wahhh

This site is pretty funny, although after watching about a dozen clips the novelty wore off. I think Elliot was my favorite, if only because he was eating ground nutmeg.

endearing novelties

Click on the TV in the bottom left corner of the screen to see a bunch of emerald nuts commercials. I think my favorite is the Encouraging Norwegians.

holier than thou and don't we fuckin know it eh

This just in from the Same Old Same Old Bureau: Canadians think Americans are jerks.

trailer park boys

Reason #14 to move back to Canada: this show is a big hit in the Great White North but you can't find it in the States. I've never actually seen it, but I've heard it's awesome and these clips look great.

boing

10 seconds of llamas...

I did lose it this time.

over this...

the force is strong with this one

www.cockeyed.com. There is a lot of good stuff here. I think my favorite parts are the How Much Is Inside experiments, but I just about lost it a minute ago when I saw this new item.

18 seconds

British biologists plan to study an Alpine cricket that is capable of copulating every 18 seconds, reports The Daily Telegraph. "Males seem to be highly unselective when it comes to mating," says Dr. Karim Vahed. "Anonconotus alpinus will leap on anything, even other males." After inserting a package of sperm the male gives a triumphant series of short trills before seeking a new conquest. Dr. Vahed hopes to discover whether the females use the song to identify which species they've just mated with.

-- globeandmail.com

don't make me destroy you

Most blogs are a total waste of time (see, e.g., abigwank.blogspot.com, or just click "Next Blog" in the upper right corner of this page). Darth Vader's blog, however, is not.

I love good advertising

Funny and cute this is.

colin gregg

There are several top-notch commercials in this medley by Colin Gregg. Especially good are (1) the Carling spot, which ensures that I will always smile when I hear "Just The Two of Us" by Bill Withers; (2) "Big Blue Spot", which somehow combines Scots glacial geomorphology with hatred for IKEA; (3) the delightful "Holy Water" ad for Kohler; and (4) Blackcurrant Tango, which is, all hyperbole aside, one of the best commercials of all time.

RPS

And this is one of the great things on the internet.

pillow fight championships

This makes me mad I won't be around here for the 4th of July. It's not every day you get a chance to become World Champion of something.

realtor issues

Here's something for anyone dreaming about taking revenge on obnoxious realtors. The site's by a few guys I used to live with.

purpose of this blog

A few introductory comments about A big wank:

1. A big wank is a trivial blog, by which I mean it exists only as a place for me to post trivia -- i.e., stuff of no real importance. Items posted on this blog will most likely make it up here because I find them funny, although it's possible that other items that are clever or cute or Canadian will be posted even if they are not funny. Unlikely, but possible.

2. A big wank was created in response to public demand (i.e., repeated requests from KW) for such a blog.

3. The title of this blog comes from a phrase uttered by Tim Canterbury about 11 minutes and 11 seconds into Season 1 Episode 5 of the BBC TV series The Office. If you haven't seen The Office yet, there's a good chance you should drop whatever you're doing and go rent it right now. It's that good. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it is the best television comedy of the 21st century.

4. Unsolicited opinions, such as the one offered in the previous sentence, will probably abound in this blog, making A big wank no different than nearly every other blog in cyberspace.