I've been following this guy (not literally) for a while now - his sculptures are eerily realistic and beautiful. There's a few good links on <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Mueck">Wiki and a few hundred photos on <ahref="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ronmueck/">Flickr.

'Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.

Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo.

Mueck moved on to establish his own company in London, making photo-realistic props and animatronics for the advertising industry. Although highly detailed, these props were usually designed to be photographed from one specific angle hiding the mess of construction seen from the other side. Mueck increasingly wanted to produce realistic sculptures which looked perfect from all angles.'

Life is cheap in Great Britain.

Dark & twisted political comedy (as usual!) from Monkey Dust...

Omar, Abdul and Shafiq, the useless terrorists

Omar is a fanatical Islamist and a member of a terrorist organization he calls 'The International Revolutionary Jihad for the Liberation of the Islamic Republic of Great Britain'. His cell is based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands in the UK and is bent on "unleashing a reign of terror the like of which the world has only dreamed about in its foulest nightmares." Omar has recruited two teenage boys, Abdul and Shafiq, to carry out suicide bombings in the name of Allah, but through various comical misadventures, their plans always fail.

The effectiveness of their terror campaign is somewhat undermined by the fact that they seem to take their jihad for granted and treat it with the same offhandedness as the mundane details of their daily lives such as sport and television.

Omar is the privileged son of a wealthy family and a public schoolboy (he attended Charterhouse, but failed to get into Oxford or Cambridge and had to settle for Bristol). His vehement rhetoric calls for the swift and merciless destruction of the infidel, however he is careful to leave all the dangerous aspects of their activities to the two boys and keep himself out of harm's way as much as possible.

Abdul and Shafiq are thoroughly typical English youths in nearly every way. They are avid supporters of West Bromwich Albion F.C., spend a great deal of time watching mindless pop-entertainment television programmes such as Stars in Their Eyes and Pop Idol, and eat processed junk foods, i.e Bernard Matthews' turkey drumsticks with barbeque beans, or Findus' crispy pancakes. Their plotting often takes place in Shafiq's home where Shafiq's mother, Mrs. Khan, brings them drinks and snacks and seems untroubled by what they're up to: "You can leave your Jihad 'til after dinner!"

In the conclusion of Series 3, Omar sends Abdul and Shafiq to Iraq, while staying in the UK himself because "he couldn't change his dental appointment" but goes down the pub instead. The boys complain that terrorist training is "worse than PE". They meet a friend and fellow West Bromwich fan among the British soldiers who detain them before being captured and imprisoned in Abu Ghraib by American troops ("This is the best holiday I've ever had!").

It's possible the inspiration for this depiction of radical Islamicist ideology in the midst of otherwise normal modern British life comes from the detention of the so-called Tipton Three at Camp X-Ray. In Monkey Dust's sketches, Omar the ringleader is said to come from Tipton, where the jihad is taken "dead serious". - Wiki

It is a dupe of a video I posted! My original works!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Ukulele-Orchestra-of-Great-Britain-Performs-Nirvanas-Smells-Like-Teen-Spirit

*discard

Congrats on your 100 darksun.

I just watched the movie and it's destined to become a classic. I say it's the best HL2 like world I have ever seen. And at the same time it's so raw and shocking.

Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, based on P.D. James's novel The Children of Men. The film depicts a bleak dystopia, in which no human child has been born for 18 years, human extinction looms, and violence reigns. The plot centers on Great Britain, which has become a police state.

- More @ Wikipedia

Well, didn't watch the whole thing, but I did learn the following two facts from these amazingly bright students: 1) Napoleon apparently invaded Great Britain in the 12th. Century and 2) Sun Tzu has copyrights on "The Art of War".

If I had these kids, I'd show up stoned too.

Point 1:Ummmm, joedirt, they did send help- the stagehands got to her in about 20 seconds, and I guarantee that they're better equipped to help her than the talent.

Point 2: snake, I don't think someone in the throes of an epileptic seizure have anything going through their minds at the time, other than random bursts of bio-generated electricity.

Point 3: charlatantric: don't worry about westy, he doesn't speak english, despite apparently living in Great Britain somewhere, so how can we expect him to tell the difference between (closely related) ethnicities.

Point 4: This thread has the potential to be fun, I hope it doesn't get too ugly.

I thought the same thing, swampgirl. Voice sounds the same, but can't quite make out the face, especially in the Obi-Wan vid. Well, hooded cloak might have something to do with that.

I'd like to know what show these are from, however... any sifters here from Great Britain?

interesting.... i like how the host seemed unimpressed the way he quickly moved on...

'thank you the ukelele orchestra of great britain. now there's another...'

Please,please,please come on tour to Great Britain Jake. Someone please put this video on "Classic FM." That is the most amazing ukulele playing I have ever heard. Jake and his ukulele complement "Whilst my Guitar gently weeps" like strawberry and cream. George Harrison must be up there smiling with admiration. Well done Jake.