Etcetera

I may have posted this already

But it’s so good, it deserves a second posting.  Just watch it.

(And for those wary of blindly clicking on a link, picture this: a French film from 1907 involving someone in a giant pig suit.  Be warned: it’s awesome, but might give you nightmares if you’re easily frightened of strange things.)

News of the Weird

Compelling explanations

Winnie-the-Pooh, a panther, and a mouse rob a passer-by of $160.

Also questionable: the robbers were wearing their costumes on account of “they had run out of clean clothes.”

(Although… probably not actually $160, as the setting of the crime in question is Tokyo.)

Related: Winnie-the-Pooh, Soviet style.

(via Reuters: “Winnie-the-Pooh held for robbery?” [12 Aug 08])