Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Private No Parking Sign in New York City Warns That Air Will Be Taken Out of Tires & License Plates Removed
I recently came across this no parking sign on a private property in New York City’s West Village that doesn’t mess around when it comes…
LCD Soundsystem’s ‘All My Friends’ Music Video Remade Using LEGO
Editor and animator Michael J. Green has recreated the music video for “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsystem using LEGO characters and bricks. Here’s the…
Street Artist Improves ‘The Wolverine’ Movie Poster Ad by Adding Claw Slashes to Surrounding Posters
New York City-based street artist Poster Boy has “improved” a movie poster advertisement (photo 2) in the Carroll Street subway station in Brooklyn for The…
A Live Action Movie Spoof of ‘Daria’ Featuring Aubrey Plaza From ‘Parks and Recreation’
Aubrey Plaza, who plays April Ludgate on the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, stars as Daria Morgendorffer, in CollegeHumor’s live action spoof of the…
Unwritten Social Rules You Need to Follow
2. Chew with your mouth closed. No one needs to hear you crunching. “This is the most important thing you’ll read all day.” BuzzFeed senior…
A Bike That Both Dispenses & Pops Bubble Wrap As You Ride It
Eric Buss has invented the Bubble Wrap Bike, a bicycle outfitted to hold, dispense, and pop bubble wrap as it's ridden.
Clown Sleeping While Sitting on a NYC Park Bench Is Actually Part of the Lightness of Being Public Art Installation
If you are in City Hall Park in New York City, you might happen upon a colorful “big-bellied” clown sleeping while sitting on a park…
Super Heroes & Sesame Street Characters Sitting on Citi Bikes
Walking up Centre Street in New York City today we came across a curious assortment of super heroes and Sesame Street characters sitting on docked…
Baitogogo, Tangled Branch Installation at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris
“Baitogogo” by Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira is an installation of tangled branches that appear to grow directly out of the architecture of the Palais de…
Dynamite and Detonator Lights
German design studio Docstone has created a pair of lights that look like sticks of dynamite with detonators. Mister Boom takes the form of an…