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- Bullfrog Served ALIVE at Japanese Restaurant
- Hundreds of Paintings Come Together to Form Stunning Mural Mosaics
- Man Wins BMW after Keeping His Hand “Glued” to It for 87 Hours
| Bullfrog Served ALIVE at Japanese Restaurant Posted: 08 Jun 2012 03:11 AM PDT
A video shot in Japan recently went viral after it showed a bullfrog served in a Japanese restaurant still blinking and twitching on the plate, after being skinned alive and cut into pieces. This is definitely one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen. Singaporean website STOMP recently released a series of photos and a video shot in a Japanese restaurant where apparently people like to eat bullfrogs while they’re still alive. The video shows a customer going into the restaurant and how the cook there simply picks up a big frog, sticks a knife in it, removes all its inedible innards and skins it alive. Then the focus moves on the smiling customers who enjoys a healthy serving of bullfrog sashimi while the animal is looking at her from her plate, blinking and twitching… That doesn’t seem to bother the young woman much, as she even gives the thumb-up sign for the quality of the dish. I have no problem with people eating raw food, or even frogs, but eating pieces of them while their technically still living just makes my skin crawl. I don’t know if this qualifies as animal cruelty, just plain disgusting, or both, but it’s definitely not right. Although some have argued that in the wild animals are eaten alive every day, I don’t think comparing humans to animals makes very much sense… I didn’t post the video here, as it’s pretty disturbing, but if you want to see the bullfrog literally eaten alive, check out the original article. Bullfrog Served ALIVE at Japanese Restaurant was originally posted at OddityCentral.com  |
| Hundreds of Paintings Come Together to Form Stunning Mural Mosaics Posted: 08 Jun 2012 02:38 AM PDT
Invented by Lewis Lavoie, Mural Mosaic is an artistic concept which brings together hundreds of artworks painted by various artists into one exceptional image. Lewis Lavoie created his first mural mosaic in 1997, for a retaining wall next to an art gallery in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. For this, the artist painted hundreds of individual paintings that were ultimately assembled to make up the face of Michelangelo’s David. It was a monumental achievement that helped Lavoie gain international attention for his unique style. But that was only the beginning of the mural mosaic movement, as seven years later Lewis takes his ingenious concept to the next level, by inviting 70 different artists to create the first community mural mosaic. During a live 24-hour painting marathon, each artist makes his contribution to the “Heritage Fiddler” mosaic. Each painting that goes into a mural mosaic reflects an individual’s unique creativity and style. When a painting is completed it is carefully placed in sequence within the mural to assemble one masterpiece. The most unique aspect of this creative process is that the artists are all given a blank panel and the liberty to paint whatever they want, within the theme of the project. However, the final image assembled by Lewis Lavoie is always kept a secret until the unveiling.
For more incredible mural mosaics, check out Lewis Lavoie’s official site and MuralMosaics.com. Thanks for getting in touch, Lewis! Hundreds of Paintings Come Together to Form Stunning Mural Mosaics was originally posted at OddityCentral.com  |
| Man Wins BMW after Keeping His Hand “Glued” to It for 87 Hours Posted: 08 Jun 2012 01:37 AM PDT
Song Changjiang, a lucky 27-year-old from Chengdu, China, has won the right to drive in a BMW 1 Series after keeping his hand glued to it for 4 days and three nights, in a bizarre contest. What some people wouldn’t do for the chance to win a brand new BMW. Take the participants in the 'Who Can Keep Their Hand on the BMW‘ contest held in China’s Chengdu City. 120 contestants, aged between 18 and 40, signed up for the chance to win a BMW 1 Series. Organizers brought out a few vehicles, placed palm-shaped stickers on them, and all the participants had to do is keep their hands on them for as long as they could. Sounds easy enough, doesn’t it? I thought so too, but judging by the photos taken during the competition, it was a real physical and mental test. The car-touching competition was held during the last days of May, as part of a promotion for a real estate sales program. It attracted quite a lot of attention, but not exactly the kind organizers were hoping for. After photos of exhausted contestants laying on the ground, sleeping on their feet with their hands glued to the BMWs, and even carried away by their girlfriends were released by the press, the general reaction wasn’t at all positive. Anyway, after four days and three nights during which contestants were allowed a 15-minute break every four hours, to eat, sleep or go to the toilet, only three of them were left standing. One of them quit in tears, after his legs had swollen so much he couldn’t even walk, and the second one gave up three hours later, making Song Changjiang the last man standing. You might think a brand new BMW 1 Series is worth all the effort, but what we haven’t told you is the winner didn’t actually get to own the car. after 87 grueling hours, Song only won the right to drive it for 5 years, before having to return it to the company that organized the car-touching competition. “I won, but it was not worth it, I’d never do it again,” Son Changjiang told the press, after the contest. “At the end, I didn’t have the strength to eat. Even if there is an award of a million, I will not take part in a contest like this in the future.”
Sources: China Daily, The Sun Man Wins BMW after Keeping His Hand “Glued” to It for 87 Hours was originally posted at OddityCentral.com  |
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