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I live in the greater Philadelphia area, where it’s currently snowing, raining and windy. Your typical crappy winter day. What with climate change, we all need to get used to hotter summers and even more crappy winters. Even London received the most snow they’ve had in 18 years this week. They don’t even have a snow plow — because they usually never have enough snow to plow.

So, on that happy note, let’s think about what positive things colder, snowier, icier winters can bring — a hell of a lot more accident videos to watch on YouTube. Positivily smashing, eh?
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Stupid Week concludes with a bang and (hopefully) not a whimper YouTube Digger takes a look at the stupid stunts humans do just because we have opposeable thumbs, some sort of vehicle and access to alcohol. At first, I wasn’t going to write recommending that no one attempt the stunts seen in these clips, but you never know. Ad the late, great George Carlin said, “Some people need practical advice.”

In other words, “kids, don’t do this at home — unless you want the crap beaten out of you.”
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Stupid week continues here on YouTube Digger, where you can feel a little better about yourself because you are not one of the people featured in these clips. No matter how screwed up of a day you are having, at least you’ve never been impaled by a Marlin. Hell, I once got framed for assault and had to spend a night in jail before charges were dropped — but at least I’ve never been impaled by a Marlin. (Not yet, anyway. Just my luck, Marlins will rain out of the sky over Philadelphia. And I don’t mean a sports team, either.)

Okay, enough with the intro and let’s make with the clips, already, Rena. Since we talked about Marlins impaling people, let’s show a clip, which is a recreation from The Learning Channel. Now, the Blue Marlin is fighting for it’s life, here, which is why it’s 450 pound body is flinging about. So, naturally, you want that big ass fish to come as close you as possible so you can have an excuse to get drunk. I don’t understand the attraction — I guess fishing rare big fish makes you feel better about your shortcomings in life.

The next clip is from “argamer” and is about the perils of ice fishing:

Now that you’ve recovered your breath (and changed your underwear), here’s the (silent) epic struggle of the old man and the sea, put up by “Slawterhd”:

It seems so silly to go messing with all of that bait and hooks and nets and things for a rare or endangered species (like most fish nowadays). Anyone who has watched Sesame Street learned all they needed to learn about fishing from Bert and Ernie. Thanks to “qbeam” for today’s lesson in how to catch a fish:

The human species is endlesly entertaining because it such a stupid species. Perhaps the most entertaining are the groups of thickheads I like to call Stupid Criminals. These are the people who spend hours or days figuring out how not to get a job. Granted, we live in desperate times with very high rates of unemployment, but there are more intelligent ways to survive (such as going dumpster diving). Then again, watching YouTube videos of people behaving logically just isn’t that much fun, is it?

So, here we go. Let’s start at a bank robbery in England. Be sure to have all your food or beverage swallowed before you watch so you don’t snort anything out of your nose (unless you’re making a clip for YouTube):

The next is a silent clip from an actual survelielance video of a robber having a very bad day:

2008 saw the sun set on a lot of beloved celebrities and entertainers. For this post, we’ll just concentrate on some of the notable and influential women celebrities who have have taken their last bow. We’ll give space to the male dead celebrities in a future post. Granted, this post will be done with more of an American slant, (since it’s written by an American) so no offence is intended if a favorite deceased celebrity from your country is omitted.

I’ve narrowed the list down to three ladies, otherwise we’ll be crying into our drinks all year. I’m not spending the rest of my life doing this post (although I could think of worse fates).
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Oopsy, it’s not good to have a room packed with industry experts and journalists, all waiting to see your company mascot and cutting edge technology walking up some stairs only for him to stumble, fall down and break into a few good sized chunks. (more…)

Following on from yesterday’s Alien version of ‘I Will Survive’, I thought I’d treat you to a different, and even better version…

It’s the same joke as before, but having Jesus being the one to get proved wrong in his “I will survive” prediction makes it hilarious. And before I get any abuse from Christians and religious zealots, it’s not blasphemous or anything… it’s a joke. If you don’t like it, get a life, and also stop reading YouTube Digger, as it’s not the place for miserable gits.
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Woah, I thought there were some bad roads and accident hotspots over here in the UK but obviously nothing compared to this stretch of road through the Lefortovo tunnel in Moscow, Russia. These accidents that have now been circulated and crop up everywhere including YouTube, were captured from monitoring cameras. They make for some pretty interesting but scary moments as cars, trucks and buses all wend their way through the tunnel, and some don’t quite make it out in one piece. (more…)