Showing posts with label making faces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label making faces. Show all posts

June 6, 2012

Prepare to grimace!

I see I have a few disgusting items this morning. For example, here's some amazing close-ups of healthy human eyes!
Ooh, and at Louisville, the urinals reflect that they don't much like the University of Kentucky.
Finally, this guy won the world "gurning" (or "face making" championship!

October 9, 2011

"That book! It's horrible!"

Okay, okay, these folks are more horrified than disgusted. But since Halloween is coming, I thought I'd allow it. 

Plus, I've been enjoying looking at pictures of people FREAKING OUT at The Nightmares Fear Factory. It's a haunted house, and— well, just go look at their pictures! (Via.)

August 2, 2011

What happened to that dog?!



Oh, it's just shaking itself. Whew!

Photographer Carli Davidson (from Portland!) took these shots.

Man, Fido never looked so gross... (Photo via the Telegraph.)

June 18, 2011

Game. Set. Poop pants.

Some people think tennis is a high-class, sophisticated sport.

And I'm sure that this gentleman will agree with that, right after he showers and changes all his clothes!

April 21, 2011

The Face of Disgust

These Chicago fifth-graders are learning about reproduction. And it looks like SOMEBODY's not too happy about it!
Story and photo from the Chicago Tribune.

March 14, 2011

Gurnin’ Through a Braffin’!

What are these idiots doing? They're not idiots, they're champions! See, in England, there have been “gurning” contests since 1267. These are competitions where people make the ugliest possible faces they can… with the ugliest face being declared the winner!

So up top wearing the horse collar is 2010 World Gurning Champion Tommy Mattinson. And to the side here he poses with a women’s champion, Michaela Strachan.

What's the secret to gurning success? According to the Encyclopedia Britannica blog:
A classic gurn involves jutting your lower jaw as far forward and as high as possible, and then covering your upper lip with your lower lip. It has become traditional for contestants to put their heads through a horse collar (known as “gurnin’ through a braffin’”) – and the person who manages to achieve “the greatest transformation of the face without artificial help” wins the contest and becomes the World Champion. [One winner was once disqualified for putting vinegar in his mouth to help him make a face.]
Gurning champ
Gordon Blacklock
Even the most attractive of people look pretty gruesome when they’re gurning. [But] it’s people with no teeth… who can often produce the greatest gurns—because they can move their lower jaw further up—sometimes even managing to cover their entire nose with their lower lip. In fact one competitor, Peter Jackman, even went so far as to have his teeth removed to make his face more flexible and give him a better chance of winning.
Removing your teeth to win a face-making contest? Now that makes ME gurn!
Photos from the Egremont Crab Fair.
Thanks to No Big Woo for the tip!

October 20, 2010

Divers Do NOT Poop Their Pants

Look, if you take a picture of a world-class diver, they make some pretty funny faces. But although it may LOOK like they're constipated, they're really not.

Take Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, for instance:
But while divers don't poop their swimpants, they do sort of look like they're engaged in another activity...I mean, is it just me, or do these guys look like they're giving birth?
"One baby, coming up! Or down. Whatever."
From a diving photo gallery at the Guardian.

August 24, 2010

“Let's beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas!”

Ulp! To understand this horrible story, you have to know what an enema is. If you already DO know, you look like the people above. If you DON’T, skip down below to the break, where it says “Read more.” Do that and then come back!
The Story: The Russian city of Zheleznovodsk has unveiled a monument to the enema! Why? Because it’s in an area famous for giving enemas with healthy mineral water. Since enemas can help with digestion, there was a banner at the dedication reading, “Let's beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas”!

The sculpture's enema bulb weighs about 800 pounds and is supported by three baby angels (called cherubim). The artist, Svetlana Avakina said, “This device is eternal, it will never change.” Good to know!

November 11, 2009

Join Me In Congratulating This Man!

Readers of The Big Book of Boy Stuff know that there are real competitions for people who are good at making faces. Contorting one's face into a wacky expression is known as "gurning."

Gurning contests have been around for centuries. In 1768, a face-making contest in England (with the motto “The Ugliest Grinner Shall Be the Winner”) was won by a man who was later disqualified.

Why? It was found that he'd put vinegar in his mouth to help him make a face. Cheater!

A guy who didn't cheat was the winner of this year's World Gurning Championship: Gordon Blacklock. He entered the 13 times, and he finally got the gold medal for grimacing. Congratulations, Gordon!