Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Weird, Wild Stuff
I rushed out to the store after I got home from work because I wanted to be back in time for American Idol. I don't watch a lot of tv but I do enjoy seeing this show along with a couple of others. Needless to say I was rather cheesed off when I returned home only to find out they put a fuckin ball game on instead. ESPN Plus sucks big ass donkey balls! I raise my middle finger to the Fox network.
Well, since Fox decided to screw me over, I thought I would check out and see what else was on - Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Cool. It's not quite the same as when I was little and Jack Palance hosted it but I figured what the hell. Let me tell you, then come up with some really wacky shit for this show. It's the kind of stuff that makes me think of The Weekly World News except this stuff isn't made up.
This is a list of the people they featured:
- Two daredevil types who get a bunch (and I mean a bunch) of helium party balloons and "fly" them. They actually attached themselves to the mound and went up to something like 18000 feet. Far enough that the air was so thin they had to use oxygen and the camera they had with them malfunctioned.
- A woman from Thailand who had coiling done removed them. It turned out that her neck muscles were so weak that she decided to have them put back on. It has been discovered that although coiling appears to stretch your neck, what it actually does is compress your collar bone, rib cage, etc. Where do people come up with the ideas that things like this are a sign of beauty anyway? YIKES!
- A guy who had cancer of the penis and had to have it removed. He decided to have his middle finger amputated and used as a replacement. From what was said, when it was all said and done, everything was fully functional.
- This one was really gross and just the thought of it makes me want to gag. There is guy who swallows snakes, let them swim in his stomach for a brief period and then harfs them back up alive and well. MOST DISGUSTING!
- Next up, the tiger man. This guy is a total freak. He was supposedly of Native American decent and was given a name meaning "stalking cat" so what does he do, decides that he needs to turn himself into an actual cat. He had facial tattoos done in the design of a tiger face. He also had silicon implants to shape his face like a cat and a clef put in his upper lip. Oh yes, let's not forget the custom shaping of his teeth and the surgical alteration to his ears to make them pointed. He hasn't stopped there though. In this episode, we was fitted with metal studs in his cheeks in order to attach whiskers. During the follow-up dialog, it was mentioned that this guy is planning to even go as far as having an animatronic tail connected to his tailbone. WEEEEIIIIIIIRRRRRDDDDDD!
- Last up - balloon bikinis. Seems some guy in France decided to take the idea of making animals out of balloons to the next level. Although the garments were quite unique, they weren't the best for swimming because of the float factor. They also weren't the best for dry land either as they could be easily popped. Just the thought of one of those snapping on one of my sensitive areas was enough to make me cringe. LOL
Ok kiddies, time for me to move on. Project Runway is on and it will be a cold day in hell before I miss it. LOL
Until next time......
Knocked Off By The Fashion Diva
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