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Chuck Norris Cannot Be Stopped

Ian — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:42:15 +0000

Looking for Chuck Norris Facts? Click here. Check it out, we even made you a Facebook app!

A few weeks ago I leaked a sneak peek at the cover art for CHUCK NORRIS CANNOT BE STOPPED and I’m excited to officially announce that it is now on sale!

Buy: Amazon – B&N – Borders

By the time you finish reading the book, you will be able to answer the following important questions:

Who owns all of the No. 1 pencils?
Who won the 1993 International Jump Rope Championship while standing completely still?
Who was Tiger Woods’ 3rd, 8th, and 16th mistresses?
Whose TiVo only records John Wayne movies, old Ronald Reagan speeches, and Walker, Texas Ranger?
Whose lungs are made from burlap sacks full of Beefaroni?

As always, there will be some incredible illustrated facts as well, like this one:

There are also a lot of changes coming to the website that are currently in the works and should be finished in the next few weeks. First, I’ll be moving all “Facts” related material from it’s current home at 4Q.cc, a domain name that is truly awful for anything but shortlinking these days, to a new home right here at WhatIsAwesome.com/Chuck. You’ll also be able to access “Facts” via webapp on your mobile phone browser (sorry, I can’t do iPhone/iPad apps, a certain 80s action star wouldn’t like it) as well as via Facebook. I’ll be sure to keep you all posted on those happenings.

Be sure to join the Facebook page as well to stay up-to-date with the latest happenings!

The intestinal gas collector

Gaurab — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:04:54 +0000

As part of our weekly series of ridiculous patents, I’ve come across quite an interesting one: The Intestinal Gas Collector. The patent claims to collect gas from your intestinal area to relieve gas pressure in your abdomen. Sounds scientific enough. But the method of actually removing gas involves jamming a rod, half a foot in length into your body’s most, errr, interesting orphace into the putrid depths of your intestine. It has a leak proof collection tube, gaskets to keep it inside you, and bladder at the end to allow one-way transfer of gases. Now, what to do with a bag full of your own gas . . . ? I’m sure there are exactly 5 things you can do with it, and I think this guy is patenting them.

Cat ladies

Evan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:42:06 +0000

I’m not talking about the weirdo’s who hoard animals by keeping WAY TOO MANY pets without having the ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. No no. I’m talking about the creme de la creme of Cat Ladies. The ones that sleep with lions, create organizations with other strange cat loving woman, the ones who end up on international TV feeding 100’s of cats, and most importantly the ones that get action figures modeled after them!

Here is a short list of some pretty Awesome Cat Ladies!

46-year-old South African Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen shares her home with 4 orphaned cheetahs, 5 lions and 2 tigers. She says, “I love them all. But they’re a handful.”

50-year-old Nina Kostsovo lives in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk. She picked up her first street cat 15 years ago and has since not been able to let a cat in need pass by without helping it. This Russian woman has opened her tiny two-room apartment to over 130 stray cats. Video after the jump.

This is a real costume dedicated to the Awesomeness of Cat Ladies. I won’t make any money if you buy this, but I will laugh if you send me a picture.

And then there is the Cat Writers’ Association, Inc. (CWA). This is an organization of professionals in either writing, publishing and broadcasting. And to be in the CWA, what you write, publish, or broadcast has to be all about cats. Now I’m not a lady, but this IS all about cats. I might need to see what the dues are, because I’d really like to start getting their quarterly newsletter aptly named MEOW! (members only)

And finally, the great people over at mcphee.com have given us possibly the best thing ever — a Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure!

Every town has a Crazy Cat Lady. She’s the one who lives in a tiny house full of feral felines. This 5-1/4″ tall, hard vinyl Crazy Cat Lady Action Figure has a wild look in her eye and comes with six cats. You know you want it.