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// May 26th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Photos

A feline licker, do you call it a Flickr then?

100 iconic internet videos

// April 14th, 2009 // No Comments » // Funnies, Video

A few years ago I mentioned that the Numa Numa video was undoubtedly one of those ‘laughing so much the coffee came through my nose’ clips.

The team over at Urlesque listed the top 100 iconic internet videos that made us laugh so much we cried and perhaps, just perhaps, changed the internet as we know it. Admittedly I don’t recognise all of the videos on the list, but here are some of my favourites below.

80. Bill O’Reilly Flips Out (We’ll Do It Live!)
39. The Two Talking Cats
20. The Evolution of Dance
17. Diet Coke and Mentos Eruption
13. OK Go, ‘Here It Goes Again’ Treadmill Video
11. Numa Numa
10. Sneezing Baby Panda
1. Star Wars Kid

Geez it cracks me up every time.

Update: Turns out that it was four years, almost to the day, that I first blogged about the Numa Numa phenomenon. Remarkable.

Sorry for you

// March 12th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Funnies

This crossed my email today and although it’s probably another one of those urban legend type jokes, it’s almost too good not to share.

A fire alarm rang at 4 pm in a large office campus when almost all employees were present ( approx 5,000 people ).

As per past fire-drill practices, the entire office was quickly evacuated within 3 minutes, and all employees gathered outside the complex in designated areas waiting for further announcement.

Before long, the fire drill officer in-charge made the following broadcast over their loud-speakers system :

” My dear colleagues : With sincere regret, I have been asked to announce that for many of you, this will be your last evacuation drill with us. Due to the on-going recession and bad business climate, the company is laying off almost 50% of its staff. So when this announcement finishes, I ask all of you to move back into the building. And if your swipe-card does not work, then it means that you have been laid off, in which case you will not be allowed inside, and all your personal belongings will be couriered to you by tomorrow.

The company is using this innovative, never-before approach as we do not want to choke our email system with lay-off notices and farewell messages going by the thousands, and we also wish to avoid any fighting inside the office and the consequent security issues for all staff.

We hope you have had a rewarding career with us. Now please move back in… and good luck ! ”

Numa Numa

// April 16th, 2005 // 5 Comments » // Funnies

Numa Numa is undoubtedly one of those ‘laughing so much the coffee came through my nose’ clips.

Essentially it’s a flash-based clip of American Gary Brolsma lip-syncing to the Romanian techno song, “Dragostea Din Tei” by O-Zone, energetically on his webcam.

The video clip made him quite a celebrity, after he first posted his “Numa Numa Dance” on December 12, 2004. Since then it has had over 2,300,000 hits, popped up on hundreds of websites and blogs (including this one) and made appearances on ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, and VH1′s Best Week Ever.

There are various versions of the clip, the original can be found here and one with additional content added here.

The latter has something to do with the future of ad-free content.