we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: "INSERT TOPICAL FIFA JOKE WRITTEN BY NON-FOOTBALL FANS HERE" next issue » « previous issue This Week: * BLAKE'S SEVEN - Servalan sings Floyd * LINKEDIN - sings Bohemian Rhapsody * CHOCOLATE - diet science hoax ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're saving the cloud ___/ _ |/_ > LinkedIn Bohemian Rhapsody << "Timewasting puntastic voyeurism. And Queen," brags merkinhead. This is actually pretty amazing. http://www.b3ta.com/links/Soc_Media_Rhapsody >> Ant music << "I love Ants so much I did a song about them," explains fred zeppelin. Excell-ANT! http://www.b3ta.com/links/1307250/ >> Linda McCartney! << "Be very careful what you wish for b3ta," warns thecrapgatsby - then goes on to blame Kirstie Allsopp for this... musical EXTRAVAGANZA. http://www.b3ta.com/links/Linda_McCartney ------------------------------------------------- : CAPTION COMPETITION George Osborne and his hand of death This photo appeared during the election and for some reason few picked up on it. But by God - what happened to George Osborne's hands? It's like he's been touched by death. https://goo.gl/pBVqLQ ------------------------------------------------ : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Dog Albums' challenge Last week wanted to see what music dogs listen to and the glorious album artwork that would contain it. Your favourites included: * Floyd: The Bark Side of the Moon. (AndyR) http://b3ta.com/board/11151731 * Numan: It’s the only way to live. (monkeon) http://b3ta.com/board/11152046 * Devo: Nice hat. (HappyToast) http://b3ta.com/board/11152020 All these images, and a load more can be found here: http://b3ta.com/challenge/dogalbums/ >> New challenge: Teeth << This week it’s all about the gnashers, choppers, grills and Hampstead Heath. Brush up your old pictures and pull out some new ones. Show us your teeth and make us smile. http://b3ta.com/challenge/teeth/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates * Fascinating story about setting up a bogus health claim that "chocolate helps slim" to see if the media will bite. Spoiler: they do. They really REALLY do. http://goo.gl/DKKL4h * An app that turns any part of your display into a playable level of Super Mario Bros. Finally. http://aaronrandall.com/blog/screentendo * These stereotypes about white people remind us of National Lampoon's Vacation. http://goo.gl/Fsa2HB * The "paracetamolchallenge" is supposedly a 'craze' of teenagers daring each other to take too much paracetamol. But Snopes is calling it out as bollocks along the lines of 'rainbow parties'. Their evidence? The supposed social media trend hasn't left much of a trace on social media. Looks like it was concocted by the papers. http://m.snopes.com/2015/05/26/paracetamol-challen... * Your Silicon Valley job title is... http://siliconvalleyjobtitlegenerator.tumblr.com/ * Want some nice pixel-art gifs? Of course you do! http://1041uuu.tumblr.com/ ------------------------------------------------- Follow @b3ta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/b3ta ------------------------------------------------- : VIDEO SCHMIDEO Like books without the hard reading bit * Servalan from Blake's 7 sings Pink Floyd https://t.co/EHv4dO5RFe * Taylor Swift Rotoscoped - 49 Australian animation students were each given 52 frames of Taylor Swift's Shake it Off music video, and together they produced 2,767 frames of lovingly hand-drawn rotoscoped animation footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch * Alien remade with an office stapler http://www.b3ta.com/links/Xenostapler * This man is better at making animal sounds than you http://www.b3ta.com/links/Animal_sound_Man * Gail Platt Caught Red-Handed (partially NSFW) http://www.b3ta.com/links/Gail_Platt_Caught_Red_Ha... ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories * STRANGE MOANING ABOUT PISSING ON PLANTS: CONTINUED - krang writes, "Urine may be an excellent fertiliser, but don't use it on a pot plant. Especially one in a tiny bathroom which catches the sun in the evening. It smells like a cockroach's foreskin." ------------------------------------------------- Love it: [email protected] Shove it: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by planearm, Pazuzu and tits. Image challenge by Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. 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