accidents

German Sportscaster Gets a Soccer Ball to the Head

Matt Cherette · 08/24/10 02:49PM

Every web site I've viewed while "researching" this has been in German, but this is what Google Translate tells me: here's a video of German sportscaster Jessica Kastrop getting pelted—hard—in the head with a soccer ball last weekend.

"Great Russian Keyboard Purge" Goes Awry

Matt Cherette · 08/16/10 09:49PM

This video, titled, "System Administrator's Day in Russia," was uploaded recently and features a few Russian men hurling keyboards across a parking lot. At first, you may be all, "Meh," but watch to the end and—well, you'll see.

Power Outage Leaves Woman Bald

Adrian Chen · 08/14/10 10:26AM

A Mississippi salon owner says that an unexpected power outage left a client bald because she was unable to wash out some hair treatment chemicals. Maybe you should not put chemicals in your hair that can burn it off?

Local News Reporter Knocks Down, Injures Kid at Skate Park

Matt Cherette · 07/20/10 04:16PM

Is there any group that makes us laugh at their incompetence more than local news reporters? (Answer: No.) Watch as this voluptuous correspondent from Tampa attempts to get an interview via an inadvertent game of "Human Frogger," and fails miserably.