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With the release of Kidz Bop 18 -- yes, 18 -- the web is abuzz about the painful sanitization of pop music lyrics to kiddie jams. That got the Urlbots to thinking, how would these kid-friendly versions go along with the track's original music videos? The answer: not very well. <br />
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From Gaga's man-humping to to Fergie's drug dealing, these synched-up videos show you why Kidz Bopifying a tune just makes things awkward.<strong><br />
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<em>(Thanks to </em></strong><em><a href="http://www.urlesque.com/bloggers/jay-hathaway"><strong>Urlbot Jay</strong></a></em><strong><em> for putting together the first two videos!)</em></strong><br />
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<h3>'Alejandro,' Lady Gaga</h3>
To try and kid-ify any <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/tag/Lady+Gaga">Lady Gaga</a> song is a daunting task -- even when she's talking about muffins, she doesn't really mean baked goods -- but transforming the sexy Alejandro. Swapping out lyrics about daddy issues and cigarette smoke can be awkward, but pair the Kidz Bop version with the homoerotic video and you can really see how much this doesn't work. (If the Kidz would stick with simple songs the video translation would work much better.)<br />
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<h3>'California Gurls,' Katy Perry</h3>
The song makes a lyric change to get rid of "sex on the beach" but these tykes can still "melt your popcicle." Well, I guess if we take that literally? The Candyland-themed video really does fit the kids vocals ... until <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/tag/Katy+Perry/">Katy Perry</a> is naked covered in cotton candy and shooting whipped cream out of her breasts.<br />
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<h3>'Umbrella,' Rihanna</h3>
This is the rare case where the Kidz Bop version of the song actually works really well with the songs theme (you're my friend, I will share my umbrella with you -- this song is basically perfect for a Sesame Street episode) yet highlights how absurd the actual video is for that theme. Why is Rihanna in ballet slippers if it's raining!?<br />
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<h3>'Big Girls Don't Cry,' Fergie</h3>
With Fergie, you start wishing they'd actually changed the lyrics to be more kid friendly, but unfortunately "I'm going to miss you like a child misses a blanket" is original. But little did we know this video was about drug dealing. No wonder poor Fergie is tearful. <br />
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When were were looking for our next epic battle animal after puppies, the gut choice was of course hamster battles. And they do not disappoint. This <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/tag/hamsters/">hamster</a> attempts to take on the very laws of nature and tries to thwart gravity in a daring monkeybar-eqsue escape across the top of his cage. We can't really have a vote on this one, because mother nature always wins, but turn your sound up and enjoy this brave little hamster's valiant attempt.<br clear="all" />
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This week, we're changing things up with a Kitty Versus! Kitty battles can be just as epic as Puppy ones. This kitty is far too impatient to wait for the paper to finish printing before tearing it to shreds. The kitty even tries to get at the paper before the printer does its magic. <br />
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We know it's a little unfair that the printer is a stationary object, but we still think it's only fair to put it up for a vote.<br clear="all" />
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We have to admit, it seems like the puppy doesn't exactly get the point of tetherball here. You have to get it all the way around the pole, but puppy is happy chasing the ball back and worth and back and forth. Maybe the tetherball is just too smart for the puppy. That said, if this video was a .gif we'd watch it forever.<br clear="all" />
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This Rottweiler Puppy is being eco-friendly, trying to recycle his owner's milk carton into a chew toy. His heart is in the right place, but the milk carton doesn't react well to being gnawed on, and instead turns the puppy into a spinning top. The confrontation continues off-screen -- who do you think is the victor?<br clear="all" />
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Finally, an adversary who can fight back against the Puppy: the crab! Olivia the puppy faces off against the crab on the beach, circling and snipping at each other until the water takes the crab away, abruptly ending the duel. Before you decide who was the victor, listen to the puppy's owner give her points for why the puppy wins. But make up your own mind!<br clear="all" />
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This Yorkshire Terrier puppy has a lot of other toys to distract him, but that pesky water bottle really gets his goat. Puppy circles it, tries to intimidate it with barks, and then tries the ignore method. "Oh water bottle, I don't even care that you're there, I have this tiny plastic tire to chew on instead." But puppy can't keep up his nonchalance for long, and he always comes back to battle the water bottle. Little puppy, there isn't even any water in that bottle!<br />
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Tiny ball is just sitting there, minding its own business, but puppy is having none of that. This Sheltie starts his ball attack by leaping around in a semi-circle yipping at the stationary ball. When that fails to provoke a response, puppy tries the silent treatment, staring the unresponsive ball down. A few subtle nips get a faint jingle from the ball, but nothing more. And, well, we don't want to spoil the ending, but we think it's pretty clear who won this round (plus a bonus clip of a child's baseball game at the end -- we love home movies!)<br />
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This Sheltie puppy gets in a tizzy when her owner mops the floor. It's really a one-sided battle with the mop just doing its mop job while the Sheltie attacks. Does passive aggressive mop or overly aggressive dog win the day?<br clear="all" />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Earlier this year, Urlesque unveiled the <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos-100-96/">100 Most Iconic Internet Videos</a> -- the most popular and memorable viral videos in the history of the web. Since there's a lot to sift through, we'll occasionally feature an individual video from the countdown.</em></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2010/01/07/one-man-band/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/forward/19291090/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.urlesque.com/2010/01/07/one-man-band/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2010/01/07/one-man-band/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>connor berge</category><category>ConnorBerge</category><category>one man band</category><category>OneManBand</category><category>youtube</category><dc:creator>Rae Votta</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-01-07T09:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>What What (in the Butt), Samwell - #69 - The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos</title><link>http://www.urlesque.com/2009/12/21/what-what-in-the-butt-samwell-69-the-100-most-iconic-int/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.urlesque.com/2009/12/21/what-what-in-the-butt-samwell-69-the-100-most-iconic-int/</guid><comments>http://www.urlesque.com/2009/12/21/what-what-in-the-butt-samwell-69-the-100-most-iconic-int/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/music/" rel="tag">Music</a>, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/dancing/" rel="tag">Dancing</a>, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/100-iconic-videos/" rel="tag">100 Iconic Videos</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" style="display: none;" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2009/12/whatwhatbutt.jpg" alt="" />
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This week's entry comes from Urlesque reader, Sara, and features Rose, <span>her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy. Rose's sworn enemy is the Mason Pearson boar-bristle hairbrush. <br />
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According to Sara, "</span><span>She was fine with it until I dragged the brush bristle-side-down across the duvet, and this made her go insane." We felt like puppy was doing pretty well until you get to the end, when hairbrush deals a fateful blow. Even blanket gets in on the action and gets in the way of puppy's takedown. Who comes out on top in this battle? You decide! </span> <br />
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<div align="left"><strong>David "Elsewhere" Bernal</strong> became internet famous when a clip of him performing at a South Asian dance festival in 2001 began circulating. It was the first dancing video to go viral and laid the groundwork for the many dancing videos to come. As a result, Bernal was also asked to <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Elsewhere">appear in many advertisements</a> including ones for Heineken and Pepsi, a path that many <a target="_blank" href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/03/24/dont-be-fooled-by-numa-numa/">future viral video icons</a> would follow.</div>
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<h3>My collection of things *Part 2* by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ryoko">ryoko</a></h3>
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Okay, we're being a little wide here as this particular collection does include some figurines, but really it's a golden treasure trove of show us your junk awesomeness that we couldn't ignore. With such gems as, "This is my Christmas straw cat, you hold it and it hurts you, the straw is just so pointy." Plus creepy figurines, tea sets, unicorn paintings, etc. Amazing. We're scared to go find Part 1.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Howard Pierce Pottery Cermanic Porcelain Figurines by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/califpotteryindex">califpotteryindex</a></h3>
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From the creepy to the actually interesting! A lesson in the history of California figurine-making and a slideshow of actually cute figurines. See, Show Us Your Junk can also be charming and not terrifying.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>my precious moments collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gabygale">gabygale</a></h3>
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Oh wait, right back to terrifying with this slideshow of Precious Moments figurines and dolls. And really creepy child voice singing a pop song in Spanish. We're terrified now.<br clear="all" />
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This video (which has really intense music that leaves you on the edge of your seat) promises to start with the less impressive figurines -- and delivers by starting out with a "stack of books" figurine (!?) -- and moves on to the cooler ones by the end of the video. We guess a leopard figurine is technically cooler than a stack of books, but that's like comparing molehills to, well, slightly taller molehills.<br clear="all" />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em>Urlesque unveiled the <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/07/the-100-most-iconic-internet-videos-100-96/" target="_blank">100 Most Iconic Internet Videos</a> -- the most popular and memorable viral videos in the history of the web. Since there's a lot to sift through, we'll occasionally feature an individual video from the countdown.</em></div><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/20/avril-lavigne-girlfriend/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/forward/19243245/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/20/avril-lavigne-girlfriend/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/20/avril-lavigne-girlfriend/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Avril Band Aids</category><category>Avril Lavigne</category><category>AvrilBandAids</category><category>AvrilLavigne</category><category>girlfriend</category><category>iconic internet videos</category><category>IconicInternetVideos</category><dc:creator>Rae Votta</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-20T14:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>'Twilight' Collections Make Us Sparkle (Show Us Your Junk)</title><link>http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/19/twilight-collections/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/19/twilight-collections/</guid><comments>http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/19/twilight-collections/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/humour/" rel="tag">Humor</a>, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/show-us-your-junk/" rel="tag">Show Us Your Junk</a></p><em><img width="150" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="169" border="1" align="left" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2009/11/twilight-collectoin.jpg" alt="twilight decorations" /></em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-twilight-saga-new-moon/36045/main"><em>The Twilight Saga: New Moon</em></a> mania has been taking over in the past few weeks, all coming to a head with the release of the movie tomorrow, November 20th. To celebrate, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/show-us-your-junk/">Show Us Your Junk</a> is taking a special look at <em>Twilight</em> collections. From the basics of books and posters to the ultimate get -- creepy Edward Cullen life-size cut out -- these videos have it all.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Twilight Collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/allthingsfanpire">allthingsfanpire</a></h3>
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ALL THINGS FANPIRE, in glitter text. Maybe that's all you need to know? But there's also explanatory story telling through images found on the internet and a scan of his movie stub. He got most of his collection at Hot Topic -- shocking! Also the end credits are to '<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/tag/JustDance/">Just Dance</a>' and scrolled over the baseball scene from the last movie. Which makes us want to watch the movie, proving that adding <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/tag/LadyGaga/">Lady Gaga</a> to anything is a surefire winner.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Intro: Twilight Collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Twilight1230Twins">Twilight1230Twins</a></h3>
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This took them two days to do but they failed to include any sound. There is, however, sped up action and some info on their "creeper E-bay seller" who sends them weird old fashioned pictures along with their <em>Twilight</em> purchases (of course you have to pause the video to read any of the text). It ends with the twins lounging in bed under a Edward blanket that actually does look warm, if creepy.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Twilight collection stuff whatever =) by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lilmisspirate">lilmisspirate</a></h3>
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Homemade <em>Twilight</em> cheer box! We didn't even know cheer boxes existed, and that you could make them <em>Twilight</em>-themed, but this fan has done it. Creepy Edward cardboard cutout (even the videographer admits it scares her!) and a <em>Twilight</em> jewlery box are this collection's standouts! This fan also has poster signed by the entire cast, which we'll admit is pretty impressive.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>#28 My Twilight Collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KDumbledore">KDumbledore</a></h3>
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This videographer has a great, well put together intro to her work. She's also got another creepy Edward cutout, and a guitar she's named after Robert Pattinson. We also see all the receipts for <em>Twilight</em> things she bought, her fish, and so many T-shirts. We can't wait to see them all on the dollar rack in thrift stores across the country in five years.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Twilight collection Edward Cullen ..... and pillow! by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Agaotaku">Agaotaku</a></h3>
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And this final video just cuts to the core -- creepy Edward Cullen cutout, in silence, for 30 seconds and then a quick shot of a Twilight pillow. That's really all a super fan needs.<br clear="all" />
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarygami/4032144165/in/pool-puzzle-collection"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="puzzle collection" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2009/11/rubiks-cubes.jpg" /></a>Everyone has tried out a Rubik's cube puzzle at least once in their lives, and most of us put it down frustrated or started trying to peel off the colored stickers to cheat the system. But not these intrepid collectors, who are all about cube puzzles. Puzzles of all shapes and sizes, themes and designs, all lovingly (and sometimes awkwardly) documented in the videos below.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>My puzzle collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Thrawst">Thrawst</a></h3>
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The info for this puzzle speaks volumes: "Some I solve, some I don't. My Puzzle collection hasn't changed (much) since I made the video, so no I won't make another one." Alright then. This video does feature some actual puzzle solving and a really neat contraption that times your puzzle work that we think would be fun to use to time your completion of any general tasks. Competitive bubble gum unwrapping anyone?<br clear="all" />
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At 1:39 the videographer breaks out the coolest cube ever -- The Scarface. Not any more difficult than any other 3 x 3 cube, but it has Scarface on it, so it's already 100 times more thug and moves this Show Us Your Junk collection up to MTV Cribs level.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Tony Fisher's puzzle collection (just the ones I made) by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/KaiXevandStanley">KaiXevandStanley</a></h3>
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While sometimes the voiceovers on Junk videos are awkward, nothing is more awkward than silence. Combine that with roving closeups of cube puzzles for more than 2 minutes and you'll get the chills. Really.<br clear="all" />
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Custom puzzle shelf! Detailed listing of all the videographers cubes! 9 minutes of explicit description of each of his 70 plus cubes! Personalized names for each of his cubes that the videographer can't remember (but he wrote down somewhere)!!! Mid-video break to check his iPhone! Ending with his friend playing a casio keyboard and a switch to black and white. It's like we've died and gone to Show Us Your Junk heaven.<br clear="all" />
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</em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7599421@N03/2516600119/" target="_blank"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="left" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2009/11/color-candles.jpg" alt="" /></a>Candles are the kind of thing everyone buys for their house because they think they might need them someday, or they're a cheap and easy decorating tool. But then months later we realize that we've never lit them and probably never will because then they won't look as pretty, so instead they sit collecting dust on our bookshelves and in pantry drawers. So hats off to these candle enthusiasts who know that buying candles is all about -- collecting them and documenting that collection on YouTube, not pretending you might use them someday.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Christmas candle collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/rghfghf">rghfghf</a></h3>
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There is a lot of time spent discussing the light settings for this epic film, and then our videographer spends 8 minutes telling us exactly where EACH candle and candle holder came from. Did you know that when his other candle broke his grandmother gave him the gold on as replacement? And do you know what the most recent candle purchase was? I can't tell you, because there will be a quiz at the end of this blog post.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>My candle collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lookin2000">lookin2000</a></h3>
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We suggest you watch this video on mute so you don't have to hear the pointless chatter about hash going on. Also this collection of candles is terrifying and you don't need the additional stimulation. Seriously, terrifying monkeys and cacti and things we can't even identify all made of wax.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Christmas candles 2008 by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nourmanal">nourmanal</a></h3>
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We know, we're a year late on this video but we're trying to make up for it. The combo of bad pictures plus cheesy crossfades equals automatic Show Us Your Junk inclusion.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Quang Vinh with a Collection of Candles by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/yulimi">yulimi</a></h3>
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This is not in English, so we have no idea what is going on. We went to the trusty Wikipedia to find out who Quang Vinh is and apparently he's a Vietnamese singer, and some of his favorite artists include Mariah Carey and Thahn Lam (no idea). No clue as to why there's a whole video of him with candles. Regardless, some of the candles look pretty cool though, and we enjoy that the interview is conducted sitting on the floor of someone's awkwardly decorated house (violins and wreathes on the walls, really?). Add to that the techno Vietnamese music in the background and you've got gold.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>My Show - A Very Special Candle Collector by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gvanderloop">gvanderloop</a></h3>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKHne2D4Bwk"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="left" alt="" id="vimage_2426015" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2009/11/candle-collector.jpg" /></a>This video of a midwestern woman and her mom discussing candles is slow getting started, but hold out til 2:50 for the gold that is the discussion of how a taper candle sort of looks like a penis, and then mom unconsciously strokes said candle til the end of the video. We're sorry.<br clear="all" />
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</ul><p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/05/candle-collections/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/forward/19221011/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/05/candle-collections/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking&nbsp;Blogs</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/11/05/candle-collections/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>candles</category><category>collections</category><dc:creator>Rae Votta</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-05T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Pogs Slam Their Way Into Our Hearts Again Through YouTube (Show Us Your Junk)</title><link>http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/29/pogs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/29/pogs/</guid><comments>http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/29/pogs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/niche/" rel="tag">Niche Going</a>, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/show-us-your-junk/" rel="tag">Show Us Your Junk</a></p><em>In a new weekly feature, we investigate proud packrats who put their weird collections on display to the captive web audience. From <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/29/pogs/">Pogs</a>, to <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/01/beanie-baby-mania-is-alive-and-well-on-youtube-show-us-your-jun/">Beanie Babies</a> and <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/2009/10/22/stamp-collecting/">stamps</a>, Internet, <a href="http://www.urlesque.com/category/show-us-your-junk/">show us your junk</a>!</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034351734@N01/21780595/" target="_blank"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="left" alt="pog pollection" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2009/10/pogs.jpg" /></a>While the game of Pogs dates as far back as the 1920s, most people were unaware of it until the 1990s commercialized and neon-ized it for mass consumption. Suddenly you couldn't escape it, and everyone in your class was collecting the cardboard discs and plastic (or, if you were really fancy, glass or metal) slammers. We categorized them, put them in protective sleeves and tubes, and obsessively traded or battled our friends to expand our collections. But just as swiftly as Pogs entered our hearts, they exited to collect dust with our slap bracelets and and Beanie Babies. Nonetheless, Pogs live on in YouTube form, as shown in the tantalizing collections below.<br />
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<h3>MY POG COLLECTION(someone help me cut the music PLEASE) by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/clan567">clan567</a></h3>
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The videographer asks us to watch this in high quality but I can't figure out why. It's still blurry shots of a pog collection set to Jason Mraz's 'I'm Yours.' The video is only 1 minute long, but then the song goes on for another 3. Why has no one helped this person cut his music?<br clear="all" />
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<h3>How much are POGS worth now? by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/curlyjoe8135">curlyjoe8135</a></h3>
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This person claims he "heard" that someone who had 63 pogs could get 20 british pounds for them. He's wondering what his pogs might be worth. Judging by the 22 views and zero comments, we think you all can figure out that answer to that.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Pogs by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TwistedSquid">TwistedSquid</a></h3>
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Unfortunately (or fortunately), YouTube cuts this video off halfway so you don't get to see the rest of the random pogs on a table, filmed out of focus with a monotone voice you can't make out in the background. Your loss!<br clear="all" />
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<h3>Pogs and Slammers Collection by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/coolduder">coolduder</a></h3>
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This videographer seems to be in awe of how popular the pogs were, but then again he still has all his pogs in plastic cases. Maybe look inward before you look outward, sir. He also has a really awesome Minutaur slammer that he calls "an ethical one."<br clear="all" />
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<h3>POG by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/vetskyness">vetskyness</a></h3>
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Everything is cuter when a baby is involved.<br clear="all" />
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<h4><em>BONUS: Pog commericals. Thank you 90s!</em></h4>
<h3>Pog Commerical by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/seanblythe">seanblythe</a></h3>
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Did you know that in the 90s you could make your own pogs? AWESOME.<br clear="all" />
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<h3>90s Pog Commercial by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LCadwallader">LCadwallader</a></h3>
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We have no idea what pog we are supposed to want, but we guess the answer is: all of them. <br clear="all" />
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