They’ve been around in some form or another since 1983 and I’d never heard of them before. But a few songs in and they’re my new favourite comedy music group. I leave you with a few juicy samples (some are NSFW).

Dogging: (look it up!)

It isn’t too late to be famous:

And the sweetest but grouchiest ballad ever:

There’s plenty more on Youtube. Go!

This just in from Heinola, Finland (via The Sun):

A RUSSIAN finalist in Finland’s annual World Sauna Championships died yesterday after he and his opponent were rushed to the hospital, organizers of heat-endurance contest said.

It was reported that both men were subject to sitting in heat of 230F (110C), and the contest was called off after six minutes, when both contestants collapsed after the sauna door was opened.

I’d like to sympathize with the families of both men, but if you’re telling me that they chose to sit and cook themselves above the temperature of boiling water, I’ll reserve my condolences for deaths (and empathy for injuries) for other people.

Come on! What were they thinking as they took in the flavor of their own juices in the sweltering heat?

And the organizer had the cheek to utter the following:

“[The] event was interrupted immediately after the accident. [The] competition organization grieves these sad events,” [Head of the competition Ossi] Arvela said.

Police launched an investigation, he said, insisting that “all the rules were followed” and that all the contestants had undergone medical checks before the competition began.

The competition itself is an accident waiting to happen for crying out loud! And there are rules for cooking human sausages?

Such a waste of human life.

Idiots!

Yes, the actress who plays Hermione Granger in the uber-popular Harry Potter series of movies has shed her long locks for a more “Winona-in-the-90s” do, saying on her Facebook page:

“Dear all. Cut my hair off a few days ago… Feels incredible. I love it. I’ve wanted to do this for years and years; it’s the most liberating thing ever. Hope you like. Big love from Emma x”

But do not fret, fanboys of the lovely Miss Watson, you can still catch her in her full silky glory in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which opens in theaters in November. Who know, she might have grown a short bob by then! =D

(For the record, I think her new hair-do is fabulous.)

The end is probably nigh when the Americans military resorts to using moe manga to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The U.S.-Japan alliance, an agreement that has cost the Japanese plenty of taxpayers’ money, as well as the use of places such as Okinawa as US military bases.

The comic depicts a small American boy by the name of “Usa-kun” (-_-”’) beginning his stay with a normal Japanese household, protecting the family from pests such as cockroaches, while later explaining the details and the need for the alliance.

I have to agree with the writers over at Sankaku Complex that the comic does not include some of the problems of the agreement as mentioned near the end of their article:

Unsurprisingly, the manga glosses over all the schoolgirl rape and vast sprawling Okinawan bases which are the most immediate cause of friction over the alliance, although this would likely require several volumes of ero-manga to do justice to.

Those well-versed in the Japanese language and are interested in reading the “brochure”, the manga has been published online for free.

UPDATE: On the bright side, I’m thankful that they produced a moé manga and not this guy’s life story.

We’ve talked about this in the strip before. Bottom line: Apple dropped the ball with the design on this one, and it would be nice if they would admit it, but I’ll be happy with a free case when I (hopefully) pick up my SingTel set later this week. Let’s hope the rumour mill is true and Apple is going to coat the white iPhone 4 with some nice, thin and transparent non-conductive material.