999: “Grey squirrels are not rare; it’s red squirrels that are rare.”

I think Avon and Somerset Police’s gripping exposés on 999 calls has been mentioned before, but they’ve moved onto YouTube now.

Among them, this classic, where the dispatcher wearily argues with the caller about the ratio between grey and red squirrels, and the lack of hazelnut trees along the M32:

While I’m sure it’s legally okay to publish these calls, I’m not utterly convinced it’s morally right: It’s clear that some of these callers aren’t fully compos mentis. It’s still quite entertaining, though… oh, and informative. Remember, kids: 999 prank calls risks lives, m’kay?

You’re just a bunch of Muppets!

It’s okay I haven’t flipped – there are a range of Muppet channels now on YouTube, with original content for the Internet age.

… so leave your sarcastic comments and nasty responses below!

Or there are more videos to enjoy from Statler and Waldorf, Sam the Eagle, Gonzo, the Swedish Chef and Beaker.

Bush or Batman?

Can you do better than these members of the public in distinguishing the sayings of George W. Bush from the sayings of Batman as portrayed by Adam West in the corny TV series? Here’s your starter: “Whether we bring justice to our enemies, or our enemies to justice, justice will be done”.

Weather cock

Warning, smut alert.

Is this the best example of a warm front moving in? Bet he never forecast ending up on Flickr!

Dr Horrible’s Sing-along-blog

If you’re as big a Joss Whedon fan as I am (no you’re not – stop lying to yourself) then you’ll be exciting to find out about his latest venture. It’s in cute, digestible Internet pieces, and involves everything that is great and good in this world: singing, humour, Nathan Fillion, Doogie Howser, superheroes etc. See:

You get extra Whedon points for recognising the love interest.

PS These are only available free until Sunday July 20th. After that they’ll be available through iTunes (initially US only) for a small fee.

Top ten signs you are a fundamentalist christian

Stumbleupon came up with this one earlier….. from EvilBible.com

Come Shop at Shop

The latest thing to emerge from the combined talents of beatboxer Beardyman and video artist mr_hopkinson (previously featured on D’n'C) is this spoof advert. More please!

Signs that a band will suck

Damian draws my attention to Chicago-based discussion forum Electrical Audio, which has been discussing warning signs of really bad bands as well as sure signs a band will be awesome. In the first category:

• “Bands playing in front of a large banner bearing their name and/or “logo” cannot possibly be good. This is science.”
• “If the bass looks like an endangered hardwood dildo, you know straightaway that something awful is about to commence.”

Signs of awesomeness:

• “Homemade gear of some kind; A bass with one pickup; Tape on the guitars; Fingerprints, sweatsalt, and/or blood on the guitars”
• “If the singer has a broken arm or broken leg it’s always a good sign.”
• “One of the band members being butt naked. I’ve never heard this happening and the show being bad.”

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Make McCain interesting

Stephen Colbert recently issued another green screen challenge, this time to make John McCain more interesting, producing results that are freaky and funny.

There’s more available via this guy on LiveJournal with Elvis Presley, Star Wars and Samuel L. Jackson all morphing with McCain