WTF? The F-Word in EMF's Unbelievable

By +Ian C

Twenty five years ago, 5 young men from Gloucestershire, UK formed a band called EMF and released their first single, 'Unbelievable' (released in 1991 in the US). The song became an instant hit worldwide with it's high energy punk pop/alternative dance charm. Unbelievable has been used in advertising, movie soundtracks, at sports events and in video games pretty much from day one. The unbelievable thing is that in the quarter century since it was released, Unbelievable has been responsible for the most profanity broadcast across the airwaves worldwide.

EMF - Unbelievable

WTF? Selfie Sticks

By +Tina Cruris

By now I am sure many of you have seen at least one person using a 'selfie stick' and this fad keeps extending (not sorry for the pun). For those of you who have no clue what I am talking about, a selfie stick is an extendable, hand held monopod for your phone or camera which allows you to take a picture of yourself (selfie) from a distance or from an obscure angle without engaging a stranger to take the picture for you. If you still don't get it, here is a picture.

Insert Witty Caption Here

Bieber's Calvin Klein underwear shoot

By +Tina Cruris

You may have noticed recently that there is some fuss about Justin Bieber's Calvin Klein underwear shoot, with suggestions that he was made to look more 'manly' with the aid of digital photographic retouching or 'photoshopping'.

Left: the altered image. Right: what the camera saw

Bomb disposal with Xfinity (Comcast)

Comcast are getting some bad press right now with the very public release of a phone call with a customer service representative. The Comcast representative was obnoxious and rude and did very little to offer satisfaction to the now ex-customer. By a twist of fate yesterday, I was stuck in an online chat box with Comcast over a billing issue, which took almost 2 hours to resolve; that's about 105 minutes longer than it should have taken in reality.

Personal details obscured to protect the innocent

WTF? Facebook Zimbio Quizzes

By +Tina Cruris

What breed of dog are you? What color are you? Which Frozen character are you? Which Oscar winning movie quote are you?

If you have spent any time on Facebook in the last 6 months then I know that at least one of your friends has completed and shared a Zimbio quiz result with you.

Which _____ are you?

WTF? Cray Cray Adorbs

by +Alexa Rankin

Some of you will have come across the new series of Sprint commercials featuring James Earl Jones and Malcolm McDowell where the two world renowned actors voice act a series of social media conversations. I am not sure if Sprint considered that the roles that each of these men are best known for are amongst cinema's most evil.

Did Sprint research their past?

WTF? Honey Boo Boo

Some of you may already know who she is, but for the rest of you, here is a brief introduction to the phenomenon that is Honey Boo Boo.

I want to strangle her already

WTF with all the vodka flavors

Dictionary Definition

vod·ka noun \'väd-kə\

A colorless, odorless and flavorless liquor of distilled spirits from a mash (as of rye or wheat) 

 

I need a bigger glass

The disturbing trend of pet piercing

When I was just a young boy only women and sailors had piercings, and it was sufficient to have just one ring per ear. However, as the decades have passed, so the desire for more piercings in more unusual places has increased. Popular culture has lead today's trendsetters to bejewel previously unconsidered areas of their body in order to be unique. Just g**gle "extreme piercing" and you will find pictures of many similarly unique people.

Just one example of extreme piercing

WTF? Butt Patting

Something I have never been able to understand is the need for men to touch each others butts. Outside of a sporting arena, this would be totally unacceptable behaviour, but, for some reason it is OK to touch another guy's ass while playing sports.

Not a good time to play grabass

WTF? - Herman Cain

This is my first poke at a WTF? post so let me know how I do.

You may have heard that Herman Cain has been implicated in a number of sexual harassment cases, from his time at the NRA (National Restaurant Association) which may have put a huge dent in his plans to run for President in 2012.

Herman McCain at the McDonalds Convention

Twilight for beginners (part one)

This month has one of the most important dates on the calendar for teen girls everywhere. (And for some of their moms too). On November 18th 2011, Twilight: Breaking Dawn (part 1) will be unleashed in an unsuspecting theater near you.

WTF? - Rihanna, sexiest woman alive?

Esquire magazine's November edition celebrates the Sexiest Woman Alive and for some crazy reason which nobody can figure out they decided that for 2011 it would be Rihanna.

Seriously? What is sexy about this?

Ohio woman angry over mistyped recipe

An Ohio woman is angry at her neighbor over a badly typed recipe. Martha Smith of Bay Village, OH, kindly obliged when her longtime neighbor, Maria Corona, asked to use her famous barbecued ribs recipe.

An old style typewriter similar to that used by Martha Smith

WTF? - Cockfighting

Do you ever get a totally unrelated mental image when someone says a certain word or phrase? I do. There are 2 phrases that spawn a disturbing image in my mind. You can probably guess the first one since it is the title of the post.

This is similar to my mental image for cockfighting

WTF? – Cee Lo Green

I have absolutely no doubt that if you watch trash TV then you know who Cee Lo Green is. If you don't then here is a picture.

Cee Lo Green at the 2011 Grammy Awards

He looked like the love child of Elton John and Big Bird while trying to upstage Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards.

WTF? - Re-writing History

With recent suggestions that the model who posed for Leonardo DaVinci's La Giaconda (Mona Lisa) was actually a man and possibly Leo's lover, we uncover some other challenges to established thinking.



Could this really be a guy?

WTF? – Bad American Accents

The Darwinian evolution of the English language over the past 200 years in isolation from it's source has led to a new language, American English. This language has geographical variations, from the bubble gum blonde Californian to the nasally stressed New Yorker and the y'all drawl of the south.

Don't mess with the US

WTF? - Horror-scopes

As the rotation of the Earth slows, the direction of magnetic North is shifting towards Moscow, causing chaos for pilots trying to land at a Tampa airport.

You could need one of these

This is however of miniscule significance when compared to how the accompanying celestial shift has caused me to move from being a challenging and impulsive Aries to a conservative, concrete Taurus.

WTF? - Captcha

You have probably seen them and used them but did you know what they are called? Those distorted words that you have to decipher to prove you are a real human and not some computer operated site crawler or 'bot'.