some random amusing content on the web

[rmd]

Airplane evacuation testing. Everybody out of the plane! Relatedly: Slides!

And now it's that most wonderful time of the year when the Miss Universe contest happens, which means we get Tom and Lorenzo's delightfully snarktastic reviews of the national costumes. Part 1, part 2, and part 3.

I have no idea what's supposedly going on here, but I think I might want to see the movie based on it...

hypnotic animated gifs: A floppy drive being ejected in outer space. A machine that makes chain links. Machine making ice cream sandwiches.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

BWEE, thank you for these. :)

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Miss USA's costume is embarrassing.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I, too, am confused by the ostrich.

Also, I want an ice cream sandwich now....

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I agree. What was she thinking....

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Wow, they get an A380 empty in 1:17!

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Here's a quote from Erin Brady (Miss USA).

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/05/4598767/miss-usa-mistaken-as-a-transformer.html

[...]

The weirdest part? Her ensemble was created by Martin Izquierdo, a costume designer – wait for it – at Victoria’s Secret.

"Nothing screams national costume like the first Miss USA transformer. Embracing powerful women in a transforming country that’s made up of so much. That’s what Miss USA means to me," Erin (gamely?) wrote on Instagram.

[frotz.livejournal.com]

...but where do you find 1:15 scale people? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-Rt9zX1rZFU)