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Watch These People Falling Off Mechanical Bulls — Daily Distraction

Staff Writer — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:20:24 +0000

[onescreen item="5023366"] It seems like such a good idea at the time, right? You’re at the bar, or the state fair, or some amusement park and hey, what’s that? A mechanical bull? ”Sure, I could totally ride that,” you think. And when it starts, it’s nice and easy and, wow, maybe you were right. This ain’t [...]

Watch These People Falling Off Horses — Daily Distraction

Staff Writer — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:25:51 +0000

[onescreen item="5022834"] Ever been horseback riding? It can be a lot of fun, but there’s one obvious peril: you will fall off the horse. Fortunately none of the people (or horses) in these clips got hurt, so we can watch their mishaps guilt-free. It’s hard to tell if the horse just didn’t like the particular [...]

A Video Collection of When Trust Falls Go Wrong — Daily Distraction

Staff Writer — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:17:01 +0000

[onescreen item="5017505"] Ah, the old trust fall. What a great way to build bonds! Or not. We don’t know anyone in these clips personally, but we truly hope they were able to rebuild those shattered friendships. But for now, we’re just grateful they had a video camera at the time. The Daily Distraction is your Internet [...]

Watch the Terrible X-Factor Tryout So Bad That Will Make Your Ears Hurt [VIDEO]

Nick Cooper — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:11:58 +0000

Everyone knows certain people just can’t sing. The problem is that those who can’t sing often don’t realize they are a part of that group. In an audition for the Australian version of X-Factor, a young lady decided she would show her singing chops with Justin Bieber’s debut single “Baby”. The 17-year old looked like [...]

Kid Fails to Back Flip Into Pool From Diving Board [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:10:46 +0000

This video appears to be shot in 1953, I picture dad smoking a pipe and taping this scene with his new “high tech” 16mm film camera, well I’m glad that wise dad converted this video and found a new “high tech” thingy, YouTube. It’s not the 5 foot inflatable whale that is the most ridiculous [...]

Close Up View of San Diego Fireworks Blunder [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:42:05 +0000

By now most people have seen the aerial view of the San Diego Big Boom fireworks display mishap on the 4th of July. But I bet you haven’t seen this close up view of the 7,000 fireworks shells firing within 30 seconds. The error was blamed on a computer software malfunction that the company says [...]

College Student on Wheel of Fortune Fails on Super Easy Puzzle [VIDEO]

Nick Cooper — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:26:59 +0000

All of the questions seem so easy on game shows when you're watching them from home. I've watched shows like Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire many times with friends or family members who seem to always know the "right answers". Sure, when you're on the show there is extra pressure and things might not be as simple as they seem from your couch - but I think this was more of a "brain fart" rather than game show stress at work.

17 Year Old Girl Fails Backing Out of Garage [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:22:28 +0000

This poor Dad, YouTube user “g3tr00t3d” claims that his 15 year old daughter hit the garage recently while backing out, his wife “took out a mirror”, now this. The home’s video security system caught his 17 year old daughter trying, very badly, to back out of the garage. Finally dad comes to save the day, [...]

Woman Can't Figure Out Simple Math Problem [VIDEO]

Jeanne Ryan — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:30:47 +0000

Have you ever had a “Brain Fart “, you are completely baffled by a super simple question ? I would hope that this is the case for this girl. Sometimes you run across a gem like this and you say to yourself, this has to be fake. But, I think that this is [...]

Parallel Parking Fail [Video]

Jeanne Ryan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:37:04 +0000

With winter finally arriving in the Northland we all what a hassle and even danger it can be to park on a hill. But my question what is this guys excuse? Holy cow, talk about rude, he bumps his Mentos Mint car back and forth the whole time. Now I have been to the 3 [...]

Gamers Owned by Arcade Boxing Machine [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:00:54 +0000

Unless you have formal training in punching things, an arcade boxing machine is not something you should try out in front of other people, as the chance of embarrassment is quite high.

That goes double for taking a video of your first attempt at the game, as the two young men in this video so unfortunately learned. (At least we think it's their first time. It has to be.)