Incredible Abstract Stained Glass

Wow! The most beautiful Glass I ever sawe! Link

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"Pork Stone" Sold for $6 Per Kg

Natural stones bearing the striking resemblance to pork are on sale at a price of 120 yuan (about 16 U.S. dollars) a kilogram at a peculiar stone expo in Suzhou, Southeast China's Jiangsu Province. I wonder if they are halal? Link

Super Mario Jack-o-Lantern

The cutest Jack-o-Lantern for Halloween I ever saw! Link

Coca Cola Can Tuxedo

I wonder whether this guy has even gone to attend the banquet by wearing his coke can tuxedo. Link

China's Largest Tobacco Pipe

At 1.16 meters in diameter and 2.8 meters in length, a bronze tobacco pipe weighing 116 kilograms is reported to be the largest in China. WTF? Link

Duane Hanson's Super-Realist Sculptures

Duane Hanson(1925-1996), an artist best known for his lifecast realistic sculptures of people, is one of the most accomplished hyper-real sculptors. Thanks to humemes.com's post, I got the chance to see some of his surreal masterpieces. Posted here is Hanson's sculpture called Tourist II finished in 1988.

Woman Buttock-shaped Washing Basins

Soma a digger sez this is a way to make men wash their hands. Do you think so? Link

Carmilla Parker Bowles Wax Sculpture Unveiled at Madame Tussauds

Camilla Parker Bowles, Prince Charles' wife, has joined the likes of Kylie Minogue, Princess Diana and Brad Pitt by having her own waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London.

The famous London tourist attraction today unveiled its latest attraction, with the life-like Duchess of Cornwall mannequin added to the collection of royal waxworks on display.

Husband Charles looks proudly on, while models of Princes William and Harry, the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and Henry the VIII stand nearby.

Dressed in an Anna Valentine-designed cornflower blue jacket and skirt with cream suede shoes and a Philip Treacy clutch bag in her hand, Camilla takes centre stage among the royals.

Source: Camilla superstar stiff @ Brisbanetime

Camilla's wax sculpture unveiled at Madame Tussauds @ Xinhua

Who Invented the Boxing Glove?

When seeing the photo of topless stripper Milana Dravnel wearing the boxing gloves, the question that who invented the boxing glove just popped up in my mind. Thanks to an article on Guardian, apparently I was answered.

The modern boxing glove was invented in 1743, the brainchild of Englishman Jack Broughton. But Broughton's gloves, or mufflers as they were then known, were at the time only used for sparring; Broughton used to instruct men in self-defence, at an arena he erected on the Tottenham Court Road, and he used his mufflers to 'effectively secure pupils from the inconvenience of black eyes, broken noses and bloody jaws'.

I used Milana Dravnel's picture because these days, she was involved in a photo scandal of boxing legend, six-times world champion Oscar De La Hoya who allegedly dressed as a woman. Milana first revealed that he loves to float like a butterfly and sing like a SHE during kinky sex games, but later confessed she lied about taking the snapshots. Milina Dravnel, the stripper from Scores who sold the infamous Oscar De La Hoya pictures at a price of $70000 to X17 felt she was used.

Pictures via News of The World

China's Largest Stone Tripod

It is nothing but a local tourism attraction

China's largest Ding(鼎), a stone tripod, made its debut on Monday September 10 in eastern China's Shandong province. In Chinese, Ding is a three or four-legged round or square cooking vessel created in ancient China.

The tripod, at the Mengshan Mountain scenic spot in Pingyi County, was made from pure black marble. The 9.99-metre-high vessel weighs about 600 tons. It was called "Fu Shou Kang Ning" in Chinese, which means "good fortune, longevity, health and peace". Nine hundred and ninety nine Chinese characters of "Shou", meaning longevity, are carved on the body of the vessel.

Source: China's Largest Stone Tripod Debuts @ CRI

The Wee'l Turtle

The cool artwork is in Dunseith, North Dakota. via Uniquedaily

The Largest Steamer in China

A gigantic bamboo steamer with a diameter of three meters was spotted at Gongshi Township in Zunyi of Southwest China's Guizhou Province. It is with a capacity of steaming over 70 dishes and can serve up to 30 people at the same time. According to its owner Li Yi-bang, the streamer is the largest in China and spends several craftsmen three months in making it.  Mr. Li, the boss of a local restaurant now wants to apply Shanghai Guinness World Record (China version of Guiness World Record) for it.

Source: “中国第一笼”遵义开笼 可同时蒸70道菜 @ QQ

Lullaby Spring Artist Damien Hirst Sells Diamonds Encrusted Platinum Skull for $100 million

Damien Hirst , is once notorious for the conceptual works in which creatures including a shark and a cow were pickled in formaldehyde inside glass tanks, but now he possibly gains much more fames than any living artists. First, his Lullaby Spring, a three-metre (10-foot) wide steel cabinet containing 6,136 hand-crafted and individually-painted pills, sold for 19.2 million dollars, makes him a priciest living artist. Now his  "For the Love of God"--an 18th-century European male skull cast in platinum and encrusted with 8,601 diamonds, including a large pink diamond worth more than $8 million in the center of its forehead, is sold for $100M or £50M. Link

World's Most Crazy Shoes?

Dare you wear them? Link

Amazing Paper Cut

More pictures on Chinaren.

New National Football League (NFL) Logo

National Football League (NFL) has changed its old logo which was used since 1980. Apparently, the new logo is more impressive that its predecessor.

The National Football League is changing its logo, something that hasn't been done since 1980. Darker colors are really the main change, aside from fewer stars.

Originally the shield, which is on everything from football players' jerseys to official t-shirts and hats, was rather 'faded' in color.

Now the National Football League's new logo is darker and more defined. The blue is bolder, the red is stronger, "NFL" print is slightly different, there are fewer stars, and the white football is new and sitting at a different angle.

Source: Postchronicle

Waste-plastic-bottle Paddling Boat

Due to problems in the drainage system, a road in the Xiangcheng District of Suzhou City in China was flooded during a rainstorn day on August 29. The picture shows a creative boy was paddling a "boat" made of empty plastic bottles along the street by making fun of floods. Source: Chinadaily

Sexy Lady-style Streetlights in China

These are groups of lady-style streetlights in the newly-built Western Hills Plaza in Mudanjiang, Northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province. They look so stylish and will be put into use soon!

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World Smallest Mini Fishing Fish Rod Pen Reel Pole

This is the world's smallest fishing rod with Reel Pole which can catch fish up to 4lbs. It is like a pen with a length of 8 inches when closed and fully extends to 37 inches. It's so small and lightweight that you can put it anywhere you want. It costs just about $18 on Amazon.com.

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A 19 Century's British Metal Male Anti-masturbation Device

HMMMMM

This metal device is one of a number of similar devices which were invented in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to prevent masturbation. A leather strap which would have kept it in place is now missing. Until the early 1900s, many people regarded masturbation as harmful to a person's health, and it was blamed for a variety of ailments, including insanity.

Anyone knows how to use it? :-p

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