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Post by Avril on May 18, 2011 18:35:58 GMT -5
Darwin Award candidate. Sigh.
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Post by PigsnieLite on May 18, 2011 19:28:38 GMT -5
Yep, lets clean Oztralia of the Bloodline of Tootleheads.
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Post by Avril on May 18, 2011 22:00:35 GMT -5
This one might be equally dangerous, depending on where you do it, if a total hoot.  Forget planking - now it's teapotting
Jonathon Pech
May 19, 2011 - 11:49AM The Sydney Morning Herald
Read more: www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/forget-planking--now-its-teapotting-20110519-1eu0h.html#ixzz1MlNogZrU
Hot on the heels of planking, "teapotting" is the newest internet craze to take off across the country.
The Warrnambool Standard reports that social media experiment was started by two Mortlake College teachers this week and has caught Australia's attention, with references on Sunrise, Triple J and The Circle.
Teapotting is similar to the planking photo fad, but instead of lying face down in interesting places, the subject holds a teapot pose — in reference to the 'I'm a Little Teapot' children's song and dance.
Mortlake College psychology teachers Alison Coate and Olivia Campbell created the original Facebook page for the pose on Monday night, now with more than 2200 followers.
Ms Coate said the teachers brewed up the idea of starting an online phenomenon in the office before classes on Monday morning.
"We were mentioning how unbelievable the media attention has been (for planking)," she said.
"We were joking around that anything can become a 'craze' on Facebook these days, so why not start one by making a teapot stance?
"When we were kids everyone did the dance but we came up with the idea thinking that with something as stupid as planking there could be something fun like teapotting."
That evening she made the page with photos taken during the day of year 12 students posing around Mortlake College's new building.
She watched it grow to 100 fans before she went to bed and in 24 hours there were another 1400.
With all the attention since then, it was announced yesterday Mortlake College would host the Cancer Council's Big Morning Tea next Thursday.
While Sunrise presenters claimed yesterday morning their Mark Beretta came up with the craze, they also mentioned the Mortlake teachers and their Teapotting Facebook page.
Sunrise host David Koch told viewers in the segment: "Forget planking... Stay safe with your teapotting."
Ms Coate said unlike many planking fans, they encouraged safe and responsible teapotting and positive interaction on their page.
"This has been taken along by a lot of families, so it's not about doing it in stupid or dangerous places.
"The Facebook page is run by teachers so it's safe, it's fun and it's ethically and digitally responsible.
"Social media can be used responsibly in schools to learn the ethics of digital media.
"It's very interesting to see the way a good thing for some people can be turned into a bad or dirty thing.
"It's not planking that has 'killed' a man -- it was drunken stupidity.
"We stressed to students that there is nothing dangerous about teapotting, it's just a matter of having fun.
"It's little things that can bring joy and people together."
Meanwhile, the Warrnambool Planking Facebook page continues to grow, now with more than 700 followers.
Page founder Louise Richards said they had planned a "mass plank" with up to 100 people in one photo at the Lady Bay car park at 9pm on Friday.
Warrnambool Standard
Read more: www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/forget-planking--now-its-teapotting-20110519-1eu0h.html#ixzz1MlOF0okB
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Post by PigsnieLite on May 19, 2011 3:01:15 GMT -5
Goodness, you guys are Bored, arent you? Hahahaha!  |
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Post by Avril on May 19, 2011 3:19:12 GMT -5
Apparently. As long as we're not decimating our own population, though, it's okay, right?
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Post by PigsnieLite on May 19, 2011 3:25:28 GMT -5
Yes, that is true. And I will admit the Catholic girls standing on stumps are excessively cute! |
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Post by PigsnieLite on May 20, 2011 9:40:46 GMT -5
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Post by sunfrog on May 29, 2011 1:13:00 GMT -5
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Post by PigsnieLite on May 29, 2011 1:36:53 GMT -5
Now, this is a WOnderful hobby! Much better than planking.  |
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Post by Avril on May 29, 2011 5:18:21 GMT -5
Very cool.
I love Vegemite. Unfortunately it has gluten in it so I have to have Mighty Mite.
But, YUM on toast (even gluten free toast...)
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Post by Frito Freddie on May 29, 2011 20:00:25 GMT -5
Haven'r spotted any plankers or teapotteries in Hawaii. Am not sure how this would go off on the island. I suppose I could do it on a surfboard!
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Post by Avril on Jun 26, 2011 18:31:42 GMT -5
Does this qualify for an End of Days post, Sunfroggy? Sinkhole swallows south-east Queensland beach
Georgia Waters The Sydney Morning Herald
June 27, 2011 - 7:54AM
Read more and video: www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/sinkhole-swallows-southeast-queensland-beach-20110627-1gm67.html#ixzz1QQZYQeOe
A sinkhole up to 100m long and 50m deep has opened up on a south-east Queensland beach.
The hole appeared at Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, on Saturday night and continued to grow yesterday. It is estimated to be up to 50m deep.
Hervey Bay man Ron Morgan told the Fraser Coast Chronicle he could only watch in shock as a small hole turned into a gaping chasm 30 metres wide and kept on growing.
The sinkhole at Rainbow Beach.
“The beach is just falling, it's disappearing into a giant hole,” he told the Chronicle yesterday.
“You can't see the bottom. It's like a deep crevasse, and it is growing all the time.
“...It's all the way up to the tree line and I just saw two trees fall in.
“The whole beach is disappearing.”
Greg Haring, manager of Adventure Centre 4WD Hire at Rainbow Beach, said he had seen footage of the hole taken by customers and was taken aback.
"It is a sizeable hole that's opened up on the beach. It's about 100m long. Some of the trees are collapsing into it," Mr Haring said.
Mr Haring said while sinkholes appeared in the area occasionally, it was by far the largest he had ever seen.
"They get sinkholes on a semi-regular basis but I haven't experienced one that far south," he said.
"They certainly do occur from time to time. Usually they're about 5 or 10m long, nothing of this size."
Police Acting Sergeant Gavin Cummings said sinkholes were not uncommon at Inskip Point.
“It’s something that has happened before,” he said.
“We were called there, because a lot of people were gathering very close to the sand cliffs. The cliffs would be about two metres high, but I’m sure the sink hole is deeper.”
Sergeant Cummings said it was fortunate no-one was driving on the popular four-wheel-drive beach route at the time.
“We’re lucky we didn’t have anyone out there,” he said.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jun 26, 2011 20:07:27 GMT -5
Errrmmm ... wheres the hole? Shouldnt there be a huge black pit sething wid satanic fumes like in WAR OF THE WORLDS?
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Post by Avril on Jun 26, 2011 20:21:53 GMT -5
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Post by sunfrog on Jun 26, 2011 20:22:36 GMT -5
Yep, it sure does, especially if flying devil fish start pouring out of it and attacking beach goers. |
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