Dancing Compadre

Stumbled upon this video after watching the quinceañera vid, and just thought I had to share this one as well... look at what a couple of beers will make you do... and to think we all look like this guy when we dance at weddings...

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Shes on Fire

Apparently on lankuriosidad we have been sometimes too late to post videos, I hope this is not the case with this one, although a lot of people told me they already seen it, here it is officially on LK: "se nos quemo la quinceañera"

I still dont understand what she was going to do with the drinks...

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In the Butt!

Another excellent contribution from Cockfight... Girl gets home late at night when mom is worried sick... she is in the kitchen waiting for them, and her brother is hiding filming the conversation... kind of slow at first but it really picks up and becomes quite funny, at first it looks like if its acted or something, but just give it a chance youll see its as real as it gets...

what an annoying brother to have by the way... IN THE BUTT!!!!!

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World Cup Mascots

World Cup mascots have been as popular as olympic mascots for a while now, but here we'd like to share with you some of their history and how they became what they are today, starting with the first world cup mascot called World Cup Willie, an English lion, who was introduced in 1966 and quickly became one of the most famous mascots around the world. An olympic or world cup mascot usually is based on something typical from the flora or fauna of the host country and is often dressed in the Nations colors or the nations uniform, the name as well usually derives from a typical expression of the host country.
Of course their main purpose is to be targeted at children with cartoon shows and other merchandise released in time to coincide with the competition. Without further ado, here are the world cup mascots, starting from the first one:


World Cup Willie - England 1966 World Cup



World Cup Willie or WCW was the first world cup mascot, developed by the host country of the event, England chose a Lion, for it being a typical symbol of the country, it wore a union flag on its chest and it had the words world cup.

Juanito - Mexico 1970 World Cup


Juanito comes from the most typical mexican name of Juan, but in diminutive, and he was a little boy wearing Mexico's Kit and a big sombrero with the words Mexico 70 on it. This was just the second mascot of history and the world cup committee was still not too professional on the development of these.

Tip and Tap - West Germany 1974 World Cup

Germany was separated into East Germany and West Germany, and this time the west was the host, the mascots were two german looking boys called Tip and Tap, who many thought represented both sides of the country at that time. They were wearing Germany's Kit and had the letters WM on their chest which stood for Weltmeisterschaft or World Cup and the 74 number, representing, of course, the year.

Gauchito - Argentina 1978 World Cup



Gauchito or Mundialito as people came to know him, was a boy with Argentina's kit, his hat had the words Argentina 78 on it and he wore a neckerchief and a whip, which were typical items used by gauchos. The name obviously came from the Gauchos who are a representation of Argentinian people who are very similar to cowboys.

Naranjito - Spain 1982 World Cup



Naranjito, as you can hear from its name, was just that, a little orange who liked to play soccer... the orange of course, being a typical fruit of spain and its name deriving plainly from its being a little orange.

Pique - Mexico 1986 World Cup


Pique was a typical mexican Jalapeño pepper, which is characteristic of their cuisine, he also had a moustache and a big sombrero. Pique was dressed in a red jersey with white shorts, no one could explain why they would use a chile for a mascot, but it was one of the most beloved one of them all.

Ciao - Italia 1990 World Cup

Ciao was a cubic style stick figurine with a football for a head, and the italian colors covering its body. The name Ciao obviously came from the famous Italian expression to express greetings. Many claim the form of Ciao came due to the boost of Lego toys during those years.


Striker - USA 1994 World Cup




Striker was a friendly dog whose name obviously came from the verbe to strike, commonly used in soccer when a player hits the ball... his uniform was pretty similar to that of the United States national team and on its chest you could read the imprint USA 94.

Footix - France 1998 World Cup



Footix was a cockerel which is one of the main symbols of France, and he had a tattoo inscription of France 98 on its chest. Like the host's main colors, Footix was painted in Red and Blue bright colors, and his name is derived of the combination of the word football and an -ix termination in honor of the well known children's comic books of Asterix and Obelix. Other proposed names were Raffi and Gallik.


Ato, Kaz and Nik - Korea Japan 2002 World Cup



Ato, Kaz and Nik were futuristic computer generated creatures, and they were together members of a fictional football-like sport team called "Atmoball", Ato was the coach, while Kaz and Nik were players, the three names were selected by users on the internet and at McDonalds outlets in the host countries.

Goleo VI - Germany 2006 World Cup



Goleo was a Lion wearing the Germany shirt with the number 06 on its chest and he is never found far from his faithful sidekick Pille, a talking football. There was some criticism in the fact that Goleo wears a shirt but wears no trousers... The name Goleo came inspired from the latin words for Goal and Lion and in Germany Pille is a colloquial term for soccer.


As soon as we know who the South Africa Mascot is going to be, well be sure to make you know about it...



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Flip Flop Cheater

A special gift brought to you by Cockfight a former blogger who refuses to be a part of our LK team, and prefers to just send us random videos... here it is, from Rukini to you... the Flip Flop Cheater... the easiest way to win in the Price is Right... at least when Bob was host...

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7 words you can't say on television

Comedian George Carlin passed away yesterday at the age of 71, and I personally didnt know him quite well, but I did a little investigating and bumped into this video on youtube which is quite famous...

the 7 words you cant say on television was quite scandalous back in its day, and its a real fun monologue to listen to... here it is...

kinda surprised the "N" word is not on the list...

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And the Winner is....... Cobi

After 20 days of the poll and 20 votes it is finally closed, and by an overwhelming 8 votes, the compared to 3 of the second place, the winner of the best mascot of the olympics was the 1992 Barcelona games mascot Cobi... now, cobi might be the best mascot of the olympics, or maybe most of our readers lived those olympics when they were younger, and truly remember Cobi as a part of the games, anyways, here is some more info on the Catalan Sheepdog that inspired the mascot known as Cobi.

Cobi, was designed by Barcelona born artist Javier Valencia in a cubist style by the interpretations of Picasso of a masterpiece from Velazaquez, Las Meninas. It was unveiled on 1987 and its name derived from the Barcelona Olympic Organizing Commitee (COOB)

Before and during the games, Cobi was shown in different advertisements for notable Olympic sponsors such as Coca Cola, Danone and Brother Industries. They even produced his own TV series called 'The Cobi Troupe'. He quickly became an international celebrity and appeared in an extensive range of souvenirs called 'Cobiana' which proved to be a good source of income for the olympics. According to the International Olympic Committe, Cobi together with Misha (that friendly russian bear) have proven to be the most popular commercial success for the Olympic Games.

It took its original form from a typical Spaniard Dog called the Catalan Sheepdog (pictured below)


We'll keep you updated with the world cup mascots, soon to come.... be sure to check up with us frequently...

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The Cotton Ball Man

The Maury show might have gone to the extreme with this woman... I say it was just plain fun.... Hereis your next idea for a horror movie The Cotton Ball Man!!! amazing what people will do when they are in need of attention... she shouldnt be in Maury, she should be with Hurley in a mental institute...

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Benjamin Button

Check out the trailer for Brad Pitt;s newest movie called the curious case of Benjamin Button... its acurious case, because supposedly he is born as an old guy, and as he gets older, his body starts going younger... kind of like the Jack movie Robin Williams did, but, the other way around, or something....

anyways, looks good, and way better than Jack...

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Bloons just doesnt stop

A great Lankuriosidad Classic is the Lanks Games section is the Bloons Franchise, the Bloons who made themselves famous with a game of a monkey shooting arrows to balloons in different levels, now brings us Bloon Pop Three, in my opinion, not the best of the series, but still worth playing a bit... its a bit of a version of the classic yahoo game Bejeweled.

Click on the image to visit the game...

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Anybody up for a sequel? how about 5?

Is it the success of animated children movies? or is it just opening weekend paranoia? Well this past weekend was the premiere of the next animated big hit of the big screen...

Kung Fu Panda premiered in theaters around the world, and will soon be hitting your hometown... well I personally haven't seen the film, but I cant wait to see it... so what is the article really about? Well, Jack Black has already stated that he is willing to come back for another Panda movie, if everyone returns of course, he said, that its not his job that its difficult, he just has to show up and talk... its the writers and animators who have to do all the job...

So, who of us honestly didnt think this movie would have a sequel? almost always are they made in a sense of doing 2 or 3 versions... remember Lion King and a half? or something like that... how about the upcoming Shrek goes Fourth or the Puss with Boots film? well Jeffrey Katzenberg who is the executive producer for the film has announced that, just like shrek was intended to be a 5 parts movie, Kung Fu Panda was written as part 1 of 6...... so expect a lot of sequels to this movie if this is true... I just hope the first one is good, if not, its a major gamble for the studio...

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Giggles

Apparently this guy was having a pretty good day.. as he reads the news of the day he sees the model taking a fall on the runway and he cannot help but laughing!!! and he laughs and laughs and laughs... well you get the idea...

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wacky waiving inflatable arm flailing tube man

I was talking to my girlfriend about this scene, and how it might be the most annoying scene Ive seen in Family Guy history... here it is, the infamous wacky waiving inflatable arm flailing tube man... hurry up and get one...

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Canon Rock

Another video that has been a long time coming in lankuriosidad, here it is for you, the classic Canon Rock, some of you might have heard of it, some of you may not have heard it, but I hear that they are considering including the song into a Guitar Hero game... that would be interesting...

an incredible talent...

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Going on La Banqueta

I know, I know, kind of late on the post of this video but I still think its Lankuriosidad material and they might still be some of you that haven't seen the video...

here it is, the infamous banqueta video

p.s. its in spanish, and watch out for language...

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Welcome Praetorian

It is my pleasure to announce our first addition to the writing team:

I present to you:

Lankuriosidad's new reality begins to take shape now.

He is a really good friend of mine with fresh new ideas that will give us a different insight into some really cool stuff, he actually has been the source of several past lankuriosidad posts, so in a way I already owe him.

A good fan of Lankuriosidad now becomes a writer in Lankuriosidad, for me personally, its a dream come true to see other people contributing to the blog... And I hope you all enjoy the posts he haves to offer...

Again, Welcome Praetorian, enjoy the world of blogging.

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First post

Hey Lankers! I’m Praetorian, Lanks’ longtime friend and first-time blogger. You’ll be seeing more & more of my posts around here in the coming weeks. Let me know which topics you like the most so I can focus on them in my next posts...
I read an article a while ago about the current whereabouts of several 90’s Album cover kids. Here’s a picture of them on the cover & now. Nothing interesting about their current whereabouts, except the fact that the Nirvana kid, having been seen naked by thousands if not millions of people, has an endless supply of pick-up lines for the ladies...

Popcorn and Cellphones: Uncovering the Myth

OK, so recently there have been a lot of videos circling the internet of three or four phones aligned in a cross, with four or five kernels of popcorn in the middle, and supposedly if you call the three of them at the same time, the popcorn POPS!!!, this created a lot of controversy, but finally my girlfriend found this video....

The hosts are pretty annoying, but there you go...

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Meet GINA

A new material developed by BMW that is currently a big hit all over the web, instead of reading what I write, better hear what the nice young gentleman has to say.... hahahah

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See As I See

I cannot believe how they are expanding this franchise... I mean, I guess 1 and 2 were pretty good, In my opinion, three was surprising, but itwas just too much... now its official, they are back for a fourth... I mean this guy is the genius, amongst geniuses amongst geniuses of mastermind evil bad guys... he will be dead for years and still haunting people.... WTF??

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Lankuriosidad Broadens its Doors!!!

Ok, so its been a year now since Lankuriosidad's first post, hell the word Lankuriosidad is close to being in the dictionary now... Yeah right!... well, I wish we could establish it as the number one webpage to view stupid, random, funny stuff, when you have free time...

As we are always on top of things here in LK, we are bringing in new authors to the team, to give you much more variety in different subjects, such as movies, music, games, sports, etc. 

As soon as each author is incorporated to the Lankuriosidad lineup, I will let you know with a welcome post, and dont forget!!! if you want to be part of the team, just post a comment or send me an email to therookie@mrplaybook.com 

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Eco Battle

who does more to save the planet? you check it out...

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Whoops...

Another weird video of the tour de france... some of you might remember the horse incident I posted a back ago when a horse jumped over the fence to join the tour... this time a dog gets involved in the tour... check it out...

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Shields vs Coco

Striiiiiike one for Shields!!!!

Just heard about this reading it on the news, saw the images and thought they were pretty graphic so I decided to check it out in youtube... and it turns out its a pretty funny video... that coco crisp does have a lot of fight in him... he has a cereal name though....

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Lankuriosidad in a Video

The geniuses behind weezer have always been good at producing good tracks, and sometimes funny videos, but his time they just plain had me... in pork and beans, you basically have a summarry of the Lankuriosidad posts through history... you have the most watched dancing video from youtube... the leave britney alone... the mentos experiments... star wars kid... peanut butter jelly time... miss north carolina's answer.. etc... the only thing missing from the video is the edgar falling down one...

An amazing band and an incredible idea...

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Lost Season 4 Alternate Endings

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WARNING MAJOR SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILER!!!!

If you are an avid Lost Fan, and havent finished watching season 4, better not play this video... for all of the other ones who have already watched it...

This 2 versions of the ending were shot so that if there were any leaks before the ending premiered, you would never know the absolute truth until you seen it on tv...

An amazing idea from the lost writers....

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Too Corny?

Thinking of proposing to your girl in the middle of a basketball game? I thought this stuff only happened on Drew Barrymore and Meg Ryan movies...

what a bad moment in his life.... doesnt look planned at all...

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The Real Sicarios

Check out this video of three suspects of being murderers around the montemorelos area... its not clear if they were doing sexual things or other, but they are really naive sicarios... hahahaha

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