Curious George: What, think you're an expert or something? What are you a bona fide expert in? more inside

"You, too, can feel like a human in a hamster ball". "...suddenly I know how a daiquiri in a blender feels. I quickly lose track of sky and ground as we tumble upside down, left, right — and I'm suddenly plastered to the wall as the full 4 g's punch me in the face." more inside

Herr Bear, we bury ya in Bavaria. "Bruno" -- the first wild brown bear to be sighted in Germany in over 170 years -- was shot dead over the weekend. more inside

Thought Experiments Suppose you could save five lives by taking one - what would be the correct thing to do? Would you kill the violinist? Would you stuff a stick of dynamite up Fat Jack's ass? Fun and games in Hypothetical Land.

Favorville Is it the next Craig's List (except nicer)? more inside

Friday Flash: Orangutwang Swing from tree to tree, eat bananas, avoid spiders...the usual stuff.

2006 Roll Call: Curious Accountant. As this is typed, the Monkey member count is listed at 4,800. Here's a thread where each Monkey can chime in with a roll call number: we can see at the end how many are actually out there. more inside

Applauding George: Monkey comments deserving an encore. So there's a MoFi comment that you remember and still laugh at, but never gave the author his/her due. Or... more inside

The Carp Robot. For when a real carp just isn't good enough. Surprise: it comes from Japan. more inside

Bush bests Monroe, threatens Jefferson.

Where can you buy a watch that doesn't appear to be able to tell the time, flashes random colors, and is called the Pimp Pleasure Seeker? Why, Japan, of course.

A nice time-waster, Captioner is a smart but stupid thing to have some (TINY URL WARNING!!!!!)* fun with. * had to, real URL was too long for MoFi.

Earth at Night What if you could see Google Maps/Google Earth at night? You can, and at dusk, day, and other options as well. Similar to the last link in this post but more fun because you can navigate the world.

Fascinating article and discussion about how careless users leave password files, payroll data and other stuff out there for anyone to find, with just a simple Google search. Not only an interesting read, but fun to try on your own.

Okay, it's juvenile. It's not new, hot, topical, or anything. I just find this to be a very funny book cover. more inside

What happens when you get blasted by a .28 gauge shotgun? This little embedded video tells the story. Ouch! Now excuse me, there's a dead horse that needs beating...

I'm just lovin' all the wags jumping on the Dick Cheney Shoots Lawyer easy comedy bandwagon. And tonight, we get to see the same topic as handled by the master.

Oooh!! Secret Passageways for your home! But turn off the music on this page before you get the creepies.

Oh, Google. Why must you hurt me so, when I have given you so much love? more inside

George Tirebiter was real! Sure, I'm old. But I used to laugh at the Firesign Theatre, and I always thought their stuff was truly weird, but fun more inside