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For a good portion of 2011, Northern Virginia was paralyzed in fear of a man who had made a habit of sneaking up behind unsuspecting shoppers in area malls and slashing their posteriors with box cutters and razors. His shenanigans continued unabated for months, until authorities identified the man as Johnny Guillen Pimentel and the slicing stopped. Now, officials fear their suspect may have fled to Peru. More »
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Having difficulty searching for perfect gift? Do you have a time machine? Well, why not take it back to 19-something-awful and purchase this glorious bit of crapsidermy, ideal for the serial killer or terminal hipster bastard in your life. More »
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A new study by the Journal of the American Dental Association suggests that redheads fear getting their teeth checked out by a professional more than the Average Jane. If you're a redhead and happen to have the specific gene MC1R inside of you, this could explain your heightened anxiety when it's time for your regularly scheduled dentist appointment. More »
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Hypochondriacs, anxiety-disordered peeps and the truly paranoid, be advised: If you've got a sinking feeling, specifically the sense that something terrible is about to happen, you could have one of eight illnesses or conditions. You knew it, right? Victory! (Of a sort.) More »
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A new survey finds that mutual respect is what women want most in a relationship. That's not a shock — but the source, HowToGetTheManOfYourDreams.com, is a bit more surprising. More »
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Sixty-nine year old Milton Ellis of St. Petersburg, Florida was awakened by 22-year-old Josephine Rebecca Smith biting the crap out of his face and neck on Friday. Alarmed, the man fled to a nearby gas station where he reported the incident. Police returned to the scene of the crime, the porch outside of an abandoned Hooters restaurant, and found a strange sight. Reports the St. Petersburg Times, More »
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A woman in Oregon is fighting for sole custody of her sons after finding out that her ex husband had reunited with his first wife, who had shot and killed the couple's two daughters in their sleep in 1991. More »
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Looking for some new and different ways to describe ice cream? Look no further than this helpful Yelper's review of a New York gelato spot: More »
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US Airways seems to have an interesting take on what is and is not acceptable in-flight attire. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5814519&view=rss&microfeed=true "Smith screamed out 'Aye, Aye Aye Aye, Ayeeeeee!' […] She loudly proclaimed her love for Mexican women. She used profanities directed at men in a steady stream, then moments later held a toddler in her arms." More »
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A young member of parliament in Quebec has confounded her constituents by refusing to appear in public. Some even wonder if she's real. More »
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Grace Van Cutsem, the little flower girl who frowned as Prince William and Kate Middleton kissed this morning, has already become an internet sensation. Buzzfeed created a generator which adds Grace to any photo you upload, and folks have already gotten right to work. More »
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When you look at the two images above, what sexes do you see? To most of us, the face on the left looks female and the right looks male — when in reality, they're the exact same face with varying degree of contrast. Buzzfeed explains, "Women tend to have a greater contrast between their lips and eyes compared to the skin of the face." As a result, increasing the contrast in the photo on the right will make the picture look more feminine. No wonder drag queens spend so much time highlighting and shading! More »
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"Pedobear" is a cartoon bear used by Internet pranksters to symbolize pedophilia. But he just looks like a normal bear, and now a computer parts store is using him in their ads. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5785803&view=rss&microfeed=true "75-year-old Gladys Bergmeier died Feb. 7; Mummy in pajamas and one sock could be her mother, Gladys Stansbury, not seen in years." More »
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"Cat Eats With Hands To Jay-Z Music" is not an epic oeuvre in filmmaking. But the fact that it exists says something. It is, if nothing else, zeitgeisty. Somewhere, somehow, some Venn diagram has been completed. More »
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Today in media stunts: Naomi Campbell interviews Vladimir Putin for British GQ. Her opening gambit? "You're in pretty good physical shape. How do you manage to keep yourself so fit?" It gets worse (better?) from there. More »
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An Idaho man is trying to sell his snake-invested house. In this difficult real estate market, his chances of finding a buyer are slim, but then again, "there are people who love snakes." There are also speakers of Parseltongue. More »
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A midwestern mother received a vacuum cleaner for Christmas, along with a surprise gift of $280K worth of drugs someone had stashed inside. First Clay Matthews's confusing roided-up-Fabio-joins-a-crappy-metal-band hairdo, and now this? Strange things are afoot in Green Bay. More »
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Great news, weirdos! Some weird guy in Florida is auctioning off a really old pair of Queen Elizabeth II's underpants. More »
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Remember Noah Smith? He was arrested for burglarizing someone's house while on shrooms. The Smoking Gun assumed the "mouse" in his rectum was a rodent; but it turns out it was the kind you click. Still: Uncomfortable, no? More »
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Canadian psychologists have made a long-overdue point: maybe it's not so great that everything we know about psychology comes from studying American college students. More »
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An Ohio police officer stopped a car for having tinted windows, and found the driver with her pants unzipped and a sex toy in her lap. Her explanation: She was watching porn on a laptop held by her passenger. More »
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Had it been the face of Jesus she saw in a canned pear, Wendy McMahon probably would've been excited. Instead, the pear had a "freakish" face, which, in our educated opinion, is that of Satan himself. [Stuff.nz/BoingBoing] More »
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Isabella Rossellini is here to explain something very important about duck vaginas. They're twisty inside! And if a male duck who doesn't meet with the female's approval forces himself upon her, her vagina can iris shut to thwart the prick. More »
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Two questions: Why did someone invent a USB breast warmer, and why would someone need it? [Random Good Stuff] More »
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If you've ever found yourself wondering how you can possibly compete for a man's love in today's tough romantic marketplace, it's just going to get worse: A Korean man has married his body pillow. Life imitates 30 Rock. [Metro UK] More »
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This delicious, kinda weird, craving-inducing retro video is mesmerizing until about 1:02, when the mildly horrifying '80s fingernails show up. [Buzzfeed] More »
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Check out these, uh, "erotic" shopping bags from German condom manufacturer, Condomi, which have a special slit to make shoppers look like they're cupping the privates of a nearly nude man or woman. [RGS] More »
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Do you long for a naked man to keep you warm at night? Freaked out by the idea of a boyfriend pillow? Well, we found the perfect duvet set for you! Twister Duvet Covers, the duvet cover store for fans of the useless gag gift and ironic t-shirt sections of Urban Outfitters, has a duvet cover that crosses that subtle yet distinct line between silly and crazy. The duvet is a nude and headless white man (or white woman!) covering his bits on a blank white cover. Ah loneliness, how ye toy with the pathetic heart. [GiggleSugar] More »
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Hmm. Call us old fashioned but these shoes from Aneejet Kosters just seem more than a little ridiculous. What is the point in wearing shoes when your feet are almost fully exposed to the ground? Surely, we thought, these metallic gold non-shoes must be reaching new levels of outrageousness that not even our crazy Finnish fashion eccentric friends would pretend to be interested in wearing. And then we saw these shoes by the same designer. Well, fashion is an art form, right? [WOW] More »
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"At one time skim milk was used only by dieting females," reads the copy in an article from the 1951 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. "But now government research labs have found other uses for the casein fiber derived from it. See above: 1, 3 and 7, brushes; 2 and 6, straight fiber; 4, curled fiber used in carburetor air filters; 5. stiff cloth produced from bristle fiber." Brushes? Bristle fiber? Delicious! (Click image to see the full story.) [Modern Mechanix] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=374144&view=rss&microfeed=true It's kind of tough getting a new angle on the tired old format of the exercise video, but yet again, our friends in Japan have succeeded where few dared to tread. Exercise yourself to superhero powers! Complete with bonus sinister laughing masked man in tights! More »
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We weren't really into dolls when we were young, and should we ever get pregnant and then lose the baby at a late stage, or have a stillbirth or a cot death, we're pretty sure we still wouldn't be into dolls. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=238708&view=rss&microfeed=true In today's extremely unlikely news, we bring you Greer Childers, inventor of BodyFlex, whatever that is, and proponent of how deep breathing can make you lose weight. Hey, we're up for that! More »
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Well here's an interesting take on women's self defence strategies: More »
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We admit it must be pretty tough to be washing your dog, when its ear falls off because it had been cut off by the dog groomer and then glued back on. More »
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