Posts Tagged ‘fail’
Australian ‘The Italian Job’ Mini Cooper doesn’t quite evade the police
IF you are going to set up a road block, it might be an idea to block the road. fail, police, police log, crime, Brisbane, police trap, police chase, crime, The Italian JobAlso, suspect that the wanted driver will try to evade the barricades by, erm driving around them.
To Brisbane, Australia, then, where a Mini Cooper driver is confronted by a police trap. What to do? The two young men inside the vehicle have stolen the green Mini, robbed a booze shop, punching the clerk in the process.
In this video, the police look pretty dumb. But they remain just that bit shaper than the idiot criminals, who evade the stinger only to drive into a fence.
They are soon captured.
The Italian Job it’ ain’t:
Spotter: Nighthawkwill7, Jaliopnik
Posted: 1st, July 2013 | In: Strange But True | Comment
‘Alan Shearer provides expert anal’ – and other epic subtitle fails
When subtitlers go bad
At the conclusion of the Confederations Cup, British television audiences will be left with a host of magical memories featuring skill, technique, determination and sheer endurance. Is there no limit to Alan Shearer’s talents? It seems not…
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Posted: 1st, July 2013 | In: Key Posts, TV & Radio | Comment
Jeweller sells “ARSE” diamond and silver necklaces for Mother’s Day
BROMBERG’S, Alabama’s jewellers of distinction, has the ideal Mother’s Day gift to hang on your mum’s “ARSE”. Or why not give it a bridesmaid..?
Posted: 7th, May 2013 | In: The Consumer | Comment
How to ruin a live TV show…
…or how to make live TV show monumentally funny:
Posted: 21st, March 2013 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
‘Rapefruit’ are ‘good for every meal’ in Mankato
The Mankato Free Press has news of a new kind of fruit.
Spotter: @BryanAGraham and citypages.com
Facebook fail: New York dentist invites dead football star to open offices
FACEBOOK is a great way to connect your business to its customers. Lalor Creekside Dental asked its Facebook followers to help pick a celebrity to be there for its new office grand opening in April. Who would go to Binghamton, New York, to see Dr Teeth and the gang? The star selection box included such notable faces as: Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carey, Robin Williams, Meatloaf and Steve McNair. Who? Steve McNair, the American football star who made a name with the Tennessee Titans.Well, pick him if you want to see something amazing. He died in 2009.
Spotter: June
Posted: 21st, February 2013 | In: Sports, Technology, The Consumer | Comment
The worst ski-jump in the world
>NOW it turns out that Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards (above) is a half-decent diver (yes, we’ve seen some of ITV’s Splash and no, we haven’t stopped crying), it turns out he may not be the lousiest ski-jumper either.
Last Sunday, a professional ski jumper made a complete hash of his attempt when he slipped and fell down a slope in Sapporo, Japan, on his bony little arse.
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Fox News Fail in Obama attack: misspells ‘illiterate’
FOX Nation attacks Obama in North Carolina. And misspells “illiterate”:
Posted: 7th, December 2012 | In: Politicians | Comment
The best and worst female fails of 2012
BECAUSE other people falling over and making you wince can be funny. Try not to laugh. Our favourites: 33seconds; 45s; 3mins; 6mins 28s; and best chortle: 8m 27s:
Posted: 26th, November 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Sapulpa Public Schools welcomes students to ‘Shcools’
Posted: 23rd, October 2012 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Cockroach crawls over TV reporter
TV reporter Robert Kovacic keeps speaking without a pause as a cockroach crawls all over his suit.
Says a TV insider: “That’s no cockroach. That’s his editor”…
Posted: 20th, October 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Nottingham Post baby and toddler of the year fail
THe Nottingham Psot has ababy and toddelr of the year contest to plug:
Spotter: MediaBlog
People falling over – video
PEOPLE falling over. Your sympathy is touching:
Posted: 13th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Might have been drinking fail: Man eats burger on train (video)
ALL aboard the train to see a tired and emotional man eating!
I’m not saying the burgers they sell at railway stations are horrible, it’s just that I would rather eat the wrapper:
Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Man rises from the dead in Houston (video)
A MAN is rising from the dead on Houston KPRC Local 2 news. Rachel McNeill reports:
Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Sub-editing horror: The Orange County WHORE
ORANGE County WHERE magazine has become the Orange County WHORE magazine. The cover’s girl’s price list is not available:
Spotter: @lukelewis
Final Draft advert fail: When inspiration goes on strike
BUDDING and working scriptwriters use Final Draft. you can now get the Final Draft app for iPad – “the perfect solution for screenwriters and filmmakers who want to write, read and edit scripts.”
Bill Oakley spots the advert:
@thatbilloakley: “This is an ad for the industry-standard screenwriting software depicting their idea of someone writing a screenplay
Inspiration strikes:
Posted: 30th, August 2012 | In: The Consumer | Comment
Boston opens new ‘neighoborhood’ school (sign fail)
BOSTON Public Schools welcome you to the new Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School in Roxbury:
More back to school fails.
Posted: 29th, August 2012 | In: Strange But True | Comment
Fail: Tom Cruise gives thumbs up to Tony Scott death
HOW has Tom Cruise taken the news that Tony Scott, who directed Cruise in Top Gun, has died? The Huffington Post reports:
Spotter:davidhepworth
Posted: 21st, August 2012 | In: Celebrities | Comment
Olympic fail: Daily Mirror and Daily Express mistake Dutch dressage team for victorious Team GB (photos)
FIRST the Daily Express published a photo of the bronze medal winning Dutch dressage team as a sign of Team GB’s golden greatness, then the Daily Mirror used the same Dutch in its centre pages, their beaming faces below the headline: “ONLY GOLDEN HORSES – Trotters win gold in South-east London”.
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Posted: 8th, August 2012 | In: Key Posts | Comment (1)
Iraq goes mad for Iran’s gold medal wrestler Hamid Soryan (says Fox News)
SO. How did Fox Sports report Hamid Soryan gold medal performance in Greco-Roman wrestling at London 2012? With the headline: “IT’S IN THE BAGHDAD!” Soryan is from Iran:
Posted: 7th, August 2012 | In: Sports | Comment (1)
