"Boom goes the dynamite"

The cringiest, saddest sports reporter meltdowns of all time.

From Wikipedia:

"Boom goes the dynamite!" is a catchphrase coined by Ball State University student Brian Collins, popularized after a video of him delivering an ill-fated sports broadcast that included the phrase was shared on YouTube in 2005. In the ensuing years it has become a popular phrase, used to indicate a pivotal moment.

During his freshman year, Collins agreed to appear on Ball State University's campus newscast in place of the regular sportscaster, who was ill. The teleprompter was operational, but an inexperienced operator accidentally fast-forwarded through the script, leaving Collins with no choice but to ad-lib most of his script. Among the games Collins had to report on was the March 22, 2005 NBA game between the Indiana Pacers and New Jersey Nets. The phrase can be heard as Pacers shooting guard Fred Jones hits a 3 with 2:03 left in the first quarter.

Collins had coined the phrase earlier in his freshman year while playing the video game Super Mario Kart with his college roommates; the group had enjoyed coming up with new phrases to shout during moments of triumph in the game.
A video of the broadcast was posted on YouTube several months later, and gradually gained significant attention over the next few years.

Man Who Lives Near Airport Painted "Welcome to Cleveland" on His Roof, Lives in Milwaukee

Epic prankster Mark Gubin has been confusing airline passengers for nearly four decades now. He first got the idea when having lunch with his assistant on the roof of his apartment. She noticed a lot of low flying planes getting to land at the airport and mentioned it would be nice to make a sign that welcomed them to Milwaukee. Guban ran with the idea giving it the major twist of welcoming passengers to Cleveland instead.

The sign became famous after it was first painted back in 1978 but for whatever reason it has recently been rediscovered and spread throughout the internet.

Woman sets car on fire after being denied a cigarette

In Israel, security camera footage at a gas station shows a woman approaching a man fueling his car and asking him for a cigarette. The man gives some sort of a quick refusal then turns back to face the pump. The woman begins to walk away but apparently felt being denied a cigarette required some severe retribution, so she walks back to the man and uses a lighter to set fire to the gas nozzle. The man quickly pulls the nozzle away as the area in engulfed is flames.

Raging Beauty

Mirror: Watch hilarious moment beauty pageant runner-up yanks crown from queen's head in jealous rage


The 2015 Miss Amazonas beauty contest ended in chaos when, in a fit of rage, runner-up Sheislane Hayalla pulled the crown from winner Carolina Toledo's head and threw it on the ground. Sheislane claimed her rival had bought her way to the title and that she didn't deserve it.

Locked in an unlocked closet

USA Today: Pair spent two days 'locked' in (unlocked) closet

A Florida couple spent two days in what they believed was a locked closet. 

John Arwood, 31, and Amber Campbell, 25 stated that they had hid in the janitor's closet at Daytona State College to escape unidentified assailants. Once in the closet, they believed they had locked themselves inside. After waiting two days, the desperate pair called 911 for help. After police arrived and "freed" the couple, an officer checked the door to see if it would lock from the inside and found it had been unlocked the whole time.

Police said they found human feces and scouring pads which are sometimes used to smoke crack but no drugs were found.

Both were charged with trespassing and Campbell was also charged with violating probation.

News Weird: November 2014

Metro: Man fakes being in a coma for two years
Asswipe Alan Knight conned his elderly neighbor out of £40,000. For two years he was able to avoid going to court by having his family claim that an accident had left him in a quadriplegic state and that, at various times, seizures would cause him to fall into a coma.

But it seems the whole thing was a scam as the dipshit was caught on CCTV walking around shopping at a various Tesco stores.

Det Con Paul Harry, from South Wales Police, said: ‘In my entire career this is the most calculated, long-term deception of a vulnerable, elderly neighbour I have ever seen.’


IFL Science: Seals Caught Having Sex With Penguins
It was recently reported in IFL Science that a group of scientist have witnessed multiple incidents of fur seals trying to have sex with king penguins.






Vancouverdesi: Live fish removed from man’s intestines

A Brazilian man underwent surgery at the University Hospital in Londrina to remove a long Lungfish from his intestines. The man apparently decided to put the fish up his rear as part of a sexual fantasy but was unable to remove it after it had wriggled its way up his intestines. 

Warning, it's a little graphic

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Observer:Russian Lawmaker Proposes Mailing Putin Sperm to Impregnate Russian Women

Yelena Borisovna Mizoulina - the Chairwoman of Parliamentary Commission on Women’s Affairs, Children and Family - allegedly introduced a bill that would provide Russian woman access to Vladimir Putin's sperm.  “The essence of my proposition is simple. Each female citizen of Russia will be able to receive by mail the genetic material of the President, get pregnant from him and have a baby. These mothers will be receiving special allowances from the government.”

News Weird: October 2014

New York Post: Woman Sets Roommate On Fire After He Throws Out Her Leftovers

Florida resident, Melissa Dawn Sellers, was really looking forward to enjoying her leftover spaghetti and meatballs when she discovered her roommate, Carlos Ortiz Jr, had carelessly thrown them out. Understandably, Sellers became enraged and wanting justice to be served, was forced to take the only reasonable course of action before her: dousing Ortiz Jr with nail polish remover and setting him on fire.



NY Daily News: President of Belarus declares country's sausage is free of toilet paper

The President/Dictator of Belarus pridefully told Russian reporters that Belarusian sausage was superior. "Belarusian (food) is of substantially higher in quality. There is no toilet paper in the salami and never was."


Online romance flames out after woman gets stuck inside chimney

Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa, a 30 year old Californian woman, was rescued by firefighters after she became stuck in the chimney of a home owned by a man she had met online. Firefighters had to take the chimney apart to a point they could reach the woman, then used dish soap to lube her up and pull her free.

According to the homeowner, who did not want to be identified, the two went on about six dates before he decided to call it off. Interestingly, it seems this isn't the first stalker like encounter he has had with Nunez-Figueroa. "She seemed totally cool until the first flag was her actually being on my roof two weeks ago," said the unnamed homeowner.

Though I don't know if this is Nunez-Figueroa's first attempt at stalking, but she might want get a new hobby as she doesn't seem very good at it.


The New Tribune: Anti-violence activists charged in vicious attack

In Washington, Pennsylvania two members of the "Stop the Violence" organization allegedly beat a former roommate to the point that he vomited blood and was left unconscious on the street.

Nikole Ardeno and Emanuel Velez believed the victim, Joshua Magraff, had stolen property from their home and retaliated by punching and kicking him until he had seizures. Ironically, the two were arrested a short time later with Ardeno still wearing the same "Stop the Violence" T-shirt she had on the night before at the "Stop the Violence" march she helped coordinate.

Oklahoma Primary Loser Says His Opponent Was Replaced By Body Double

Remember the movie They Live with wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper? No? Well the plot basically revolves around Piper's character John, a down and out drifter who acquires special sunglasses which allow him to see that some people (the politically powerful and wealthy) are actually aliens. Not a bad sci-fi movie, but I suspect Mr. Timothy Ray Murray would believe the film to be a documentary.



After losing the Republican primary in Oklahoma to Rep. Frank Lucas, Murray wrote a letter obtained by KFOR local channel 4 that stated "...it is widely known Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike.” Though KFOR couldn't get Murray to respond to their calls, his website  (as of July 14th) provides a great deal more info about his theory:

I, Mr. Timothy Ray Murray am in dispute about the June 24, 2014 primary election as the votes being switched with Rep. Lucas. This is because Rep. Frank D. Lucas died and has been substituted in public as a look alike. I will continue legal correction through the Federal Courts and possibly Oklahoma Courts as needed to correct to voter selected Representation for Oklahoma’s 3rd District. As Ambassador for The People of The United States, I will continue to pursue for The People of Oklahoma correct voter Representation in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate of The People’s voice. In order to comply with Federal and State Law as of 11:59 PM July 7, 2014 all expenses after that time of this pursuit are that of Hon. Timothy Ray Murray, including this website. The Campaign is also suspended at the fore-mentioned time until this matter is resolved. Hon. Timothy Ray Murray July 8, 2014

It seems that sometime in the recent past Murray had two other letters on his website which provided more insight into Mr. Murray's claims. These letters, featured in the KFOR report, state that Rep. Lucas and other members of Congress "were depicted as being executed by The World Court on or about Jan. 11, 2011 in Southern Ukraine...We know that it is possible to use look alike artificial or man made replacements..."  In case you were concerned, it should be noted that Mr. Murray assures us that he himself is not a look alike by stating "I, Timothy Ray Murray, am a human, born in Oklahoma, and obtained and continue to fully meet the requirements to serve as U.S. Representative when honored to so."

This is the second time Murray has run against Lucas. If he makes a third attempt, I'm sure it will be interesting.

Rapper cuts off his penis, jumps off building and lives

On Wednesday, rapper Andre Johnson aka Christ Bearer aka Andre Roxx, allegedly cut off his own penis then jumped off the second story balcony of his apartment in an apparent suicide attempt. Two men who were in the apartment at the time rushed downstairs to find Johnson up on his feet screaming incoherently. In a statement to TMZ they say they were not on "any hard drugs that would cause him to do such a thing." Johnson is part of the rap group Northstar which is affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan.

TMZ: WU-TANG-AFFILIATED RAPPER CUTS OFF HIS PENIS IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT

Knife Throwing Mother

A side show of a knife throwing mother who uses her young daughters in the act. The clip is from a 1950's Universal-International Newsreel clip now stored at the Prelinger Archives.

Batman in a G-String

Hmm, what shall I do tonight?



Batman in a G-String