For your viewing pleasure today, we bring you a stupid invention, just in time for your holiday gatherings:

The Beer Rocket Launcher:

As you can see, this handy dandy invention straps to your back, and just perfectly accommodates this lovely cocktail dress with 6″ high heels. Manufactured by a German company called Rocket Packs they also offer a wide array of other stupid beer inventions. The disappointing part? It is not really a rocket launcher, so no, you cannot fly across the English Channel like Jet Man.

Special thanks to Chris for finding this and sending it to me. He’s got a pretty funny website you should all check out and visit at The Shark Guys.

What do you think? Can you see yourself wearing this?

I was writing about Evel Knievel Motorcycle Toys and I thought I better take a moment and really learn about Mr. Evel Knievel so I would understand the appeal of these toys.

Upon doing my research (gotta love Wikipedia!) I learned he had been a successful insurance agent. Fed up with that (who wouldn’t be? – no offense to insurance agents out there, just doesn’t seem like an exciting job!) he decided to put on a show of him on his motorcycle doing crazy things.

He had broken 433 bones, had numerous concussions, etc. etc. Ironically, it wasn’t his stunts that killed him – he had a liver transplant and ultimately died from diabetes.

Anyways, you’ve got to watch this video and tell me if you would try to do something like this:

It seems nobody ever knows when Thanksgiving is except for me…so today in preparation of this great stuff your face with turkey and watch football (though not sure if the NFL will actually let us watch all of the football) and count your blessings with family and friends holiday that is just a few weeks away, let me answer your questions about when is Thanksgiving?

Some people, such as my husband, think Thanksgiving is the 22nd of November and will vehemently fight you if you say it is any other day besides the 22nd.

Others think it may be the 24th – the 26th? Isn’t Thanksgiving on the 23rd? Some are getting closer by rationalizing that Thanksgiving comes on a certain week in November – My brother was convinced for several years that Thanksgiving was on the last Wednesday of November.

So everyone, let me reveal this great mystery to all of you, the Answer to “When is Thanksgiving?”

It is on the 4th Thursday of every November, year after year.

It doesn’t matter if its the 22nd, or the 23rd, or the 24th or the 25th…every year, without exception since 1941 when Congress ruled that Thanksgiving would be held on the 4th Thursday of every November, it has been the 4th Thursday of EVERY November.

So now you all know when Thanksgiving is and can properly prepare for such a wonderful turkey eating stuffing mashed potato love my mom’s cooking kind of day..You defintely need to check out these Thanksgiving hats and order yours just in time:

Click Here and Get Your Plush Referee Turkey Hat

Do you like peanuts? Like Ducks?

Would you like to buy a duck shaped peanut?

Auction’s only at 49 cents right now, so clearly this is a bargain! A beautiful “miracle of nature, too pretty to eat!”

I wish I was this imaginative! To bid and to see more stupid things, Click here for eBay!

I was browsing MorgueFile.com today when I came across this photo by Kevin Rosseel:

Who could resist a sale on big butts?

Oh I know, it’s probably not what they meant…but still pretty funny.

A little known trivia on me today: I actually took two years of video production classes. Unfortunately after the second year I was so burned out by the technical side of it (sitting and watching hours of footage and cutting and editing it is not my cup of tea!) I never actually did get around to making the movie or videos I wanted to!

It’s not easy to make a good video all by yourself. Sure, we’ve seen our fair share of home videos on YouTube, many of which are terrible and have bad lighting, bad audio, and worse actors. Just type in “me playing a song” or “me doing” in youtube and you’ll see what I mean!

Here’s the perfect example right here for you to watch of a terrible video:

It is the videos like this that really make you wish more people would take advantage of professional video production service. The perks of using professional video services is that you don’t really need anything beyond a budget and an idea – they handle all of the technical editing stuff and can even write the script and provide actors like you. So if your genius movie idea of doing nothing in front a webcam is the best you can come up…well, at least it could look pro!

Across the world there are lots of sports. Some people might think baseball or football or tennis are weird and unusual sports, but I think the ones I’ve shared below have to probably be some of the weirdest sports that anyone could find a little humor in.

Zorb Ball

According to the official website of the Zorb Ball, “Zorb is the sport of rolling down a hill inside a giant inflatable ball and where New Zealand once again leads the world in stupid things to do while you’re on a vacation.” I didn’t know that New Zealand was the leader in stupid things to do while on vacation, but this weird unusual sport looks like it might be fun.

Unicycle Hockey

Hockey and Unicycling together at last! And to think I thought ice hockey was challenging enough…

Wife Carrying

I couldn’t even believe this was a sport, but sure enough, there is a Wikipedia article about it. This sport involves men running through an obstacle course while carrying the wife as pictured above. The rules are as follows: All Participants Must Have Fun, Wife must weigh at least 49 kg (so it’s a good thing if the wife has a fat belly), 15 second penalty for dropping the wife, wife must wear helmet.  No, this doesn’t sound weird or unusual at all…

The World Pooh Sticks Championship

This weird unusual sport, named Pooh-Sticks from the popular stories Winnie the Pooh involves standing on a bridge, dropping your stick in the water, and racing to see who’s stick goes the fastest to produce a winner. Could be a fun way to spend a lazy afternoon this March… That’s if you can handle all of the excitement.

Shin Kicking

The object of this sport is to kick the other person’s shins until they’re so weak they fall down (or you can throw them down). Their motto: If it ain’t broke, you’re not kicking hard enough. According to the official Shin Kicking website, they’re petitioning to get this one in the Olympics.

Cat Fish Grabbers

According to Catfishgrabbers.com, this sport is the “art of fishing with your hands”. To get started, all you need is a swimsuit and the ability to wrestle in the water trying to get the catfish if possible. Have you hugged a catfish today?

Worm Charming

As the name suggests, worm charming involves trying to coax worms out of the ground. Whoever gets the most worms wins! Clearly this sport is all about strategy.

Tent Pitching

Think you can pitch a tent faster than anybody else? I didn’t believe this one was real either until checking it out on the BBC website. The World Tent Pitching competition is all about seeing who can set up a tent the fastest.

Extreme Ironing

Get out your iron and ironing board and try out this extreme sport: players go to a remote location and iron clothes! As the Wikipedia article states: Extreme ironing is “the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.” Sounds exhilarating, doesn’t it?

Know of any other weird and unusual sports? Have you played (or would you play) any of the strange sports I have listed here? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

I was looking online for an image to use about telephones and calling people when I stumbled across this sweet little gem:

The Portable Cell Phone Booth!

Yes, no need to worry about a lack of privacy while on your cell phone – simply carry around this portable cell phone booth around on your back and assemble anytime when needed!

Nick Rodrigues is the guy who came up with this – go check out his site and be sure you watch the video there as well!

With something like this, there’s a good chance you won’t be worried about what your what your clothes say about you…I think the phone booth says it all!

I don’t drink wine very often – maybe once or twice in a year. Usually it is connection with a special occasion, such as a champagne wedding toast or some other special event. Christmas, Thanksgiving, that kind of thing. I drink so very little that we actually don’t even have an alcohol in our house – no beer in the fridge, no wine in a cupboard or any of that! (Yes my wild partying drinking days are long over!)

But today I saw this on a Wine Racks website and thought it was worth sharing on Best of Stupid:

The Wine Bug:

This, as you can tell, is no ordinary wine rack. You do not even have to remove the bottle from the wine rack when you want to use it. “It Sits! It Stands! It Pours!” I have to love anything that has a multipurpose!

It is also no ordinary bug! This bug has only four legs! Most of the bugs I have encountered either have 6 legs or more, or maybe has wings…I have never seen a bug like this before. This is good news if you do not like bugs, you could get this and pretend it is a cow. Or a cat. Or anything else with four legs and a tail that you like more than bugs for that matter…

What do you think? Do you like my cute wine bug friend? Seen any interesting wine racks like this before?

It’s been awhile since I’ve done a this week on ebay segment so here you go everybody:

Two Cheesy Balls

Ah, aren’t they cute? Supposedly the owner of these two cheese balls found them inside the bag of Doritos they were munching on. Yes, a bag of Doritos is included in the sale of these two cheese balls.

See it for yourself: Click here for eBay! and search for item# 260297812563.

Halloween is coming up in a few weeks, so of course that means I couldn’t resist sharing with you some of the worst Halloween costume ideas I’ve come across.

The Plug-In Outlet Halloween Costume:

It’s scary all right…scary that anyone would actually dress up in this! This one is from Things You Never Knew Existed.

Baby Wonder Bread Halloween Costume:

They’ll be wondering all right…wondering what the heck you were thinking forcing your kid into a costume like this one…What kid dreams of being bread for Halloween? You can get it here. Yes, there is one for adults, too!

The Car Freshener:

This one simply just wouldn’t work for a kid…one whiff of that diaper and there’d be no fooling anybody that you’re not a real car freshener. I’m sure you can find some better kids halloween costumes out there somewhere! Also available in an adult costume…from Amazon.

The Lost Dog Costume

Um…Do I really need to go into why this one made it to my list of the 10 worst Halloween costumes? You can see this one here.

Genie in a Lamp

This is one genie I would not want making all my wishes come true! Get it here.

Tinky Winky Adult Teletubbies Costume

While this one would be okay for a kid, there’s something very unsettling about this picture! Something like an Adult Tinky Winky TeleTubbies Costume should probably not exist.

My Peeps

Maybe because I associate Peeps with our Peep torturing Easter rituals…but even so, this still makes it to my list of the 10 worst Halloween costumes. From Amazon.

The Breathalyzer

In my experience, a Breathalyzer at a Halloween party is typically not a good sign…See more here.

The Giant Boob Costume

I could be wrong, but it just seems like something is missing from this Giant Boob Costume.

The Rat Trap

There’s nothing like wearing a Halloween costume that makes people not want to sit next to you.

So that’s it, my list of the 10 Worst Halloween costumes, I’ve also got some bad ideas for anyone interested in couples Halloween Costumes. Actually, they’re not as bad as these, but the Bacon & Eggs one I put over there should really be over here!

What’s the worst Halloween costume you’ve seen? You know I want to hear all about it!

I read today that over 2000 people each day are searching online for women kicking men in the groin.

Is this something people find amusing? Exhilirating?

Well, I did some research for Best of Stupid sake and found this video of women kicking men in the groin. Actually, it is more like a bunch of women kicking one man – this guy is trying to go for a world record of being kicked in the nuts the most times and enlisting complete random stranger volunteers at a park.

Stuff like women kicking men in the nuts and that kind of thing really all comes down to a big question:

Is it funny when people get hurt?

A lot of comedic humor has been based on the clumsiness of others or people who hurt each other. Think of the cartoon Tom & Jerry – they blow each other up, stab each other, chop each other up – you name it! Then there’s stuff like the classic guy who slipped on a banana peel or someone who sits down and misses the chair and falls flat on their butt.

This leads to another big question:

Have you ever actually seen somebody slip on a banana peel?

I have never witnessed firsthand someone slipping on a banana peel. No doubt this has something to do with a lack of banana peels on the ground. I did however see this video that’s super short and made me laugh, a banana peel slipping on a man on the ground:

So what do you think? Can you answer my big questions for me?

Yves Rossy made world history today as the first person to self propel oneself across the English Channel…

Really! He did! Read about it here.

It’s time for Round 2 of The AdSpace Contest and I’m proud to announce that I am one of 10 co-hosts again. This time we have even more ways to enter and win, so if you didn’t win last time, here’s you chance to gain additional entries and increase your chances!
 

Here are the contest rules:

The idea is simple: Get as many entries as you can (very easy to do) before October 15th. The more entries you get, the better chance you have of winning! Shortly after the 15th, we’ll announce the winner.

The prize?
A 125×125 pixel ad spot (above the fold) on at least TEN DIFFERENT BLOGS that will run for one month. That’s at least a $100 value! Last month’s prize grew to be ad spots on 45 blogs!

Who else is co-hosting?

• Jamaipanese
• Best of Stupid
• AxioBlog
• The Big Bald Blog
• Jason Boom
• Unconventional Marketing Blog
• GorillaSushi
• Geek Mom Mashup
• It Might Be Love
• Mr. Javo

 
How do you enter to win?

• 1 Entry – Subscribe to any one of the blogs above via email (if you subscribed last month, you’re already entered again!).
• 5 Entries – Twitter about the contest with a link to this post (new!)
• 10 Entries – Write a post about the contest (must include links to all 10 hosts OR use our suggested text)
• 25 Entries – Offer up an ad spot on your own blog for one month as part of the prize package (links will be listed above)

 Simply put, you could subscribe to all 10 blogs, write a post, twitter about it and offer up your own ad spot for a grand total of 50 entries! Fill out the form below once you’ve got your entries done. 

 
Contest ends October 15th. Good Luck!

Drumroll please everybody…we have a winner for the AdSpace Contest!

It is Not Just a Mama and she will have her blog advertised on over 40 blogs for the next month! (You can see her ad right next to my entrecard widget in the sidebar!)

There was a total of 1272 entries so thank you to everyone who participated…and if you did not win, don’t worry…there will be more opportunities coming very soon!