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The UK's oddest days out. 14 September 2013Last updated at 19:43 ET The weather's on the turn, pushing day trippers indoors. So what are the idiosyncratic UK attractions that help us to laugh in the face of inclement conditions, asks Gareth Rubin. Summer defied the apocalyptic predictions of the meteorologists. The sun shone. Al fresco activities became almost second nature to Britons. But as normal weather and reality return, how will we all cope? It shouldn't actually be too hard. They are more a part of the national DNA than Dad's Army, warm crumpets and the Wombles put together. 1. The world's longest colouring pencil lives in the Cumberland Pencil Museum Fulfilling the hopes and dreams of pencil fanatics everywhere, visitors can stand below the whopping world's biggest pencil.

Find out more about the Cumberland Pencil Museum 2. It is proud to be Britain's only museum of hatting. Find out more about the Stockport Hat Museum 3. Find out more about Portmeirion 4. Find out more about the National Space Centre 5. 6. 10 Lifehacks from 100 Years Ago. Made By Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff - excerpt. Scott Bedford is creative director at an ad agency in London and for the past several years has been writing and illustrating a how-to column of kid-friendly projects for MAKE. His sense of humor and artistic skill appeal to me, so I was excited to find out that he's got a new book out: Made By Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff. Here's a few of the projects in Made by Dad: Martian Door Decal, Earthquake Coat Hook, 1-Ton Lampshade, Cat-Trap Birdfeeder, Table Leg Moon Mine, Snappy Toast Rack, Titanic Bookshelf Art, Slingshot Car Launcher, Marvelous Marble Bouncer, Teddy Through the Center of the Earth, Snail Soup Decoy, and Surveillance Camera Stash.

How can you go wrong with a list like that? Below, complete instructions for making a Godzilla Skyline. Made By Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff. The Meta Picture. Songs that sound like other songs | | Sounds Just Like. Ultimate Insult Man. About Ultimate Insult Man refers to a video clip featuring a game show host viciously berating a contestant for answering a question incorrectly.

The scene is often referenced or embedded in discussion forums to incite other users, as well as being featured as a reaction clip in several YouTube remix videos. Origin The video clip comes from a scene in the 1995 comedy film Billy Madison, in which the host of an academic decathlon (played by James Downey) insults the character Billy Madison (played by Adam Sandler) during the contest. “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.

The earliest known video using the scene was uploaded by YouTuber ladder09 on August 29th, 2007, featuring the incoherent response of Miss Teen USA South Carolina followed by the insult clip (shown below). Spread Notable Examples Search Interest External References. May God Have Mercy On Your Soul. HOUSEHOLD HACKER. Awesome Milk Trick.

Generic House episode. The Generic House episode [[image:|245px|center|]] Airdate Every day if you have extended cable Episode Number infinity-infinity Zebra Factor {{{zebra}}}/10 Generic is the nTH season episode of House which airs every time the series is aired anywhere on the planet. This article is intended to be entirely humorous, but, of course, in satire there is truth. Recap Edit Two people are engaging in an intensely physical activity. The patient is taken to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, which is apparently at a temporal nexus of every known disease in the universe. Cuddy brings the case to House. Cameron thinks it is an infection.

House goes to see Wilson about his woman problems. Foreman and Chase do the environmental scan but find nothing more harmful than moldy bread in the refrigerator. Foreman goes to Cuddy and tells her that House is giving a patient steroids without confirming the autoimmune condition. The patient stabilizes, but they are back to square one. Zebra Factor 11/10 Cast jf. The Bureau of Communication - Fill-in-the-blank Correspondence. Mo Farah Running Away From Things. The Impossible Knot.

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Man Knowledge #3,135. Create a State of Chaos. Falling Dominoes Game | Coca-Cola. Help Im bored. I don't know what the back of my head looks like I don't know who wrote Poor Richard's Almanack/what time it is I need to buy a gift for someone I don't know which fork to use I don't want to clean up my mess I can't chew gum because I have braces I want to buy help®'s products I want my cat to be a cover model I don't know if I am depressed/colorblind I am worried about my penis size I don't know what to do for my birthday I want to learn another language I want to buy help® elsewhere I want to buy help® shirts I don't know what soda to drink Although I appreciate your sharing this webpage with your friends, family, and co-workers via social networks, I would appreciate it even more if you shared this webpage with my ex girlfriend who broke up with me because she thought I was a loser who was never really going to amount to anything.

Send email helpineedhelp.com this page a requestreturn to share. Things. 25 Cool Ideas To Display Family Photos On Your Walls. Family portrait by Lori Andrews (via designcrushblog) We all have family photos that we love. Most of them live well in photo albums but the best of them could and should be displayed throughout the house. It’s one of those things that add a personal touch of coziness to any interior decor. Besides, nowadays there are so many cool ways to display them that your family photos could even become a real design element.

Some time ago we’ve already shown you a bunch of cool ideas how you can hang your photos and art in creative ways. Today is the day when we’re going to specify and show you amazing ideas to organize family photos on your walls. Displaying pictures could be challenging but we can and will make the process more easy for you. Mixed and matched family photos Family photo heart display Family photo ladder Family photo tree Family photos above your sofa Family photo clocks Family photos around tv Family photos on wires Modern family photo tree Family photos on the whole wall (via pinterest)

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