Panning for Internet Gold: the Anne Geddes nightmare edition

Posted by Helen Brown on September 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

If life is a canine birthday party, then frivolous internet links are the malodorous, meaty cake. Take my paw and we will delve muzzle-first into the Pedigree Chum goodness that lies below.

You slapped a fish

The Bad Lipreading crew have finally made sense of Twilight.
You like Korean pop phenomenon Gangnam Style for the dance, don’t you? Time to love it for its subversive political message.
Michael Fassbender is set to play 80′s papier-mache-headed comic character Frank Sidebottom and WAIT WHUT I CAN’T EVEN.
Parks & Recreation have released the bloopers. And they were good.

Never gonna Roger Sterling

The great thing about living in monochromatic, sexismpalooza Mad Men days is that Rickrolling hadn’t been invented yet. Oh.
Posters for movies with one letter removed. Funny-beautiful.
Anne Geddes built a name for herself taking those baby-in-flower Athena pictures that poked a virtual sharpened stick into your Saturday morning, shopping-centre hangover. Try them for size with adults subbing for babies.
Then, witness the horrible truth behind those adorable baby shots:

Look into my link-eyes so that I may mesmerize

You cannot take your eyes off this caterpillar with a death-wish.
Plants have feelings too. Very cool feelings.
Dancing quadrocopters, beautifully lit against the Austrian night sky.
The King of Parkour showreels. This guy commits.
Atheist Brony Dubstep is a thing and I need a little lie-down now.
Somebody has mashed up EVERYTHING over Gangnam Style and while it’s OH-GOD-MAKE-IT-STOP TOO MUCH – you absolutely will dance.
It’s not that speedboat crashes are funny, of course. It’s just that the dubstep mix is pretty banging and the gif is a thing of wonder. Gif pro-tip: pick one person to watch each time.
Don’t you hate it when confectionery looks pretty? Here: infected toe and ear cookies.

Aw, bless

In important skunk news, it emerges that Pepé Le Pew exists in the non-cartoon dimension.

Finally, interior design takes a cat lady’s needs into account. Marvel at the (frankly amazing) sofa with in-built cat tunnel.

Pet-owners continue their reign of humiliating costume-based terror over their animal charges.

You might have seen cat-hugs-kitten videos before, but unless you’re some kind of hideous secret reptile, they will never not soothe your soul. Try it.