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• The Mile High Club Takes On A Whole New Meaning...

  Don't worry, passengers were never in any danger on this, an Aeroflot flight. After all, it's not like they're the largest airline in Russia or anything. Read More... Posted Mar 11 2009, 09:46 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: video, drugs, scary, marijuana, airlines, mile high club, stewardess, russia, stewardesses, foreign, live leak, russian, illegal drugs, stoned, plane, translation, hashish

• And The Nominees Are... and Should've Been...

  At the crack of dawn this morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its usually confounding, bizarre, idiotic, and trite little list of Oscar nominees. This year, we have to say we agree with most-- and we use that word with great hesitation-- of their choices... Read More... Posted Jan 22 2009, 11:51 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: movies, mickey rourke, Heath Ledger, brad pitt, oscars, academy awards, documentaries, sean penn, milk, foreign, dark knight, academy award nominations, best actor, golden globe, best actress, benjamin button

• Video of the Day: Brickhead

  Watch this guy, who is clearly more talented than anyone appearing on this week's Top 40 list or on any "reality" competition show, balance a brick shitload of bricks on his head. We're talking almost two dozen bricks, it seems, by the time he takes off speedwalking... along a gangplank. You'll just have to see for yourself, after the jump. Read More... Posted Nov 28 2008, 01:45 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: video of the day, employment, jobs, weird, work out, foreign

• But Of Course: Madonna's British Accent Explained

  Ever wonder how a girl from Detroit ended up with a British accent? Well, you know, sometimes you just wake up with an accent. Seriously. There are dozens—dozens!—of documented cases of Foreign Accent System.  One woman's story, after the jump. Read More... Posted Nov 14 2008, 02:07 PM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: madonna, british, accents, foreign, foreign accents, syndroms, foreign accent syndrome

• That Sex Toy Is... Pooooisssoooon

  We've received a slew of tips for this one, from reader Elissar to former Nerve contributer James Frey (thanks all!), which shows you how alarmed people are. It seems that Ann Summers, seller of sex toys and other goodies in UK stores, has recalled Chocolate-flavored body spreads and/or Chocolate-flavored penis and nipple spreads due to contaminated contents... Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 04:16 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sex toys, chocolate, recalls, China, sex shop, united kingdom, body paint, Chinese customs, foreign, poison, chinese

• Arizona House Candidate Apparently Refuses To Speak English

  Is this guy for real? He's named Juan Valdez (true story), became a citizen of the US in 2007, and has legally changed his first name to John so he can assimilate to the U.S. run for political office in the great and open-armed state of Arizona. That's just the lead, people. Read More... Posted Jul 17 2008, 03:03 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: politics, funny, immigrants, racism, coffee, arizona, spanish, candidates, government, english, hispanics, bizarre, foreign