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Why Dogs Have Short Lives. Plant your own garden. 6 Impossible Escapes Using Impossibler Methods. Slava Kurilov Jumps Off a Cruise Ship, Swims for Three Days Unfortunately, not everyone who wants to flee an oppressive regime by sea is lucky enough to know how to build an AquaScooter. Some have to make do with their arms. Like Slava Kurilov, an oceanographer living in the USSR who, in 1974, jumped into the Pacific Ocean and became the only person insane enough to escape from behind the Iron Curtain by swimming. Via RealUSSR.comA man so badass he gave that cigar cancer.

Kurilov had been denied a visa to make research trips outside the Soviet Union several times, the official reason being that Russians are dicks. Did we say he fell? Via Wikimedia CommonsHundreds of kilometers of open sea: better than living in the USSR. We should note here that he had no clue where he was. Since Kurilov's plan was pretty much improvised, he had no raft, no lifesaver and not even a piece of wood to hang on to, let alone luxuries like a compass or a knife.

Via RealUSSR.comThat's not sea foam behind me. 4 Things That Sad People Are Doing Right Now | The Tangential. Wood Tape. My wife calls me at work, and we have the usual end-of-the-day chat. Then:"Oh, by the way, Guy wants you to take him to the hardware store, he wants to get some tape. " "What kind of tape? ""He says he wants 'wood tape'.

" "Wood tape? ""Wood tape. " "Uhhh, ok. When? "" Guy is my four-year-old son. Sunday morning rolls around, the tape has completely left my mind. He disappears, and a half hour rolls by as I check email and what not. We are now at Home Depot. The poor fellow begins to ask Guy what the tape is for, but decides to punt instead: "Paint department," he says to the four-year-old, "you can find tape in the paint department. " We find the paint department right where we were told it was. " There are two ladies behind the paint counter. I trundle after the both of them. "To put on wood," he says. As we are leaving the paint department, I ask him:"Is that it? We're in the paint department, he sees paint, so he needs paint. The lady shows him the brushes, and asks him what kind. . You can not imagine the immensity of the fuck I do not give. Alright So...My Commenting Policy on the Internet.

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