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Sixteen Women Getting Cars for Christmas

Kirk · 12/24/09 02:30PM

Lexus commercials be damned— women love getting cars for Christmas, no matter what brand they are! Here are sixteen different women receiving sixteen different cars and expressing a myriad of emotion (surprise, confusion, happiness) in sixteen different ways.

David Letterman Drives a $25,000 Cupcake Car

Anderson Evans · 12/18/09 12:41PM

It's a 25,000 dollar Neiman Marcus cupcake automobile, and it's customizable! There are wheels, icing, a throttle, sprinkles, and most importantly a hat. Look at Dave go!

Guy Perfectly Emulates Car Engine Sounds With Mouth

Mike Byhoff · 12/16/09 03:21PM

Some people have useful talents like juggling fire, or playing the keytar at a bus terminal for money. This guy has been touched by a beautiful angel with his ability to turn raspberries into car engines.

Anne Applebaum's Freaking Car Explodes

Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/09 09:22AM

Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum is A) married to a high-ranking Polish politician, and B) critical of Russia's shady government, which makes it—in the most general way—kind of alarming that her car blew up yesterday. [Update: She's okay!]

The 25 Best Car Crashes in Movie History

Kirk · 12/04/09 09:45AM

In real life, car crashes are expensive and/or deadly. In movieland, car crashes are awesome and/or outstanding. We've compiled a list of the twenty four best car crashes in movie history, these range from explosive to crazy to silly to realistic to absurd and beyond.

The Best Forklift Accidents Caught on Video

Sergio Hernandez · 12/01/09 11:45AM

Do you know what are terrifying? Forklifts. Check out our collection of the Most Disastrous Forklift Fails and understand the irony of dumb forklift operators who wear hardhats — there's nothing there to protect!

Joe Biden Has a Car Curse

Maureen O'Connor · 11/18/09 03:23AM

The vice president's motorcade was in a midtown Manhattan crash last night, their third in one week (three means trend), one of which caused a fatality.

'Stripper-Mobile' Proves Every Las Vegas Stereotype Correct

Adrian Chen · 11/11/09 09:34PM

Just read an article about a truck that drives around Las Vegas with a stripper dancing in it, and boy are my preconceived notions about that place tired (from being completely confirmed.) Whatever happens in Vegas, is ridiculous in Vegas.