Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com Giving you more time to waste time Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:44:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Animal Cruelty at its Finest http://skip-to-the-end.com/animal-cruelty-at-its-finest/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/animal-cruelty-at-its-finest/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:44:59 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=762 Please note, we do not actually condone animal cruelty. Is this cruelty, or should the donkey be happy to have got some free air time? Either way, this is certainly one of the strangest ever advertising campaigns. It certainly gets people talking.

In a bid to attract more customers, this beachside paragliding group in Russia flew a donkey along a beach for over half an hour in a bid to attract more customers. This tops the last beach side advertising I saw, where sky writers continuously spray “jesus saves” over beaches in Florida.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/animal-cruelty-at-its-finest/feed/ 0 John Cleese Speaks Out on Football http://skip-to-the-end.com/john-cleese-speaks-out-on-football/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/john-cleese-speaks-out-on-football/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:54:11 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=760 One word. Legend.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/john-cleese-speaks-out-on-football/feed/ 0 AT-AT Animation http://skip-to-the-end.com/at-at-animation/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/at-at-animation/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:32:36 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=758 Here is a cool one for all you star wars fans that insist on not letting the franchise die. I have never really seen the appeal of star wars but the internet has only seen the franchise’s reach grow in recent years, despite the story finishing a long time ago.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/at-at-animation/feed/ 0 Lingerie Football League Most Successful Women’s Sport? http://skip-to-the-end.com/lingerie-football-league-most-successful-womens-sport/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/lingerie-football-league-most-successful-womens-sport/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:09:52 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=756 The Lingerie Football League began a few years ago as half time entertainment for American Football fans. Pairing the american love of women and sport, in frankly blatant, crass and borderline sexist fashion, it is essentially hot models playing american football in lingerie.

Lingerie Football League

Now lingerie football has a chance to be the most successful professional women’s “sport” from a business perspective. According to the Lingerie Football Leagues founder Mitchell Mortaza, three cable networks are interested in broadcasting the games next season. ESPN has already broadcast some highlights of the game and overall, the league is averaging anywhere from 4-6,000 fans. Mortaza said he wants these athletes to be taken seriously and that the LFL is not exploiting women.

“The women are comfortable once they understand how they’re positioned as athletes. We don’t see it being an issue. It’s a brand message that has been successful,”

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/lingerie-football-league-most-successful-womens-sport/feed/ 0 OK Go – End Love Video http://skip-to-the-end.com/ok-go-end-love-video/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/ok-go-end-love-video/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:33:02 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=754 OK Go are a strange band. You don’t think of them for being an awesome band because of their awesome songs, because well, they don’t have that many. But you do think of them as an awesome band, because of their simply legendary music videos.

OK Go are now synonymous with amazing music videos. We look forward to the next release almost entirely because it means a new video. The videos of their current album have been perhaps the best ever. The pick of the bunch is perhaps ‘This too shall Pass‘ which may have taken months to plan, but was shot over 10 minutes. Here is there latest brilliant venture into music video history, End Love, which must have taken not long to plan, but days of continuous filming. Fine work chaps.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/ok-go-end-love-video/feed/ 0 Mumbai gets Comedy Store http://skip-to-the-end.com/mumbai-gets-comedy-store/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/mumbai-gets-comedy-store/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:31:54 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=748 Monsoon thunderstorms are not the only thing heading to Mumbai. With them comes a wave of western Comedy, courtesy of the London first Comedy store.

comedy store

The doors to the First international comedy club to open in India’s Capitol of Mumbai opened to more than 1000 attendees last weekend. There is a large amount of British expats living in Mumbai. The opening of the comedy store had been delayed since last year.

The Mumbai Comedy Store took over two years to build at a cost of more than £3m and joint owner Don Ward called the venture his most exciting and risky of his career. In India, you must be Indian to own a business in the country, so Ward has gone into the Mumbai venture with local businessman Amar Aggarwal.

“In England, there are 400 comedy venues, India had none and now it has one in a city which is home to more than 22 million people. To celebrate 30 years of London’s Comedy Store we decided to look East for our next major project and I am glad we did. People will see here exactly what you will see in the the UK.”

3 Comedians will fly to Mumbai each week to perform to the Indian crowds which will certainly prove to be a challenge compared to what they are used to. India is a country which only recently removed a ban on kissing in films.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/mumbai-gets-comedy-store/feed/ 0 Boy Wears 215 Pairs of Underwear http://skip-to-the-end.com/boy-wears-215-pairs-of-underwear/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/boy-wears-215-pairs-of-underwear/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:32:07 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=746 What did you do for your 10th birthday? Presumably something so rubbish you don’t remember. Well this kid ain’t going to forget his 10th birthday in a hurry. The family from New York (only in America) decided to spend his Birthday trying to break a world record, with underwear.

Yes this boys parents decided that this small, child was ready to get his name in the record book, for wearing the most pairs of underwear at one time. The Previous record stood at 200. This was not going to be easy. In fact if you watch the video below it actually begins to look cruel towards the end, as the weight becomes too strong for him to stand.

But like a true record breaker he battles through, to make a memorable birthday with a crowing achievement of achieving a new world record for most pairs of underpants wore by a person now standing at 215. What a career this boy has ahead for him.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/boy-wears-215-pairs-of-underwear/feed/ 1 Labour Spent £134k on Sofas http://skip-to-the-end.com/labour-spent-134k-on-sofas/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/labour-spent-134k-on-sofas/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:02:08 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=719 Yes. This is why I did not vote Labour (no I didn’t vote conservative either). Hideous, mind numbingly stupid spending! At a time when the entire country, well the entire world actually, was feeling the wrath of a global economic crisis, a Government department bought 28 sofas at a price of £4,120 each.

designer red sofas

The shocking-red “Alcove Highback” sofas, by Parisian designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, were ordered for the department’s central London headquarters at a total cost of £134,503. The revelation is part of a new investigation into Whitehall spending by the new Coalition Government, which found that Labour ministers authorised the purchase.

The sofas were aimed to create a “peaceful oasis” in the workplace, part of an efficiency initiative called “SpaceFlex” to make the department “more practical” and save money. Are you ******* kidding me?!? How stupid are you? Look I understand that you need furniture in the workplace. I understand that you want to create a nice workplace with some nice sofas even. But you are insane if you think that justifies spending over £4,000 per sofa! Especially when you are buying 28!! What decent retailer wouldn’t do you a good deal on 28 sofas?

We can’t afford nice things because you can’t run the country properly! So if you think you can take our money so you get nice things when you are not even doing a good job, you sirs are are the worst kind of ignorant! How can you ever justify spending tax payers money on 4 grand sofas? You can’t. End of. Jog on!

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/labour-spent-134k-on-sofas/feed/ 1 Car Hire Boss Jailed in Scam http://skip-to-the-end.com/car-hire-boss-jailed-in-scam-2/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/car-hire-boss-jailed-in-scam-2/#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:10:06 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=713 It’s not uncommon to hear about royalty in the developing world trying to scam you with money. Well obviously not the actual royal family but usually some guy that found a computer trying to convince you that he is a Nigerian prince that simply wants to share his millions with you, requesting your bank details to do so.

But it is a scam not usually taken up by those who are already rich. The Boss of a prestige car hire company has been caught pretending to be part of the Kuwaiti royal family in an effort to scam more than half a million pounds from unsuspecting victims.

Bugatti Veyron

Koroush Pour is not a poor man. He hired his Bugatti Veyron, a Million pound super-car, to the BBC to make some of the most memorable episodes of Top Gear. He has been caught using his car hire firm Swift Hire to steal credit using his customers personal details and sold cars which still had hundreds of thousands of pounds in outstanding finance.

To top it off, he scammed two retired nurses out of their pension funds of over £120,000. He abused their plans to retire in Spain, claiming he could get them a better exchange rate threw his car hire company.

The judge told Pour: “You have not only probably brought shame on your self and your family, but you reduced your own circumstances to one where you are quite unable to live the lavish lifestyle I’m told you were living.” He was sentenced to two years in jail.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/car-hire-boss-jailed-in-scam-2/feed/ 0 BP Oil Spill Goes Viral, Finally http://skip-to-the-end.com/bp-oil-spill-goes-viral-finally/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/bp-oil-spill-goes-viral-finally/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:18:50 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=717 Well it’s been a long 50 days since a horrible event occurred in the gulf of Mexico destroying an oil rig and taking the lives of some that worked there. Since then news of the resulting oil leak filling the area with toxic diesel fuel has dominated the airwaves both in the US and abroad.

But there has been very little on the the viral side emerging on the web. That is, until now. Here are 2 gems. The first is pretty ridiculous. Ridiculous in the fact that it is a true story, just replace the coffee with toxic oil.

The second comes from the makers of Autotune the news. Turns out Obama is out to kick some ass.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/bp-oil-spill-goes-viral-finally/feed/ 0 2010 World Cup Begins http://skip-to-the-end.com/2010-world-cup-begins/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/2010-world-cup-begins/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:51:03 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=715 Yes people, the wait it over. The 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa is officially under way, and in 10 minutes 11 men will step out onto the pitch at the wonderful Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg with the hopes and dreams of an entire continent behind them.

It is the first World Cup ever to take place on the African Continent. Don’t underestimate the importance this holds for the African people. It is truly a great day in their history and ours. 7 African teams have made it into the tournament, all in separate groups, so they have a strong chance of an African team making it to the quarters or even semi finals.

There is no clear favourite for the competition this year, but there is a strong feeling here in England that this is our year. It is perhaps the best squad we have had since the Lineker era in the 80’s. I do think we have a real chance this year. We have a strong midfield and defence, but perhaps all our eggs lie in one Wayne Rooney shaped basket up front. The two Spurs front two of Crouch and Defoe would really have to step up to match the likes of Eto, Messi and the mighty Torres. With hopes higher than ever before, the boys in white and red will race a tough reception after their flight to the UK if they do not making to at least the Semi Finals.

I think it will be a fight between Spain, Argentina, England and Brazil for the title, it does not look likely that an African Nation can win the world cup. But at the end of the day, they are already winners for finally bringing the World Cup to the Continent. Men of England, it’s time to write the future.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/2010-world-cup-begins/feed/ 0 Shutterbug – Big Boi http://skip-to-the-end.com/shutterbug-big-boi/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/shutterbug-big-boi/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:52:01 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=706 Every now and then, a song comes along that from that within seconds of the first listen, you know is going to be huge. Remember the first time you heard “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley and “I gotta feeling” by the Black Eyed Peas. Well get ready to remember the first time you heard “Shutterbug” by Big Boi.

Half of Rap Legends Outkast, you would be forgiven for thinking that Big Boi was lesser than his partner Andre 3000. Perhaps not anymore. Shutterbug is Sick! It’s Huge! The production is immense. It sounds fresh and unlike anything I have heard for years. Mad Props!

Here is Shuttebug by Big Boi:

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/shutterbug-big-boi/feed/ 0 A Quiet Week in Flowers News http://skip-to-the-end.com/a-quiet-week-in-flowers-news/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/a-quiet-week-in-flowers-news/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:33:11 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=704 I’m sorry. I have searched and searched all week but it doesn’t look like anything is happening in the world of flowers. People are still talking about the controversy of the poisoned flowers in the Bloom of Britain that we talked about last week. But fear not.

In my great quest across the wilderness that is the internet, I have found some worthy flowers news to fill your cravings for the week. It even involves tanks!

Flowers Huge Hanging BasketYes, it’s official, this is the biggest hanging basket of flowers ever. Weighing a massive 1.5 tonnes with a circumference of 18 feet, it is so big it needs a tank to lift it (I told you it had tanks). It was made by gardener Wil Thomas to raise money for soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Britain is Brilliant.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/a-quiet-week-in-flowers-news/feed/ 0 Man Survives Flight to London in Undercarriage http://skip-to-the-end.com/man-survives-flight-to-london-in-undercarriage/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/man-survives-flight-to-london-in-undercarriage/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:32:36 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=701 A man is lucky to be alive after secretly boarding a flight to London and hiding in the undercarriage. The man survived a flight over the Alps inside the undercarriage of a jumbo jet owned by a prominent Arab sheikh.

etihad flightThe Romanian man was extremely lucky to have survived being exposed to temperatures as low as -41C. The flight to London from Vienna in Austria lasted only 1 hour and 40 minutes, which the man spent entirely inside the wheel compartment. The plane was privately owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates.

The stowaway, a 20 year old Romanian man, did not know where he would end up when boarding the plane. Unfortunately for him he ended up in London, England – a country part of the European Union that he could have entered legally. Though, to be fair, he was luck it was not a long haul flight or he surely would have succumbed to the harsh conditions in the undercarriage.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/man-survives-flight-to-london-in-undercarriage/feed/ 0 Danger Termination http://skip-to-the-end.com/danger-termination/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/danger-termination/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:42:06 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=698 Videos are good. Musics is also good. Musics and videos together = :)

Just simplifying it there for you a little. Here a little beauty I just came across. The music is by Danger and the video is Terminator, obviously.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/danger-termination/feed/ 0 Men to get off Sofas? http://skip-to-the-end.com/men-to-get-off-sofas/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/men-to-get-off-sofas/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:43:21 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=694 The Men’s Health Forum is to attept to prevent the early deaths of 1 million men by urging them to get off their sofas. Initial reports say that men can’t be bothered at the moment and “will do it later”.

Lazy Sofa ManThe Men’s Health Forum is calling for the government, NHS, local authorities, sports organisations & charities to work together, in an attempt to make more middle aged men more active by the 2012 London Olympic games. The challenge is prompet by National Men’s Health Week (14-20th June). It will be the first week to specifically encourage men to get up off their sofas and become more physically active through things like sport.

It coincides with the beginning of the World Cup in South Africa, which is likely to have men across the nation making it to at least the very edge of their sofas, hopefully bouncing up and down on them with joy. The NHS has launched a campaign challenging England fans to see how their fitness compares to the fans of other nations. Action is needed as 22% of men still die before the age of 64 in the UK, compared to 13% of women.

It is thought that higher levels of physical activity could make a big impact. Physically active men have a 20-30% reduced risk of premature death and up to 50% reduced risk of developing major chronic diseases. Physical inactivity is directly linked to a wide range of major health problems, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and several cancers.

Men of England. It’s time to get off the sofas!

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/men-to-get-off-sofas/feed/ 1 Megan Fox Replaced with Lingerie Model http://skip-to-the-end.com/megan-fox-replaced-with-lingerie-model/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/megan-fox-replaced-with-lingerie-model/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:46:25 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=669 Does anyone actually like Megan Fox? She was hailed as the hottest girl in the world after appearing in the first Transformers movie. That I agreed with, then. She was stunning in that movie and will always be remembered for the scene where she is looking under the bonnet of the car.

Megan Fox Transformers

But I don’t really rate her any more. She can’t act, but to be fair she knows it. She has got a lot of bad press for it but I don’t think she is a diva as some people make out. After the filming of Transformers 2, Fox slated Michael Bay and his production team, despite having already signed up to make a third Transformers movie. Bay’s production team replied in kind, saying she was horrible to work with a terrible actress.

After months of claiming the despite was behind them, Fox finally decided that she no longer wanted to be part of the third movie. A descision we should all be happy about. Why? I’ll show you why!

Rosie Huntington Whiteley Lingerie ModelThat is lingerie model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and she will be replacing Megan Fox in Transformers 3. Win. Rosie had not done much acting, instead starting her career as a lingerie model for Victoria’s Secret. She joins what is looking to be a very interesting array of new cast members for the third Transformers movie including Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Patrick Dempsey. I actually saw her in a shop with her partner Jason Statham outside of the Coachella Music Festival in California last month. Lets just say pictures do not do her justice.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has, would you believe it, already worked with Michael Bay. Bay directed a Victoria’s Secret advert which no doubt gave her the opportunity to impress. What’s that? You want to see this advert? Go on then, oh how I spoil you.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/megan-fox-replaced-with-lingerie-model/feed/ 1 Facebook Bigger than Newspapers in Abu Dhabi http://skip-to-the-end.com/facebook-bigger-than-newspapers-in-abu-dhabi/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/facebook-bigger-than-newspapers-in-abu-dhabi/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:31:59 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=665 Yes it’s officially. In Abu Dhabi there are now more people reading their Facebook news feeds that reading actual news in newspapers. A study by Dubai-based marketing and communications agency Spot On Public Relation has concluded that there are more Facebook users across the Arab-speaking world than there are newspaper readers.

Camel chilling

The study found that there are now more than 15 million people using Facebook. Only 14 million newspapers are sold in the region including Arabic. English and French languages. Facebook is now believed to be the number one method of communication and source for news in the area.

The largest number of Facebook users are found in Egypt with 3.5 million, far larger than the biggest newspaper. In the United Arab Emirates, which includes Abu Dhabi, a third of the population had a Facebook profile.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/facebook-bigger-than-newspapers-in-abu-dhabi/feed/ 0 Manchester United Owners in Huge Debt http://skip-to-the-end.com/manchester-united-owners-in-huge-debt/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/manchester-united-owners-in-huge-debt/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:16:11 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=661 Manchester United are perhaps the biggest football (soccer for you yanks) club on the planet. But even that does not secure financial stability. An investigation by the BBC’s Panorama program into the clubs owners, the notorious Glazer family, have a net debt of £1.1 billion.

Manchester United TeamHow do you get £1.1 billion in debt? Seriously? Only a mammoth level of ignorance could lead you down that path to epic failure. To be fair I do live in a country that is over £150 Billion in debt, but that is the collective of 65 million people. Fans of Manchester United have been against the owners since they bought the club in 2005. The years running up to the 2008 financial crash around the world were perhaps to worst to buy anything, and has seen the demise of many business and businessmen.

The Glazers debt had been no secret. When they purchased Manchester United for £831m, they borrowed £559m which it then loaded onto the club as debt. Over the past 5 years the club has since paid out a massive £460 million on interest, charges and fees on that debt.

The real revelation was that the Glazers are carrying £392 million of previously unknown debt relating to mortgages taken out on 63 of the 64 shopping malls owned by their company First Allied Corporation across the United States. This brings their total debt up to £1.1 billion.

You won’t see the Glazer family on any flights to Manchester any time soon. Fans of Manchester United are furious and fear that the massive debt will force a lack of investment into the clubs team.

“We have campaigned against the takeover because the Glazers have put not one penny into United, while taking huge sums out, and ticket prices have risen for ordinary fans to help pay for it. The revelations about First Allied appear to show they may not have money from elsewhere to invest in the club or pay down all the debts. It will all come from the club.”

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/manchester-united-owners-in-huge-debt/feed/ 0 Light Warfare http://skip-to-the-end.com/light-warfare/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/light-warfare/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:49:12 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=658 This reeks of awesomeness and must have taken a long time to make. This is what you can achieve when messing with shutter speed and exposure on a decent camera. Fine work chaps.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/light-warfare/feed/ 0 This Band Suck! http://skip-to-the-end.com/this-band-suck/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/this-band-suck/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:04:16 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=656 But the drummer is quite possibly the cool guy on the planet. Now at the top spot of the Viral Video Chart, this is not one to miss.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/this-band-suck/feed/ 0 You Could be a Lingerie Model http://skip-to-the-end.com/you-could-be-a-lingerie-model/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/you-could-be-a-lingerie-model/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:51:40 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=653 Fancy yourself as being the next Noemie Lenoir? Do you look good in Lingerie? Do you have DD+ Boobies? If you said yes to all of these questions then I would love to meet you, but more importantly, you could be the next lingerie model for Marks & Spencer.

dd lingerie

Newspaper The Sun is running a competitions in partnership with M&S to find their new face, and body, of the DD+ M&S lingerie range. The lucky winner needs to be beautiful, with beautiful big boobies and will feature in the Autumn advertising campaign, a spread in The Sun and will get a 6 month contract with the agency that launched the career of current M&S super babe Natalie Suliman.

The winner also gets £1000 of M&S lingerie. To Enter, you need to send 2 clear pictures (1 head and shoulders shot and 1 full length of you wearing a 2 piece bikini or lingerie set) via email to modelsearch@the-sun.co.uk along with your contact details. Or you can visit here for more information.

To enter you need to be over 18 and a non enhanced bra size DD or above, finalists will be chosen by a panel of experts from The Sun and M&S and the overall winner will be determined by a Sun reader vote later this summer.

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/you-could-be-a-lingerie-model/feed/ 1 Mother Nature Creates Massive Sinkhole http://skip-to-the-end.com/mother-nature-creates-massive-sinkhole/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/mother-nature-creates-massive-sinkhole/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:14:46 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=650 mother nature sinkhole

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/mother-nature-creates-massive-sinkhole/feed/ 0 Advancements in Technology http://skip-to-the-end.com/advancements-in-technology/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/advancements-in-technology/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:37:40 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=648 Technology has come a long way over the past few hundred years. Electricity, the light-bulb, High Definition, television, computers, the internet, iPhones, aeroplanes and now the greatest invention of all.

Introducing mankind’s greatest crowning achievement: The Coke Zero & Mentos Rocket Car

]]> http://skip-to-the-end.com/advancements-in-technology/feed/ 0 Rainbow Roses: It’s Flowers News http://skip-to-the-end.com/rainbow-roses-its-flowers-news/ http://skip-to-the-end.com/rainbow-roses-its-flowers-news/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:40:37 +0000 Skip To The End http://skip-to-the-end.com/?p=645 Yes it’s that time again, after the success of last weeks critically acclaimed ‘flowers news update‘ it’s time for this weeks flowers news. This week, the Britain in Bloom competition turns nasty and no, you’re not taking drugs (or are you?), those roses are multi-coloured.

Multi-coloured Rose Flowers

Yes apparently mother nature was slacking off a bit so good old science came to the rescue. These multi-coloured flowers, known as rainbow roses or happy roses, are genetically mutated cream roses. Various food dyes were placed in the flowers water supplies one at a time so they get sucked up by their stems. The new flowers are to be brought to the UK where they will be sold to the public for the first time.

The reputation of this years Britain in Bloom competition has been thrown into doubt after flowerbeds in one town have been purposely poisoned. Organisers of the lavish flower beds at Cayton on the Yorkshire coast between Scarborough and Filey have been told by detectives that the care and planning of the attack smacks less of vandalism than a “calculated and malicious act”. Sodium chlorate, withdrawn from shows last year for being too toxic for plants, has been found in over 30 flower beds around the town. Police are now looking into likely rivals that might be responsible.

Seriously people? What the F? What are you doing? People will cheat for anything nowadays. Sort your lives out!

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