so desperately need.
15. Finally, a series of wonderful stories from a daughter who wanted to share some memories of her really cool dad.
Editor Jordan Hanzon did something unusual when someone "requested an edit of Pixar's Inside Out without any of "inside""—he actually delivered on the request. The result is a short film about (much like the original) a girl moving to a new town and dealing with the emotional uproar of adolescence. Except where Inside Out goes way, way beyond the standard internal monologue (into internal ensembles), the Inside Out: Outside Edition is practically minimalist, demanding audiences infer all those internal emotions. The crazy thing is, it totally works.
Anne Hathaway and her husband Adam Shulman are expecting their A-list first child this year. When Hathaway and Hatha-hubby were on the beach yesterday, she spotted the paparazzi snapping photos and made the boss move to beat them at their own game: by posting a coveted bikini pic herself. She writes:
I figure if this kind of photo is going to be out in the world it should at least be an image that makes me happy (and be one that was taken with my consent. And with a filter :)
As he points out, why exercise when you can just get your heart rate up just by taking a pregnancy test? Let Oliver teach you how to manage you disappointment with yourself, and disappointment that his show doesn't come back until February.
New dad Mark Zuckerberg had a great response yesterday to a grandmother who commented on his Facebook page to say that she encouraged her granddaughters to date nerds in high school: don't date the nerds, be the nerds. It's a pretty great pro-woman (and pro-nerd) response from the Facebook inventor, who apparently is less like Aaron Sorkin's sexist version of him from The Social Networkthan Aaron Sorkin is.
It all started with a Facebook post about Zuck's New Year's resolution:
2016 is destined to be the year of couples, as evidenced by these snapshots of ex-fiancés Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth hanging out in each other's vicinity on New Year's Eve. First they met up in Australia:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAFjkHKphwV/
Then they were spotted at some sort of celebration. These images prove that even celebrities take horrible cell phone photos when they're drunk. If you can believe it, that monster on the left is Liam, and the person on the far right is Miley. Their potential on-again relationship only has ten people keeping them apart, and only four of them are throwing up the peace sign.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAE3udnmNOM/
Could this mean Miley is over her hippie phase and ready to go norm-core again? Nah. If the two are dating again, Liam's going to have to accept how much Miley wants everyone else on the planet to see her nipples. That's how you know it's love.
Level Nightclub Bolton, a popular hangout in the UK, posts pictures of young people living their best (drunk) life on its Facebook page a lot. Like this one, for example:
Haha, everyone is having fun! And a strong flash is so flattering. Unless it's catching you in the act. An anonymous young man was smooching (or otherwise canoodling) with an ex-girlfriend at this dancery when, without him knowing, the photographer snapped a pic. He woke up the next morning and saw it, then panicked and wrote to the club. Unfortunately, the people who shared an image of him making out were also quite happy to share an image of the conversation:
Although they've taken down the photo, and were gracious enough to blur the guy's name, their saucy response is going viral. If this dude's girlfriend sees it, she'll have to be suspicious. Every woman knows how her man uses emojis.
If you weren't ready to come back to work after the holidays, you're not the only one. One clever seven-year-old took it upon herself to get an extra week of vacation with this very official-looking forgery. Cara, daughter of Reddit user locke-in-a-box, showed her parents this totally real document from "The School Company" that she said came in the mail on Sunday. Sure, the Sunday delivery raises a red flag, as does the misspelling of "break," but the pink Rapunzel stamp from the Notary Public proves it's totally legit. Enjoy your week off, Cara.
Seems legit.
She may be headed for a life of crime, but at least she knows the difference between there and their.
If you live in New Hampshire, you are currently allowed to walk around topless regardless of gender. Congrats! The bad news is that a new bill has been proposed by a group of exclusively male Republicans who want to change that—but only for women. The bill labels the following acts as lewd and indecent:
...If a woman, purposely exposes the areola or nipple of her breast or breasts in a public place and in the presence of another person with reckless disregard for whether a reasonable person would be offended or alarmed by such act.
The bill makes an exception for breastfeeding, but Democratic Representative Amanda Bouldin posted to her Facebook account that she considers the bill to contain a sexist double-standard. Several Republican state reps jumped in to comment, and at least one openly admitted that he'd like to assault breastfeeding women:
Really interesting perspective from garbage troll Rep. Josh Moore. If any part of a woman's body excites you sexually, you should be able to grab it! Something to think about. Rep. Al Baldasaro also had a lot of feelings about nipples, but mostly he wanted to let Rep. Bouldin know he's not interested in hers, ew:
But they don't "beleive" in spellcheck.
Rep. Bouldin told Slate that she thinks the whole thing is bizarre, juvenile and misogynist. She also thinks it's weird that guys don't understand that women are horny for nipples, too:
The idea that a man can be topless because his nipples aren’t sexual is bizarre...I certainly find men’s nipples sexual! If men being topless wasn’t sexual, they’d have to take off their pants to attract any women. We know that topless men are sexual. But apparently only topless men are allowed to display their sexuality. Women are not.
Hmm, maybe no woman has ever wanted to touch either Rep. Moore or Baldasaro's torso before. That would explain a lot.
The holidays aren't over yet, because today is National Spaghetti Day! It's a solemn day for eating all the s'getti you want, however you want. A festive way to celebrate, given the time of year, could be with copious amounts of maple syrup.
That being said, one can still certainly feel free to nom on some good old spaghetti and tomato sauce today. This little kid, in a video from America's Funniest Home Videos, was filmed snacking on just that, though in a rather unusual way.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IT5mTM8BwfQ
Now that is an enviable talent.
According to the all-knowing Yahoo! Answers, it's quite normal for a baby to eject pasta from the nose. In response to a question on this very subject, a commenter wrote: "yeah, when they are that young stuff comes out their noses." Good to know.
Here are a few other suggestions for consuming your spaghetti in a weird way for National Spaghetti Day:
