Asylum http://www.asylum.com Asylum http://www.asylum.com/media/feedlogo.gif Asylum http://www.asylum.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Cook's Pubic Hair Breakfast Sandwich Leads to Jail Timehttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/21/cooks-pubic-hair-breakfast-sandwich-leads-to-jail-time/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/21/cooks-pubic-hair-breakfast-sandwich-leads-to-jail-time/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/21/cooks-pubic-hair-breakfast-sandwich-leads-to-jail-time/#commentsFiled under: , ,


When line cook Ryan Burke spotted in his restaurant the police officer who had once stopped him for a traffic violation, he decided to cook the cop up something really special. So the 27-year-old New Jerseyan made sure there was a not-so healthy ... Read more

 

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]]>law enforcementLawEnforcementpubic hairPubicHairRyan BurkeRyanBurkeJeremy Taylor2011-01-21T09:00:00+00:00Driver Crashes Into Convenience Store, Fails to Pick Up Milkhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/20/car-crashes-into-convenience-store-cornershop-mercedes/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/20/car-crashes-into-convenience-store-cornershop-mercedes/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/20/car-crashes-into-convenience-store-cornershop-mercedes/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Some convenience stores are better than others. Like the ones that have everything you could want at 6 a.m. on a Tuesday morning -- a pint of milk, a Kit Kat ... an out-of-control Mercedes. Security footage shows how shoppers and staff at this ... Read more

 

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]]>carcar crashCarCrashconvenience storeConvenienceStorecornershopcrashmercedesmercedes-benzAlastair Plumb2011-01-20T09:00:00+00:00Break-Dancing Chinese Bulldozers Show the World How to Cut a Rughttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/12/break-dancing-chinese-bulldozers-show-the-world-how-to-cut-a-rug/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/12/break-dancing-chinese-bulldozers-show-the-world-how-to-cut-a-rug/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/12/break-dancing-chinese-bulldozers-show-the-world-how-to-cut-a-rug/#commentsFiled under: , ,


A Chinese construction worker says he has spent more than six months learning how to make his bulldozer dance. He's also said he's suffered several injuries to the head during his practice. Oh, Cao Bing, what are you like? Well, judging by the ... Read more

 

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]]>break dancingBreakDancingbulldozerchinachinesedancingfront end loaderFrontEndLoaderJVCrocktractorAlastair Plumb2011-01-12T13:00:00+00:00Canadian River Runs Fluorescent Green -- Pranksters Blamedhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/12/canadian-river-runs-fluorescent-green-pranksters-blamed/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/12/canadian-river-runs-fluorescent-green-pranksters-blamed/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/12/canadian-river-runs-fluorescent-green-pranksters-blamed/#commentsFiled under: ,


The date: Dec. 30. The place: Langford, British Columbia, Canada. The problem: The river's gone green. Not just kinda green but really, really green. Slimer-from-"Ghostbusters" green. Officials still aren't sure who committed the act, but they're ... Read more

 

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]]>canadagreengreen riverGreenRiverprankst patricks dayStPatricksDayAlastair Plumb2011-01-12T09:00:00+00:00World's Largest Remote-Controlled Claw Machine Dispenses Crossbows, Fruitcakehttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/11/worlds-largest-remote-controlled-claw-santa-claw/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/11/worlds-largest-remote-controlled-claw-santa-claw/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/11/worlds-largest-remote-controlled-claw-santa-claw/#commentsFiled under: , ,


And here we thought remote-control technology had reached its pinnacle with the invention of a brain-tumor-removing robot arm. But my, how The Santa Claw has proved us wrong. Instead of tumors, it grabs prizes! Billed as "the biggest, most ... Read more

 

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]]>claw machineClawMachinereal art design groupRealArtDesignGroupremote control technologyRemoteControlTechnologythe santa clawTheSantaClawLaura Leu2011-01-11T10:30:00+00:00Heidi the Cross-Eyed Opossum Becomes Internet Hithttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/10/cross-eyed-possum-opossum-video-becomes-internet-hit/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/10/cross-eyed-possum-opossum-video-becomes-internet-hit/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/10/cross-eyed-possum-opossum-video-becomes-internet-hit/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


We know the Internet loves a cute animal almost as much as it enjoys an odd-looking one, so it goes without saying that combining the two can create something special. And now, with no further ado, we give you ... Heidi the cross-eyed opossum! The ... Read more

 

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]]>cross-eyedgermanyleipzignewsopossumpossumweirdzooAlastair Plumb2011-01-10T13:00:00+00:00Wheelchair Driver Caught on Highwayhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/10/wheelchair-driver-caught-on-highway/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/10/wheelchair-driver-caught-on-highway/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/10/wheelchair-driver-caught-on-highway/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Connecticut's favorite motorway, the beloved Interstate 95, was blessed with a unique traveler recently, one who might not quite have the license required to drive alongside cars going at 70 mph. You see, he was driving a motorized wheelchair. ... Read more

 

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]]>highwayinterstatemobility scootermobility scootersMobilityScooterMobilityScootersMotorwayoapAlastair Plumb2011-01-10T10:30:00+00:00Wrong Home Accidentally Demolished in Clerical Mistakehttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/06/wrong-home-accidentally-demolished-in-clerical-mistake/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/06/wrong-home-accidentally-demolished-in-clerical-mistake/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/06/wrong-home-accidentally-demolished-in-clerical-mistake/#commentsFiled under: ,


It's every homeowner's worst nightmare. You finally buy your own place, spend ages getting it just right, and then the government comes along and levels it to the ground. Pity then, poor Andre Hall from Pittsburgh, who came back to his home only ... Read more

 

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]]>demolishdemolitionerrorfailnightmarepittsburghAlastair Plumb2011-01-06T10:30:00+00:00Hurley's 'Lost' Numbers Net Partial Mega Millions Lottery Winhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/hurleys-lost-numbers-net-partial-mega-millions-win/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/hurleys-lost-numbers-net-partial-mega-millions-win/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/hurleys-lost-numbers-net-partial-mega-millions-win/#commentsFiled under: ,


The show "Lost" reached its epic conclusion last year, but the mysterious six-number sequence of 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, which popped up throughout the series, lives on among lottery players. In fact, 9,078 "Lost" fans selected those six digits for ... Read more

 

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]]>hurleys numbersHurleysNumbersLostLotteryMega millionsMegaMillionsJeremy Taylor2011-01-05T18:00:00+00:00Classic Vanity Plate Is Revoked by Humorless Perverts at Virginia DMVhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/classic-vanity-plate-is-revoked-by-humorless-perverts-at-virgini/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/classic-vanity-plate-is-revoked-by-humorless-perverts-at-virgini/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/classic-vanity-plate-is-revoked-by-humorless-perverts-at-virgini/#commentsFiled under: , ,


This clever combination of two simple words and a specialty Virginia license plate has long been one of the Internet's go-to examples of vanity plate hilarity. However, in real life, the eye-catching suggestion has been off the road for about a ... Read more

 

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]]>RedditVanity PlatesVanityPlatesVirginia DMVVirginiaDmvJeremy Taylor2011-01-05T16:00:00+00:00Marathon Runner Takes Wrong Turn Just 200 Feet From Finishhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/marathon-runner-natsuki-terada-takes-wrong-turn-in-race/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/marathon-runner-natsuki-terada-takes-wrong-turn-in-race/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/marathon-runner-natsuki-terada-takes-wrong-turn-in-race/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It was all going so well for Natsuki Terada. The Japanese runner was leading a recent marathon, but then he took a wrong turn ... with only about 200 feet left to race. Terada had been competing for Kokugakuin University in the Hakone Ekiden relay ... Read more

 

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]]>blunder failBlunderFailerrorlong distance runningLongDistanceRunningmarathonmarathon runnerMarathonRunnerrunrunnerrunningAlastair Plumb2011-01-05T15:00:00+00:00Seattle Citizen Fighting Crime in Super-Sweet Superhero Suithttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/seattle-man-fighting-crime-in-super-sweet-superhero-suit/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/seattle-man-fighting-crime-in-super-sweet-superhero-suit/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/05/seattle-man-fighting-crime-in-super-sweet-superhero-suit/#commentsFiled under: ,


Every child dreams of being a superhero. Be revered, have powers, watch over the city from your secret hideout ... but then we grow up. Well, most of us. An anonymous man in Seattle is drawing attention coming to the aide of regular citizens in ... Read more

 

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]]>crime fightingCrimeFightingPhoenix JonesPhoenixJonessuperheroDrew Kearse2011-01-05T10:30:00+00:00Huge Garbage Pile Breaks Suicide Jumper's Fallhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/04/huge-garbage-pile-breaks-suicide-jumpers-fall/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/04/huge-garbage-pile-breaks-suicide-jumpers-fall/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/04/huge-garbage-pile-breaks-suicide-jumpers-fall/#commentsFiled under:


Mucking up your own suicide attempt has got to be a real blow to the self-esteem. But failing because a pile of trash got in the way between you and self-inflicted death? Ouch. When 26-year-old Vangelis Kapatos found out that his landlord was ... Read more

 

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]]>manhattansuicide failsuicide jumperSuicideFailSuicideJumperVangelis KapatoVangelisKapatoLaura Leu2011-01-04T09:00:00+00:00Robber Identified After Dropping Wallet at the Scene of the Crimehttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/robber-identified-after-dropping-wallet-at-the-scene-of-the-crim/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/robber-identified-after-dropping-wallet-at-the-scene-of-the-crim/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/robber-identified-after-dropping-wallet-at-the-scene-of-the-crim/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Police say it was nice and easy for them to identify a robber who raided a U.S. convenience store -- because his wallet fell out of his pocket during the attack. Criminal master-moron Jeffrey Everly, 38, walked into a Minute-Mart convenience store ... Read more

 

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]]>blundercrimeerrorfailkentuckypolicerobberwalletAlastair Plumb2011-01-03T13:00:00+00:00Curious Polar Bears Destroy BBC Spy Camshttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/curious-polar-bears-destroy-bbc-spy-cameras-remain-very-awesome/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/curious-polar-bears-destroy-bbc-spy-cameras-remain-very-awesome/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/curious-polar-bears-destroy-bbc-spy-cameras-remain-very-awesome/#commentsFiled under: , ,


We're big bear fans here at Asylum. So when this footage from the BBC's animal doc "Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice" hit YouTube, we had to share it with you. As part of the documentary process, a team recording the polar bears used a series of ... Read more

 

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]]>BBCbearbearsdocumentaryicepolar bearPolarBearsnowspy cameraSpyCameraAlastair Plumb2011-01-03T11:30:00+00:00Serbian Skiers Do Tricks While Being Towed Down the Streethttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/romanian-skiers-towed-down-street-doing-tricks-and-dodging-traf/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/romanian-skiers-towed-down-street-doing-tricks-and-dodging-traf/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/romanian-skiers-towed-down-street-doing-tricks-and-dodging-traf/#commentsFiled under: ,


When we saw members of the Swedish Air Force sledding behind a fighter jet, we thought we'd seen the last in utterly ludicrous icy antics of the year. We were wrong. Because then there are these two idiots -- one skiing, one snowboarding -- being ... Read more

 

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]]>daredeviliceicyromaniaskierskiersskiingsnowsnowboardingAlastair Plumb2011-01-03T10:30:00+00:00Fake Musket Used in Failed Robberyhttp://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/fake-musket-used-in-failed-robbery/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/fake-musket-used-in-failed-robbery/http://www.asylum.com/2011/01/03/fake-musket-used-in-failed-robbery/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It's one thing to attempt to rob a store with an antique wooden musket; it's quite another to attempt to rob a store with a fake antique wooden musket. Seriously, that's embarrassing. A store in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, was the scene of ... Read more

 

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]]>antiqueblundercanadaerrorfailmusketmusket robberyMusketRobberyreplicarifleAlastair Plumb2011-01-03T09:00:00+00:00'Superhuman' Wim Hof to Spend New Year's Eve Immersed in Icehttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/wim-hof-ice-man/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/wim-hof-ice-man/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/wim-hof-ice-man/#commentsFiled under: , ,


We met Dutchman Wim Hof earlier this year as one of the "Superhumans." Hoff's special ability is that he is able to function normally under conditions of extreme cold, a skill he will put to the test on New Year's Eve as he attempts to reclaim ... Read more

 

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]]>Extreme coldExtremeColdIce immersionice manIceImmersionIceManWim HofWimHofJeremy Taylor2010-12-30T15:00:00+00:00Guy Punches Teenager for Not Turning Off iPhone During Plane Landinghttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/russell-miller-punches-teenager-iphone-plane/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/russell-miller-punches-teenager-iphone-plane/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/30/russell-miller-punches-teenager-iphone-plane/#commentsFiled under: ,


The airlines might not always be willing to enforce their ban on the use of electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Russell Miller, however, isn't going to let anyone get away with this violation, which can presumably muck up an aircraft's ... Read more

 

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]]>Air rageAirRageiPhoneRussell MillerRussellMillerJeremy Taylor2010-12-30T09:00:00+00:00Turkish Man Forced to Out-Run Truckhttp://www.asylum.com/2010/12/29/turkish-man-forced-to-out-run-truck/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/29/turkish-man-forced-to-out-run-truck/http://www.asylum.com/2010/12/29/turkish-man-forced-to-out-run-truck/#commentsFiled under: ,


A Turkish man was forced to try and out-run a truck after its driver sped out when a traffic light turned green without seeing the beleaguered pedestrian beneath his windscreen. Bekir Ozcan, 53, was crossing at a junction in the eastern Turkish ... Read more

 

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]]>FAILfunny videoFunnyVideoscary videoScaryVideoturkeyvideoOliver Jones2010-12-29T15:00:00+00:00