The Daily Shocker: Being Fat Saves Lives

The Daily Shocker

A German man narrowly escapes certain death by falling off a hotel balcony onto his beer belly, which saved his life. (Metro UK)

Homeless or Hipster? It’s always so hard to tell… (College Candy)

Old guy mistaken for mass-murderer Whitey Bulger gets arrested with his wife when on vacation in Italy. When in Rome… (WMTV)

Wonder why Brits get a bad rap for having really, really, really terrible teeth? This story may answer some questions. (Sky News)

You can’t make this stuff up: Fake Rangers Take Urine Samples From Boys (WGCL)

OMGZ UFOs ARE 4 REAL!! (Discovery)

The Daily Shocker: Radcliffe, Daniel Radcliffe

The Daily Shocker

Harry Potter (otherwise known as “Daniel Radcliffe”) may be in negotiations to be Young James Bond in a film based on the Young Bond books by Charlie Higson. If it all pans out, Radcliffe will have the daunting task of playing a young adventurer out to defeat the forces of evil in an adaptation of a successful book. Here’s to not being pigeonholed! (JoBlo)

Cheddarvision.tv, a website dedicated to watching cheese mature, has become an internet phenom of sorts. They’ve created a Muenster! (Sorry, that was cheesy…sorry again) (Cheddarvision.tv)

A U-Haul truck found filled to the gills with dogs, cats and birds (and their respective urine and fecal matter) is taken in by the Humane Society. Calls to Dirty Jobs‘ Mike Rowe were not returned immediately. (Fox)

“A U.S. study suggests differing zests for beer might reveal more about alcohol’s effect on the brain than inherent differences in taste sensitivity.” Apparently, the researchers of this study have never tasted Schlitz. (ABC)

A poor kitty stuck in a tree for a week is saved…with the use of a high-pressured water hose. Keeping in mind that most cats hate water, one can only assume that the “poor kitty” would have rather died than be blasted with a metric-ton of H2o. (1010 Wins)