Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Austrian Pastafarian Wears Pasta Strainer For Driver’s License Photo
Austrian Niko Alm successfully applied for a religious exemption in order to appear on his driver’s license photo wearing a pasta strainer, a traditional head…
Vets Replace Tortoise’s Amputated Leg With Wheel
When Gamara, an African spur-thighed tortoise, was brought to Washington State University veterinary teaching hospital with a severely injured front leg, veterinarians were forced to…
Sesame Street Muppets Doing Sure Shot by Beastie Boys
Wonderful Creative made a great mashup of Sesame Street performing “Sure Shot” by Beastie Boys. via Uwe Viehmann & Gary Chou
Cat-At Loves You
“Cat-At Loves You”, a new RedBubble t-shirt by Nathan Davis. via Geek Lee Tist
110 Stories, iPhone App Adds Twin Towers Into Views of Ground Zero
110 Stories by Brian August is an augmented reality iPhone app, currently under development, that will insert ghostly silhouettes of the World Trade Center towers…
Incredibly Elaborate Fake Apple Stores in China
BirdAbroad, an anonymous expat blogger in China, stumbled across what appeared to be an Apple Store in Kunming. But after she and her husband toured…
GlennzTees Demonstrates Creative Process Behind T-Shirt Designs
Clever t-shirt illustrator Glenn Jones, formerly a designer for Threadless, now runs his own t-shirt company GlennzTees. He recently began documenting his creative drawing process…
Comic-Con Bingo
Comedy Central Insider has created a Comic-Con Bingo card to help pass the time at Comic-Con 2011. They are encouraging you to tweet photos of…
Tragedy on the Sea Nymph, An All-Dog Opera
On the night of Thursday July 21st at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis a world record will be set for saying the phrase “Opera…
Summertime, Mural And Video By Spanish Street Artist Sr. X
Stencil street artist, Sr. X, released this time-lapse video of the creation of his latest work, Summertime, an octopus-themed stenciled wall piece in Gijón, Spain.…