Funny Cool Stuff

As urban populations around the world continue to grow at an alarming pace, cities are quickly running out of space. The overcrowding causes a lot of problems, and for car owners, there are few things more frustrating than the lack of suitable parking spots. Having to drive around the same block twenty times while desperately looking for a place to park is enough to make even the most polite drivers spew curse words.

In an attempt to find a solution, smart scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology came up with the intriguing idea of small foldable cars that can be stacked together like shopping carts! Amazing, isn’t it?

There’s a giant monster behind you! Run for your lives!

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Who says pets can’t benefit from technology? The days of having to put your dog or cat to sleep because they are no longer in great shape are over. Now herniated discs, amputations, and paralysis mean nothing, because you can order a set of custom “wheels” for your pet that will get them going again in no time! Manufactures have made sure to build them waterproof, land-proof, and play proof, because what is the point of giving your disabled pet back their mobility if they can’t fully utilize it?

And those people out there who are in to more exotic pets don’t have to fret about what will happen to their injured tortoises, turtles, or lizards. Pet wheels have been proven to work for reptiles as well. Writer Jim Lee built a set of custom wheels for an injured Box Turtle that allowed her to run around his house and even go outside.

Check out these wheels for a paralyzed turtle!

A lot of people think clowns are creepy. This latest “innovation” from Japan probably wouldn’t help change their minds.

Yes, it’s a male urinal shaped like the head of a Japanese clown with a wide open mouth. If you didn’t like clowns before, you’ll definitely be having nightmares after this.

Japanese engineers are brilliant, but why do they always come up with strange ideas like this? Don’t they have concern for people who suffer from shy bladders? Having a creepy face staring at them while they’re trying to do their business would just make things more difficult, wouldn’t it?

And it gets worse. It moves!

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Talk about serenading the domestic ones.

An innovative dairy farmer has struck upon the perfect milking solution! He has turned to the ancient art of Tai Chi to coax and relax his beloved cows… you know so that they produce better, creamier and yummier milk.

For a minute there that sentence was headed down a very questionable path.

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Victoria’s Secret stores are known for their softer side, specializing in the sale of high-end bras and panties. But the retail chain was in for a hard surprise when Jessica Lang of Greenville, SC, filed a lawsuit against them after claiming she was injured by a bra!

Feeling discomfort in her breast one morning, she removed the offensive undergarment to alleviate the pain and it left her with a 3-inch long laceration. Following the incident she sought treatment and missed several days of work, which led, she says, to her losing her job. Though Ms. Lang is suing for medical expenses, future disability, pain and suffering, and loss of future prospects (she claims this injury will hurt her possible career as a model), Victoria’s Secret is denying the allegations.

They claim the injury is the result of her own recklessness.

Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Bra Injured Her

Always, eager for a good opportunity to laugh, Google launched a number of April Fool’s Day jokes on April 1st this year. My personal favorite was a stunt they pulled at Google.com.au (Australia) offering a new feature titled gDay™ with MATE™, allowing you to search into the future.

gDay wasn’t the only prank Google pulled, their largest was a collaboration with Virgin Media, titled Virgle, looking for pioneers for their expedition to colonize Mars. With a company as big and innovative as Google this sort of endeavor is semi believable and probably threw quite a few people for a loop.

Google also added a couple other features worthy of a laugh, Gmail Custom Time, allowing users to send messages back in time, and Google Wake-up Kit, complete with a bucket for cold water and a bed flipper.

Go to this page for a complete list of International Google Hoaxes.

What do you do if you want a pet to play with but don’t have the time or space to keep one of your own? Well if you happen to live in (or are visiting) Tokyo, Japan, you can head over to the Nekobukuro and rent one. For 600 yen (or about $5.84) you can play in a cat-centric wonderland where felines let you pet them, play with them, and snap pictures of them as they lounge about.

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Some philosophers say that spirituality is the thing that sets us humans apart from ordinary animals. That sounds quite reasonable. Among all the species on this planet, only human beings have the capability to understand religion and follow religious rituals, right?

Well, maybe not.

In a Zen Buddhist temple in Okinawa, Japan, a resident little dog named Conan has learned to clasp his paws together and pray in front of the altar alongside his human masters. The story of the praying dog has become a media sensation in Japan, and the temple has seen a dramatic increase in the number of curious visitors.

Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised about dogs learning how to pray. After all, isn’t “beg” one of the most popular tricks that dog owners teach their pets? And we can say that praying is basically begging from the God, right? Plus, it’s possible that dogs feel a special connection with the divine because “god” is “dog” spelled backwards.

Hmm, I wonder if that’s where the term “religious dogma” comes from.